Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-02-26
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AMI
POSTMASTERS

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Coata.sng also oSnasf.ons 10 Dc inoOrporased - u,
cenfTue's ." ae erfeNf ae D.p0rt@sai H'Gy de,sa
proper.
.. seven minutes are allowed 70 each inter
mediate ONCE, when not other wise spectned
for asserting the mails; but on railroad and
steam boat routes there 10 % b. no more oelsy
than 10 sufficient tor an exchsnge OF the mail
pouches.
> ON railroad ana steam boat lines. and Other
routes " here the mode OF con veyancs adults
of %. the speciai agents OF the Post once le-
partment also post Office oianks, mail bags
locke ana keys, are TO be conveyed without
charge.
. ON railroad aud ste amboat liues the rout.
sgeI Is OF the Department, also tue Brush aEd
Canada mails. when offered, ana the agents
accompanying them. are 20 be conveyed with
out charge: aud for the nee OF the United States
agents a eommodioos car, or part OF car.
properly lighted, warm ed and furnished, and
/ adspted % the con venlent separation and dEe
security OF the malls, l. 10 be- provided by he
contractor, under the direction Of the Depart
ment.
Railroad aud steamboat companies sra r.
CURED to lake the mail from and deliver ttIuto
tue post offices a. the beginning and end %
! their routes. and 10 and from all o1ices not
more than eighty rods from a station or land
ing. Proposals may b. submitted by tn- COM
panies for the performance OF all other sioe
service-that is, for Offices over eighty rode
/ from a station OF landing
] There Will be ''way bigls" prepared by poet
masters. or Other agents OF toe Department 10
accompany the mails conveyed On railroads
! and steamer. specifying the numbsr aud oes-
unation OF the several bsgs. On other princi-
pal routes. like wise. receipts will he REQ uir.d
aud way bills forwarded; the latter 20 De sn-
ahmed by the several posimasieTs. 10 insure
| regularity IN the delivery OF mails
4. No pay will he made for trips net per
formed, aud for each q such cmIsSions, not
/ satisfactorily explained. three times the paw
OF the trip will be deducted. For arrivals 80
far BEHIND time To break connsc non With
depending mails, and not sa m Glen ~ excused.
ope.fourtn OF the compensaiOn Tor The 'rip Is
/ subject 10 forfeiture. For repeated deIiB au.n-
c'es OF the kind herein specified. enlarged
penalties, proporuoued 10 the nature thereof.
I anu the importance of the mail. may b. MADE
For leaving behind or throwing OF lie
mails, or any portion OF them, for tn Armis
1 sion OF passengers, or for bring couc.rned IN
setting up or running an express Conveying
/ intelligence 10 advance OF the mail. q quarters
pay may be deducted.
/ 9. Pines will be imposed, unless the deIin-
Qnency be promptly and satisfactorily eN.
plsined by certihoates OF postmssters, or the
I sfidavits Other credible persous for falling
! 20 arrive In contract time; Tor neglecting 10
take the mail from, or deliver it into. a poet
office: for sufrriog Il 10 be wet, injured. de-
stroyec. robbed or lOsf; and for refusing, afHr
demand, 10 convey the mail frequently az
the contractor runs, or h concerned IN run
ming, coach, car or steamboat on a route.
.. The Postmaster General may aEnul the
/ contract tor repeated failures TO run agreeably
: 10 contract; for violating the post once lave
I or oisobeying the Instructions Of the Depart
men; for refusing 10 discharge a carrier when
required by the ID -partment 10 co so: for run
ming an express as aforesaid; or for transport
ing persons or packages conveying mailabIe
I MISTER out Of he mail.
:. The Postmaster General may order. an
ipcre.se OF service on q route py SLOWING
therefor pro rotd Increase on the Contract
pay. lie may change schedules OF departures
aud arrivals IN all Gases, aud particularly TO
make them conform To connexions WIN rail-
ROADS, without Increase OF pay, provided The
runBing time BE- not abridged He may also
order an increase OF speed, allowing. within
the restrictions OF law, pro rata incrsase CT
pay Cor the additional stock OF carriers, N
any. The contractor may, however. IA NJ
case Of iacrodse Of speed, relino uish the coa-
tract, BY giving prompt notice 10 the Depart
ment that be- prefers doing 10 carving the
order into effect The Postmaster General msy
also dhcontlnue or curtal the services. INA
whole or an part IN order 10 place on the route
greater degree u service, or whenever the
puolIc interests, la his Judgment shalt require
sucn dIscoutinuance or CurtallmenI FOR any
other cause: be allowing as full indemnity 10
. contractor one mouths extra paw on the
amoont OF service dispensed with. and a pg,
rata compensation for the amount OF service
. reta' ned and con in ued.
2. payments will be made by collections from
or drafts on postmasters, or otherwise. after
expiration OF each quarter-say In Novem-
I Der, February, May and August.
3 TO- The distances are q ven according TO the
est Information; bat no increased pay will be
allowed should they be greater tn an advertised
/ ft1e points TO be supplied are correctly stafed
iBidders must Inform nemseires on nis point. and
lso IN reference 10 the wels ut OF the IA all the
IN Al
toll bridges. ferries obstruc iOns OF aUy Ala q
by which expense NAV be incurred No CLAIM
for al diuonal paw. based on sucn ground-
Gao be considered; nor for alleged mistaEes 90
misapprehe nsion as TO the degree OF service.
nor Tor bridges destroyed, ferries discobJn u@d
/ or other obstructions increasing distance &C
curing during contract term. Offices IS all
/ lshed after this ad yertisement Is issued, and
( also during the CONTRACT term, are 10 be visited
I without extrs pay. IL the distance be not IN
/ creased.
D m n,aaar. ~. r.,tion.. a. -, ..
posals in time 10 reach the DepAr ment oy tn
day ana hour named, q y. m. March 4. is6S
for bids received sfuer that time tciH not De- ga
stdered In Compel Ion with a bad of reason aoIs
Z amount received In lime Neitber eau bids e
/ considered W hich are without the guarantee
required by Law and q certificate OF the efiCi-
eecy OF such guarantee.
/ ~. Bidders should fret propose for service
strictly according TO the advertisement, ana
then, IL they desire, separately for different
service; and AZ the regular Bad be the Lowest Of
Tered for the advertised scr vice, the other pro-
/ positions may be considered.
-. There should be but route bid for in
proposal Consolidated or combination bids
4 (''proposing one sum for two or more routes")
are forbidden by law, and cannot be consio-
cred
A L. The route, the service, the yearly nav.
the lam. ana residence Of the bidder, that Is
his usual post office address, aud the name Of
each member OF firm, " here a company o.
fers, should De distinctly stated.
IS. Bidders are requested TO use, far az
practicaol-, the prin I'd proposals furnished
oy the department, TO write out in fulI The
sum OF their bids, and 10 retain copies Of them
Altered bids should not be submit ted; nor
I should bids once su omitted be Withdrawn
No withdrawal OF a bidder or guarantor wilI
be allowed unless the Withdrawal lis dated
and received before the last day for receiving
proposals.
Zach bid must be guaranteed by two re.
eponsiole persons The bid and guarantee
should be sigHed plainly with the full name OF
each person.
The Department reserves the right 70 reject
any bid which may be deemed extravagant,
and also 10 disregard the bids OF failing CON
tractors and bidders.
IS The bids should be sealed, superscribed
" Mail Proposals, State OF Della were al
dressed Second Assistant Postmaster Gen
ersl, ConIr Once" and sent sy mail Rot nv
or TO agent and pos masters Will not en-
close proposals Tor letters OF any kind) IN their
quarterly returns
Il. The contracts are to b executed and ~.
turned % the Department by or before the Isf
day Of July, 1865; but the service must b- b.
gun on that day, or on the mail day next afr-r
iI, whether the contracts be executed or not
Transfers Of contracts, or OF interest ia con
tracts, are forbidden by law, and conseou entIy
cannot be allowed. BIDDERS will therefore
take notice that they viii be ex pected 10 per-
form the service accepted TO them through the
whole terra of the contract.
l.. Lhoetmasters at offices on or nesr rail-
roads. but more than eighty rods from a sta
ton, will, Immediately after the Attn OF March
next, report their exact distance from the
nearest station, and how they are cher wise
supplied with the mail, 20 enable the Post