Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-01-19

I IbISsorwardcd; the latter to be examined by the
seysEa postmasters, to insure regularity in the de-
liysy OF mail bags.
Emo pay will be made for trips not performed:
on2 for each of such omissions not satisfactorily
erssined three times the pay Of the trip may be
deStcted. For arrivals 30 fnr behind time as 10
brd& connexion with depending mails, and not sutfi.
cienty excused, onefourth Of the compensation for
ths "trip is subject TO forfeiture. Deduction will
als, be ordered for grade Of performance in erior
olthat specified in the contract. For repeated de.
Eaquences Of the kind herein specified, enlarged
nenalties, proportioned to the nature thereof ana
The importance of the mail, may be made.
S. For leaving behind or throwing of tho mails.
Or any portion Of them, for the admission of pas
sengers, or for being concerned in setting Nd or
rrunhing IN express conveying intelligence in ad-
ysnce OF the mail, quarters pay May be deducted.
rs. Fines will be imposed, unless the delnauencv
bspremptF asd satisfactorily explained BY ce,,ifi.
cdes Of pos,lnastefs Of afidayits Of other cred
bIs persons, for failing 10 arf1vsAt contract time
fot necleeting to take the mail from deliver il
mo most Office for suffering it to be wet, iSNurei
DESTROYED, robbed, or lost and for refusing amer
demand, to convey the mail as frequently as the
contractor runs, or is concerned in running coach,
cdr, or steamboafon a route.
Il. The Postmaster General may anuu tho con.
tract for repeated failures to run agreeaby to con-
tract for, violating the Post Office laws. or dis
obeying the instructions of the department; for
refusing to discharge carrier when REQUIRED by
The department ia do so for running an express as
aforesaid ot for Transporting person or packages
conveying ninilable matter out of the mail.
s. The Poamaster General may order an increase
of sery cc ona route by allowing therefor pro rata
! increase on the contract, p. y. He, may change
schedules of departures and arrivals in al cases.
and particularly to make them conform to connex-
ions with railroads, without increase Of paw. proy
ded the running time be not abridged. lie NAV
also order anrincrease Of speed, allowing, within
The restrictions of the law, pro rata increase of
pay for the additional stock or carriers, any Tho
contractor may, howeS, in the case Of increase Of
speed, relinquish the contract, by giving prompt
notice to the department that he prefers doing so
to carrying the order into effect. The Postmaster
General may also curtail or discontinue the service
in whole or in part at pro rata decrease Of pay, al
lowing ohe months extra compensation on the
ainont dispensed with, whenever, in his opinion,
the public interests require the change, or in ca4e
he desires to supcrsedc it by different grade of
transportation.
9.Pnymcnts will be maac by collections from or
drafts on'postnlasters or Otherwise, otter The expi-
ration Of each quartcr-suy in February, MAY,
August and November
10. Tie distances arc given according to tho
best information but no increased pa7 will be a.
lowed should they be greater than advertised. if
the points t, be supp led be correctly stated Bid
ders must inform themselves on this point, AMI
also in reference TO the weight OF the mall the con-
d,tion of roads, hills, streams, &c, and all toll
bridges, ferries, Instructions Of any kind by
which expense may be incurred. No claim for ad-
ditional pay, based on such ground can be consid-
- Ill .faL..
rs to the degree of service; nor for bridges -des-
troytd ferries discontinued, or other distractions
increasing distance, occurring during the contract
term. Offices established after this advertisement.
is issued, and also ddriny the contract term are TO
be visited without extra pay, il tlc distance be not
increased.
II. y bid received after the las, day and hour
named, OF without the guaranty required by law
and certificate TO the suliciency Of such guar
ANY, cannot be ,ns!dcred ia competition with u
regular proposal reasonable in amount.
II. Bidders should first prusse for service strict
y according to the advertisement and then, if they
desire, separately Tor different service and if the
regular bid be The lowest offered f,r the advertised
service the oth.r propositions may te considered.
t8. There should be but one route bid for ina
proposal. Consolidated Or combination bids C' pro-
psing one SUN for lwo or more routes') are fur-
II. The ruute, the ser yice, the yearly pay the
name and residence oil The bidder; hat is his usu,l
pos. ofi.s address and those of each member Of
irm, where company Offers, should beIa;atuctly
stytei ;-1llso- MOI .issuyiganes,5 if = -
mode than horseback be intended. The words
"wi,h due celebrity, certainty, and security" iuser
ted tp indicate the mode Of conveyance, will con-
sttute "star bd" When a star bid is intended,
no specific conveyance must be named. But in
case two les OF conveyance are named at the
same compensat on, the highest or best for the
vice will be taken.
Is. Bidders arc requested to use, as far as prae-
tcabls, the printed form OF proposal furnished by
the department. to write out in full the sum Of their
bids, and to retain cupes Of them.
Altered bids shuvld not be subme nor shoud
bids once submitted be withdrawn. No withdrawal
Of bidder or guarantor will be allowed unless
dated and received before the last day or RECEIVING
proposa!J
Each bid must be guaranteed by two responsible
persons.
General guarantees cannot be admitted. Tlr,
bid and guaranty should b. sigaed plAiuy with the
full name Of eich person.
The department reserves tho right to eject any
bid which may be deemed eXtra!aganty AMI asp tn
disregard the bids Of failing contractors anil bidders.
l6 The bid should be Sealed, superser bed Mail
Proposals, Stat. d.; addressed Second
Assistant Postmaster General, Contract Office"
and sent by mail, not By to an asentr and post
mlstcrs will not enclose proposals or letters Of any
kind) in their quarterly re,urns
II The contracts are 10 b. executed and return.
cd to the department BY or before the lst day of
august 1889; but the service must be commenced
The lst July pr. cedng. or on the mail day next
after Tia; date. whether the contracts be executed
or hot No proposition to ,ra"ster will be coasid-
cred until the contracts are executed and received
at the department; and then no transfer will bo
allowed uness good and sufficient reasons therefor
are given, to be determined by the department In
all cases the retiring contractor will bs required 10
become one OF the surctics on the new contract.
IL. Postmasters Il. Offices on or near railroads,
but more than eighty rods from station, will, i'm
mediatey after the 3ls of March next, report their
cxlct distance from the nearest station, and how
they are otherwise supplied with the mail, to enable
the Postmaster General to direct j mail-messenger
supply from the lst of July next.
10. Section eighteen Of IN act of Congress ap-
proved March 3, ls4j, provides that contracts for
the transportation of The mail shall be let "in every
case TO the lowest bidder rendering sufficient guar
antics for faithful performance without other refer
ence to the mode Of SUCH trans spostaton than may
be necessary to provide for the due celerity, eer-
tanty, aud security Of such transportation" Under
this law new description Of bids has been received.
They do no. specify mode Of conveyance, but en-
gage 10 take the entire mail each trip with oelery,
certainty, and security, using theserms Of the law.
These bids are styled, from the manner in which,
they are designated on the books of the department
star bids and they will be construed as providing
for the conveyance Of the entire mail, Aosessr large
and whatersr may be the mode necessary to Insure
its eelerity, certainty and seea'ityn
When the lowest grade Of service is believed to-
be sriiocnt, the lowest bid will bo accepted in pre-
ference to star or specific bid.
When the lowest bid is moi star bid, and speci-
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