Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-11-18
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND
POSTMASTERS;


Containing also conditions TO be incorporated
in the contracts to the extent the Department
may deem proper.
l. Seven minutes are allowed to each inter
mediate Office, when not otherwise specified, for
asserting the mails.
9. On routes where the mode of conveyance
admits of it, the special agents of the Postoffce
Department, also postofiice blanks, mail bags,
locks and keys, are to be conveyed without ex-
ira charge.
8. way bills" or receipts, prepared by
postmasters or other agents of the Department,
will accompany the mails, specifying the mum
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, II the
failure he oceasioned 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,
proportional to the nature thereof, and the i'm
portance of the mail. may be made. ...
s. For leaving behind or throwing of the
mails, or any portion Of them, for the admission
of passengers, or for being concerned in setting
up or running an express conveying intelligence
in advance of the mail quarters pay will be
| deducted. #M .3.t .......
g. Fines will be imposed, unless the delin-
| quency be promptly and satisfactorily exI lained
by certificates Of postmasters or the atfdavits of
other credible persons, for failing to arrive in
contract time; for neglecting to take the mail
from. or deliver II into, postofhce; for suffer
ing it to be wet, injured, destroyed, robbed or
| lost; and for refusing, after demand, to convey
the mail a. frequently as the contractor runs,
or is concerned in running, coach, car, or
| steamboat on route.
7. The Postmaster General may annul con-
tract for repeated failures to run agreeably to
contract for violating the postoffice laws, or
| disobeying the instructions of the Department:
for refusing to discharge q 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. IF. . r---r
8. The Postmaster General may discontinue
or extend 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, or
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, MS 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. =. ...HE u d
0. Payments will be male 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 be
allowed should they be greater than advertised
II 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. and
all toll-bridges, turnpikes, plankroads, ferries,
| or distractions 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 as to
the degree Of service; nor for bridges destroyed,
ferries discontinued, or other distractions caus.
ing or increasing distance or expense occurring
during the contract term. Offices established
after this advertisement is issued, and also dur
ing the contract term, are to be visited without
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 day
and hour named Is p. m. February 2, 1874, al
bids received after that time will not be consd
cred in competition with bids, Of reasonable
amount, received in time. Neither can bids bt
considered which are without the GUARANTEES re-
of such guarantee, and the oath Of the bidder
according to section GAG, act of June 8, 1872.
IL. Bidders should first propose for service
strictly according 70 the advertisement, and
then, If they desire, separately for different ser
vice; and if the regular bid be the lowest offered
for the advertised service, the other propositions
may be considered.
IS. There should be but one route bid for in 1
proposal. Consolidated or combination bid,
t"proposing one sum for two OF more routes
cannot be considered.
IA. The route, the service. the yearly pay the
name and residence of the bidder THAT is, his
usual post-ofice address|, and the name of each
member OF a firm, where company offers, should
be distinctly stated.
Is. Bidder ere requested to use, % far az prac
ticable, the printed proposals furnished by the
Department to write out in full the sum of theil
| bids, and to retain copies Of them
Altered bids should not be submitted; mol
| should bids once submitted be withdrawn. Nc
| withdrawal Of bidder or g,lxrsntor will be al
| lowed unless the withdrawal is received twenty
| four hours pre- vious to the time fixed for open
| ing the proposals.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two RESPONSE
BILE persons. The bid and guarantee should b.
signed plainly with the null name Of each per
son.
The Postmaster General reserves the right to
reject any bid which may be deemed extrava.
CANT and also to disregard the bids Of failing con-