Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-01-15

Containing ooaditoHIto b. incorporated IN ne con
.rd5is 10 he EritA! LhC department may dem
proper
/, seven minutes are allowed to each intermediate
oiicc, when not othrrSisePeeihed ior asserting the
mails: but on railroad aud scA Ib.at Tuu - there Is
to be no more delay than II NufitiuAt Tor IA rA'
change Of ihe mall tag,
. On railroad Nni steamboat lines, and other
route, where thu mode Of conveyance admits Of II,
the special agent. Of the Post once Department,
also post oilicr thanks mail bag. locks and koysM"
10 lr conveyed without rAtTa charge
g. On railroad and steamboat liuc- the route
agents Of the department are to be conveyed with
out chargr, aud for thclr exclusive use, WhIio
travelling with tIV mails, eouimolious car or
apartment 10 the centre Of car, property lighted,
warmed aud furnished, aud adapted to the COVE
Mont separation and due security Of the mails. Is to
be- provided by the contractor undor the direction Of
tho department.
Railroad and steamboat companies are required to
take tue mall from and deliver II Into the post iCes
At tie cnnlnen, rnsnI and end Of their rnutts aud
to and from all other offices not more than eighty
rods from station or landing Proposals. may be
submitted by the companies iuF the pct Torrance 0i
all other side scTViee:at IT, for Offices over eighty
rods lrDm station or landing.
Receipts will be- required Tor mail bags conveyed
Ia charge OF persons employed by railroad comps
MES. There will also bu way bilh" prepared by
post masters or other agents Uf the department., to
accompany the malls, specifying the number sud
de.tiultiou Of the several bags. On the principal
stage routes likewise receipts will be required and
way hill, forwarded; the latter TO be examined by
the stv5fAl po,imAsCrs, TO insure regularity In the
delivery Of mall bnSs.
I. No pay will DU made for trips not performed.
aud r each Of such Omissions, not satisfactorily CN.
planned, three times the pay Of the trip may be de-
Quoted. For arrivals 80 Tar behind tins rs TO break
connection with depending m1il. AID notsutioently
excused OnriOutt Of the compensation TOT the trip
Is subject 20 forfeiture. Deduction will al.1 he o.,
derrd for grade Of performance Inferior 10 that
specified In tho contract For repeated del BduFn,
Ccs Of the Kind herein specified, enlarged penalties
pIoporllpncd to the nAtufo thereof and the import
aucc Of the mall. nAy be made.
.. For ioHingbehind, or throwing on the malls
or any portion Of Ihem Tor the admission Of ras'en'
gers or for being concerned 10 setting upor running
an express conveying intelligence In advance OF the
mail, n quarters pay may be deducted.
q. Pines will DO imposed uulcas the delinquency
be promptly and satisfactorily explained by certih
Gates OF poa,trrs OF the AihdAyits VI other credit
bic pera0ns for falling to arrive In contract time;
for negleclng to take the mail from, Or deliver II
into post Olee for suffering II 10 be wet Injured,
destroyed, rObbedor U,; and for refusing, after de-
mAnd, to convey the mall ~ frequently ~ the c0n'
tractor runs, or Is concerned Ia running coach,
car, or steamboat on route.
:. Tho Postmaster General may annul the contract
for repeated failures to run ngretably contract for
violating the post Office laws, dlsObeying the In.
structlOns Of tho department; for refusing to dis.
charge carrier when required by tho department TO
do m: for running express ~ aforesaid; or Tor
transporting persons or packages conveying malta.
Die matter out VI the mail.
The PnatmAstBr General may order an Increase
Of service on route by allowing therefor pro rata
increase on the contract pay lie may change SEIZED,
ul0s VI departures aud ArriYAS In all cA1N' aud par
liculAFly tU make them conform to connexions with
railroads without increase Of pay, prov ieh the
ming time he not Abridged lle may also order an
Increase ofspCed, allowing within The restrictions Of
the law, pro rnt1 Increase d pay for the additional
stock carriers, II any Tho contractor may, how.
ever, In the Of ncrcAe Of speed, rcBlDlBh tho
contract, by giving prompt notice to the department
that he prefers doing 10 to carrying the order
Into effect The Postmaster General may also cur.
tai or discontinue the service, whole Ia part At
pro rata decrease Of pay, allowing one monthscTtra
compensation on the amount dEspens,d with, whom.
ever, ia bis opinion tbs puhlic Interests require the
change, or III case he desires to snpeno4e 1t by n
different grade Of transportation.
o. Payments will be made by collections from or
drafts postmaster, or otherwise, after the eXp.
ration Of each quArter-SAy, In February, May, Au.
gust, and November.
10. The distances are given according TO the beat
information, but no increased lay Will be allowed
10 b. supplied should they DO greater than A!Tcr.
tised u the points TO be correctly stated
BiidtrS NUT inform NsHIsip,G on hif point
and also In reference 10 the weight OF the
mail the condition Of roads, hills, streams, kc and
all toll bFdEes ferries or distractions Of any Kind
dtioNAl pay, based on such ground. can be consider
Cd; nor for alleged mistakes " misAppFthsnuiUn
the degree Of service; nor for bridges destroyed fer
riea discontinued or other distractions Increasing
distance, occurring during the contract term, OF.
fees established after this advertisement Il i-suei
aud also during the contract term, to be visited
without extra pay, II the distance b. not Increased.
II. A bid received after the last day and hour
named, or without the guarantee required by law,
and certificate AZ 10 the tuciency II such gnnfan.
Tea hS rHnaideFHd a
ulAr proposal reasonable In amount.
L. Bidders should fret propose for service strictly
according to the advertisement, and then fthsy de-
sire hpGrGi>ly for different service; and II the TSgu
lar bid b. the Lowest offered far the advertised ser
vice, The other propOStion, may be considered.
IL There shogld be but route bid Tor iu pro-
posAL Consolidated OF combination bids (pfupOsine
one sum Or two q more routes are forbidden by
law, and cannot be considered.
", Tie route, the service, the yearly pay, the
name and residence Ofthe bidder, that H. hi' usail
post ONCE address, and those " each member Of
hrm, where company oner', should be distinctly |
stated.
IL. Bidders are requested to use, A' far mpraetE.
cable, the prnted form Of proposals. furnbhed by the
department, to write out In full TIE SUM 0lther bids
and to retain copies Of them.
Altered bids shoald not be submitted; nor should |
bids once submitted be Withdrawn. No withdrawal
Of bidder dTgulrlnt0r will be allowed unless dated
and received before the last day fof receiving pro-
poaals.
Zach bid must be guaranteed by two responsible
persons.
General guarantees cannot be admitted. Tho bid |
and guarantee should be HgHsd p!ainly with the flll
name Of eaeh person.
The department. reserves the right 20 reject nny |
bid which may he deemed tXtFAVAgABt, and also to |
dtreRIl the bid, Of falling contractors and 1iddeF.
L. The bid should 30 SealSj, buptrscnbtd "Maii |
Proposals, State ofYrEinlA' addressed "see0ad A..
siatRnt Postmaster General Contract 0lIes," and |
sent BY mail, not BY to an AGENT aud p9sinNsters
will not encOss proposals. lOr leters Of auy kind In
theirquArtsrly returns
Il. The eontrArt' are % be executed aud returned |
to the department BY or before tho 1T day Of JUly
sos but thb service must BE- commenced tho lst
July, or on the maildAy next amer that date, Wheth
er the ontraetI DO executed or not
Is POsttnAfIeTaN Oi1ces on OF near TAirOadd, but
more than eighty rods from station, will, innedi
4tely after the 10Th Of April next, report their exact
distance from the nearest station, aud how they
otherWse implied with the mall 70 enable ihs Post
master General 10 direct = uRll.msaSsnger supply |
from the lIt Of July nsG:.
H. Section eighteen OF an act Of Congress approved
March J. 1875, provides that contracts for THE trans
poEtation Of the mall shall be let eth every oRSe to
the lowest bidder rendering Iuneiens guarantees ioE