The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1862-05-02

p ON railroad and steamboat lines and
where the mode Of convey
of II, the special agents 81 the
Post Office Department, also post Office
blanks, mail bags, locks and keys, are to
Do conveyed without extra charge
g. Steamboat companies are required 10 I
take the mail from, and deliver it into,
the post offices at the commencement and
end OF their routes, aud to and from All
Offices not more than eighty rods from
landing Proposals may be submitted for
the performance OF all other side service,
that is, for offices over eighty rods from a
landing
Receipts will be required for mail bags |
conveyed in charge OF persons employed |
by railroad companies. There will also be /
sway bills prepared by postmasters, or
other agents Of the department., to accom-
pany the mails, specifying the number
and destination Of the several bags. On
the principal stage routes likewise, re-
ceipts will be required and way bills for
Warded the latter to be examined by the
several postmasters, to insure regularity
in the delivery of mail bags.
! t. No pay Will be made for trips not
performed and for each OF such omis
sons, not satisfactorily explained, three
times the pay of the trip may be deduct
ed For arrivals SO far behind time as to
break connexion with depending mails,
and not sufficiently excused, one-iourth
of the compensation for the trip is subject
to forfeiture. Deduction will also be or
dered for grade Of performance inferior
to that specified in the contract For re-
peated delinquences Of the kind herein
q specified, enlarged penalties, proportion
! ed to the nature thereof and the lmpor-
, tGnce of the mail, may be made.
5. For leaving behind or throwing of
the mails, or any portion of them, for the
admission of passengers, or for being con
;, cerned in setting up or running am eH-
: press, conveying intelligence in advance
e of the mail, quarters pay may be de-
= Quoted.
! 6. Fines will be imposed, unless the de
J. linquency be promptly and satisfactorily
explained by certificates of postmastefs o.
. the aflidavits of other credible persons
a. for failing to arrive in contract time fol
= neglecting to take the mail FROM or de
= liver it into, post Office; for suffering /
II to be wet, injured destroyed, robbed, o.
lost and for refusing, after demand, t.
u convey the mail as frequently as the con
- tractor runs, or is concerned in running
u, coach car, or steamboat on a route.
- 7. The Postmaster General may annu
y the contract for repeated failures to rul
agreeably to contract; for violating tn
!" post office laws, or disobeyiDg the instiuC
n tons of the department; for refusing I
IS discharge a carrier when required 10y tn
VI department to do SO for running an eN
II press as aforesaid Or for transporting pei
g sons or packages conveying mailable ma
III ter out of the mail.
l3s 8. The postmaster general may order a
VI increase Of service on route by allown
N therefor pro rata increase on tho col
nc tract pay. He may change schedules
nv departures and arrivals in all cases, an
aw particularly to make them conform
4 connections with railroads, without il
crease of pay, provided the running tim
he be not abridged. He may also order a
ch increase of speed, allowing within the \
ult strictions of the law, PRO rata increase
1a- nav for the additional stock or carriers,
he any. The contractor may, however,
en the case of increase Of speed, relinqu'
la the contract, by giving prompt notice
nd the department that he prefers doing
led to carrying the order into effect. II
postmaster general may also curtail or d
ate continue the service, in whole or in pal
nIy, Ai,,prnr-s' extra cU1fIpunsHr16h on II
re amount dispensed with, whenever, in h
sql opinion the public interests require Il
'Tf change, or in case he desires to superset
az it by different grade of transportation
hT 9. Payments will be made by collection
Dc FROM or drafts on, postmasters, or othe
wise after the expiration of each quarter
so say in February, May, August and Mover
IN Der.
1t 10. The distances are given aecordil
SUI to the best information but no increase
On, pay will be allowed should they be great
ate than advertised, if the points to be su
he piled be correctly stated. Bidders must
Tue form themselves on this point, and also in r
nd ference to the weight of the mail, the co
ue dition of roads, hills, streams, &C., and 9
eet tollbridges, ferries, or Instructions Of al
'ut kind by which expense may be incurre
re- No claim for additional pay, based on suC
he ground can be considered nor for ale
,h- ed mistakes or misapprehension as to IL
degree of service nor for bridges destro
ed, ferries discontinued, or other obstrl
7 tions increasing distance, occurring durir
the contract term. Offices established q
la ter this advertisement is issued, and all
o 20 during the contract term are to be visitC
be without extra pay, if the distance be n
80 40 increased.
on IL. A bid received after the last day an
mt hour named, or without the guaranty +
m quired by law and a certificate as to Il
nd sufficiency of such guaranty, cannot
l. considered in competition with regul
proposal reasonable in amount.
of r. Bidders should first propose for Sc
oI vice strictly according to the adveFtis
Sr- ment, and then, if they desire, separate
isy for different service and if the reg'tl
,ns bid be the lowest offered for the advertise
service the other propositions may
considered.
b. There should be but one route bid {,
in proposal. Consolidated or combn
tie ton bids (''proposing one sum for two
ng more routes') are forbidden by law, an
nc cannot be considered
he A. The route, the service, the year
u pay, the name and residence of the BIZ
IA der THAT is, his usual post Office address
ce and those of each member of firm
re- where a company offers, should be di
tinctly stated.