Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-01-29

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ing. Proposals may be submitted BY the CON-
panies for the performances of all other eide
service-that is, for offices over eighty rods
from station or landing.
There will be WAY bills" prepared by post
N astert, or other agents of the ID partmenf. 70
accompany the mails con veyed on railroads
And steamers, specifying the q amber and des.
tination Of the se versi oass. On other primer
pal routee. likewise, receipts will be rec uired
and way bills forwsrded; the latter to Be- ex.
aminsd nv the several postmasiers, TO insure
regularity in the delivery Of mails.
4. NO pay Will be made for trips not per-
formedi and for each OF such omissIous not
satisfactorily explained. three times the pay
OF the Trip will be deducted. For arrivals so
Tar hind time as 70 break connection with
depending matls, and not Q a ri ciently excused,
one-fourn OF the conpen sation for the trip
ID subject 10 forfeiture. For repeated deiin-
Quencies Of the kind herein specified, enlarged
penalties, pr Jportioned to the nature thereof,
and the I'm portance of the mail, NAV be made.
S. For leaving behind or thro wing of the
mails. or any portion of them for the admis.
sion or passengers. or for bling concerned In
eettlng up or running an express conveying
intelligence In ad vance OF the mail al arter's
pay may be deducted.
O. Fines Will b. Imposed, unless the delin.
quency be promptly and satisfactorily sx-
PIMned oy eerhfcates Of post masters or the
amdavits OF other credible persons, for failing
TO arrive In contract time; for negiecting to
take the mail from, or deliver il INTO. a post
nee; for suffering It to be WEI, injured, de-
r.
demand, to convey the mail Is frequently as
the contractor runs, or Is concerned In run
ming, coach, car or steamboat on q route.
2. TIE Postmaster General may annul the
contract for repeated failures to run agre%a.
bly, to contract; for violating the post Office
laws, or disobeying the instructions Of the De.
partment; for refusing TO discharge a carrier
when req uired by the Department to do so: for
running al express as aforesaid; or for tfans-
porting persons or packages con veying mail.
able matter out of the mail.
E. The Postma ster General may order an
increase of service on a route by allowing
therefor pro ratu increase on the contract
pay. He may change SEIZED Mes OF departures
AND arrivals IN all cases, and partic ulsrly to
mBke them conform to connexions with rail.
roaES w,noa ~ increase OF pay provided the
order an increaseof speed, allowing, within
the restrictions OF law, pro rata increase Of
pay for the additional stock or carriers, IL
anv. The contractor may, however, an the
case # increase Of speed, reliuquish the con-
tract by giving prompt notice to the Depart
ment that he prefers oeing so to carrying the
ORDER into effect. The Postmaster General may
also discontinue OF curtaii The service in
whole or IN part, in order TO place on the route
greater degree OF service, or whenever the
public interests, In his Judgment, shall req uire
such disconinuance or curtaiiment fer any
other cause; he allowing as full indemnity to
contractor one months extra pay on the
amount Of service dispensed with, and a pro
rata compensation for the amount Of service
retained and continued
.. Payments will b. made BY collections
from or drafts on postmastrrs. or Otherwise
after the expiration OF each quarter-say in
November, February, May and August.
I'D. The distances are given according to the
best information; but no increased pay will
be allowed should they pe greater than ad yer.
Used, IL the points TO be supplied are correctly
stated. Bidders must inform themselves on this
the mail, the condition of roads, hills, streams,
de and all toll bridges, ferries obs ru ctions
OF any kind by which expense NAV be incur.
red No clam for additional pay. based on
legged mistakes or misapprebension as to the
degree OF service; nor tor bridges destroyed,
ferries discontinued, OF other distinctions in.
cressipg distance, occurring during ihs con-
tract term. Onices established after this ad-
verusement is issued. and also uring the con.
tract term, are to be visited without extra pay
II the distance oe not increased.
II. Bidders are cautioned TO mail their pro-
possls in time to reach the Department by the
day and hour named. g 2. IN March 4. 1865
for bids received after that time riH not be con
sidered in competition with q bid Of reason able
amount received In time. Neither can bids be
considered which are without the guarantee
required by law and a certificate Of the eff. .
c'ency of such guarar tee.
~. Bidder should first propose for service
strictly according to The Advertisement, and
then. II they desire, separately for different
service; and If the regular bid be the lowest o.
fsred for the advertised service, the other pro.
pOeltlOno may Dc CONSIDERED.
l3 There should be but one route bid for In
a proposal. Consolidated or combination
bids (''proposing one sum for two or more
routes') are forbidden by law, and cannot be
considered.
IA. The route, the service, the yearly nav.
the name and residence Of the bidder, (that fe
his usual post office address, aai the sme OF
each member OF firm. whore a company Of.
fers. should be distinctly stated.
IS. Bidders are requested to use, as far as
practicable, the printed proposals furnished
oy the Department. to write out in full the
sum OF their bids, and to retain copies Of them.
Altered bids should not he submittec; nor
should bids once u omitted lie withdrawn No
withdrawal Of bidder or Yuarantor will be
allo wed unless the withdrawal is dated and
received before the last day for receiving pro-
posale.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two re-
sponsibie persons. The bid and guarantee
should be signed plainly with the full name OF
each person.
The Department reserves the tight TO reject
any bid which may be deemed extravaeant,
and also 70 disregard the bids Of failing con-
tractors and bidders.
To- The bids should be sealed, superscribed
+" Nj all Proposals, State of New Jersey" ad-
dressed "Second Assistant Poetm aster Gene
raj, Contract Office" and sent by mail, not by
or to an agent; and rostmasters Will not en-
close proposals (or letters OF any kindly in their
quarterly returns.
Il. The contracts are to be executed and re.
turned to the Department by or before the LIST
ddy OF Jatg, lsoc. out me service must be be-
gun on that day, or on the mail day next after
It, whether the contracts be- executed or not
Transfers OF contracts. or Of interest in con.
tracts, are forbidden by law, and censeq uentIy
cannot be allowed. Bidders will therefore
take notice that they will be expected to per.
form the service accepted to them through the
whole term OF the contract
Is. Postmasters at offices on or near rail.
roads, but more than eighty rods from a sta.
ton, will, Immediately after the ain of March
next, report their exact distance from the
nearest station, and how they are otherwise
supplied with the mail, To enable the Post
master General to direct q mail messe ger
supply from the 1st OF July neat.
10. Section eighteen OF an act of Congress
approved March 3, Ie45, provides that con-
tracts for the transportat ton OF the mail eeall
sumcient guarantees for faithful
without o'her reference to the
mode OF such transportation than may be
necessary to provide for the due celebrity, Ger.
tainty, and security Of such transportation"
Under this Law bids that propose to transport
the mails with "celerity. certainty, and 90.
curity," having peen decided to be the only
entire mail. however large, and whatever may
be the mode Of conveyance necessary to in
sure Its ''celerity, certainty, and securitv,"
nd have the preference over all others, and
no others are considered.
20. A modification Of q bid in any of its ee-
Iential terms 10 tantamouut to q Few bid. and
cannot be received, SO rs to interfere with
bids. Making a new bid, with
guarantee and certificate. is the only way to
modify previous bid.
q. Postmaeters are to be careful not to GER
.ify the sufficiency of the guarantors or sure
lies without knowing that they are persons