Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-26

ration aud due, scurity of thu mails, Is 10 be ss
Nded by the contractor, under the direction AZ
tho department
Railr, ad ana sean,haat companies s,.
quired To take the mail from and deliver Dt,
the loSt omoes a. the beginr ing and end eftNs
routes, aud 20 and from all offices not move tnsr
eighty rods from station or landing. PronCs
ais may DC submitted by tho companies for ~
performance of all ether side ssryiee-thstis
for offices ov'r eighty red, from station !,
landing,
Receipts win he required for mail bags ,,,
Neyei IN charge OF persons employed bJ r,J
road companies, There will also be N way Mix,
pre- AIRED by pOstmasters, OF Other agents III.
Department, to accompany the mails, spec,,vHg
the mum CT and destiua ion of the several bag,
on other principal routes, likewise, receipts VII
be IeQuired and way-blis forwarded the latte,
To b. examined by 3 G several postmaster %
insure regularity m the delivery of mails.
No pay will be made for trips not performed
and for each Of such omissions, not satsiach
r,ly explained, three times the pay OF the TIM
may be deducted FOR arrivals 40 ear behlnt
time as 10 break conneNion with depending
mails, and not sufficiently excused, one-tourtt
Of the compensation for the trip is subject % tor.
f iturv, Deduction will al.o he ordered for d
grade of peItoTmanoe infarElr TO hat specified
IA contract For repeated delu quencie' otth-
Kind herein specific eular gCd penalties, proper
toned to the nature thereof and the IMPORTING
Of the mai, may b. made
3. For leayls behind or throw pg otithe mats
or any portion Of thenl Tor th ADM sion Of
or running an exp cs, conve, ing in elligenCe IN
advance OF the mail, ~ arter'~ pay mty Do ia
Quoted.
o. Fines will be imposed, unless the delnoun
cy be promptly and satisfactorily explained b,
certificates Of poStmasters or the afiday + Of OH
or credible parsons, lT falling to arrive in con
tract time 10 Hagleotihg 10 take the mu
from, or deliver II in'O, post office; for suffering
it 20 be vet, injured, destroyed, robbed, or lost
and for refusing, after demand, % convey the
mail as frequently as the contractor runs, or ~
concerned IN running, coach, car, or steam
boat on a route.
:. The Postmaster General may annu .ls
contract tor repeated failures to run greeah.y
to contract 'Or olaung the post office laws, or
dlsobeyng the instructions Of the. department,
+ refusing to discharge carrier when required
by the department to do so for running an -,
press as aforesaid or for transpo ting person.
or packages conveying mallable matter our OF 'h'
mail
s. The Postmaster General NAV order an IN
crease of service on a route by allowing therefor
pro rata increase on the 'ontraCt pay. IL
may change 7hedulUs Of departures and arr ivas
! in all ses, and particularly to make them con
! form TO con 1eNlOns with ilro Ids, without in.
| crease Of pay. provided the running time he not
abridged. He may al>O order an incTease OF
| speed, allowing within the Re- tristons of the
! law, pro rata increase Of pay torthe adduoua.
| stock or cuTiers, If any. The contractor NAV
! however, in the case Of iRcredSs NJ SPEED rein.
| quish the contract by giving prompt notice to
! the department that he pr ters dong so 70 car.
! rying the order into effect, The Postmaster Gen
eral may also discontinue or cur AL the service,
! in whole or in part, ia order 10 place on the
| route a greater degree Of service, or whenever
| the public interests in his judgment, shall re-
| qulre such dscontnuance or cmtailment for
any other cause he allowing as q full lndemul-
! ty to contractor one months extra pay on the
amount Of service dispensed with, and pro ra'd
! compensation 'or the amount OF service re-
! tanned and continued.
g. Payments will be made by collections IRON
OF drafts p )stmasters, or 0thtrAIse, after the
! expiration of each quarter say, n February
| May, August, and November.
/ 10. The distances are given according 70 Nne
! best informal on but no increased pay WIN le
! allowed should hey be greater than RuNtiu''l,
If the points to be supplied are correctly STATED
| BiddeTs must in form themselves on ms potHt and
! also in reference TO the weight of the mall, TIE
| condition of roads, hills, streams, &c, and a.
toll bridges ferries, or obstrucu2 ms OF any KIND
BY which expense may be incurred. No clain
for additional pay, based Il such ground, can De
considered NJ for alleged mistakes or mhsaP-
PsoneHsion as to the degree OF service nor for
bndses destroyed, ferries dtconhnued, or other
distinctions increasing distance, occurring du-
ring the contract term. Offices established after
this advertisement ia issued, and also during the
contract term, are to Re sted without extra
pay, il the dis'anc be no decreased
Bidders are cautioned 10 mail their proposls
in TIM to rta h the department ny the DAY 81
hour ramed, % p. March, 500 for BIDS re-
ceived after hat time 1niU not BE- considered Ii
competti with a bid Of reasonable amount re-.
bicb ro bo-,t he suo,a, rro,,iI ed by Law
and a GOVT; 3c.te ~ he sT,4ic eprv r inch quar-
| 49,
70 E,dd,rs should fra prep,se for service
str,rtIy acc .rlipg 20 the advertisements, and
thc, # INV desire. syparatrIy for different ser
Zoo ar5 Il the re,,lay hid he The lowest afare5
! ~ - "a ,a-,is,I ,,,, Voc no otbar prorOutln.
| - ha c,,,tid.r.d
Ia - sHo,,1i b- int cne ro,rte Md f1r IN =
go, CoTsoi d,tad tr a mitigation bids
PiNPo n, nv, for fwo 5r more routcs'I
I pn;dds9, h, 1sw and cannot he considered
~ Tho route the ssryiee. the Yearly pay, the
,,,,,,, a "a rssiiepr, Of tho bidd,r Cha Is, Al'
usual most ofire addressN and those OF each mem
haT of N frTl where a company Offers should y
dlstinctIy stato3
* Bf3ders are requested to use, as far as prao-
ticaple the printed proposals furnished by the
department, TO write out In full the sum Of thaT
bids, and TO retain copies of them.
Altered bids should not be submitted, nor
, should bids once submitted b.. withdrawn. No
withdrawal OF hid Ter or onars tor VII he al.
! lowed l,nless the vithdrawaI l. dated ard re-
caivei before the Inst ,lay for ra,eiving DrOnos.
! Of.
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