New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-05-26
UNITED SrATEs MAIL.
g.oussIana and Florida.

LoussIana and Florida.
PosToFF1CE DEPARTMENT,
PROPOSALS WILL Kt kECEIYED Ar THE
i Contract Office Of this D -partment until three
cided by the twenty ninth, for carrying the mails
OF the United States fom October l. 1870. to june
&c. 1874 on ho 81 seSas A Ish'' florida
and by the schedule OF departures and arrivals
s5CO From New Orleans, Louisiana. by Pensacola.
Florida. Apalachcola, St Marks; Cedar
Keys, ard Tampa to Key west, wy mlie s
and back. once q week. IN suitable and SAFE
steamboats,.
Arrive at Key West the next Friday by P M.
Leave Key West Saturda. at P NJ
Arrive 81 New Orleans the next Friday by
Proposals to run by an expedited schedule in.
vited. -
Separate proposals invited begin service at Mo
bile instead of New Orleans, on completion of the
raj lroad between New rleans and Mobile. and
ton with the Apaachicola river is completed
Proposals invited emitting SO vice to Tampa, re-
ducing distance enc hundred miles,
sepa ate proposals invited for service from Cedar
Keys Cl9nr Water habor and Map 10 S to
IN due connection with main route.
INSTRUCTIONS.
CONTAINING CONDITIONS TO BE INCORPORATED N
THE CONTRACT TO THE ExTENE THE DEPART
Tbs sneeiai agents Of 1he Postofce Department,
on exhibition OF their credentials, also posto & ce
blanks mail bags LOCKS and keys. are to be conveyed
wit hout charge. ,,..
The route az nts of the department, should it APP
point the to be conveyed without charRe, and, for
their exclusive use while travelling VII the mails,
connections apartment is to be provided by the
contractor under the direction of the department.
No pay will be made for trips not perormed ana
for each of such omi .sons, not satisfactorily ex
planned, three times the pay of the trip may be de-
Quoted For arrivals far behind time as to break
opnecton with depending mails, and not satisfac-
torily excused, fourth OF the compensation Tor
the trip is subject to forfeiture Deduction VIII also
be ordered for grade OF performance INFERIOR to
that specified in T. 9 contract For repeated deln-
ouencies of the kind, enlarged penalties. proper.
toned to the nature thereof and the importance OF
the mail, may be made.
promptly and Satisfactorily explained by certificates
of postmasters the adavits of other credible per-
slecting to take the mail from deliver it into a
postofice: for suffering it to be wet INJURED des-
troyed robbed or lost; and tor refusing after ae'
tractor runs. or is concerned In running convey
ance Cd the route. SO
for repeated failures to run agreesby to contract
for violating the Postofice laws, or dsobeying the
instructors Of the depE.mcnt ora ~ ,rc-o.ss ~,
the service by allowing therefor pro rata increase
in the contract pay. He may change the schedule
of depsrt and arrivals if the running time be
Each bid must be guaranteed by two responsible
persons. certified to be such by postmaster or a
, serves the right TO reject any bid which may be
deemed extravsgant and also to disregard the bids
of failing contractors and bidders,
Tho contract to be executed ana returned 10 Ine
Department sixty days before beginning service,
For forms of proposal, guarantee. and cerhhcate.
and also for other instr ucto as to the conditions
to be en- braced in the cor tract etc. advertise
ment of October 81, 1885, and January ., Iso lnvt-
in proposals for mail service in Louisiana, Florida.
etc, to be found al the principal postotfces
scrbsd. Mail proposals. Route No. e5oo Florida,
end to the seaGHd 5sS1sPts
my4 law6t postmaster Oenerai.