Nebraska advertiser., 1858-02-18
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s. rae POst,naster Generai may order a increase Of
service on a route by al lowing therefor apfo rata increase
on the contract pay. He may change schedules Of de-
partures and arrivals in all cases, and particularly 70
make them perform 10 connections with railroads, with
out increase Of pay, provided the running time DC MOI
abridged. He may also order an increase OF speed ali
lowing within the restrictions Of the law, a pro rata in-
crease Of pay for the additional stock or carriers, ifsany
The contractor may, however, in the case OF increase OF
speed. relinquish the contract by giving prompt notice to
the department. that he prefers doing SO to carrying theor-
der into efect. The Postmaster General may also curtail
ordiscontinue the service, in whole or in part, at pro rata
decrease Of pay, allowing one months extra compensaton
on the amount dispensed with, whenever IN ms opinion
the public interests require the change, or in case he de-
sires to superCede it by q different gradeo Of transporta-
tion.
drafts on pOstinasters or otherwise, after the expiration
Of each Quarter--say in February, Nay, August and Nor
vember.
NATION; but no ncreased pay will be allowed shouldthey
be greater than advertised, il the points TO be supplledoe
Correctly stated. Bidders must inform theMSetreS on
ms point: and also in reference to the weight of the
mail, the condition OF the roads, hills, streams, &c, and
al toll-Oridges ferries Is or TO oSstFusslons Of any .k kiRd 6y
al nav based on such grounds, can be considered; nor for
alleged mistakes or misapprehensiOn as to the degree Of
service; nor for bridges destroyed, or other distractions
Increasing distance, occurring during the contract term.
Ohiees established after this advertisement isissued, and
also during the contract term, are TO be visited without
extra pay If the distance be not increased. 9aF'
IL. A bid received after the last day and hour named,
or without the guarantee required by law, or that COM
hines several routes in one sum OF compensation, cannot
be considered III competition with 3 regular proposal rea-
sonRble in amount. E9 -
IL Bidders should first propose for service strictly ae-
cording to the advertisement, and then il they desire,
separatedly for different service |; and if the regular bid
be the lowest offered for the advertised service, the 9TH
er propositions may be considered.
I3. There should be but one route bid for in a propO-
Il. The route. the service, the yearly pay. the name
and residence Of the bidder, CHAT is his usual post ONCE
address, and those Of each member Of a firm, where a
company offers, should be distinctly stated; also the mode
Of conveyance il ahigher mode than horseback be intends
| ed. The words "with due celebrity, certainty, and seeu-
( rity, % inserted to indicate the mode Of conveyance, will
4 constitute a Stor bid. When a star bid is intended, no
specific conveyance must be named. But in case two
modes Of conveyance, are named at the same compenSa-
ton, the highest or best for the service will be taken.
Is. Bidders are requested to use as far as practicable,
the printed form of proposal furnishes by the DEPART
ment, to write out in full the sum of their bids, and to
retain copies Of them. . l
Altered bids should not be submitted nor should bids
once submitted be Withdrawn.
Each bid must be guaranteed BY two responsible per-
General guarantees cannot be admitted. The bid and
guarantee should be signed plainly with the full name Of
The Department. reserves the right to reject anybid
which may be deemed extravagant; and also to disre-
gard the bids Of failing contractors and bidders. eT
I6. The bid should be sealed, superscribed hMail Pro-
pOsals, State Of -" addressed - Second Assistant
postmaster General ,-COntract office, and sent by mail,
not by or to an agent; and posmasters will not enclose
proposals Tor letters Of any kind in their quarterly re-
turns. -r1-a
II. The contracts are 70 DO executed and returned to
the department by or before the LIST day Of August, 1853,
but the service must be commenced on the first July pre-
oeding, or the mail day next after that date, whether the
4 contracts be executed or not. No proposition to trans
fer will be considered until the contracts are executed
and received at the department.; and then no transfer
xviii be allowed, unless good and ~suficient reasons there.
for are given, to be determined by the department. In
all cases The retiring contractor will be required to be-.
come one Of the sureties on the new contract.
18. Postmasters at Offices onor hear railroads, but more
than eighty rods from a station, will Immediately after
the 51st Of March next, report their exact distance
from the nearest station, and how they are otherwise
supplied with the mail to enable the Postmaster General
to direct a mal-mesSenger supply from the first Of July
next. g Il ~
Is. Section I'd Of an act of Congress approved March g
1915, provides that contracts for the transportation OF the
mails shall be let in every case to the lowest bidder ten.
dering auficient guarantees for the faithful performance
without other reference to the mode OF such transporta.
ton than may be to provide for the due celebrity
| certainty and security Of such Transportation. Under this
law a new description Of bids have been received. They
do not specify a mode Of conveyance, but engage to take
the entire mail each trip with certainty, celebrity and Sc.
curity, using the terms Of the law. These bids are styl.
ed from the manner in which they are designated on the
books of the department, star bids, and they will be con.
strued as providing for the conveyance Of the entire mail
however large, and whatever may be the mode necessary
to insure its celebrity, certainty and security.
In all cases where the lowest grade Of service is be.
fieved to be sufficient, the lowest bid will be accepted il
i preference to a star or specific bid.
When the lowest bid is not a star bid, and specifies eth
, or no mode OF an inadquate mode OF conveyance, it will
not be accepted, bat set aside for a specific bid proposing
the necessary service. d.
when the bid does not specify a mode Of conveyance
also when it proposes to carry according to the adver
tisement,' - but without such specification, it will be con
sidered as a proposal for horseback service.
20. A modification of a bid in any Of its esseetial term
1 is tantamount to a new bid, and cannot be received, so a
to interfere with a regular competition, after the las
hour set for receiving bids. &~
81. Postmasters are to be careful not to certify tn
s~uniciency of guarantOrs,- or sUretieS, without knOwin
that they are persons OF sufhcientl responsibility and al
a bidders, gurantors, and sureties are distinctly nOtihe
that on a failure to enter into or perform the contract
for the service proposed for in the accepted bids, their lie
gal liabilities will be enforced against than.
q. Present contractors and persons known at the dc
partment must equally with others, procure guarantor
and certificates OF their suf1c ency substantially in tn
forms above prescribed. The certificates or ~suficienc
must be signed by a postmaster or by a judge Of a court G
record, A. V. BROWN,
l. POstmastar General