The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-02-12
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Tho Postmahter General may order a. IN
crease Of service on q route by allowing therefol
ApTo rata increase on tho contract pay. he MAY
Change schedules Of departures and arrivals
70 al cases, and particularly to make them con-
FORM 70 connections with railroads, without In.
crease o. pay, provided the running limo be mot
abridged. The Postmaster General may also
discontinue or curtail tho service, n whole or In
pALt' IN order % place on The route BupOEior eor.
Judgment. shall require such diseontInuAnee or
/ eurtailment tTg any other cause; hc allowing -
iuu Indemnity 10 contractor one months extra
pay on the amount Of service dispensed with,
and pro rata compensation for the amount OF
service retained and continued
u Payments will DO mGdO by collection from,
or drafts on, poStmRsterS or Otherwise, after tbs
expiration Of each quRrter-say in November,
February, May, and August provided that 70.
quired evidence Of service has been received,
| 10. The distances given arc believed 70 DO sub
| gtRulialy correct; but no increased nay will be
allowed should they begreater than advertised,
n the points to be supplied arc correctly Stated
also In reference to the weight Of the mail, ne
condition Of hills, roads, streams, &C., and all
toll bridges, turnpikee, .plank.roadB, ferries, or
distractions OF any kind by which expense may
DO incurred. No claim for additional pay. based
on such ground, can be considered; nor Tor alleg.
cd mistakes or Interpretation as 10 the degree
OF service: nor for bridges destroyed, ferries dis
continued, or other distinctions causing or In
creasiH2 dlttancs or expense occurring duliog
tho contract term. OfhcIs established after this
advertisement Is issued, and also Outing the
contract term arc to be visited without eTtIE
pSy, II the distance DO not Increased.
II. Bidders arc cautioned TO mall their pro-
pOsals In time TO reach the Department by the
day and hour named Is p. m, March 3, 1891 for
bids received after that limo tplR not be consider
ed in competition with bids, Of Reasonable
amount, received in time Neither can bids DO
considered which are without the guarantee TO
QuIred by law, and certificate OF the ielcncy
OF such guarantee, and the oath Of tho bidder
according to section 2I6, act Of Juno 8. 1873.
i9 Bidders should hrst propose for service
strictly according to tho Advertisement, and
then, II they desire, Sfpdra!ey for different ser,
vice; and II the regular bid DO the lowest offered
for the advertised service, the.othsr propositions
NAV be considered.
10. There should be bat one route bid for in .
proposal. Consolidated or combination bids
l''proposing one sum for TWO or moro routea'O
cannot be considered.
ii. The route the service, the yearly pay, the
name and residence Of the bidder that y, his
usual pOst.ofllce address, and the name OF each
member Of u firm, whero company CaGrS,
should be distinctly stated.
IS Bidders are requested 10 use, as far -
practicable the printed propossls iarniShed by
the Department, 10 write out In full the sum OF
their bl5s, and to retain copies OF them.
Altered bids should not be submitted; nor
should bids once submitted DO Withdraw. No
withdrawal Of bidder or RuarAntor will DO al
lowed unless the Withdrawal Is received twenty.
four hours previous TO the limo fixed for opening
tho proposals.
bio persons. The bid aud guarantee Gholld DO
H1Btd plainly with the full name ofoach person.
The Postmaster General reserves the right TO
reject any bid which may be deemed extrava-
giant; and also to disregard the bids OF falling
contractors and bidders. (Act OF June 8, 1879,
il. The bid should DO sealed, unprecedented
"Mail Proposals., State OF ;" addressed
"Sscond Assistant Postmaster General, Contract
ONCE" and sent by mail, NOT by or to an agent.
Dds Of 1000 per Rnnum aud upward must be
accompanied by q certified check or draft on
some solvent national baak, equal 70 per cent
OF the amount. (Sec law OF Congress- or June 8,
1919
cd 10 The Department 6v0r 6sror6 he lat day Of
June, 1873, otIerIDiSS The accepted bidder tUI9 b
considered az hdUiH1 failed, and he FoSt1dSteT
General may proceed 10 sntrdct for The Ssrries
triM other parties, according to LatD.
Transfers Of contracts, or Of interest In con-
tracts, arc forbidden by law, and consequently
cannot be allowed. Neither can bids or inter
est in bids, be transferred or Assigned to other
parties Bidders will therefore tAKO notice that
they will be expected 70 peGom the servicS
awarded to them through the whole contract
is. Section $40 of the act of June 8, 1871, pro-
yides th 4 contracts for the transportation OF
tho mat shall be awarded 70 the lowest bidder
tundering sufficient guarantees for faithful PEI
formAnce, without other reference to the mode
or Buch transportation than may pc necessary to
provide for tho due celebrity, certainty and Sc
CURLY thereof" Under this law bids that pro-
pose 70 transport the mails with celerty csTtdlH'
b. ard sseytty" barring SssH decided e % " t
he entire mail, hoCeCsT large, and phatpsT
NAV The mode Of UEydEes ReeeSSdTy 70 tHSnFs
u "etIeTity, certainty and Seelrity," and h1Us
The prsJertHes Deer all Others, and no others are
considered, except for steamboat routes.
10. A modification Of bid In any essential
terms is tAntamount 10 a new bid, and cannot b.
received, 20 ae TO interfere with regular cOmps.
titlOn. Making new bid, with guarantee and
certificate, IS tho only way tomodIfy q previous
bid.
20. Postnastors are to be careful not to certify
to tho suflleiGncy OF guarautors without know
ing that they are persons Of sufficient responsi
blllty. See section 2I, act OF Junee, 1879
They must not sign tho certificate until the sum
OF the bid ID inserted, and tho bid and RuAran'
tee are signed by the bidder and two guArRn.
tors; disregard If this tnStTIett0H 6y p0gt1IdS.
LerS iplH subject theIn 10 Immediate TEt1OUdl, aud
10 Serers penGltits.
PostmAsters are also liable 10 dlsmiGsal from
oflce for acting as agents OF contractors or bid
doris, with or without compensation, IN any bust
meas matter, or thing, relating TO the mall ser
vice. They arc the trusted agents OF the De.
pArtment and cannot consistently act In both
capacities.
Ii. All bidders, gnarantors and sureiies are
distinctly notified that on q failure TO enter into
or perform the contracts for tho service propoS'
cd for in the accepted bids, their legal liabilities
will be enforced against them.
99l. Present contractors, and persons known al
the Department, must, equally with Others, pro.
cure guoTanlors and certificates Of their Guth.
cheney substantially In tho forms above pretcrlb-
JNo. A. ]. CREsWELL,
Iln0Th F0StMGSt6T General.