The Portland daily press., 1872-11-28

Containing also conditions to be incorporated in
the contracts to the ertent the Department
may deem proper.
1. Seven minutes are allowed to each intermedi-
ate Office when not otherwise specified, for asserting
the mails
2. On routes where the mode of conveyance admits
OF it, the special agents of the Post Office Depart
ment also post office blanks mail bags, locks and
keys are to be conveyed without extra charge.
g. way bills" or receipts prepared by postmast-
pany the mails, specifying the number and destina
ton of the several bags, to be examined by the post
masters to insure regularity in the delivery of bags
4. No pay will be made for trips not performed;
and fol- each of such omissions, if the failure be occa
stoned by the fault or the contractor carrier three
times the pay of the trip will be deducted For ar
rivals so far behind time as to break connection with
depending mails, and not sufficiently excused,
fourth of the compensation for the trip is subject to
forfeiture For repeated delinquencies of the kind
herein specified enlarged penalties, proportional to
the nature thereof aud the Importance of the mail,
may be made.
5. For leaving behind or throwing off the mails,
any portion Of them, for tn admission of passen-
gers or fol being concerned in setting up or running
an express conveying intelligence in advance of the
mail, a quarter pay may be deducted
6. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency
be promptly and satisfactorily explained by certf-
Gates of postmasters the adavits of other credible
persons for falling to arrive in contract time; for
negecieg to take the mail FROM or deliver it into. a
post oce for suffering it to be wet injured Destroy
ed, robbed or lost; and for refusing, after demand,
to convey the mail as frequently the contractor
runs, or is concerned in running, coach, car, or
steamboat route.
7. The Postmaster General may annul the contract
for repeated failures to run agreeably to contract:
for violating the post Office laws, or disobeying the
instructions OF the Department; for refusing to dis
charge carrier when required by the Department to
do 80; for running an express as aforesaid or FIR
transporting persons or packages conveying mail
able matter out OF the mail.
s. The Postmaster General may order an increase
of service on route by allowing therefor pro rata
increase on the contract pay. He may change sched-
ules of departures aud arrivals in all cases. and par
ticularly to make them conform to connections with
railroads, without increase of pay providing the
ming time be not abridged. The Postmaster Gener-
al may also discontinue curtail the service, in
whole or in part, in order to place the route
peror service, or whenever the public interests, in
his judgment, shall require such discontinuance or
curtailment for any other cause; he allowing full
indemnify to contractor one months extrap pay the
amount of service dispensed with and q pro rata
compensation for the amount Of service retained and
ontinued.
8. Payments will be made by collections from, or
drafts on, posmasters or otherwise after the expira
ton of each quarter-say in November, February,
May, and August provided that required evidence Of
TO- The distances given believed to be substan-
tally correct no increased pay will be allowed should
they be greater than advertised if the points to be
themseres on this point and also in reference to the
weight Of the mail, the condition Of hills roads,
streams, &C., and all to-bridges, turnpikes, plank
roads, ferries or obstructions Of any kind by which
expense may be incurred. No claim for additional
pay, based on such ground, can be considered; nor
for alleged mistakes or misapprehension to the de-
gree of servce for bridges destroyed ferries dis
continued otherUbstructions causing increasing
distance or expense occurring during the contract
term Offices established after this advertisement Is
issued and also during the contract term to be
visited without extra pay it the distance be not in
| creased
IL Bidders are cautioned to mail their proposals
in time to reach the Department by the day and
hour named q p. m, February B. 1873, for bids
ceived after that time cU not be considered in
petition with bids of reasonable amount, received in
| time Neither can bids be considered which are
without the guarantee required by law, and certin-
cate Of the suficiency of such guarantee, and the
oath otsthe bidder according to Section 246, Act Of
| June s, 1872.
H. Bidders should first propose for service strictly
according to the advertise men and then # they de-
ular bid be the lowest offered for the advertised SER
| vice. the other propositions may be considered.
49, There should be but one route bid for in pro-
posal. Consolidated or combination bids Cproposing
one sum for two or more routes'O cannot DO consid
| cred.
name and residence of the bidder Chat is his usual
post office address, and the of each member of
firm, where company offers, should be distinctly
stated
15 Bidders are requested to use, far as practi-
cable, the printed proposals furnished by the Depart
ment, to write out in full the sum OF their BIDS and
retain copies of them.
Altered bids should not be submitted; nor should
bids once submitted be withdrawn. No withdrawal
Of bidder OF guarantor will be allowed unless tho
withdrawal is received twenty-our hours previous to
| the time fixed for opening the proposals
Each bid must be guaranteed by two responsible
! persons The bid and guarantee should be signed
| plainly with the full name of each person.
postmaster reserves the right reject
any bid which may be deemed extravagant; and also
to disregard the bids of failing contractors and bid
| ders. (Act Of June s, 1872, section 2490
49, The bid shonld be sealed, superscribed ssMal
Proposals, State of Maine," addressed "Second As
sistant Postmaster General, Contract Office and
sent by mail, not by to an agent Bids of S5 000
| per annum and upward must be accompanied by a
| certified check or draft on some soven. National
Bank, equal to per cent. of the amount (See law
| of Congress Of June 8, 1S72)
IT, The contracts are to be executed and returned
to the department by OF before the 1st day of ulr
1875 but the service must be begun on that day or
on the mail day next after it, whether the contracts
be execteud or not.
transfers OF contracts of interest in contracts
are 1orbldden by law and consequently cannot be al
lowed Neither can bids interest in bids be trans
1erred or assigned to other parties. Bidders will
therefore take notice that they will be expected to
| perform the service accepted to them through the
| whole contract term.
is. Section 2i9 of the act of June g. 1872 provides
That contracts for the transportation OF the mail
shall be 'awarded to the lowest bidder rendering suf
fcent guarantees for faithful performance, without
other reference to the mode of such transportation
than may be necessary to provide for the due ceery
certainty, and security thereof" Under this law
bids that propose to transport the mails with eest
ity, certainty and security" hdung been dee!aeu 20
be the only legal bids are construed as Proc.a'gyo
the entire mail, h0,cerer large, and whd.eoer H'ey
''ceierity, certainty, and security, ana nace we
preference all Others and no others are oohsld-
| cred, except for steamboat routes.
10. A modification OF BID IN any OF lts essental
terms is fantamount to bid and cannot be re-
ceived so as to interfere with regular competition
Making a new bid, with guarantee and certificate is
\ the only way to modify previous bid