Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-04-06


rom aud deliver Il irto, tie pcs, Office At ths
iHeneetrens aud end Of their routes, and % and
all Offices not more than slightly rods from landing
Proposals may be submitted for the performance Of
other side servce-that Is for Offices over eighty
from a landing.
Receipts win be required for mail bags conveyed
charge Of persons employed by railroad eompani<
There will also be way Bills prepared by postms<
OF other agents oil the department. to accompany u
mails specifying the number and destination Of ia
several bags. On the principal stage routes likewise
receipts will be required and way bills forwarded the
latter to be examined by the several postmasters
insure regularity in the delivery Of mail bags.
a. No pay will be made for trips no. performed an
for each OF such omissions not satisfactorily explained
three times the pay OF the trip may be deducted For
arrivals far behind time break connection with
depending mails, and notsuiciently excused, oneour
OF the compensation for the trip is subject 10 forfeu
Deduction will also be ordered for grade of perforn>
anee inferior to that specified in the contract For
peated deiuquencies Of the kind herein specified, en-
lsrged penalties, proportional to the nature tbereAl
aud the importance OF the mail may he made
5. For leaving behind throwing off the mails or
any portion of them, for the admission of passengers
or for being concerned in setting mp running an ex
press, conveying intelligence in advance Of the mail
| quarters pay may be deducted.
6. Fines will be imposed, unless the delnquen.S
| cy be promptly aud satisfactorily explained by ;
certificates OF posmasers the aidavs of other cred
ibe persons for falling TO arrive in contract time for
neglecting TO take the mail FROM or deliver il into
robbed or lost and for refusing after demand to corr
vey the mail as frequently the contractors runs or is
concerned in running COACH car or steamboat on 4
| route.
7. The Postmaster General may annr the contract
for repeated failures to run sreeaby TO contract for
violating the post Office laws, disObeyng the instse-
lions of the department. for refusing to discharge
carrier when required by the department TO do So ION
running express aforesaid Tor transporting
persons or packages conveying maabe matter out of
| the mail. J
s. The Postmaster General may order an increase o{
service route by allowing therefor pro rata in
crease on the contract pay He may change schedulsS
of departures and arrivals in ali cases and particular
| to make them conform TO connections with railroad
without increase OF pay provided the running time be
not abridged He may also order increase If speed
allowing, within the restrictions Of the law, pro rata
increase Of pay for the additional stock of carriers
any. The contractor may, however, in the of in
crease of speed, relinquish the contract by giving
prompt notice the department that he prefers doug
so to carrying the order into effect The Postmaster
General may also curai discontinue the service, in
whole or in part at pro rata decrease Of pay allowing
one months extra compensation the amount dis
pensed with, whenever in bis opinion the public inter-
csts require the change in he desires super
sede it by different grade OF transportation.
Q. Payments viii be made by collections FROM or
drafts on, postmasters othersse, after the eIpa
ton of each quarter-say in February, May, August
| and November
TO- The distances given according to the best in
formation but no increased pay H be allowed should
they be greater than advertised il the points TO be
supplied be correctly stated. Bidders must inform,
themselves this point and also in reference to the
weight of the mail the condition roads hills streams
&C., and all tol-bridges, ferries OF distractions Of any
kind by which expense NAV be incurred No claim for
additional pay based on such ground can be consid.
cred nor for alleged mistakes Misrepresentation to
the degree of service for bridges destroyed ferries
discontinued other distinctions increasing distance
occurring during tue contract term Offices established
ala
contract term, to be visited without extra pay,
| the distance be not ilcre ased. -
H. bid received after the last day aud hour named
without the guaranty required by law aud certif
the suieiency OF such guaranty, cannot 90
considered in competition with regular proposal rea-
sonabe in amount.
H. Bidders should first propose for service strictly
according to the advertisement, and then, if they de-
SIRE separately for different service; aud If the regular
bid be the lowest offered for the advertised service the
other propositions may be considered
3D. There should be but one route bid for in pro-
possL Consolidated or combination bids (''proposing
onesn for t~o or more routes are Forbidden by law,
and cannot be considered. ~
IL. The route the service the Yearly pay the name
aud residence of the bidder THAT is his usual post Office
address, and those Of each member OF firm, where a
company off r. should be distinctly stated.
Nlj Bidders requested to se far practicabei
the printed form Of proposal furnished by the depart
ment, 10 write out in full the Of their bids and 70
retain copies Of them.
Altered bids should not be submitted; should bids
once submitted be Withdrawn No withdrawal of bid
der guaranor will be allowed unless dated and re.
ceved before the last day for receiving proposals.
Each bid must be guareul!el by two responsible per-
sons
General guarantees cannot be admitted The bid and
guaranty should be sgHe3 plainly with the full of
each person.
The department the right to reject any bid
which may be deemed exravagint, and also to disre
gard the bids of failing contractors and bidders.
10. The bid should be sealed, Superscribed 'Mal
Proposals. State Of" addressed "Chief of the
Contract Bureau Richmond, Virginia. and sent BY
mrH not by or to an AGENT aud postmasters will no.
enclose proposals Tor letters Of any kind in their quar-
tery returns
L. The contracts are to be executed and returned to
the department. by or before the lH dly Of ARg,st
1863 but the service must be commenced on the LIST
July preceding the mail day next after that date,
whether tho contracts be executed or not. No PROPOSE
ton TO transfer will be considered until tie con-
are executed sud received the department. aud
then transfer will be allowed unless good and sufficient
therefor given, to be determined by the de-
parmeut. In all cases the retiring contractor will be re-
qured to become OF the surrtie3 on the new con-
tract.
Is. Railroad routes are not advertised, aud postmas
tiers at Offices on railroads. bat than eighty
rods from station, WILL immediately after the Both Of
March next report their exact distance from he nearest
station aud how they otherwise supplied with the
mail to enable the Postmaster General 20 direct mail
messenger supply from the LIST OF July next.
49, Section eighteen of of Congress, approved
March g. ls45 and the ID section OF act approved
18th March, 1861 provide that contracts for the trans
portation of the mail shall be let in every case to the
lowest bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for faithful
performance, without other reference to the mode Of
such transportation than may be necessary to provide
for the due celebrity, certainty, and security of such
transportation" Under Mtsc lars, bids that propose 10
transport tie mail arih "eeiertp certainty and
security" hasing been decided to be the only
legal bids, are construed proriding Jo- tie entire
mail however large and whoever may be the mode Of
co,ueyanee necessary to insure it's eelerty certainty
and Security" and ucH hare tic preference erer oil