New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-08
UNITED STATES MAIL.
Loulsian0 and Florida.


PosToFFICE DEPARTMENT,
PROPOSALS WILL BIZ kEORIYED Ar THE
NEXT be de-
cided BY the twenty for carrying the mails
80 1874 on 81 tsilsssias A isHte florida
and BY the schedule OF departures and arrivals
s ssss Fro% New Orleans Louisiana by
Keys, and Tampa, to Key West, 9ss miles,
and back. once week. In suitable ana saie
Leave New Orleans Saturday atsP NJ: m
f.rys e Key West ss, the next Ffidsy BY M
Arrive p NJ It Ne" Orleans the next Friday by >
Proposals to run by an expedited schedule in.
Separate proposals invited TO begin service at Mo
raj rail- lroad between New vrlssns and. Mobile; and
also for emitting st. Marks, when railroad connec-
''f Prouosas invited emitting service to Tampa
ducing distance enc hundred miles.
Keys BY CLEAR Water Harbor and MaDatee, to
Tampa, $50 miles and bact, once week. to be run
ID due connection with main route.
INSTRUCTIONS.
CONTAINING CONDITIONS TO BE INCORPORATED Is
MENT MAY DEEM PROPER:
The special agents OF sns also
blanks mail bags LOCKS and Keys are to Dc conveyed
The route agents of the department. should it ap.
point them, to be conveyed without charge and Tor
their exclusive use while travelling with the nails
commodious apartment is to be Pfovi d ~ me
No pay will be made for trips not performed; and
for each of suoh omissions, not satisfactorily ex
Quoted For arrivals so behind time as to break
lection with depending mails, ana not setslac
torily excused one fourth OF the COMPENSATION ZOE
the trip is subject forfeiture Deduction will also
be ordered for q grade of performance inferior to
that specified in the contract For repeated deIn-
ouencies of the kind, enlarged penalties, proper.
toned to the nature thereof and the importance OF
the mail, may be made. :, !.
Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency be
promptly and satisfactorily explained by certincates
of postmasters the adavits of other credible per-
sons. for failing to arrive in contract time Tor ne
electing to take the mail from deliver it into .
TOR as 70 o De
mand, to convey the mail as frequently as the con-
tractor runs. or is concerned in running convey
The Postmaster General may annul the contract
for repeated failures to run agreesby to contract;
for violating the Postofice laws. or disobeyng the
! The Postmaster General may order an increase OF
| the service by allowing therefor pro rats increase
| in the contract pay. He may change the schedule
Of departures and arrivals if the running time be
| Each bid must be guaranteed BY two responsible
persons, certified to be such BY postmaster or q
| serves the right TO reject any bid which may pc
deemed extrsvagant and also to disregard the bids
| of failing contractors and bidders.
| The contract to be executed and returned to the
| Department sixty days before beginning service,
For forms of proposal, guarantee and certificate.
to be braced in the contract etc. see advertise
ment of October 81 1866, and january g. ls7U 1nvlt-
ing proposals for mail service in Louisiana floriaa'
| Bids should be sent in sealed envelopes, super:
scribed Mail proposals. Route No. $500. Florida,
and to the N
! my4 Iaw6t Postmaster General.