Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1869-12-09

Containing also Conditions to he In
cOrpOrateC in the Contracts tOthe ex-
tent the Department may deem proper
/. Seven minutes are allowed to each intermediate
Office, when not otherwise specified, for asserting
the mails; but on railroad and steamboat routes
there is 70 be no more delay than is sufficient for
exchange of the mail pouches.
,. On railroad and steamboat lines, and other
routes where the mode of conveyance admits of it.
the special agents of the Post Office Department
also post office blanks mail bags, locks and keys
are to be conveyed without extra charge.
On railroad and steamboat lines the routeagents
of the Department also the British and Canada
mails when offered and the agents ACCOMMODATING
them, are to be conveyed without Charge: and for
the use Ofthe United States agents cOmmOdOus car
or part of car, properly lighted, warmed and fur
nished, and adapted 10 the convenient Separation
and due security Of the mails is to be provided by
ment. ......
Railroad and steamboat companies are required
to take the mail FROM and deliver it into the post
Offices at the beginning and end of their routes and
TO and from all offices not more than eighty RODS
from station or landing. Proposals may be sub
mited by the companies for the performance of ali
other side SerViCe-thaL Is, for offices over eighty
rods from station or landing.
There will he way bills prepared By postmasters
the mails conVeved on rairoads and steaT0epS , sy
flying the number and destination of the several
bags. On other principal routes, likewise receipts
to be examined by the several pOstmasters to in
sure regularity in the delivery of mails.
T. no pay viii be made for trips not performed;
and for each of such omissions, not satisfactorily
explained, three times the pay of the trip will be
deducted. For arrivals so far behind time as to
break connection with depending mails and not
sufficiently excused, One-fOurth of the COmpensa-
ton for the trip is subject to forfeiture For repeat
ed delinquencieS of the Kind herein specified en-
larged penalties prOportOned to the nature thereof
ana the the importance imports Of the mail, may be made.
or any portion of them, for the admission of passen
an express conveying intelligence in advance of the
mail, a quarters pay may be deducted
6. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency
be promptly and satisfactorily explained by certif-
Gates of pOsmasters the afdaVts of other credi-
Bile persons for failing to arrive in Contract time:
Ord do
into, post office; for suffering il to be wet injured
demand, TO convey the mail as frequently as the
contractor runs, or is concerned in running coach
car, or steamboat on a route.
Z. The Postmaster General may annul the con-
tract for repeated failure TO run agreeabiy to
tract for violating the post office laws, or dsObey
ing the ntructiOns of the Department. for refusing
to discharge carrier when required by the Depart.
ment 20 do so; for running express aforesaid;
or for transporting persons or packages conveying
mailable matter out of the mail.
| 8. The Postmaster General may order an increase
of service route by allowing therefor pro rata
increase on the contract paw. He may Change
sehedules Of departures and arrivals i'm all cases
and particularly TO make them conform to cOnnec-
tons with railroads. without Increase Of pay prOvi-
ded the running time be not abridged. The Post
master General may also discontinue OF curtafl the
service in whole or in part in order to place on the
route superior service or whenever the public in
tinuance curtainent for any other cause; he al
lowing as full indemnity contractor one months
and pro rata compensation for the amount Of ser
vice retained and continued.
drafts on pOstmaSters, or otherwise, after the
ration of each quarter-sayi in November February.
May and August.
10. The distances are given according to the best
informatOni but no increased pay viii be allowed
should they be greater than advertised, the points
to be supplied are correctly stated. Bidders must
inform themselves this point. and also in refer
ence TO the weight Of the mall the condition of the
roads, hills streams, &c, and all tOllbrdges fer
ries or distractions OF any kind by which expense
may be incurred. No claim for additional pay
based on such ground, can be considered: nor for
alleged mistakes OF misapprehenSiOn as to the de
gree of services nor for bridges destroyed, ferries
discontinued, other distractions increasing dis
tance or expense, occurring during the contract
term. Offices established after this advertisements
Is Issued, and also during the contract term are to
be visited without extra pay if the distance be not
increased.
IL. Bidders are cautioned to mail their proposals
in time 10 reach the Department by the day and
hour qanled. g p, M March 90, 1s70,l for bids
ceived afer thar time lgiU not he considered com
petition with bid Of reasonable amount received
in time. Neither can BIDS be copsidered which are
without the guarantee required by law
and certificate OF the suhcency OF such guarantee
T. Bidders should first propose for service strict
ly according To the advertisement and then If they
desire, separately for different service. aud IL the
regular bid be The lowest offered for the advertised
service the otherpr0positions may be considered