The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1860-03-02

y al
connexion with depending mails, and not sufficient
lY excused, one-fourh of the compensation for the
trip is subject to forfeiture. Deduction will also
De ordered for grade of performance inferior TO
that specified in the contract. For repeated dein-
qnencles OF the kind herein specified enlarged pen
altles, proportioned TO the thereof and the
importance of the mail, may be made.
D. For leaving behind or throwing off the mails
or any portion OF them, for the admission of passen
gers, or for being concerned in settling up or run
nlng an express conveying intelli igence in advance
OF the mail a quarters pay may be deducted.
o. Fines will be imposed. unless the delinquency
De promptly and satisfactorily explained by ceriii-
Gates OF posmasters the afdavts of other credi-
Die persons, for failing TO arrive in contract time;
for negeetlng 10 take the mail from or deliver il
into post office for suffering il be wet destroy
ed, robbed, or lost and for refusing, after demand
10 convey the mail frequently as the contractor
runs, or is concerned IN running coach, car or 1
steamboat a route.
7. The Postmaster General may annuI the con-
tract for repeated failures to agreeaby to con-
tract for violating the Post Office laws, or DISC
oeyIng The instructions of the department for re-
tusng to discharge carrier when required BIZ the
department TO do so for running an express as
foresald or for transporting persons or packages
conveying ma liable matter out of the mail.
8. HE Postmaster General may order an increase
OF service on route by allowing therefor pro rata
increase on the contract pay. He may change sche-
dulles oil departures and arrivals in all cases and par
ucularly 10 make them to conform to connexions
with rall roads, without increase of pay provided
the running time be not abridged. He may also
order an increase OF speed, allowing, within the
restrictions OF the law, pro rata increase of nav
Tor the additional stock carriers if any. The
contractor may however in the case Of increase of
speed reiIaqush the contract by giving prompt no.
tce to the department that he prefers doing so TO
carrying the order into effect. The Postmaster
General may also cuTta or discontinue the service
IN whole or in part, at pro decrease of pay, al
lowing one months extra compensation on the a
mount dispensed with, whenever. in his opinion
the public interests require the change IN case
transportation.
8. Payments will be made by collections from
or drafts on postmasers, otherwise, after the ex-
pratIon OF each quarter-say in February, May
August and November.
10. The distances are given according to the best
information but no increased pay will be allowed
should they be greater than advertised. if the points
10 be supplied be correctly stated. Builders must
inform themselves on this point, and also in refer
ence TO the weight of the mail, the condition of
roads, hills, streams, &C and all to-brIdges fer
rles, or distractions of any kind by which expense
may be incurred. No claim for additional paw |
based on such ground, be considered nor for |
alleged mistakes or mIsapprehensions the de-
gree OF service nor Tor bridges destroyed ferries
discontinued, other distractions increasing dis
tance, 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 in-
creased
II. A bid received after the last day and hour
named. or without the guaranty, required by law /
and certificate as to the sulciency of such guar
anty, cannot be considered in competition with a |
regular proposal reasonable in amount.
Il. Bidders should first propose for service strict
~ according 10 the advertisement, and then, if they
desire, separately for different service and if the
regular bid be the lowest offered for the advertised
service, the other propositions may be consid- /
ered
13. There should be but one route bid sfor in /
proposal. Consolidated or combination bids Hspro- I
posing one sum for two Toutes'') are for /
hidden by law, and cannot be considered.
~ l3 The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
name and residence of the bidder, Chat is, his usu-
al post office address,) and those of each me mber of
a hrm, where company offers, should be distinct |
ly stated.
IS. Bidders are requested to use, as far as prac-
ticabIe, the printed form of proposal furnished by |
the department, to write out in full the sum of |
their bids and to retain copies of them.
Altered bids should not be submitted e.; nor should
bids once submitted be withdrawn. No withdraw
al OF bidder guarantor will be allowed unless
dated and received before the last day for receiving
proposals.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two responsible
persons.
General guarantees cannot be admitted. The bid
and guaranty should be signed plainly with the full
name of each person.
The department reserves the right TO reject any
bid which may be deemed ex;ravagant, aud also to
disregard the bids OF failing contractors and bid
dsrs.
Is. The bid should be sealed, superscribed
"'Maii Proposals, State OF f-,'' addressed, ssSec-
ond Assistant Postmaster General Contract 0fce,''
and sent by mail, not by or to agent; aud post
masters viii not enclose proposals cor letters of any
kind in their quarterly returns.
1T. The contracts are to be executed and return
ed to the department by before the lst day OF
Angus l. 1860; but the service must be commenced
on the lst OF July preceding, or on the mail day
next after that date, whether the contracts be exc
ecuted or not. No proposition to transfer will be
considered until the contracts executed and re-
ceIved at the department and then transfer will
be allowed unless good and sufficient there
for given, 10 be determined by the department..
Ia all cases the retiring Contractor will be required
to become one OF the suretes the new con-
tract.
but more than eighty rods from a station, Will, i'm
after the 3lSt of March next, report their
exact distance from the nearest station, and how
they are otherwise supplied with the mail, ena-
bic the Postmaster General 10 direct mail. messen-
ger supply aom the 1st of July next.
10. Section eighteen of an act of Congress ap-
proved March ;. 1895, provides that contracts for
the transportation of the mail shall be let ''in ev-
cry case to the lowest bidder rendering sufficient
guarantees for faithful performance, without other
reference Ia the mode of such transporat.on.' Un-
Ter this law bids that propose to transport the
nail with ''celeritv: certainty and security,'' hav-
ng been decided 10 be the only regal bids, con-
irued providing for the entireF mail, however
arge, and whatever may be the mode OF convey
nee necessary to insure its ''ceerity certainty and
ecurity," and will have the preference over all
theTs.
30. A modification OF a bid in any of its essen
lal terms IS tantamount 10 new bid and cannot
e received, as TO interfere with regular COM :
etition, after the last hour set for receiving bids
taking new bid with guarantees and certificate
the only way to modify previous bid.
2l. Postmasters to be careful not to certify