Nebraska advertiser., 1869-11-25
INSTRUCTIONS
TOBIDDERS & POSTMASTERSj
Containing also Conditions to be In
cOrpOrated I'm the Contracts to the e1-
tent the Departme emit may deem proper

tent the Department. may deem proper
/. Seven minutes are allowed to each intermediate
office, when not otherwise speelhed' Tor asserting
the mails: but on railroad and steamboat routes
there is to be 10 more delay than is sufficient for
2 ON railroad and steamboat lines, and other
routes where the mode of conveyance admits of it,
the special agents of the Post once department.
are to be conveyed without extra charge.
g. On railroad and steamboat lines the routeagents
of the Department. also the BTissn anu 0aL1a1a l
them are to be conveyed without charge; and FOR
the use Ofthe United States AGENTS. commodiouse car
nished, and adapted TO the eonVenlent separation
and due security of the mails IS 10 De PTON11ed Dy
the contractor under the direction of the Depart
railroad and steamboat companies are required
to take the mall from, and deliver it into, the post
offices at the beginning and end Of their routes ana
to and from all offices not more than eighty rOcs
mitted by the companies for the performance of all
other side servce-thaL is, for offices over eighty
There will he vay bills prepared by pOstmasters
or other agents of the Department, to accompany
ifying the number and destination Of the several
bags on other principal routes, likewise, receipts
will be required and way bills forwarded the latter
TO be examined by the several pOstmasters 70 in
sure regularity in the delivery Of mails
T. No pay will be made for trips not performed (;
and for each of such omissions, not satisfactorily
explained, three times the pay of the trip viii be
deducted. For arrivals so far behind time as 70
break connection with depending mails, and not
sufficiently excused, oue-fOurth of the COmpensa-
ed delinquencies of the kind herein specified, en-
larged penalties, prOpOrtOned 70 the netnre hereO
and the Importance OF the mail, may @ oe made
or any portion of them for the admission of passen-
gers for being concerned in setting up running
an express conveying nteligence in advance of the
mail, quarters pay may be deducted
6. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency
be promptly and satisfactorily explained by certih
Gates of pOstmasrers the adavits of other credi
bic perSGns for falling TO arrive in contract time
into post Office for suffering t to be wet, injured
destroyed, robbed or lost and for refusing afteI
demand, TO convey the mail as frequently as the
contractor runs, is concerned In running, coach
/ ear, or steamboat ON a route.
q The Postmaster General may annul the con
tract for repeated failure to run agreeaby TO con
tract: for violating the post office laws, or disObey
ing the intructOns Of the Department; for refusing
| to discharge carrier when required by the Depart
ment to do so for running express as Aforesaid
or for transporting persons or packages conveying
mailabIe matter out OF the mail.
/ s. The Postmaster General may order an increase
Of service route by allowing therefor pro TdtC
4 increase on the contract pay. He may change
schedules Of departures and arrivals IN all cases
and particularly TO make them conform 70 eonnee
i ded the running time be not abridged The Post
master General may also discontinue or curtail th'
service in whole OF in part in order to place on th'
route superior service, or whenever the pubic IN
tiTIsne or crtafinient for any other cause; me al
lowing as full indemnity focOntractor one months
and a DTO Ydtd Compensation for the amount Of ser
| vice retained and continued.
| 9. Payments Will be made by COLLECTION from o.
drafts on postmasters or otherwise, after the expi
| ration of each guarter-say in November February
1 May and August.
10 The distances are given according to the bes
informatiOn but no increased pay VIII be allOWeC
should they be greater than advertised tfthe point
| to be supplied are correctly stated bidders mus
inform themselves this point and also IN refer
ence to the weight of the mail, the condition OF tn
reads hills, streams, &C, and al toli-1rdges, fer
ries or instructions OF any kind by which eXpenS
4 may be incurred. No claim for eddiuonal pay
/ hased on such around can be considered; nor 70
| alleged mistakes misappreh ehension as 70 the Qe
gree Of service; nor for bridges destroy cd teFTe
discontinued, other distinctions increasing ois
tance or expense, occurring during me cOnlrsc
ternl Offices established amer this advertisement
is issued and also during the contract tern1 are
be visited without extra pay II the distance oe no
increased
| H. Bidders are cautioned to mail their proposal
In time to reach the Department BY the day AM
hour named. g p, Hl March 90 1872 FOR Dios re
ceved after that time t01 not Be considered IN com
petition with bid Of reasonable amount receive
/ IN time. Neither can bids be considered which ar
without the guarantee required Dy las
and certificate Of the suficency Of such guarantees
Il Bidders should FIRST propose for service strict
IL according to the advertisement, ana then II the
desire separately for different service; aud II tn
regular bid be the lowest offered for the advertise
service, the other propositions maybe considered.