Nebraska advertiser., 1869-11-11
INSTRUCTIONS
TO BIDDERS & POSTMASTERS;
Containing also Conditions to be In,
cOrpOraIedtn the Contracts to ex,
tent the Department may deem Prepel


1. seven minutes are allowed TO each intermediate
office, when not otherwise specified, for asserting
the mails but on railroad and steamboat routes
there is 10 be no more delay than is sufficient for an
exchange OF the mail pouches.
,. In railroad and steamboat lines, and other
routqg where the mode III conveyance admits ar III
the special agents OF the Post Office Department,
also post office blanks, mail bags, locks and keys,
3. On railroad and steamboat lines the rOuteagents
Of the Department, also the British and Canada
mails, when offered, and the agents accompanying
them, are to be conveyed without charge; and for
the use Ofthe United states agents. cOmmOdiOus car,
or part of a car, properly lighted, warmed, and fur
nished, and adapted to the convenient separation
and due security of the mails, is to be provided by
the contractor, under the direction Of the Depart
ment.
Railroad and m 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 a station or landing. Proposals may be sub
mitted by the companies for the performance Of all
other side Service-thaT is, for Offices over eighty
rods from a station or landing.
There will he way bills" prepared BY pOstmaSters
or other agents of the Department, TO
the mails conveyed on railroads andsteamers, spec
flying the number and destination OF the several
bags. On other principal routes, likewise, receipts
will be required and way bills forwarded: the later
to be examined by the several pOstmasters, to in
sure regularity in the delivery Of mails.
A. No pay will be made for trims not performed:
and for each of such omissions, not satisfactorily
deducted- For arrivals SO far Behind time As to
break connection with depending mails, and not
sufficiently excused, One-iOurth of the COmpensa-
ed delinqUencies of the kind herein specified, en-
iarged penalties, prOpOrtiOned TO the nature thereof
and the importance of the mail, may be made.
D. For leaving behind or throwing of the mails,
or any portion Ofthem, for the admission of pasSen-
gers, or for being concerned in setting up or running
an express conveying Intelligence in advance OF the
mail, a quarters pay may be deducted.
s. Fines viii be imposed, unless the delinquency
be promptly and satisfactorily explained by ceTtif-
Gates Of pOstmasters or the Rfidavits of other credi-
bic persons, for failing to arrive in contract time;
into, post office; for suffering it to be wet. Injured.
destroyed, robbed, or lost; and for refusing, after
contractor runs, or IS concerned in running, a coach.
car, or steamboat on a route.
Z. the Postmaster General may annuI the con-
tract Tor repeated failure to run agreeabiy to con-
tract for violating the post office laws, or disObey-
to ID discharge a carrier when required by the Depart.
ment 10 do so; for running an express as aforesaid;
mailable matter out of the mail.
8. The Postmaster General may order an increase
OF service Ona route by allowing therefor a pro rata
increase on the contract pay. He may change
schedules of departures and arrivals in 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 or curtaiI the
service, IN whole or IN part, IN order 70 place on the
route superior service, or whenever the public in
terests, in his judgment, shall require such discOn-
tLhuahce OF curLaumenJ Tor any other cause; he al
lowing as full IN tOcOntract0r one months
extra pay on the amount of service dispensed with,
and a pro rata compensation fort The amount of ser
vice retained and continued.
3. Payments will be made bycOlectiOn from or
drafts on, postmasters, or otherwise, after the expt-
ration OF each quarter-say IN November February,
May and August.
10. The distances are given according to the best
information; but no increased pay viii be allowed
should they be greater than advertised, ifthe points
TO be supplied are correctly stated. Bidders must
inform themselves on this penn and also In refer
ence to the weight of the mail, the condition Of the
roads, hills, streams, &C, and all lu-bridges, fer
ries, or distractions of any kind by which expense
may be Incurred. No claim for additional pay,
based Oh such ground, can be considered; nor for
alleged mistakes or misrepresentation as to the de
discontinued, or other DISTRACTIONS increaSing dis
lance Or expense, occurring during the contract
term. Offices established after this advertisement
is issued, and also during the contract term, are to
De visited without extra pay, II the distance be not
II. Bidders are cautioned to mail their proposals
in time tOreach the Department by the day and
honr named, l5p M, March 20, 1901 for bids re-
celved after that time t9iU not De considered in COM
petition VIII a bid Of reasonable amount received
mtme: Neither can bids. be considered which are
without the guarantee required by law
and a certificate Of hesuficienc y or such guarantee,
Il Bldaers should nrst propose for service strict
~ according 70 the advertisement, and then, II they
desire, separately for different service aud If the
seLPISs, Ine 9tneE PROPOSITIONS may pc considered
b. There should be but one route bid for in a pro-
pOsal, Consolidated or combination bids C'pr0pO-
slng one sum IOr w or more routes } are forbidden
by law, and cannot be considered
H. The route, the service. the yearly pay, the
name ana the residence Ofthe bidder, THAT IS, his
usual post Office address, and the name Of each
member OF q firm, where q company offers, should
Is. Bidders are requested to use, as far as practlc-
able, the printed proposals furnished by the Depart |
ment, TO write out in fulthe sum Of their bids, and
to return copies Ofthem.
Altered DldSSnall not be Submitted;nO should bids |
once submitted be Withdrawn. No withdrawal ola |
bidder or uarantOr Will be allowed unless the with |
drawal is dated and received before the last day for /
ing proposals.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two responsible
persons. The bid and guarantee Should be signed /
plainly with the full name Ofeach person.
The Department reserves the right TO reject any
DID which may be deemed eXtraWagant. and also to Il
the bids offailing contractors and bidders. /
Act of July 2. 1895, section "a
16. The bid should be sealed, superseded Mail
state of Nebraska" addressed Second 4
Postmaster General, Contract Office, and
sent by mail, not by or tOan agent; and pOstmasters
viii not tnclose proposals Cor letters Of any kind in
their quarterly returns. /
II. The contracts are to be executed and retired
10 the Department by or before the Isl day Of JuEV, |
1870; but the service must be begun on that day, or Il
On the mail day nextafter, whether the contracts be
executed or not. Il
Transfers Of contracts, OF Of interest in contracts.
are forbidden by law, and consequently cannot be
allowed. Bidders will therefore take notice that
they Will be expected 10 perform the service accept
ed to them through the whole term OF the contract. i
Is. P0stmasters at Offices on or near railroads, but
more than eighty rods from q station, viii. immedi- Il
ately after the 18th Of March next, report their ex-
act distance from the nearest station, to enable the /
General to direct q maiI-messenger
supply from the LIST Of July next
Is. Section eighteen Of an act Of Congress apprOY-
81 March 3, lS5, provides that contracts for the
transportation OF the mail shall be let, "tn every
sase, 70 the lowest bidder, rendering sufficient guar
antees for faithful performance, without other ref
srence 70 the mode Of such transportation than may
Do necessary 70 provide for the due CELEBRITY, certain
", and security OF such transportation Under
his law bids that propose 70 transport mails with
'ceter0V, certainly and security, hGDfug been decided
DOE TIE 0nfy legal bids, are construed US proUfdfnC JOT
ne entire mott, h0tCeUer large, and iCh0tsUer MGV Be-
he mode 0f conveyance accessory to insure Ms .celert-
y, certainty and security" and h0uc Tie prgeneBcs /
IuT az OaasTs, and no Others are considered.