The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-02-27


IS miles and back, once week.
Leave Lawrence Monday at a N;
Arrive at Sumner same day D. mi
| Leave Sumner Tuesday By Q m;
| Arrive at laurence same day by am.
l5ce9 From Topeka. .by GrssshePper Falls. to
Sumner co miles and back, once week.
Leave Topeka Monday at 8 q u;
Arrive az sumner next dag by II m;
Leave Sumner TUESDAY at p m:
| Arrive at Topeka next day b5 m.
Forms of Proposal, Guaranty and Certificate.
The undersigned --.-,w whose post office
-, proposes to convey the mails of the
| United States, from july 1st. ls5s. to June 20,
| Is62. on route No.. between --- and
-. agresably to the advertisement of
the Postmaster General, dated December 81,
| 1857, for the annual sum Of - dollars.
TAis proposal Is made srftd fuH kn0Segedge ,of
tie dtstalee Of TIE ro,ste Zee seeig1t Of Tie nait to
10 tie route and ser5ice z1zd also after CAREFUL ez
I'm gsi7atiois Of The LarS AID Instructions attached to
sie adeerfiseDaept.
Dated (Signeu.)
The undersigned. residing at ---, Stste of
---. undertake that, if the foregoing bid for
carrying the mail on route No: -, be accepted
% tne P9stmaster "a eneral the & oiaaer % snail & tb
required obligation, or contract, to perform the
service proposed, with sod and sufficient sure
This tce do stnderstasdseg distinctly tie o5liga-
tOns and liabilities assumed 6y gasardstors under
tie ga SEXTON Of tie dctcf Congress Of Jaly I'd,
Dated (signed by two gnarantors.)
CERTIFICATE.
The undersigned, postmaster st ----.
State of ---. ceftifes, UNDER Els OATH
OF OFFICE, that be Is acquainted with the above
guaranters. and knows them to be men Of prop
erty, and able to make good their guaranty.
| Dated (Signed.)
instructions.
Containing conditions to Be Incorporated in tie
contracts to the etzezR tie department nsGy deem
| proper.
| l. Seven minutes are allowed to each interme-
sorting the mails; but on railroad and steamboat
routes there is TO be no more delay than is sufi-
cient for an exchange of the mail bags.
| 2 On railroad and steamboat lines, and other
routes where the mede of conveyance admits of
it, the special agents of the department, also
post Office blanks, mail bags, locks and keys, are
| to be conveyed without extra charge.
| 3. On railroad and steamboat lines the route
agents OF the department are TO beeonveyed with
| out charge. and for their exclusive use, while
| travelling with the mails, commodious car, or
| ed, warmed and furnished. and adapted to the
| convenient separation and due security of the
mails, is to be provided BY the centrae tor under
| the direction of the department.
Railroad and steamboat companies are re-
qniFed to take the mail from, and deliver it into,
| the post otiices at the commencement and end of
their routes. and to and from all efces not more
| than eighty rods from station or landing Pro-
p0sais may be submitted for the performance Of
| all other side service-that is, for Offices over
| eighty rods from a station or landing.
| Receipts VIII be required for mail bags con-
| Veyed IN charge OF persons employed by railroad
companies. There will also be way bills pre-
pared by postmasters, or other agents of tie Post
Ohce Department, to accompany the mails, spe-
Giving the mum Der and destination of the sew
eral bags. On the principal stage routes, like
wise, receipts viii be required and way bills
1 forwarded; the latter to be examined By the
several postmasters, to insure regularity In the
| delivery Of mail bags.
4. No pay will be made for trips not performed:
and for each Of such omission, not satisfactorily
explained, three times the pay of the trip may
be deducted. For arrivals so far behind time as
to break connection with depending mails and
not sufficiently excused, one-fourth of the com
pensation for the trip is. subject to forfeiture
Deduction will also be ordered for grade of per
| formances inferior TO that specified in the con-
tract. For repeated delinquencies of the kind
to the nature thereof and the importance of the
mail, may be made.
5. For leaving behind or throwing off the mails,
or any portion Of them, for the admission of pas
sengers, or for being concerned in setting UP or
running an express conveying intelligence in
advance OF the mail, q quarters pay may be de-
| Quoted.
6. Fines viii be imposed, unless the deIinouen-
| ey be promptly and satisfactorily explained BY
certificates of pOstmaSters, or the afhdaYits of
other credible persons, for falling to arrive In
contract time; for neglecting to take the mail
from, or deliver 1t into. post office; for suffer
ing 1t lowing either to the unsuitableness of the
place or manner of carving it, to be wet, in
jured, destroyed, robbed, or lost and for refus-
| ing, after demand to convey the mail as fire.
| quently as the contractor runs, or is concerned
IN running, coach, car, or steamboat on
route.
z. The Postmaster General may annul the con-
| tract for repeated failures to run agreeabiy to
| contract for violating the Post Office laws or
| dlsobeyIDg the instructions of the department;
Tor refusing TO discharge carrier when required
| by the department to do so; for assigning the
| contract without the assent Of the Postmaster
| General; forrunning an express as aforesaid or
for transporting persons or packages conveying
nlaiiable matter out Of the mail.
.. The Postmaster General may order an in
crease OF service on route by allowing therefor
o pro Tfltd increase on the contract pay. He may
change schedules of departures and arrivals in
all eases, and parte alarly to make them conform
| to connections with railroads, without increase
| Of pay, provided the running time be not
abridged. lie may also order an increase of
speed, allowing, within the restrictions of the
law, pro rdtd increase Of pay for the additional
stock or carriers, II any. The contractor may,
| however. IN the case of increase of speed relin,
qulsh the contract by giving prompt notice to
the department that he prefers doing so to car
ryIng the order into effect. The Postmaster GEN
erai 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 his opinion,
the public interests require the change, or in
case he desires TO supersede il BY different
grade Of transportation.
.. PAYMENTS will be made By collections from,
or drafts on, postmasers, or otherwise, after the
/ expiration of each quarter-say in February
Nay. August and November,
| III. Ine distances are gwen according to the
pest information; but no increased pay will be
allowed should they be greater than advertised
| II the points to be supplied be correctly stated
BSdders must INFORM hsersselres on His point:
Inrsr rlnf7< --aGn.- k-x4l =.
the condition Of roads, hills, streams &c., and
all oll-bridges, ferries. or obstructions of any
KIND by which expense may be incurred. No
claim for additional pay, based on such grounds
can be considered; nor for alleged mistakes or
mlsappfehensions SIS to the degree of service;
nor for bridges destroyed, or other distractions
se Ssabg5bBg during the
| tisement is issued, and also during the contract
term, are to be visited without extra pay, if the
distance is not increased.
IL. a bid received after the last day and hour
named, or without the guarantee required by
laN, or that combines several routes in one sum
Of Compensation, cannot be considered in com
petition with regular proposal reasonable in
| amount.
| ls. Bidders should first propose for service
strictly according to the advertisement and
vice; and if the regular bid be theloWest offered
for the advertised service, the other propositions
may be considered.
70 There should be but one route bid for in
. proposal.
II. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
name and residence Of the bidder. Chat is his
usual post Office address, and those of each
| member of q firm, wherea eempanyofers, should
be distinctly stated; also the mode of convex
ance, If q higher mode than horseback be intend
ed. The words with due ceierity, certainty,
and security" !" inserted to indicate the mode of
tconveyanee. will constitute --ssdr DID," When
p star bid is intended, no specific conveyance
must be named. But II ease TOO modes of con-
yeyaEee are named at the same COMPENSATION.
the highest or best for the serYiee-Will be ta-
1 ken.
| E.eBidders are requested to use, asfar Is prae-
| ticable, the printed form of proposal furnished
/ by the department. to write out In full the sum
| Of their bids, and ts retain copies Of them.
| Altered bids should not be submitted; nor
| should bids once submitted be withdrawn.
| Zach bid must be guaranteed by two response
ble persons.
General guarantees cannot be admitted, Tbs
bid and guarantees should be signed plainly with
| the full name Of each person.
The department reserves the right to reject