Nebraska advertiser., 1858-03-25
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persons OF packages conveying mallaDie matter out OF the
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8. The Postmaster General may order an increase Of
service on a route by allowing therefor a PRO rata increase
on the contract pay. He may change schedules OF de-
partures and arrivals in all cases, ard particularly 70
make them perform toc0nnectiOns with railroads, WIN
out increase Of pay, provided the running time De not
abridged. He may also order an increase OF speed, al
lowing within the restrictions Of the law, a pro rata
crease Of pay for the additional stock OF carriers, any:
The contractor may, however, in the case OF increase
speed, relinquish the contract by giving prompt houCe 70
the department that he prefers doing so 10 carrying theor-
der into effect. The POstmaste General may also curtall
or discontinue the service, in whole or IN part, at pro rata
decreaseo of nav. allowing one months extra compensation
on the amount dispensed with, whenever IN mas opinion
the public interests require the change, or IN case ne de-
sires to supercede it by a different grade OF transporta-
3. Payments will be made by collections FROM, or
drafts on postmasters or Otherwise, after the expiration
Of each quarter-say in February, May, August and No
venlber.
10 The distances are given according to the best infor-
nation; but no increased pay Will be allowed should they
he greater than advertised, il the points To be supplied be
correctly stated. Bidders must inform themselves on
fhis pOint: and also in reference 10 the weight OF the
mail, the condition of the roads, hills, streams, &c, and
all toll-bridges, ferries, OF distractions Of any kind by
which expenses may be incurred. No claim for addition
| al nay based on such grounds, can be considered; nor for
alleged mistakes or misapprehensiensas 60 the degree OF
service; nor for bridges destroyed, or other distractions
increasing distance, occurring during the contract term.
Offices established after this advertisement is issued, and
also during the contract term, are to be visited without
extra pay if the distance be not increased,
IL. A bid received after the last day and hour named,
or without the GUARANTEES required by law, or that COM
bines several routes in ole sum Of compensation, cannot
be considered in compedtICu with a regular proposal rea-
sonable in amount.
u. Bidders should first propose for service strictly ac-
cording to the advertisement, and then if 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.
Is. There should be but one route bid for in a propo-
Ia. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the name
and residence Of the bidder, (that is his usual post office
address1 and those Of each member of a firm, where a
| cou1nanN offers. should be distinctly stated: also tho mode
Of conveyance if ahigher mode than horseback be intend
ed. The words with due celebrity, certainty, and secu-
ritv,' inserted to indicate the mode of conveyance, will
constitute a star 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 furnished by the depart
ment, to write out iRfull the sum Of their bids, and tc
retain copies of them.
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 to reject any bic
which may be deemed extravagant; and also to disre-
gard the bids of failing contractors and bidders.
16. The bid should be sealed, superseded "Mail 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.
II. The contracts are TO be executed and returned Il
the department by or before the LIST day Of August, 1858
but the service must be commenced 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. II
all cases the retiring contractor will be required to be
come one of the sureties on the new contract.
Is. Postmasters at offices on or near railroads, but more
than eighty rods from a station, will Immediately aftel
the 31st Of March next, report their exact distance
from the nearest station, and how they are otherwise
supplied with the mail to enable the Postmaster Genera
to direct a mail-mesSenGer supply from the frstOf July
next.
10. Section IS of an act of Congress approved March 3
1876, 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 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 taxi
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,
strled 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 il
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
the necessary service.
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 it's esseetial term
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.
q. Postmasters are to be careful not to certify thu
~sufhciency Of guarantOrS, or suTeties, without knOwinj
that they are persons of sufficient responsibility and al
bidders, gurantOTS, and sureties are distinctly notife,
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 tham.
%. Present contractors, and persons known at the de
partment must equally with others, procure guarantor
and certificates of their sufic ency substantially in tn,
! forms above prescribed. The certificates Of ~suAicieac
must be signed by a postmaster or by a judge of a court o
record. a. V. BROWN.
- a. postmasfar GanaraI