Nebraska advertiser., 1858-02-25
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persons Or packages eonseylng naailAele matterou Of The
mail.
s. TIC PostnasterGenera may order an increase Of
service on a route b. allowing therefor pro rata increase
on the contract pay. He may change schedules Of de-
~partures and arrivals ia all cases, and particularly %
make them perform to connections with railroads, with
out increase q pay, provided The running tina be not
abridged. He may also order an iacrease Of speed, al
lowing within the restrictions Of tie law, a pro- rata in
crease Of pay for the additional stock OF carriers, IL any.
The contractor may however, IN the case Of inirease Of
speed, r~eliaquish the contract BY giving prompt notice TO
the department that he prefers doing so to carrying theor-
der into effect. The Postmaster General may also curtail
ST discontinue the 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 opinion
the public interests require the change, or in case he de-
sires to supercede il by a different grade Of transporta-
O. Payments viii be made By collections from, or
drafts on postmasters OF otherwise. after the expiration
Of each quarter say in February, May, August and No
vember.
10. me distances are given according to the bet infor-
nation; but no increasedp pay Willie allowed shouid they
be greater than advertised, if the points TO be supplied be
correctly stated. Bidders mast Inform Menlssfres on
this point: and also in reference 70 the weight Of the
all toll-bridges, ferries, or distractions OF any kind BY
which expenses may be incurred. Noclaim for addition
al pay based on such grounds, can be considered; nor for
ALLEGED mistakes OF misapprehension as to the degree Of
service; nor for bridges destroyed, or other distractions
increasing distance, occurring during the contract term.
0flces established after this advertisement isissued, and
also during the contract term, are to be visited without
extra pay if the distance be not increased.
II. A bid received after the last day and hour named.
or without the guarantee required by law. or mai cum-
bines several routes in one sum Of conDensation. cannot
be considered in competition with . regular proposal rea-
u. Bidders should first propose for service strictly ac-
cording to the advertisement, and then If they desire,
separately for different service; and IL the REGULAR bid
be the lowest offered for the advertised service, the 9TH
| er propositions may be considered.
Is. There should be but one route bid for in a propo-
ii. The route, the service, the Yearly pay. the name
and residence Of thebidder, chat is his usual post ONCE
addressl 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 intend
ed. The words with due celebrity, certainty, and seen
constitute a star bid. When a star bid is intended, no
specific conveyance mustib named. But in case two
modes OF conveyance, are named at the same compensa-
tion, 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 furnished by the depart
ment, to write out in full the sum Of their bids, and to
retain copies Of them. r
Altered bids should not be submitted nor should bids
once submitted be Withdrawn.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two responsible per-
sons.
General guarantees cannot be admitted. The bid and
guarantee should be signed plainly with the full name Of
each person.
The department reserves the right 70 reject any hid
which may be deemed extravagant; and also to disre-
gard the bids Of falling contractors and bidders.
le. The bid should be sealed, superseded "Mail Pro-
Postmaster G~eneraI-Contract ofhce, and sent by mail,
not by or to an agent; and posmasters will not enclose
proposals for letters Of any kind) in their quarterly re-
turns.
II. The contracts are to be executed and returned to
the department by OF before the LIST day of August, 1855,
but the service must be commented on the first July pre-
ceding, or the mail day next after that date, whether the
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
will be allowed, unless good and sufficient 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.
Is. Postmasters at ofhces on OF near railroads, but more
than eighty rods from a station, will Immediately after
the slst of March next, report their exact distance
from the nearest station, and how they are otherwise
supplied with the mail to enable th~ePostmaster General
to direct a mail-mesSenger supply from the first Of July
next.
I9. Section IS Of an act Of Congress approved March 3,
1916, provides that contracts for the transportation Of the
mails shall be let in every case 10 the lowest bidder ten
dering ~auficient guarantees for the faithful performance,
without other reference to the mode of such transporta-
tion than may be necessary 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 styI-
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-
lieved to be sufficient, the lowest bid will be accepted in
preference to a star or specific bid.
When the lowest bid is not a star bid, and specifies eth
er no mode or an ~inadquate mode Of conveyance, it will
not be accepted, but set aside for a specific bid proposing
When the bid does not specify a mode Of conveyance;
also when it proposes to carry according to the adver-
usement,D DuL without Such specification, II Will be con-
sidered as a proposal for horseback service.
20. A modification Of a bid in any OF its esseetial terms
is tantamOunt to a new bid, and cannot be received, so as
10 interfere with a regular competition, after the last
hour set for receiving bids.
q. Postmasters are to be careful not to certify the
sunfciency Of guarantOrs, or ~sureties, without knowing
that they are persons of SUFFICIENT responsibility and all
} bidders, gurantors, and suTeties are distinctly notified
that on a failure to enter into or perform the contracts
for the service proposed for in the accepted bids, their le-
gal liabilities will be enforced against th9m.
%. Present contractors, and persons known at the de-
-N-n unuuf ANAL liz Nth ~ 80 n,-oDNA-s
and certificates Of their suhic ency substantially in the
forms above prescribed. The certificates of suficiency
mustb signed by a postmaster or by a judge of a court Of
record. \ A. v. BROWN, t
Postmaster General.