The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-02-24
Instructions To Bidders and Post.
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Containing also conditions 10 Be Incorporate
iH he contracts TO tie ertc1t tie DeDarf.
a,eat may deem proper.
l.. Seven minutes are allowed 10 each In
termediate Office, when not otherwise speci-
fed, for asserting the mails but on railroad
and steamboat routes there is 10 be no more
delay tina is sufficient for an exchange OF
the maii pouches.
2. On railroad and steamboat lines, and
other routes where the mode Of conveyance
admits Of il, the special agents Of the Post
Office Department, also post office blanks.
mail bags, locks and keys, are to be con
yeyed without extra charge.
3 On railroad ana steamboat lines the
route agents of the department are To be con
veyed without charge, and for the use OF the
sgenis a c0inmOtlous ear, or apartment I'M
the centre OF a car, properly lighted.
warmed, and furnished, and ADAPTED 10 the
convenient separation and due security of
the mails, IS 10 be provided by the c~0ntrac-
tor, under the direction Of the department.
Railroad and steamboat compauies are
required 10 take the mail from and deliver
II INTO the post offices 40 the beginning and
end OF their r%outes, and 20 and from al
Offices no. more han eighty rods from a sta
ton or landing. Proposals may be submit
ted by the companies for the performance Of
all other side service-that is, for offices over
eighty rods from q station or landing.
There viii be sway biis' prepared by
p0s;masters, or other sgeuts Of the depart
ment, 20 accompany the mails conveyed on
railroads and steamers, specifying the rum
Der and destination Of the several b8gs.
On other principal routes, likewise, receipts
viii be required and way-bills forwarded A.:
the latter 20 be examined by the several
plstmasters, 20 insure regularity IN the de-
livery Of mails.
4. No pay Will be made for trips not per-
formed and for each of such omissions,
not satisfactorily explained, three times the
pay Of the trip may be deducted. For ar
rivals 50 far behind time as to break con
uection with depending mails, and not suf-
hcIently excused, one fourth Of the COM
pensation OF the trip is subject to forfeiture.
For repeated delinquencies 0fthe kind here
in specified, enlarged penalties, proportion
ei o. the nature thereof and the importance
OF the mail, may be made.
5. For leaving behind or throwing Off The
mails, or any fbrtion Of them, for the an
mission Of passengers, or for being com
cerned in setting up OF running an expre-s
conveying Intelligence in advance of the
mail, a quarters pay may be deducted.
o. Fines viii be imposed, unless the de-
Nnqueucy be promptly and atsfact0rIvex-
planned by certidcate5 Of postma.ters or ne
alhdavlts OF other credible persons, for fail
ing to arrive in contract time for neglect
ing tOtake the mail from, or deliver 10 into,
a post oLhce Tor suffering DO o. be wet, I'M
Jured, destroyed, robbed, or lost and for
refusing, after demand, u convey the mail
as frequently as the contractor runs, or is
concerned IN running, acoach5carI or tteam-
boat on q route.
T.. The Postmaster General may auuul the
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ably TO contract for violating the post
Office laws, or di8obeyiug the Instruction. of
the department for refusing 90 discharge a
when required by the department 10
do so for running an express as aforesaid
or for Transporting persons or packages con
veying msiiable matter out Of The mail.
s. The Postmaster General may order an
increase Of service on o route by allowing
therefor a pro rata increase on the contract
pay. He may change schedules Of depar-
lures and arrivals in all cases, and parlicu-
larry 10 make them conform b connections
railroads, without increase Of pay,
provided the running time be not abridged.
He may also order an increase Of speed,
allowing, within the restrictions of the law,
D pro rata increase Of pay for The additodai
'tock or carriers, u any The contractor
may, however, ia the case OF increase Of
speed, r~eliuquish the contract, by giving
prompt notice % the department. Shat he
prefers doing so b carrying the order into
The Postmaster General may also
discontinue or curiail the service, boa whole
v in part, in order % place on the route a
greater degree OF service, or whenever the 81
public interests, in his judgment, shall re-
.uire such discontinuauce or cuTtailmcnt :
or any other cause be allowing as a full
Indemnity TO contractor one months extra
on the amount Of service dispensed
With, aud a pro rata compensation Tor the [
Of service retained and continued,
3. Payments viii be made BY collections
rom or drafts N postmsstsrs, or otherwise,