The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1867-12-27
THE COLUMBIAN BLOOMSBURY, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA.


the mails, 10 TO be provided by the contrsstor,
under the direction Of the Department
itailroed and steamboat companies nre required
TO take the mail from and deliver IL Into the post
offices at the beginning and end of their routes,
and TO and from all offices not more than eighty
rods from o station or landing. Proposals may
be submitted by the companies for the PERFORM
anee Of ~ other side sciyiee.lhat IS Tor offices
There Will be way bills prepared by posimas-
ters or other her agents OF the pepartmiient to nc;
steamers, specifying the number and destination
q the several 9ags. On m other principal routes,
forwarded; thu Inter TO be examined by tie SOW
cral postmasters, TO Insure regularity In the de-
/, 80 pay Will be mad, for trips not performed;
and for each OF such omissions, not satisfactorily
explnlned three times the pny OF TIE trip wiz be
deducted For arrivals 80 far behind time as TO
6rfak eonneXi0n YIN debendhng e ma eis ana not
tion for the trip Is subject TO forfeiture. For re-
peated doiinquencies oi thc KIND herein specified
| thereof and the Importance OF the mail, may be
g. For leaving behind or throwing of the mails
| or any portion of them, for the admission OF pas
sengers, or for being concerned IN setting up or
running an express conveying intelligence in ad-
vance Of the mail, u quarters pay may be de-
| Quoted.
| O. Fines Will be imposed unless the dellnauen-
cy be promptly ana satisfactorily explained by
certificates of postmasters or the afidavits of 9th
tract time; ior neglecling to take the mail from.
or deliver into, post occ;ior suffering IL to be
wet injured, destoyed, robbed,or lost; and for re-
fusng, after demand, to convey the mail as FIRE.
| quently as the contractor runs, or is concerned
in RUNNING, coach, car, or steamboat on n route,
!. The Postmaster General may annul the con-
tract for repeated failures torun agreeably tocon-
beylng the instructions of the Department; for
| refusing to discharge carrier when required by
the Department TO do so for running an eX-
press as.aforesald; for transporting persons or
| packages conveying maiiablc matter out Of the
mail.
| 5. The Postmaster General may order an in
crease of service on route by allowing therefor
| pro rata increase ON the contract pay. lie may
| change schedules of dpDnrtureg nul arrivals IN
all cases, and particularly To make them conform
pay, provided the running time be not abridged.
He may also order an increase OF speed, allowing,
reas Of ,s nav for he M oT 1 i
| II any. The contractor may however, N ne case
herease eea TsnauSn ,h ane e9mrSet Se PS
prefers doing so to carrying the order into effect
Ihc l'3stmnstcr General may also dlscohl niue or
to place on the route greater degree OF service,
shall require such ontinuance or ctrtalimcnt
for amy other ctusc he allowing as full iudcmni-
ty to contractor one months extra pay ON the
compensation for the amount OF scrNl Ice retained
" Payments will be made by collections from
or drafts ON postmasters, or otherwise, after
the expiration Of each quafter-say in NoVem-
Der, February. May, and August.
~. The distances are given uccordngto the hest
information; but no increased pay Will be allowed
| should they be greater than advertised II the
points to he supplied are correctly stated. nut
dcrS must INFORM Mcmyctrcs on mis- point. and also
I
ton of roads, nils, streams, &c. and all toll
bridges, ferries, or instructions OF any kind by
| which expense may be incurred. No claim Tor
| additional pay, based on such ground, can be
considered; nor for alleged mistakes or msap-
bridges destroyed ferries discontinued, or other
distractions increasing distance occurring du-
this advertisement is issued, and also duringthc
contract term are to be visited without extra
H. Bidders are cautioned to mail their propos-
ais in time to reach the Department 10y The day
received after that time ,ciV mol be considered in
competition with u bid of reasonable amount re-
cciVCd in time Neither can bids be considered
which are without the guarantee required by
law and certificate of the suiiiciency OF such a
u. Bddcrs should first propose for service
, strictly according to the advertisement,andt them
If the regular bid be the lowest offered for the
advertised service, the other propositions may
10. There should be hut one route bid for in &
proposal. Consolidated or combination bids
("pioposing one sum for two or more routes nrt
I forbidden by law, and cannot be cons sidered
II. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
name and residence of the bidder, that is his
usual post Office address, and the name OF encl
member oia ilrm,where company oilers, shoul'
g Is. Bidders are requested to use, as far as prac
e m m Tnsnea b s Of Gy IN
n | bids, and to retain copies of them.
Altered bids should not be submitted; no
should bids once submitted he withdrawn. N
, withdrawal ofa bidder or guarantor will be al
lowed unless the W thdrawa is dated and re
ccVed before the last day for receiving proposals
e Each bid must he guaranteed by two Responsible
persons. The bid and guarantee should be si1ne
o plainly with the iuii name Of each nSrson. ,o
any bid which may bedeemed extrtvagant, an
also to disregard the bids of falling contractor
iG.:rhe bid should be sealed d,superscribed" "Ma
ID 'secomd Assistant Postmaster General, Contra,
-, utlice' and sent by mail, not by or to an agen
of "ny Rnd yin IN nS
II. The contracts are to pc executed and r.
doy Of Juiv, 1865; but the service must be besu
ID ON that day or on the mail day, next after
whether the contracts be executed or not.
Transfers of contracts, or of interest in contra
Is, are forbidden by law, and consequently cal
not be allowed. Bidders will therefore take N
tice that they will be expected TO perform ii
H. service accepted to them through the whole ter
at Is. Posimasters at Offices on or near railroad
but more than eighty rods from station, wi
Immediately after the 18th of March next repo
ly their exact distance from the nearest station
how they are otherwise supplied with the ma
,r- mail-mcsenger supply from the LIST of July neS
aa 10. Section eighteen OF an act OF Congress a
the transportation of the mail shall be let, Z"
every case. to the lowest bidder rendering suf1c
ent guarantees for faithful performance, witho
other reference to the mode of such transpO
tution than may be necessary to provide for Il
- due celebrity certainly, and security of such ran
~ portaion.n Under this law bids that propose
Is transport the mails with "cClerty, certainly a,
security" harin0 been decided to be the only te9
ny bids, construed as prOriding for The cntirs
hoicsrcr large, and ,chateutr may be tie mode
conveyance necessary 10 insure is "cctcriLV ceTtdi
nd ~ and security and hare The preference Opcr
others, and no others are considered.
-. A modification of n bid in any OF its
rg al terms Is tantamount to Il new bid, and cam
Id be received, as TO interfere with regular COZ
petition, after the last hour set for receiving hi,
elk making new bid, with guarantee and ccrtllca
is the only way TO modify Il previous bid
at 81 PoStmasters are to be careful not to Ccrti
the sufllciency of guurHniors or surctieS witho
knowing that they are persons Of sufficient I
~ sponsibilty; a disregard Of Hs instruction bY pa,
masters is riOidtiOn Of Hctr OATH Of olicc SUGje
ing Ncm 10 Immediate FemOudi All bidders ,guaIa
w. tors and SuretieS are distinctly mortified that
q failure to enter into or perform the CnntraC
for the service proposed for in the accepted bid
nd their legal liabilities will be enforced again
them,
~. Present contractors, and persons known
in | the Department, must, equally with others pr
" cure gHurgntOrS and certificates of thcirsuiciC
q, | cy substantially in the forms above prescribe
" The certificate of SuflcienCy must be- SIgncd by
postmaster, or by Judge OF Il Cunrt oI TuCul
At | No other will he admitted.
ALIEN. W. RANDALL,
Nov. end, lSO7, Postmaster Genera
mg VIIE AMERICAN HAY KNIF
ST. 4 AND FORK,-Wc tn" undersigned citi2c
ol Columbia County Witnessed the trial OF Ii
Ice furi, on the farm of Alr, purSol, in llomlO
Township, on Monday May = lsd6, Between t
ly, | American Hay knife and Fork manufactured
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