Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-04-06

-: INSTRUCTIONS,
cntatrssg eonaiston, % gs Incorporated in Che con-
tracts 10 Ghe czteHt dle department may deem
proper
i. Seven minutes are allowed to each intermediate
mails; hut railroad aud beat rou es there is
to be more delay than is sufficient for an ex-
change of the mail bags.
?. On railroad and steamboat lines, and other
routes where the mode of conveyance admits of it,
the special agents of the Post Office Department,
also post office blanks mail bags locks and KEYS are
to be conveyed without extra charge.
8. On railroad and steamboat lines the route
agents of the department are to be conveyed with
out charge; and for their exclusive use, while
travelling with tile mails, conmOdious car or
apartment in the centre of car, properly lighted
SArinei- anti furnished, and R5apted to the couye-
nicnt separation and due security Of the mails, Is
DO provided by the contractor under the direction
the department.
Railroad aud steamboat companies arerequired to
take the mall from and deliver it into the post Cces
at the commenv ernent and end of their routes und
to and from all other offices not more than eighty
submitted by tile companies for she pc. fOru ancs OF
all other side service-that is, for offices eighty
rous from a station or landing.
Receipts will be required for mail bags conveyed
in charge OF persons employed by railroad cOmpa>
MES There viii also be way bills prepared by
post masters or other agents Of tho department,
| accompany the mails. specifying tho number and
Destination of the several bags On the principal
stage routes likewse, receipts will be required and
way billS forwarded; tlte latter to be examined by
the several poStmasters, to insure regularity in the
delivery of mail tags.
4. No pay will he made for trips rformed
and for each of such not satisfactorily cx-
planned, three times the pay of the trip may 10 de,
Quoted Fer arrivals 80 tar behind time to break
connection with pending mails, Ged lots uihciently
excused, One-fonrth of the COMPENSATION for tic trim
= subject TO forfeiture Deduction willnlso DO or
dered for grade OF performance inferior TO that
| specified in the contract For repeated deIiuquen-
cies Of tho kind herein specified, enlarged penalties
pIoportoned TO the nature thereof and the import.
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.. For leaving hehtnd, or throwing of the mails,
any portion OF them Tor the admission of rassen:
gers or for being concerned in settingupor running
anexpres5 conveying intelligence I'm advance the
mail, q quarters pay may be deducted.
i z. Fines VIII. be imposed, unless the delinquency
be promptly and satisfactorily explained by ceriti.
Gates of postAsteB or tile ataYits of other credit
se PERSONS for failing to arrive III. contract tine;
Tor neglecting totAke the mail FROM deliver it
uto post office; for suffering 1t to he wet, injured
destroyed roGgedor lot apd for refusing, after de-
mand, to convey the mail. as frequently the con.
tractor runs. orsis concerned In running u COACH
| car, or steamboat on a route.
| 4. The Postmaster General may annul the contract
for repeated failures to run agree1bly contract
violating the post Office laws, or dsobeyiug the in.
struetions Of the Department.; for refusing dis
charge carrier when required By the department to
DO SO; tor running tan express MS Aforesaid; for
transporting persons or packages conveying nlaila-
| bic matter out OF the MALL. e 5I-t- = a.
s. The Postmaster General NAV order an increase
oil service on u routc by allowing therefor Ero rata
increase on the contract pay. He may change sche,l-
ueS of departures aud arrivals in all nd ma
ttoularly to make thea conform to connexions With
railroads. without increase of pay provided tho run
ming time be not abTinged. Ito may sIso order an
increase OF speed allowing within the restrictions
the law, roTdtd increase of pay for the additional
stock carriers, If any. The contractor NAV how.
eHs IN tue case OIL lncEea Of speed, relinquish tue
contract by giving prompt notice to the depart ment
| that he prefers doing go to carving the order
into effect Tho Postmaster General may also cur
tai or discontinue the service whole or in part at
pro rata decrease of pay, allowing one months extra
compensation on the aInomt dispensed with, whom
ever IN Ms opinion the publ interests require the
| IN 3t :
different grade Of transportation.
o., Payments will be made by collections Irom OF
TRAITS on postmasters or Otherwise after the expi-
gust, aatl November : = = -4'''' 4AU
10. The distances are given according to the best
Information, but no iucrcasaI ray viii be allowed
to be supplied should they be greater than aver
fused, u the points 20 be correctly stated.
Bidders must t7ltOraI memsCIUES on this 1,ofnt
and also In reference TO the weight nj tbe
mail, the condition of roads, hills strea6s &c anfI
AL toll bridges ferries or distractions Of any kind
Dy winch expense my be incurred. NO claim for aii-
dltoRal LAY, basett on such ground can be consids
ed nor for alleged mistakes or smIsapprehenson "a
eegtee OF service nor for bridges destroyed fer
Ees discontinued or other obstrt ctions Increasing
distance, occurring during tile Contract term OF
noes established after this advertisement is Issued
and also during the contract term, are to DO visited
without extra pay, If the distance be not increased
II. A bid received after the last day and honr
iaInel' OF without the guarantees required by law
aud certificate as to the s1fciency 81 such
tee, cannot BIO considered in competition with reg
ul35 proposal reasonable in amount. -
according 10 tho TsrtisAiGrt and tieI, toy a.
Sare, seGrdtey for different Service and iFthe nm
teE Did be the lowest offered far the advertised ser
VICE, tue other propositions may be considered -
1S There should b. but one route bid Tor la a nro
poss. Consolidated or combination bids (proposing
one sum for two or more routes) are forbidden hS
law, and cannot be considered "
IL The route, the Service the YearIv ne,,yr 81.
name and residence Ofthe bidder that is his nsoi
post otce address, and Those of each ni9flhsT Of n
stated. " Ntssthcuy
10 Bidders are requested to uso, as far as nrOc,i
gable, the printed form Of PROPOSALS fprniSliei kfff
department, to write out In full tie sum 49,
and to retain copies of them. 1s'i Jus
Altered bids eh9nld not be submitted; porsbopI5
DDS once submitted be withdrawn. No ySit66TS,-ai
oil bidder or guarntor will be allowed unless 49,
and received before the last day Eol receiving ne
ZACH bid must be guaranteed by two resp,nsir,,,
Gelelsl gsdal4Itees eadntos s6 81 admitted ~,
and guarantee shouidbe sfgnba phinly with the full
The department reserves the right to reject ana
bid which may be deened extraTaRa1t and sis ~
mn me DIS Of failing aud bidderS
~. Ine 6ld should be sealed, sup6rscrtbed S,Sai;
froPosals, State Of Yirxinae addressed IESacS,I
slstant postmaster General, Coutract Once . Sn
sent py zqtI net by or 70 an agents; and
will not enclose proposals Tor lefteTs ~
thetFq quarterly retuTns. II = I14t9Sg N
u. The contrHets arctic be executed and rptn-Do,5
ss h,,t ~ or before the LIT day of july
3eSo 0us me service must be commenced on tEf
July, oron the mail day after that iafsl
er me contracts be executed or not n = 's-sl
H. EoetmasteFs at Offices ON or near r,iIrc,,1 -.
more than eighty rods from station Iii oub
sey IteE the 10th OF pril next reD1rt Their s;
from the nearest station and how tbe Ss
otheEMlse supplied with the mail, to enable ts D.
GeneEal to. direct nnilsuaossenes. I
from the LIST of July next supply /
section tghteen Of an act Of Congress
d4rcn q 1S4b, provides that contraefs f5T III
2oFtsflop Of the mail shall b6 let Gin ave.
me lowest bidder rendering SUFFICIENT 49, %
.se a sS'S other reierenee to the