Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-02-17

0,utqinisg condition, to u Incorporated in the
tracts 70 the extent the department. may dsem
proper.
l. Seven minutes are allowed TO each intermediate
Olee when not wIsesprCihed, for RS'orllnB the
malls but On NilrnAd and uteAlhGat rOu - there Is
| to DO no moro delay than 10 suMcltht IOF Ah e4'
change u tho mail bags.
4 In railroad aud steamboat lines, aud other
routes where tho mode Of conveyance admits Of It,
| the special agents u the Post Once Department,
also VOat Office blanks, mall laN l0eG'' ahd GrySHFe
| to bG conveyed without VAtrH charge.
| D. Ou railroad and steamboat lines the route
agents Of tlv department are to be conveyed with
out charge; mud for lher exclusive use, while
| travelling With tho malls, cOnnoiiona car OF
| HrRrturnt 10 the centre Of car properly lighted,
wNrulrSI and furnished, and adapted to tho COVE
nIrL and due security u the mails. 10 10
hs provided By the contractor, under the direction VI
the department.
Railroad aud steamboat companies are required TO
take the mail FROM and deliver 1t into tho post iccs
At tile cutuipn efiEnt and end Of their routes and
to aud fn,In all other offices not more than eighty
rolls from u station or landing. PROPOSALS may be
submitted by the comIMhc. for the per fOrEanco Of
all other side suTyicG-that iS for Oncbd over eighty
rods from station or landing
Receipts will bo required for mall bags conveyed
IN charge Of PERSONS employed by railroad cUmpa.
nleS. There Will also DO way bills prepared ny
post masters or other agOntA Of the department, 10
accompany the lnHilS, specifying the humber and
destination Of the several bags. On tho principal
stage routes IIkUwIsS, receipts Will be required aud
way bills forwarded; the latter to DO examined by
tie several pUstulNsFts, to insure regularity In tue
delivery Of mall bags
I. NJ pay viii he made for trips formed:
and for each Of such 0missOnB not satisfactorily eX
paiuel three times the pay Of tho trip may be DE-.
Quoted. PUr arrivals ~ lar behind tiIuS ~ to break
connection with depending HAils aUd hot sufficiently
excused, Untiunrth Of the compensation for tue trip
Il subject u forfeiture. Deduction will MAO be
dCrrd for n grade 0f performance inferior to that
specified In tie contract. Fur repeated Delinquent
Giles VI tic kind hCrUln specified, enlarged penNtIts
pTopOrtUnEd tO the nature thereof aud the Import.
Nlce u the nlNll, may DO male.
8. FOR leaving behind, or throwing OF the mills,
or any portion Of thU, Tor tho admission Of plSss
gers Or for being concerned Ia settling upOr running
M express conveying intelligence In advance Of tue
mall, Il quarters Iay may he deducted,
U. Fines will be- imposed, unless the delinquency
be promptly and satisfactorily explained by eSrlh.
Gates Of pOStmN'Ors or tbs AidAVltH Of other cfe.
bic peTANn' for falling 10 arrive In contract tlmV
for npElecIiug 10 take tho mall from or deliver II
into post Office: for suffering It to bs wet injured,
dOSTOyCd, rubbed Loaf; aud for refusing, sitter de-
nNnd, 10 convey the mail Is frequently ~ the con-
tractor runs, Or Il concerned ln running, coach,
car, or steamboat on route.
:, The Postmaster General may annul the contract
for repeated failures to run AgrVrAhly contract; for
VOlhIlngthe post OlcB laws, or disObcyinS the IT,.
ItructonH Of the department; for refusing to dis
charge carrier when required by the department 10
do 10; for running an express az aforesaid; or Tor
transporting persons or packages conveying mAsa'
blS matter out Of tho mail.
s. Tho pnaIHlAItsT General may order an Increase
Of service on route BY allowing therefor pro rata
increase On tho contract pay lie may chAnGC Hthcd'
uleS VI CnarlrCs and arrivals In all cLs8l aud par.
tlculaTy to make them conform to connexions with
railroads. without Increase Of pay provided the run
nlIg tme hu not HbrinGed lie may hlsO order an
increase ufEpet, allowing, within the restrictions Of
the Law, pro rata increase VI pay Tor the additional
I tFnr HTtnR hbNR.
ever, In the case Of Iucrca VI slrrl rcnquISh the
contract, by giving prompt notice 10 the department
that liz prefers doing ~ to carrying tho order
into effect. Tbs Postmaster General may also cur.
tail or discontinue the service In WhOp or In part Ut
pro raid decrease u pay, allowing one months eXtrA
compensation on the amount Dispensed with, when.
ever, In III. opinion the public Interests require the
change, or In case hU desires to HupCTtrdv II by II
different grade Of transportation
o. Payments will DO made by collections from or
drafts on pOImAsers, OF otherwise, after the eGpi.
nation Of each 1uNrtcr-bay, In February, May, Au.
gust, aud November.
10. Tue distances arr given According to the best
information, but no Increased Ray wall 10 allowed
70 be supplied should they be greater than A6vsr.
tlSed, III tho points to be correctly stated.
bidders NUT iAjDrh heMJ'lrGT on thif point,
aud aleO Ia reference 10 thV weight Of tho
ulA the condition Of roads, hills, streams, Re-, and
all toll bridges ferries, or ObstructlOns OF any kind
By which expense my b. incurred No claim for al.
ditloNAl pay based On Gch ground, can hS consider.
C; nor fUt alleged mistakes VI Misrepresentation "a
tho degree VI service; for bridges Destroyed fer
Tles discontinued, or other ObStTGcIinna increasing
distance, occurring during tie Contract tGrm. OF.
heea established Rner this advertisement 10 issued,
and AlsO during the contract term, 10 10 visited
without extra pay, II the distance bv not Increased.
II. A bid received after the last day aud hour
named or without the guarantee required by law,
aud certificate W to the SutclOncy u such RuArAn.
tCs, cannot DO considered III competition With reg.
uiar proposal reasonable III amount.
y. ldlssGhoul Grst propose for service strictly
According to the ADVERTISEMENT RAd thru, II they dc.
sire, t'pdTdtCy for different service; and II the TGqu
lar bid bc the lowest offered far the advertised
vice, tho other propositions may DO considered.
IS There should be but unU route lid Tor in pro-
poEAI. Consolidated Or combination bids lptopOSing
one sum or tWO or more TOuttal are forbidden by
law, aud cannot 10 considered
II. Tho route, the service, tho yearly pay, tho
name aud residence ofthV bidder, THAT IT, Ills usual
post Office address, and ihosO VI each member Of
trni, where company offers, should be distinctly
Stated.
Is. bidders ara requested to uIO, ~ far A. prActl
cable tho pr nVi fIrlu OL proposals. furnished by tho
department. TO write cot Ia full tic sum Of their BIDS
aud to retain copies ofthOtn.
Altered bids should not be submitted; nor should
bids UneC submitted DO withdrawn. No withdrawal
Of bidder or EuNrAntOr will he allowed unless dated
aud received before the last day Or receiving pro-
pOaAlu.
|
General guarantees cannot DO admitted, The bid
and guarantee Should DO TgNtd plainly with the full
name Ol eAcli person.
The department reserves the right TO reject any
bid which may hS lSSuiVd EGtrNVAHAnt, aud AlaO 10
diSrVgI the bIlS Of falling contractors aud bidders.
TO- Tho bid should 10 ISAlOl, BupOrScTibHl small
Proposals. State " Virginia. addressed "SecOld A..
HlstGnt Postmaster General, Contract Once" and
sUnt by mail net by nr Ioan Aganii and INuimAHtcrH
will not enclose prUlOSAla Tor letters Of ANY knd) In
UirpuArtVTly returns,
II, THE CuRlraclI NFO 10 DO executed aud returned
to the department hy or before tbs LIT day q July
1909; but this service must BE- commenced on the l5t
July VI On tho mall day next AllSr that date NhEih
or the contracts 10 executed or not
IL. rOalmNltUFS Al Offices on or near TnrOAlS, but
more than eighty rUdN FUN station, will, mnlodI.
Atey amer tho 10th u April HVXt rOpIrt thO exact
distance irOm tho nearest BtRtinn aud how ihVy ara
otherwise supplied with the ulAil IL enable the POsl
master UHnSral 10 direct nNil.uIVaacngVF supply
from the lat Of July naGt.
49, SUttlUu eighteen NJ an act Of OOnErOSI approved
March g. 1885, provides that contracts for Tie trans.
pOFIRlOh Of the mail hlAl 10 lV Yin every cGsa u
ihU lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for
lAlthih performance without other reference tO the
NlN Of such tTAUaOflAliOU than may DO NPCNslnFV