The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-03-02

week.
Leave New darlington Tuesday and satur.
day at $3.50 p m.
Arrive at Bell Brook by $50 IN.
Leave Bell Brook Tuesday and Saturday at
12m.
Arrive at New Burlington by SPIN.
9465 From Lewisb urg, by Euphemia, to West
Sonora, miles and back, six times q
Leave Lcwi,burg daily except Sunday at 8
Arrive at West Sonora by AN.
Leave West Sonora daily except Sunday at
7pm.
Arrive at Lowi'burs by Sp. IN.
FORM OF PROPOSAL. GUARANTY, AND
CERTIFICATE.
PROPOSAL
The undersigned, - -, whose post
Of -. proposes to convey the mails Of the
United States from July l, 1858, to June 80,
1872, on route No. -, between - and
-, under the advertisement Of the Post
master General, dated October 81, 1867, with
" celebrity, certainty and security" for the an.
nual sum of - dollars.
This proposal Is made with full knowledge Of
the distance Of the route, the weight Of tho
mail to DO carried, and all other particulars in
reference to the route and service, and also,
after careful examination Of the laws and in.
s,ruotions attached to the advertisement.
Dated (Sjgned)
Tho undersigned, residing at -, State Of
-, undertake that, il the foregoing bid for
carrying the mail on route No. be accepted
by tho Postmaster General, the bidder shall,
prior to the LIST day Of July, 1858, enter into
the required obligation or contract to perform
thu aarvisa -tt ~ nat.
sureties.
This We do, understanding distinctly tho obi.
cations and liabilities assumed by guarantor,,
under the twenty.seventh section Of the act of
Congress of July 2. 1886.
Dated Signed by two guarautOrs)
Certificate.
Tho undersigned, postmaster at -, State
Of, certifes. UNDER MS OATH OF oFPIcE,
that he is acquainted with the above guarantors
and knows them to DO men Of property, and able
to make good their guaranty.
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND POST.
MASTERS,
Containing also conditions to Be incorporated IN
The contracts 10 the ertem the Department may
deem proper.
l. Seven minutes are allowed to each inter
mediate office, when not otherwise specified, for
asserting the mails but on railroad and steam.
boat routes there Is to DO no more delay than
Is sufficient for an exchange Of the mail pouches
2. On railroad and steamboat lines, and other
routes where the mode Of conveyance admits
Of 1t, the special agents of tho Post Office De-
partment, also post office blanks, mail bags,
locks and keys, arc to DO conveyed without
Extra charge.
8. On railroad and steamboat lines the route
agents Of tho Department, also the British and
Canada mails, whom offered, and the agents ac-
them, are to be convened without
'harge and for the use Of the United States
gents commodious car, or part of . car,
properly lighted, warmed and furnished and
sdap.ed to the convenient separation and due |
ecurity Of the mails, Is to be provided by the |
contractor, under the direction Of the Depart
mont.
Railroad and steamboat companies are 70. |
luired to take tho mail from and deliver It |
INTO the post Offices at tho beginning and end |
# their rOutes, and to and from all Offices not |
moro than eighty rods from q station or land. |
ng. Proposals may be submitted by the com.
'anies for the performance Of all other side |
ervice-that is for Offices over eighty rods from |
station or landing
There will be "way bills prepared by post.
masters or other agents Of the Department, to |
ccompany the mails conveyed on railroads and
teamers, specifying tho number and destination
4 the several bags. On other principal routes,
likewise, receipts will be required and way bills
orwarded; the latter to DO examined by the sew.
raj postmasters, to insure regularity in the de.
livery Of mails.
nd for each Of such omissions, not satisfactorily
Iplained three times the pay Of the trip will be
educted. For arrivals so far behind time as to
reak connection with depending mails, and not
Efficiently excused, one. fourth Of the compensa.
ion for the trip is subject to forfeiture. For re-
eated delnquencies Of the kind herein specified,
nlarged penalties, proportional to the nature
hereof, and ths Importance Of the mail, may BIO
,ade
5. For leaving behind or throwing of the mails,
7 any portion Of them, for the admission Of pas.
engers, or for being concerned in setting up or
unnibg an express conveying intelligence In ad.
ance of the mail, a quarters pay may DO de,
uctcd.
O. Fines will be imposed, unless the delin.
uency be promptly and satisfactorily explained
y certificates Of postmastsrs or the afhdavits Of
Their credible persons, for failing to arrive in
outract time for negleeting to take the mail
rom, or deliver 1t into, post office; for suffer.
~ It to be wet injured, destroyed robbed, or
'sti and for refusing, after demand, to convey
be mail as frequently as the contractor runs, or
concerned in running, coach, car, or steam.
oat on q route.
7. The Postmaster General may annul tho
|
} contract for violating the rOst office laws, or
isobeying tho instructions Of the Department
IT refusing to discharge q carrier when required
y the Department to do SOL for running an eI.
rsss as aforesaid or for transporting persons or
ackages conveying msilabls matter out of the
all.
s, The Po tmaster General may order an In.
ease Of service on route by allowing therefor
pro rata increase on the contract pay. He may
lange schedules of departures and arrivals In
i cases, and particularly to make them conform
, connexions with railroads, WITHOUT increase Of
ay, provided the running time DO not abridged.
10 may also order an increase Of speed, allowing
thin the restrictions Of the law pro rata in.
rease Of pay for the additional stock or carriers,
any. The contractor may, however, in tho
Ix Of increase Of speed, relinquish the contract,
y giving prompt notice to the Department that
. prefers doing so to carrying the order into
feet. The Postmaster General may also dis.