Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 185?-1859, 1858-01-02
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mailable matter out Of the mail.
I. The Postmaster General may order nm in.
crease of service on route by allowing there.
for n pro rata increase GU the contract pay.
lie may change schedules Of departures aud
arrivals IN al cases, and particularly to make
them coalorm to connexions with railroads,
with out increase Of pay, p.ovided the running
time be not abridged. lie may also order au
increase Of speed, allowing, within the restric'
Jlons Of the law, apro rata increase OF pay ior
tue additional stock or carriers If any. The
contractor, may, however, in the case OF incre'
ase Of speed, renqush the contract by giving
promp. notice to the department that be pre-
iers doing so 10 carrying the order into effect
The Postmaster General may also curtal or
discontinue tho service, IN whole or in part, at
pro rata decrease Of pay, allowing one months
extra compensation on the amount dispensed
with, Whenever, IN his oplnion, tho public in.
to- ests DO not require the same, Or IN caSe he
desires to supersele 1t by different grade vi
transportation.
8. Payments viii b. made for the service BY
collections fran, or drafts on postmasters, or
otherwise, after the expiration Of each quarter
SAY in February, MAY, august, and Noyem-
her.
.. The distances are given according to the
best information; but no increased pay will be
allowed ShOuld they b1 greater thln advertised,
ii The points to be supplied be correctly stated.
Bidders must iGtorm themselves on this point
and also II reference " the weight OF bridges,
ferries, or obstrucions of any KIND by which
expense may be incurred. No claim for ad-
dtlonal pay based on such grounds can bC
considered nor far alleged mistakes or misnp'
prehenSion rs to the degree Of service, nor fu,
, bridges destroyed, or otherobsiructlons increas
4 Ing distance Occurring during the contract term
Offices established after this advertisement is is
sued, and also during the contract term, ar
to be visited without extra pay, If the distance
be not increased.
10. A bid received after the lust day aDl
T.. hour named, or without the guarantee require
by law, Or that combines several routes in on
sum Vi compensation, cannot be cOus .dcrel I
competition wlth u regular proposal rcaSonabl
~ amount.
4 H. Bidders should first propose for seryc
strictly according to the advertisement, an
then, II they deslr', separately for different sel
4 wee and II the reyaial bld be the lowest oGc
red f'r the advertised service, the other prop(
stions may be considered.
|. II. There should be but enc route bid for
u proposal.
Is. The route, the service, the yearly pay. IL
=. unme and residence of the bidder, CHAT Is h
70 usual post Office aidress,) and those Of edC
member Of firm, where company offer
should be distinctly stated also the mode
v conveyance, If higher mode than horseba(
I've intended. Tho words "wllh due celerit
s certainty, and security" inserted to injica
tue u aao oi cUnyeyaute, wiil co,S.so"e," o''
, bid" When ''Star bid" is intended, NO sp
n ,ii Conveyance must be named
A. Bidders are requested to use, as far
Io practicable, the printed form VI proposals fu
y nshed by the department, to write ont in fn
the sam of their bids, aud to. retain copies
10 them.