The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-12-23

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cnTETIrAL
The undersigned, postmaster ~ ----s, State
Of, ecftlaeG, UNDER ms pATIr or ORPioE,
that be Is acquainted with the above guafantgfe,
and knows them 70 be met OF property, and 4hlu
TO make good their guaranty; and that bidder
and SI gS51n'O' are above the age OF ~ ys
Instruction to Bidders and POST
masters;
CONTAINING ALSO CONDITIONS TO BE TNcoRTO-
RATED IN TuE CONTRACTS TO TIE EXIEST TIE
DEPARTMENT NAY DIEM PROPER
]. Seven minutes are allowed 10 each INFERNO
Sortlng the mails but on railroad and steamboat
routes there IL 70 be no moro delay than 10 sum
Client for an exchange Of tho mall pouches.
On ltolmboAt lines, and other routes where
agents Of the Post Once Department, also post
Ofiee blanks, mai bags locks and keys, arr TO be
conveyed without exin charge.
3. On steamboat llneA tho route agents OF the
Department are 70 be conveyed without charge ;
and for their use eommOdl0uS apartment, adapt
ed to the convenient separation and due security
Of the malls Il 70 BE- provided By the contractor,
under the direction Of tho Department
Steamboat companies arc required % take thc
mail from, and deliver itinlO, tho post Oticcs at
the beginning and end Of their routes and also
TO and rom all intermediate ONCE not moFe tlilu
eighty rods from landing. Proposals may DO
submitted by the companies for tho performances
Of all other Eid0 6eTVIce-that ID, for OiceB over
eighty rods fromA station or landing.
There will be way bills prepared by po1tInAe'
tiers, or other agents Of the Department. 10 accom-.
pany the malls conveyed on railroads and steam.
1rs, specifying tho number and destination Of the
several bags. On other principal routes, like
wise, receipts will hereqlirCd and way bills for:
wlrted; tie latter TO be examined by the several
poStulasteEs, to lRsEro regularity Ia the delivery
OF mails.
and for each OF such commissions, not sAtlsiacto.
rily explained three times the pay Of the trip will
be deducted. For arrivals so far behind time a.
tO'brUak connection with depending malls, and
not sufficiently excused, one.fOurth Of tho com
pensatlOn for tho trip is subject to forfeiture.
For repeated dellnqucncles OF the kind herein
specified, enlarged penalties, proportional 70 tue
nature e. thereof andIie2 me mail
g. For leaving behind a. % he iasils,
or any portion Of thom, fll ne IN ~ iaNs
rcngcrs, or being coneffn0 ~ ~ mp O. run.
Ming an express cOnve1lng tltb In efHlnee
Of the mail, quarterly may ~ n aletgd.
.; Flnes VIII DC ~ W = ~ 9et.
cy be promptly and alphabetically g2palned BY
certificates OF pOstnIastef5 OF INC Aiiid6vlts Of
other credible persons, for failing to arrive In
contract time; for neglecLing 10 take the mall
from, or deliver Il into, post office; for suffer
Ing II 10 get wet, injured. destroyed, robbed, or
lost; and for refusing, aitcr demand. to convey
the mall as frequently as the Contractor runs, or
8 concerned In running cOaca, cur, or steam
| boat OIL 4 route
Z. The Postmaster General may annul the con
tract for rcpc1trd failures 10 run RErecably 10
contract; for violating the post OlllcO laws, or
diEObCyng the instructions Ol the Department:
for refusing to discharge carrier when required
| by tho Department to do 80; for running Hn eN'
press as Aforesaid; or Tor transporting persons or
packages conveying maIlabls matter out Of the
mail.
8. The Postmaster General may order an In.
crease OF service on route by allowing therefor
| Apr0 Tut1 Increase ON the contract pay. lie may
change schedules OF departures aud arrivals In
oil cases, and particularly TO make them conform
TO connections with railroads, without increase Of
| pay, provided tho running tlmO be not abridged.
The Postmaster General may also discontinue or
Cnrtall the scrCe, In whole or In part In order TO
place on the route superior service, or whenever
the public Interests, In his Judgment, shall re-
qulrG such dlsCOntlnnanCc or CurIAilmCnt for any
other cause, he allowing ~ full indemnity to con.
service dispensed with, and pTo rata compcnSa-
| tlon for the amount Of service retained aud con-
tinuGd.
o. Payments viii he made by collections from,
or drafts on, pOstInAstcrs or otherwise, after the
expiration OF each quarteT-kAy In November,
February, May aud August
10. The distances aru given according TO the
best information; but no Increased pay viii be
allowed should they be greater than advertised,
II the points TO bG supplied are correctly stated
BLidtrs must inform he,HSeiUts on Nts Eoilt,
and also In reference TO the weight OF the NAL,
Tue condition OF roads, hills, streams. &C., and
all tOll'brdgeP tuTnpiRcE, plank roads, ferries, or
nbstructiOns Of any Kind by which expense may
he Incurred No clnln for dditlOnal pay, based
on such ground, can be considered; nor Tor nl-
legged mistakes or misrepresentation Us to the
degree Of service; nor for bridges destroyed,
ferries discontinued, or other distractions
causing or increasing distance or expense occur.
ring during the contract term. Offices established
after this advertisement Is Issued, and also
during the contract term, arc TO be visited with
out extra pay tue distance DC moi Increased
H.. bidders arc cautioned to mail their pro
posals in time to reach the Department by tue
day and hour named @ p. m, March !, 1911 for
bids received alter that time ri not 6e oOhsidsTtd
In competition with bids OF reasonable amount
received In time. Neither can bids be considered
which are without Tue guarantee required by law
ana n certificate Of tue snhlclIncy OI such guar
antcc.
y. Bidders should INST propose for service
strictly according to the advertisement, and them
II they desirc, EeDdrdteiy Tor different service;
and II tho regular IBID be the lowest offered for
the advertised service, the other propositions
may be considered.
~. There should DC bnt one route bid Tor ~ =
proposal. Consolidated or combination bids
forbidden by law aud cannot hc considered =,
II. The route the service me yearly pay NE
name ana residence OI the bidder, lthat i, hls
usual post once uddresS,) and the bainc Of each
member Ot a arm, where company oilers, should
be distinctly stated.
10. Bidders arc requested to use. AZ TAR as prac'
ticlble, the printed proposals Inrnishnd by tho
Department. 70 WElIe Gut ~ lnll inc sum OF tneIr
bids, and TO retain copies OF them.
Altered bids should not he submitted; nor
should bids once Submitted hc wiihdrawn, \"
withdrawal Of bidder or guHrant0r Will he
allowed nhIcss inc wIlLutawAl y uattu anu r.
cese1 Pei3rn ine AL Iay LOT rrSSiSinE prnlosaIi
Each bid must be guaranteed by two rrspnnsl'
BILE persons, The hid aud guarantee should he
Signui plainly with the null name uf each person.
The Department reserves the right 10 reject
| any bid which may he deemed cXlravagant; and
al-n TO disregard The bids Of falling contractors
and bidders, tact Of .Inly ., lSb, section ga
70. The bid should be sealed. sipcrscribcd
Mall l'ronrnls, state Of West Virginia, nI'
HFpaHftl esstrOnU Assistant Postmaster General.