Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1869-11-18
ii"i' INSTRUCTIONS
| TO BIDDERS & POSTMASTERS;
Containing also Conditions to be IN
cOrpOrateIl I'm the Contracts to the eK-
tent the Department. may deem proper

TO BIDDERS & P0STMASTERS;
Containing also Conditions to be In
cOrpOrated I'm the Contracts to the eK-
| tent the DEPARTING HAt may deem proper
l. seven minutes are allowed to each intermediate
Office, when not otherwise specified, fOT asserting
the mails but on railroad and steamboat routes
exchange of the mail pouches. cf.
3. On railroad and steamboat lines and other
routes where the mode of conveyance admits OF It.
the special agents of the Post Ofice Department.
also post office blanks mail bags locks and keys
are to be cotvryed without extra charge. IlsI.
3 On railroad and steamboat lines the rOuteagents
mai when offered and the agents accompanying
them are TO lla conveyed without charge. and for
the use Ofthe United States agentSa cOmmOdiOus car
or part Of car prOperlyIighted. 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
Railroad and steamboat companies are required
to take the mail FROM and deliver into, the post
offices at the beginning and end of their routes and
TO and hrou ali Offices not more than eighty rods
nom station or landing. Proposals may be sub,
other side serviee-that is for offices over eighty
rods from station or landing.
or other agents of the Department, to accompany
the mails conveyed on railroads and steamers, spec
bags. On other principal routes likewise, receipts
viii be required and way bills forwarded; the latter
TO be examined by the several pOstmasters, to in
sure regularity in the delivery OF mails.
| 4, No pay will be made for trips not performed;
explained, three times the pay of the trip will be
deducted. For arrivals 50 far behind time as to
break connection with depending mails, and not
sufficiently excused, one-fOurth Of the COmpensa-
tion TOR the trip is subject to forfeiture For repeat
ed delinqueneies of the kind herein specified, en-
arged penalties prOpOrtiOned TO the nature thereof
and the Importance of the mail may be made.
5. For leaving behind or throwing of the mails,
or any portion of them for the admission Of passen-
gers or for being concerned in setting up running
express conveying intelligence in advance of the
mail, a quarters pay may be deducted.
8. Fines VIII be imposed, unless the delinquency
be promptly and satisfactorily explained by CeTtif-
Gates of pOsImasters or the atdayts Of other cred
bic persons for falling to arrive in contract time
into, post ocei for suffering Il to be wet, injured
destroyed, robbed, or lost; and for refusing after
| demand, to convey the mail as frequently as the
contractor runs or is concerned in running, coach
| car, OF steamboat on route.
! T. The Postmaster General may annul the con-
tract for repeated failure to run agreeaby to con-
tract; for violating the post Office laws, disObey
ing the intructiOns of the Department; for refusing
to discharge carrier when required by the Depart
ment 20 do so; for running express as Aforesaid
or for transporting persons or packages conveying
mailable matter out of the maiL
g. The Postmaster General may order an increase
of service on route by allowing therefor pro rata
schedules OF departures and arrivals in all cases,
and particularly to make them conform to cOnnec-
tOns with railroads without increase Of pay, prOv
| ded the running time be not abridged. The Post
master General may also discontinue curtaii the
route superior service or whenever the public in
terests in his Judgment, shall require such dlscOn-
tinuance or curtaiment for any other cause; he al
/ lowing full indemnify to contractor months
extra pay on the amount Of service dispensed with,
and pro rata compensation for the amount Of ser
vice retained and continued
/ o. Payments will be made by collection from or
drafts on, pOStmasters, otherwise aier the eXpi
ration of each quarteT-say in November, February,
1 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, if the points
1 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 tOll-brdges fer
| TieS. ObStructlOnS or kind DV which expense
/ may be incurred. No claim for additional pay,
based on such ground, can be considered; nor for
ALLEGED TnistaSes or mIsappFehesiOn as to the de-
gree Of service; nor for bridges destroyed, ferries
discontinued, or other distractions increasing dis
| Iance or expense, occurring during the contract
term. Offices established after this advertisement
is issued, and also during the contract term to
be visited without extra pay, II the distance be not
! increased.
| m. bidders are cautioned to mail their proposals
/ in time to reach the Department by the day and
i hour named, q p, m. March 90 lS7O) for bids re
ceved after that time ICU not be considered In COM
petition with bid of reasonable amount received
IN time. Neither can bids be considered which are
and certiEcateof the suificency Of such guarantee
II Bidders should first propose for service strict
/ ly according 10 the advertisement and then if they
desire sepaRateiv for diferent service; aud if the
regular bid be the lowest offered for the advertised
service the other propositions may be considered.
/ pOsal. Consolidated or combination bids C.prOpO-
sing one sum for two or more routes are forbidden
i by law and cannot be considered.
IA. The route the service. the yearly pay, the
name and the residence of the bidder that is his
/ usual post office address, and the name Of each
/ member of firm, where company offers should
Ia Bdders are requested to use as far as practic-
able the printed proposals furnished by the Depart
ment to write out in full the sum OF their bids, and
| toFeturn copies Ofthem.
Altered bids shall not be submtted;nOr should bids
| once submitted be withdrawn No w1tndraWal OF a
drawal dated and received before the last day FOR
receiS ing proposals - M.
| persons. The bid and guarantee should be signed
/ plainly with the full name Ofeach person. -. -
The Department reserves the right 10 reject any
bid which may be deemed eXtraVagant, and also TO
disregard the bios Offailing and bidders
i (Act OF July 2 1896, section a.
Is. The bid should be sealed, superscribed Mail
Proposals, State of Nebraska :, addressed & &aSecend
sent by mail not by or to an agent; and pOStmasters
will not inclOse proposals Cor letters Of any knd) in
AZ me contracts are to be executed and retured
to the Department by or before the lst dGy oI July,
1870; but the service must be begun on that day.
on the mail day after whether the contracts be
/ executed or not.
/ are forbidden by law, and consequently cannot be
/ allowed. Bidders will therefore take notice that
ed 10 them through the whole term of the contract
| IS POstmasters at offices on or near railroads, but
more than eighty rods from station Will, immedi-
ateIy after the 3h of March next report their ex-
distance from the nearest station 70 enable the
/ Postmaster General to direct mail-mesSenger
! 10 SectOn-eighteen Of an act of Congress apprOV-
ed March 3, lS45, provides that contracts for the
| Transformation OF the mail shall be let, 'n every
case 10 the lowest bidder, rendering sufficient guar
anteeS for tatnIul NiAAlgAb uttA
erence to the mode of such transportation than may
be necessary to provide for the due Celery certain
/ ty and security of such transportation Under
this law bids that propose to transport mails with
ceteYitV certainty aud security, h0uinp hfcl dccicd
10 be Ge OnIV legal bids construed us pruridiag r
the entire mail, hO1uercr idlgC, and tcatctgr nay y
fhfROde Or Conveyance nccsSTu % insure US ccteTi-
IT, certainty, aud security, and Adrc uc pTeTellce
| OreT al Others and no others are considered
20. modification of a bid in any Of its essential
terms is tantamOunt To new bid, and cannot be re-
ceived so as TO interfere with regular competition.
Making new bid with guarantee and certificate, Is
/ the only way to modify previous bid.
2I POstmasters to be careful not % certify the
sufficiency of guarantOrs SureteS without Know
ing that they persons Insufficient responsibility
disregard Of this obstruction by pOStdSeTS Is UtO-
dfOn Of their oath OF Office, SJftectnq them 10 iHHie-
ddte ro9OcuI. All bidders, guaTanOrs, and suretieS
are distinctly notified that failure to enter into
or perform the contracts for the service proposed
form the accepted bids their legal liabilities viii be
/ enforced against them.
-. Present contractors and persons known at the
Department, must, equally with others, procure
guHrautOrs and certificates Of their suficency SUD
stantially in the forms above prescribed. The Ger
tcate of sufficiency must be signed by pOStnilst
er or by Judge Of court Of record. No other viii
/ be admitted. -
| JNO. A. J. CRESWELL,
act PostHgGsteT General.