Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-10-30
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AN
POSTMASTERS;

POSTMASIEhS;
Containing also conditions to be incorporated
in the contracts to the extent the Department
may deem proper.
/. Seven minutes allowed to each inter-
mediate 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 Postotfice
Department, also postOtfice blanks, mail bags
locks and keys, are to be conveyed without ex-
ira charge.
3. WAY bills or receipts, prepared by
postmasters or other agents Of the Department,
will accompany the mails, specifying the num-
Der and destination Of the several bags, to be
amined by the postmasters to insure regularity
in the delivery of bags and pouches.
l. No pay will be made for trips not per-
formed and for each Of such omissions. If the
failure be occasioned by the fault of the con-
tractor or carrier, three times the pay of the
trip will be deducted. For arrivals SO far be-
hind time as to break connection with depend
ing mails, and not sufficiently excused, one
fourth of the compensation for the trip is sub
ject to forfeiture. For repeated delinquencies
of the kind herein specified, enlarged penalties,
proportioned to the nature thereof and the i'm
portance of the mail, may be made.
5. For leaving behind or throwing off the
mails, OF any portion of them, for the admission
of passengers, or for being concerned in setting
mp or running an express conveying intelligence
in advance of the mail quarters pay will be
deducted.
c. Fines will be imposed unless the delin-
| quency be promptly and satisfactorily exI lained
by certificates of postmasters or the afidavits of
other credible persons, for failing to arrive in
| contract time; for neglecting to take the mail
FROM or deliver it into, postoiiice; for suffer
| ing it to be wet. injured, destroyed, robbed, or
lost; and for refusing, after demand, to convey
the mail as frequently as the contractor runs,
or is concerned in running, coach, car, or
steamboat on a route.
| 7. The Postmaster General may annul con-
tract for repeated failures to run agreeably to
contract; for violating the postotlice laws, or
disobeying the instructions OF thu Department;
| for refusing to discharge carrier when required
| by the Department to do So for running an ex-
press as aforesaid; or for transporting persons
or packages conveying mailable matter out OF
| the mail.
s. The Postmaster General may discontinue
| or extend contract, change the schedule and
termini of a route, and alter, increase, decrease
| or extend the service, in accordance with law,
| he allowing pro rata increase of compensation
for any additional service thereby required, OF
for increased speed, If the employment of addi
| tional stock or carriers is rendered necessary
and in case of decrease, curtailment, or discon
| tinuance of service, as a full indemnity to said
| contractor, one months extra pay on the amount
of service dispensed with, and pro rats com
pensation for the service retained. Provided
however, that, in case of increased expedition
the contractor may, upon timely notice, relin
quish the contract. n7.H
o. PAYMENTS will be made by collections from
or drafts on postmasters or otherwise, after the
expiration of each quarter-say in November
February, May and August, provided that re
quired evidence of service has been received.
10. The distances given are believed TO be sub
stantially correct: but no increased pay Will b
allowed should they be greater than advertised
if the points to be supplied are correctly stated
| Bidders must inform themselves on this poipt
and also in reference to the weight OF the mail
the conditions of hills, roads, streams &c. ant
all toll-bridges, turnpikes, planK-roaas, ferries
| or distractions of any kind by which expens
may be incurred. No claim for additional pay
based on such grouud, can be considered, no
for alleged mistakes or mlsapprehehsion as t
the degree of service; nor for bridges destroyed
ferries discontinued, or other oostructlons caus
ing or increasing distance or expense oceurrin
| during the contract term Ohces establishe'
| after this advertisement is issued, and Also dui
| ing the contract term, are to be visited withou
, extra pay, if the distance be not increased.
IL Bidders are cautioned to mail their propo
; sails in time to reach the Department by the da
and hour named q p. m, February z, 1874, q
, bids received after that time will not be eonsid
, cred in competition with bids OF REASONABLE
amount, received in time. Neither can bids
; considered which are without the guarantee r,
, ouired by law and certificate of the sufficienc
, , OF such guarantee and the oath of the bidder
!, according to section 2i6, act OF June 8. 1877.
IL Bidders should first propose for seryiC
, strictly according to tho advertisement, an
, then, II they desire, sepaIa.ls ,oi - o
vice; and if the regular bid be the lowest offere
for the advertised service, the other proposition
A may be considered. ...- ...,
= 10. There should be but one route bid for in
. proposal Consolidated or combination bio
('.proposing one sum for two or more routes
cannot be considered.
IA. The route the service. the yearly pay, u
name and residence Of the bidder that is, h
!, usual t-office address,, and the name OF eat
y member of q firm, where company offers, shou
: be distinctly stated.
is. Bidders are requested to use. as far as pra
!. ticable, the printed proposals furnished by Il
: Department to write out iii full the sum OF the
= bids, and to retain copies Of them.
Altered bids should not be submitted; n
= = should bids once submitted be withdrawn.