Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-02-13
INSTRUCTIONS,

0uiaiuiry conditions 10 u Incorporated in The con-
irlctG 10 he SJitHt the department may DE"
ProI"r.
seven minutes are allowed to each intermediate
office when not Otherwise specified Tor as.0rtinS ia"
mails; Int On railroad aud SirH IbGat rUu rs there Is
to be no more delay than Il AnIllclrnt I"F AL eA
change u the mail bag.
y On rAiIroaI aud sirNnlbOa, lines, aud other
rnutr4 whtr0 tho mode Of conveyance admits oi IL
The special agents ii the Post ONCE Department.
also poet office blanks mall hays, locGT, and k"ISHFe
| TO hG conveyed without rNtra charge.
.. On railroad and Steamboat lines the route
agents Of tho Department RTr to hr conveyed with
ont charge; aud tOs thciT exclusive Use, while
| travelling with the uiHs, COintnOiious car or
nTtpIrt In the centre NJ chr, properly lighted
warmed and furnished. aud adapted 10 the COnVt-
nrnt separation Nnd due security Of the mails Ii to
LC provided by tho contractor under the direction OI
| the department.
RAILROAD aud steamboat companies arc required 10
lnkv the mail from Anl deliver II inin the UH nices
nj the cUulnru cntnt and Gnd Of their routes. aud
ia and ir1m Ril other Offices not more than eighty
rods from \ station or landing. Proposals may be
submitted by the companies for the performance OF
all other side srryCc-tin Is, for offices over eighty
rods from station Or AulinH
Ncrcipts will 10 required for mail bags conveyed
in charge Of persons employed by railroad cUnpA.
ulrs. There viii also he way hill" prepared by
Do4t masters or other agents Of the department, to
| IcronInauy the mails, specifying the number mud
stage routes liEewIse, receipts will DO required and
WnV bills forwarded tue latter TO 10 examined ly
III. several pO'iHIaNiers to Insure regularity IN I'll"
delivery Of mall bags
i. NJ nav will he made for trips not performed:
md for each Of such omissions, not AAilseOrily eH.
pRIrcd three times the pay Of the trip may b" do
Quoted For arrivals Tar behind tliuc ~ in break
connection with depending mails Htd not sufficiently
excused, OnH'iIuTth nj the compensation inf thr try
IsulIrrl 10 forfeiture. Deduction will also be Or.
Lercd for grade Of performance inferior IL that
ppecitird In tbs contract. For repeated dcnQUrn'
Giles Of the kind herein specified, enlarged penalties
proportional TO the nature thereof and tho Import
1pcu Of tie mali, may DO made.
g. For leaving behind, or throwing ~ tbs malls,
or any portion Of them, tor the admission Of paSSsn.
gers or for being concerned Ia setting upOr running
an express conveying Intelligence In advance " the
mall, quarters pay may be deducted.
0, Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency
be promptly aud satisfactorily explained by cerih
Gates Of puItmR.erS OF tho NidAviis Of other Crrl
bic persons. for falling ORrrivS In contract ttmo
for neElCeilnG to take the mail from, or deliver It
Into post office: for suffering It TO be wet injured,
earoycd, rubbed:Or lot and for refusing, after de-
maud to convey the mail frequently ~ the con.
tractor runs or IL concerned IN running, q coach,
car, or steamboat on route.
:, The Postmaster General may Annul the contract
for repeated failures to ASFrcnby to contract Tor
ynlatugt the post office lRWS,Or hisohHying the 10.
stTuctions Of tho department: for refusing to die.
charge carrier whom required by the department TO
Iu "; for running Rn express rs aforesaid; or Tor
transporting persons or packages conveying malls
LlO matter ont Of the mail.
s. The Postmaster General may order an Increase
Of service On funte by allowing therefor pro rata
Increase the contract pay. lie may change NclIcd
ulcs VI departures aud nrrivR1 In ali cases. aud par
tICulAtly 10 make tlrIH conform TO connexions with
railroads, Wiilunt Increase OF pay, provided the run
ming time he not AbTiRgrd. lie mly ElsO Onlrr hu
increase Of speed allowing, within the restrictions OIL
the law, pro rata Of pay for the addition"
stock or carriers, u amy. The contractor may, how
ever In tho Of ncrCA VI speed, TrllHqush thF
contract, by giving prompt notice to the department
that hU prefers doing M TO carrying the OrleI
Into effect. Tho Postmaster General may also cur
tail OrdiscOntnnr the service In whole or In part. vi
pro rata decrease Of pay, allowing months extra
4 compensation on the amount di'psna,d with whSn.
ever In hi. opinion, the public interests require the
change, or In case lie desires to LultrErdS It by
} different grade Of transportation.
y. PAYMENTS will bU made by collections from OF
drafts IN pOStnNsters, or otherwise after the cHpi
ration Of each lunrer-sAy, In February, May, Au
gust, aud November.
10. The distances are given according to the best
information, bHt w increased TNy wall be allowed
u bC supplied should they be greater than Ntvrr.
tIscd, II the points to be correctly stated.
! BiridSFS mud inforM htmSrirsJ M hiS point
and also In reference II the weight OF tht
mail The condition Of rONls hills streams, &C. and
all toll bridges ferries, or 0D'rGctOns OF any kind
by which expense my be Incurred. No claim for Ad'
, Iitopal lay based an such gtnund ran br consider.
ell nor Tor alleged mistakes Or MISREPRESENTATION ~
the degree Of service; nor for bridges destroyed fer.
FicA dlscOntinuel, other distractions increasing
distance, occurring during the contract term. OF.
flee. established after this advertisement Ia S,urt
aud Nl-I during thr contract term, arr to he visited
without extra pay, II the distance be rot Increased
II. A bid IrceiVr'l after the last day and hour
! named, or without the guarantee required by Inv,
aud certificate NJ 10 the Suicrhcy II such guaTHn.
tee, cannot be considered In competition with reg.
ulGT proposal reasonable IN amount
T. HidIrrA should first propose for service strictly
according to tho advertisements AND then II they dc.
aTC ISJUrdily for different sVtVcr mud II the rtTu.
lar bid he thr lowest offered far the advertised ser.
VlcC, the other propositions may he considered.
10 There Sh6Hld be but onr route bid Tor In PRO.
posA Consolidated or combination bllf tprOrNsnE
Ine sum fDr two or more TuutCSJ ATE forbidden by
law, aud cannot hr considered.
II, Tho route, the service, the yearly pay, the
name and residence OfIhW bidder, THAT Il, lH usual
post Office GdhrCss) and those Of ONch member Of n
firm, where eomI~ny oilers, should DO distinctly
STATED.
cable. the printed firm Of proposals furnished by the
department. to write out In full the sum " Ihr bids
and to retain copies Of th6m.
Altered bids should not b submitted; nor should
bids once submitted be withdrawn. No withdrawal
Of bidder or GHrantoT III IL allowed unless dated
and received briorc the last day tot receiving pro.
pOsRlH.
Mach bid must be guaranteed by two responsible
persons.
General guGrtntCCS cannot bC HlmittNl The bid
and GuAruutec should be JlGntd plSny with the full
name Of each person,
The department reserves the right TO reject any
bid which may he deemed CXirNVNgNnt, and also 10
dIsrSEAr the lids Of falling contractors and bidders
Ia. The bid should he NtNlNl, snprrscrlbNl "MAI
Proposals, State II Virginia. addressed "Rrcnnd A..
distant Postmaster General, Contract Othcr,' and
sent by mail not by or tOAn NgOHt; and POsiInASICra
Will moi enclose proposals Tor letters UfRny kind In
their quarterly returns.
II. The contracts arc to be executed and returned
to the department by or before tho 1T day Of July,
1899; but tho service must no commenced On the lit
July, or on thOmAldAy neat amer that date, Wheth.
| or tho contracts he executed or not
49, PjNImNstUrANt Offices an OF near railroads, hut
more lhRn eighty rWlt inDm station, will immNdi.
Aely AVr tho 10th VI April next report their exact
distance from the nearest station and how they are
otherwise supplied with the mail IN VuNhO the Post.
master General to direct a nall.mrMCnGCF supply
| from thu lat OfJHiy nSXt
49, Section eighteen Of an act If Congress approved
March s 1870 provides that contracts iOr the trans.
porAtiOn II Tho mali shall 10 lot "n every case 10
the lowest bidder rendering uuiCunt guarantees Irr
AIthfIl Performance without other Reference 10 tho
mode oTtUSh transportation than may 10 UNCeaSary