Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1869-12-02
INSTRUCTIONS
TO BIDDERS & P0STMASTERS;
Containing also Conditions to be In
cOrpOrated i'm the Contracts to the eX-
tent the Depart ment may deem proper

Containing also Conditions to be In
cOrDOrated In the Contracts to the ex-
tent the Depart ment may deem proper
l. Seven minutes are allowed to each intermediate
Office when not otherwise specified, for asserting
the mails; but on railroad and steamboat routes
there is to be more delay than Is sufficient for an
exchange of the mail pOuchtss
2 On railroad and steamboat lines, and other
routes where the mode Of conveyance admits Of II,
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 DepaItment also the British and Canads
mails when offered, and the agents accompanying
them, are to be conveyed without charge; and Tor
the Ofthe United states agents cOmmodlOus car
or part of d car properly lighted, warmed, and fur
nished and adapted 10 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 il intO the post
offices at the beginning and end Of their routes and
to aud from all offices not more than eighty rOCs
from a station or landing. Proposals may be SUD
mitted by the companies for the performance of all
other side SerYice-thaL is for Offices over eighty
rods from a station or landing.
There viii he way bills prepared by pJstmasters
or other agents of the Department, To accompany
the mails cow on anu spec,
Tying the number and destination OF the several
bags On other principal routes, likewise. receipts
will be required and way bills forwarded; the latter
sure regularity in the delivery or mails.
1. No pay WILDE made for trips not performed
and for each Of such omissions, not satisfactorily
explained, three times the pay of the trip will bc
deducted For arrivals so far behind time as 70
break connection with depending mails and moi
sufficiently excused, One-fOurtll Of the COmpensa
ton for the trip is subject to forfeiture For repeat
ed deiinquencies of the kind herein specified, en-
IarEed penalties propOrtiOned the nature thereof
and the Importance Of the mall, may be made.
). For leaving behind or throwing of the malls
any portion of them, for the admission Of passen
gers for being concerned in setting up or running
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 certi
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BILE persons, for falling 70 arrive in contract time
for negecting TO take the mail lron or deliver /
into, posi- Office; for suffering il TO be wet, injured
destroyed. robbed, lost and for refusing afteI
demand to convey the mail as frequently as the
contractor runs or Is concerned IN running coach
car, or steamboat on route.
:. The Postmaster General may annUl the con.
tract ior repeated failure to agreeabiy 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 to do so; for running an express as Aforesaid
or for transporting persons or packages conveying
mallable matter out Of the mail.
5. The Postmaster General may order an increase
of service route by allowing therefor TCfO
increase ON the contract pGy He may change
schedules Of departures and arrivals IN all efses
and particularly To make them conform to connec-
tons with railroads. without increase OF pay, prOy
ded the running time be not abridged The Post
master General may also discontinue or curtail the
service in whole OF in part in order TO place on the
route superior service, or whenever the public in
terests IN his judgment, shall require such discOn
fn1ance or Curtaiment for any other cause, he al
lowing as full indemnity TO OcOntrActOr one months
extra pay on the amount of service dispersed with
and a pro rata compensation for the amount of ser
vice retained and continued.
=. Payments will be male by collection from OF
drafts on, puStuasers, otherwise hfter the eXpi
/ ration OF each Vuarter-say in November, February
May and August.
So 10. The distances are given according to the bes
Information; but no increased pay viii be allowed
should they be greater than ad dVertsed the points
to be supplied correctly stated. Bidders musi
inform themselves this point, and also in reser
ence 70 the weight OF the mail the condition of the
roads hills, STREAMS. &c. and all Olbr5dges, ter
ries, Instructions Of sny kind tr which expense
may be incurred. No claim for additional pay
based on such ground, can be cOnsider5di nor lOi
alleged mistakes OF misapprehensiOn as 10 the de
gree OF seTFss; Or for bridges destroyed, feTries
discontinued, or other distractions increasing dis
tance or expense, occurring during the cOntrac
term: Offices established after this advertisement
is issued and also during the contract term, e
be visited without extra pay If the distance be nO
/ increased
II. Bidders are cautioned to mail their proposal:
| in time 20 reach the Department BY the day and
hour named. Is p. m, March 30, lSO.l FOR bids re
ceved after that time iCU IOf be considered IN COM
petition with bid Of reasonable amount received
in time. Neither bids be considered which ar
without the guarantee Fequifed ~ l6H
and certificate of the sufhciency Of such guarantee
L. Bidders should first propose for service strict
~ according 10 the advertisement, and then II tl7e
desire separately for different service: aud IL ths
regular bid be she lowest offered for the adrertiset
service the other propositions may be considered.