Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-01-13
Instructions 10 Bidders aa.. Pos
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|. S,#ssn l..iui,es a7e allowed u each
Intermediate o:ish,s ViIcn not Otherwise
specified. FIR .i~-us=ta- the uui.s hut on
railroad and steamboat rJatg, there is u
he Ha lsoft. delay tlan i. sufficient for Un
exchange eli The mail punches.
>. Ca railroad aul s.eamhoa, lines.
and otaer ragtcs where tie mode OF con-
YcyaHce admits of il, the special agents Of
;he Post e..ice department, also post Office
banks mail ba-,s, locks and keys, are to
&c conveyed without extra charge.
). Ca rai.soad and steamboat lines the
roate agent. of the department., also the
BRUSH and CanW.a mails. when offered
ana the agents accompanying thcm are to
ne convey! without charge, and for the
use ot the ned States agents. a con-
modes, ear. 6r apartment in the centre of
ear properly gifted warmed, and fur
n!shed, and adapted to tae convenient
separation ami due security Of the mai.
4 10 be provided bF the contractor, under
the direction o: the department.
kat!road and steamboat companies are
required to take the mail from and deliver
/; Iii;a the post offices AZ the beginning and
end q their Routes, and to and from all
Offices no. Llpre taau eighty rods from a
station o. llal5a-. Proposals may be
submitted by tie companies for the per-
form !nve Of al other said seryice-that is,
for o.ti.es over eighty rods FROM station
or laal!ng
Receipts VIII he required for mail bags
conveyed Ia charge ot persons employed
by raiIroad companies, There will also be
" way bills" prepared by postinasters, or
other agents oil the Department, TO ac-
company the mails, specifying the num-
her ani destination Of the several bags.
On the principal routes, likewise, receipts
will be required aud way-bills. forwarded
the latter to be examined by the several
Postmasters. to insure regularity in the
delivery Of mails.
4. 80 pay viii he made for trips not
performed; and for each of such omissions.
not satisfactorily explained. three times
the pay OF the trip may be deducted For
arriyals SO far laebind time as To break con i,
'ne;ssoa, Mith depending mails. and not suf-
hcienty excused, onelfourth of the COM
pensation Tor the trip is subject to forfeit
u1o- i<SuuSttVn Viii ulso DC pfdcicu LVi
u gradient perforaauee Inferior TO that
specified in a contrAct. For repeated de-
-hnqaencies of the kind herein specified.
enlarged penalties. propostioned 70 the
natare thereof, and the importance of the
mail, may be made.
). For leaving behind or throwing of the
mails1d any portion Of them, for the ad.
nIissi@, Of passengers, or for being con-
eeinsa in sitting up or running an express
colitesia,ss Intelligence III advance of the
iqail,f qlteftes' pay may be dedncted. I
.. fiats isili be Imposed, unless the de-
iihauency he promptly and satisfactorily
e1pla2aeIsl certificates Of postlnasters
or the allld4vits OF other ereditable persons
for failing TO arrive in contract cine; for
neglecting it to be wet, injured, destroyed
robbed, o-.lost: and for refusing, after de-
maud, to convey the mail as frequently an
the contractor runs, or is concerned in
running, a coach, CAR, or steamboat on a
roate.
z. The Postmaster General may annul
the contract for repeated failures to run
agreeable to contract; for violating the
post o ilcc laws, or disobeying the instruc
tioas oNthe department.; for refusing to
discharge carrier nhen required by the
department to do so, for running am ex-
press as aforesaid; or for Transporting
persons or packages conveying mailable
matter out of the NAL.
g. The Postmaster General may order
an increase of scNice On route by al
loving therefor u pro ra.a increase on the