The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-01-13

ces not more than eighty rods fOu sta
ton or landing. Proposals may Be sub
mitted BY the companies for the perform
ance Of all other side service-that is. fer
Offices over eighty rods from station or
landing.
There viii be "way-bilis'' prepared by
postnastsrs or other agents Of tins depart
ments to accompany the mails conveyed on
railroads and steamers, specifying the num-
Der and destination of she several bags.
On other principal routes, likewise. receipts
viii be required and ay-bills forwarded d
the latter to be examined by the several post
masters, to insure regularity in the delivery
of mails.
4. No pay viii be 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 arri-
walls SO far behind times as to break con-
nection with depending mails, and not sufi-
GENTLY excused, one fourth of the compen-
sation for the trip is subject to forfeiture.
For repeated delinquencies Of the kind here
in specified, enlarged penalties, proportion
ed to the nature thereof and the importance
of the mail, may be made.
5. For leaving behind or throwing of
the mails, or any portion of them, for the
admission of passengers, or for being con-
cerned in setting up or running an express
conveying intelligence in advance of the
mail, quarters pay may be deducted.
s. Fines will be imposed, unless the de-
inquency be promptly and satisfactorily
explained by certificates of postmasters or
the afidaVits of other credible persons for
falling to arrive in contract time; for neg
Letting to take the mail from, or deliver It
into, post Office; for suffering il to be wet,
! injured, destroyed, robbed, or lost, and for
refusing after demand, to convey the mail as
| frequently as the contractor runs, or is con-
cerned in running coach, car, OF steamboat
on rC2ts.
7. The Postmaster General may annul
the contract for repeated failures to run
agreeably to CONTRACT; for violating the post
Office laws, or disobeying the instructions OF
the department; for refusing to discharge 8
carrier when required by the department. to
do so; for running an express as aforesaid;
or for Transporting persons or packages con-
veying mailsble matter ont of the mail.
8. The Postmaster General may order
an increase of service on g route by allow
! ing therefor pro rata increase on the con
tract pay. He may change schedules of
departures and arrivals in all cases, and par
ticularly to make them conform to connect
| ions with railroads, without Increase of pay,
provided the running time be not abridged
He may also order an increase of speed al
lowing, within the restrictions of the law, a
pro rata increase of pay for the additional
stock and carriers, if any. The contractor
may, however, tn the case of increase of
speed. relinquish the contract, by giving
prompt notice to the department that he pre-
fers doing so to carrying the order into eff
feet. The Postmaster General may also
discontinue or curtail the service, in whole
or in part, in order to place on the route a
greater degree of service, or whenever the
public interests, in his judgement, shall re-
quire such discontinusnce or curtailment
for any other cause; he allowing as full in
demnity to contractor one months extra
pay on the amount of service dispensed
with, and pro rata compensation for the
amount of service retained aud continued
9. Payments will be made by collect
ions from or drafts Son postmasters, or
otherwise, after the expiration of each quar-
ter-say, in November, February, May,
and August.
10. The distances are given according to
the best information: but no increased pay
will be allowed should they be greater than
advertised, if the points to be supplied are
correctly stated Bidders mast inform
themselves on tEis point, and also in refer
encs to the weight Of the mail, the condition
of roads, hills, streams, &C.. aud all toll
bridges, ferries, or distractions ofany kind
By which expense may be incurred. No
claim for additional pay, based on such
grounds, can be considered; nor for alleged
mistakes or Misrepresentation as to the de-
gree of service; nor for bridges destroyed;
ferries discontinued, or other distractions
increasing distance, occurring during the
contract term. Offices established after this
advertisement is issued, and also during the
contract terms are to be visited without ex-
ira pay, if the distance be not increased.
II. Bidders are cautioned to mail their
proposals 10 time to reach the department
by the day and hour named, Is p. m, March
%, 1869 for bids received after that time
aOiH not Be considered in competition with 3
bid of reasonable amount received in time.
Neither can bids be considered which are
without the guarantee required By law and
a cert i6cate of the suficiency of such guar
antee.
12. Bidders should first propose for serv-
Ice strictly according to the advertisement,
and then, if they desire, separately for diff
fersnt service; and if the regular bid be the
lowest offered for the advertised service, the
other propositions may be considered.
ID. There should be but one route bid
for in proposal. Consolidated or combi- |
nation bids (''proposing one SUM for two
or mora routes are forbidden by Law, and
cannot be considered.
IA. The route, the service, the yearly |
pay, the name and rsridenee of the bidder, I
THAT Is, his usual post office address, J and
thoss of each member of firm where com
pany offers, should be distinctly stated.
Is. Bidders are requested to use, as far |