Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-02-05
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND posrMAsrERs


CONTAINING INCORPORATED
TRACTS TO EXTENT DXPARiAEsr MAY DIEM PROPER
l. Seven minutes allowed TO each intermediate Of
fee, when not otherwise specified for asserting the nails
but railroad and steamboat there is be
delay than is sufficient exchange Of the mail pouches
z 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
ira charge.
the Department, also the British and Canada mails when
offered and the agents accompanying them, be
yeyed without charge and for the the United States
agents eommodious part Of ear properly light
ed warmed and furnished and adapted to the convenient
separation and due security Of the mails is to be provided
by the contractor under the direction Of the Department
Railroad and steamboat companies required to take
the mail from and deliver 1t into the post offices at the be-
ginning and end Of their routes from all Offices
than eighty rods from station landing Pro-
posas may be submtedby the companies for the perform
anee Of all other side rvcetha is for Offices over eighty
rods from station or landing
There will be way bills prepared by posmasers 9TH
agents the Department to accompany the mails
yeyed on railroads and steamers specifying the number
and destination Of the several bags On other principal
routes likewise receipts viii be required and way bills for
warded the latter TO be examined by the several posas
tiers, to Insure regularity in the delivery Of mails.
Nopay viii be made for trips not performed and for
times the pay Of the trip will be deducted For arrivals
far behind time to break connection with depending
mails and not sufficiently excused, oneourth Of the
pensation for the trip subject to forfeiture For repeat
ed denquences Of the kind herein specified enlarged pen
atie proporoned to the nature thereof and the mpor
lance of the mail, may be made.
8. For leaving behind throwing of the mails any
portion them the
ing concerned In setting up or running convey
ing intelligence in advance of the mail quarters pay
be deducted
6. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency be
promptly and satisfactorily explained by certificates Of
postmasers the aday of other credible persons for
falling TO arrive in contract tme for negetng take the
mail FROM deliver it into post Office for suffering it
to be wet injured destroyed robbed lost and for
fslng after demand, to convey the mail frequently
the contractor runs or concerned in running COACH
car, steamboat a route.
T. The Postmaster General may annul the contract for
ing the post office laws dsobcying the instructions
the Department; refusing to discharge carrier when
required by the Department to do sol for running an ex
press aforesaid for transporting persons packages
conveying maiabe matter out Of the mail
s. The Postmaster General may an increase Of SER
vice route by allowing therefor increase on
the contract pay lie may change schedules of departures
and arrivals in all and particularly TO make them
conform to connections with railroads. without increase
pay provided the running time be not abridged He may
also order an increase Of speed, allowing within the
sctions of the law pro increase Of pay for the
dtonal stock carriers any. The contractor may,
however ~ TIE case Of increase Of speed renqush the
tract by giving prompt notice to the Department that he
prefers doing so to carrying the order into effect The
Postmaster General may also discontinue eurta the
vice. in whole or in part in order to place the route
perior service, whenever the public interests in
Judgment sha require such diseontinuanee curtal
men or any other cause he allowing full indemnity TO
contractor one months extra pay the service
dispensed With and rata compensation for the
Of service retained and continued. a
o. Payments will be made by collections from or drafts
on postmaster, or otherwise after the expiration each
q1arter-say in November February, May and August
10 The distances given according nfor-
nation but increased pay will be allowed should thew
be greater than advertised If the points supplied are
correctly stated Bdders an iJor, te,asslrss on his
point and also in reference the weight mail the
condition Of roads, hills streams Sc and all oll-bdces
ferries distractions Of any kind by which expense NAV
be incurred No claim for additional pay. based on such
ground, considered nor for alleged mistakes or mis-
apprehension as to the degree of service bridges
destroyed. ferries discontinued other distractions IN
creasng distance expense occurring during the contract
term. Offices established after this advertisement issued
and also during the contract term be visited with
out extra pay, if the distance be not increased.
1Iara anti. A.
time to reach the Department by day and hour named
3p m March 81 1881 bids received after that time
tci not be CONSIDERED in competition with bid of
able amount received in time Neither can bids be consd
cred which are without the guarantee required by
a certificate of the suffcency of such guarantee
r. Bidders should first propose for service strictly ac
cording TO the advertisement and then If they desire sep
lowest offered for the advertised service the other PROPOSE
tons may be considered.
l8 There should be but route bid in proposal
consolidated or combination bids proposing
two or more routes forbidden BY law cannot be
considered.
a. The route the service the yearly pay the name and
residence of the bidder tthat is his post Office adj
dress and the name of each member of a firm. where a
company offers should be distinctly stated
10 Bidders requested to use far as practicable
the printed proposals furnished BY the Department 10
of them 'f''s
Altered bids should not be submitted nor should bids
submitted be withdrawn No withdrawal of bitsr
guarantor Will be allowed unless the withdrawal * a
and received before the last day for receiving proposals
The bid and guarantee should be signed plainly With mo
full name Of each person.
The Department reserves the right reject any bid which
may be deemed extraEagant and also to DISREGARD the bs
Of falling contractors and bidders. tact OF July Q 1895
section "a ' > '
10 The bid should be sealed, supsrscrbed Mali Pro-
posas State of Vermont addressed second kssstan,
postmaster General, Contract 0icen and sent by mail
not by or to an AGENT and postmasers viii not enclose
proposals Tor letters Of kind in quarterly returns
IL The contracts TO be executed and returned to the
Impairment by or before the Isl day Of July 1852 but the
service must be begun that day. on the mail day next
after IT, whether TIE contracts be executed or not
Transfers OF contracts interes. for
oiden BY law and consequently be allowed. Bid
ders viii therefore take notice they will be expected to
perform the service accepted to them through the whole
term Of the contract.
Is Postmasters at Offices railroads. but more
than eighty rods from station will Immediately after the
4fh Of March next report their exact distance the
nearest station enable the Postmaster General direct
a mail messenger supply from the LIST of July next
~ Section eighteen Of act Of congress approved
March 1915, provides that for the transporta
ton Of the mail shall be let in every case the lowest
bidder rendering sufficient guarantees for faithful perform
anee, without other reference the
Pration than may he Necessary TO provide for the
ieity certainty, aud security Of such sransportaton