, 1858-12-17

AN"'S A'S" "buh5SihSss e'SIy 1uesuAy at Q
Arrive at Port Townsend by pm.
l2I6s From Steilacoom City, by the Puyallup
and Duwamsh rivers, to Seattle, IS miles
and back, once a week
Leave SteilacOom City every Wednesday at
at am.
Arrive at Seattle by pm.
Leave Seattle every Tuesday at 0 am.
Arrive at Steacoom City by Tpm.
Bids for two trips a week arc invited
1890 From Vancouver, by Cathlapoodls, to Pc
kin, SO miles and back, once week.
Leave Vancouver every Wednesday at Q am.
Arrive at Pekin by pm.
Leave Pekin every Tuesday at am.
Arrive at Vancouver by pm.
Bids for two trips week arc invited.
1910 From Steilacoom City to Fort Walla.walla,
25O miles and back, twice month";
Leave Steilacoom City on the lst and 18th
of each month.
Arrive at Fort Walla-walla in ten days.
Leave Fort Walla-walla on the LIST and l5th
Of each month.
Arrive at Steilacoom City in ten days.
1911 From Seattle, by C@ur d'Alene Mission,
Hellgate, Fort Benton, and Fort Union, to
St Paul, in Minnesota, 1900 miles and
back, twice month, in covered wagons
or post coaches.
month.
Arrive at st. Paul in % DAYS.
Leave St Paul on the lst and 18th Of each
month.
Arrive at Seattle in 25 days.
INSTRUCTIONS,
Containing conditions to Be embraced in the con-
tracts to The ertent the Department may deem
proper.
/. No pay will be made for the trips not per-
formed; and for each of such omissions, not sat
isfactorily explained, three times the pay Of the
trip may be deducted. For arrivals SO far be-
hind time as to break connection with depending
mails, and not sufficiently excused, one-fourth Of
the compensation for the trip Is subject to forfeit
ure. Deduction will also be ordered for grade
Of performance inferior to that specified in the
contract For repeated delinquencies of the
kind herein specified, enlarged penalties, proper
toned to the nature thereof and the importance
Of the mail, may be made.
2. For leaving behind or throwing off the
mails, or any portion Of them, for the admission
Of passengers, or for being concerned in setting
up or running an express conveying intelligence
IN advance Of the mail, quarters pay may be
deducted
8. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency
be promptly and satisfactorily explained by GER
tfcates Of postmasters, or the afidavits Of other
credible persons for falling TO arrive in contract
time; for negecting to take the mail from or
deliver Il into post Office; and for suffering it
lowing either to the unsuitableness Of the place
or manner Of carrying it) to be wet, injured, de-
stroyed, robbed, or lost
tract for repeated failures to run agreeably to
contract; for violating the post Office laws, or
disobeying the instructions Of the department;
for refusing to discharge q carrier when required
BY the department to do so; for assigning the
contract without the assent Of the Postmaster
General; for running an express, or for tran
sporting persons or packages conveying maiable
matter out Of the mail.
g. The Postmaster General may order an in
crease Of service on route by allowing therefor
q pro rata increase on the contract pay. He
may change schedules Of departures and urri-
walls without increase Of pay, provided the run
ming time be not abridged He may also curtail
or 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 bis opinion the public inter
ests do not require the same, or in case he de-
sires to supersede it by different grade Of
transportation.
9. Payments will be made for the service by
collections from or drafts on pOstmasters, or 9TH
erwise, after the expiration Of each quarter
say in February, May, August, and November.
7. The distances are given according to the
best information; but no increased pay will be
allowed should they be greater than advertised,
Il the points to be supplied be correctly stated.
Bidders must inform themselves on this point
and also in reference to the weight Of the mail,
the condition Of roads, hills, streams, &C., and
all toll-bridgcs ferries, or obstructions Of any
kind by which expense may be incurred. No
claim for additional pay based on such grounds