Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-11-21
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND
pOSTMASTERS,

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Containing also conditions to be incorporated
in the contracts to the extent the Department
may deem proper.
/. Seven minutes are 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 Postofice
Department. also postoffice blanks, mail bags
locks and keys are to be conveyed without ex-
ira charge
8. e 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 ex
amined by the postmasters, to insure regularity
in the delivery Of bags and pouches.
4. No pay will be made for trips not per-
formed; and for each Of such omissions, if the
failure be accustomed by the fault of the con-
tractor carrier, three times the pay Of the
trip will be deducted. For arrivals 80 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,
proportional to the nature thereof, and the i'm
portance of the mail, may be made.
8. For leaving behind throwing off the
mails, or 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.
quency be promptly and satisfactorily exI lained
by certificates of postmasers or the atfidavits of
other credible persons, for failing to arrive in
contract time; for neglecting to take the mail
FROM or deliver it into, postoffice; for suffer
! ing 1t 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 route.
| 7. The Postmaster General may annul a con-
] tract for rppe cd fpilnraa aprppahly n
contract; for violating the postofhce laws, or
| disobeying the instructions of the Department
for refusing to discharge q carrier when required
! by the Department to do SO; for running ex.
press aforesaid or for transporting persons
or packages conveying mailable matter out OF
| the mail.
8. The Postmaster General may discontinue
or extend a contract, change the schedule and
termini of 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, Oh
for increased speed, if the employment of add
tional stock or carriers is rendered necessary
and in case of decrease, curtailment, or discon
tinuance of service, as full indemnity to said
contractor, one months extra pay on the amount
| of service dispensed with, and pro ratu com
pensation for the service retained. Provided
however. that, in case Of increased expedition
the contractor may, upon timely notice, relin
quish the contract
9. Payments will be made by collections from
or drafts on, postmssters 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
II the points to be supplied are correctly stated
Bidders must inform themselves on this popt
and also in reference to the weight of the mail
the conditions of hills, roads, streams &c., ant
all toll-bridges, turnpikes, plank-roads, ferries
! or distractions Of any kind by which expens,
may be incurred. No claim for additional pay
based on such ground, can be considered, MOI
for alleged mistakes or misrepresentation as t.
the degree Of SERVICE nor for bridges destroyed
ferries discontinued, or other distractions caus
ing or increasing distance or expense occurrin.
during the contract term. Offices established
after this advertisement is issued, and also dur
ing the contract term, are to be visited withou
extra pay. if the distance be not increased.
H. Bidders are cautioned to mail their propo
sails In time to reach the Department by the da,
and hour named e p. M, February Q, 1874, a
bids received after that time will not be consid
cred In competition with bids, of reasonable
amount, received in time. Neither can bids b.
considered which are without the guarantee re
quired by law, and q certificate Of the suffciene,
Of such guarantee, and the oath Of the bidder
according to section 246, act of June 8, 1872.
H. Bidders should first propose for servic
strictly according to the advertisement, AM
then II they DESIRE separately for different ser
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for the advertised service the other proposition
may be considered.
Is. There should be but one route bid for in
proposal. Consolidated or combination bid
t'proposing one sum for two or more routes
cannot be considered
IA. The route, the service the yearly pay, tn
name and residence of the bidder THAT is hi
usual post-offce address,, and the name of escl
member OF firm, where company offers, SHOULD
be distinctly stated.
Is. Bidders are requested to use, as far az prac
ticable, the printed proposals furnished by tn
Department, to write out in full the sum of thei
bids, and to retain copies Of them.
Altered bids should not be submitted; no
should bids once submitted be withdrawn. N,
withdrawal Of bidder or guarantor will be al
| lowed unless the withdrawal ia received twenty
four hours previous to the time fixed for open
| ing the proposals.
Zach bid must be guaranteed by two response
BILE persons. The bid and guarantee should b.
signed plainly with the full name of each per
son.
The Postmaster General reserves the right Il
reject any bid which may he deemed extrava
gant and also to disregard the bids Of failing con