The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-01-09
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8, yhG POltmA1tef Ge1efA may OEQtt N IN
crease Of service on route y allowing therefor
prO rata increase on the contract pay. He may
change 0ehcdHlea Of departures and arrivals
10 ali caseS, and particularly TO make Them con-
form 10 connections With railroads, without In
.Croase OF pay, provided tho running time DC NOT
abridged. The Postmaster General may also
discontinue or curtRl the service, In whole or IN
part, In order TO place on tho route superior ser
Vice, or whenever the public interests, In his
Judgment shall require such d!scontlnuanco or
cuFtaIlmeht for any other cause; he allowing as
full indemnity to contractor one month"; ezra
pay on the amount Of service dispensed with:
and DrO rata compensation for the amount OF
service retained and continued.
O. Payments will be made BY collection from,
or drafts on, postmasterS or Otherwise, after the
expiration OF each quarter=-say N NoIemDeE,
February, May, and August, provided that re-
ouired evidence Of service has been received.
10. The distances given are believed TO DO sub
BtRntiAlly correct; but no increased pay Will 90
allowed should they be greater than advertised,
Il the points 70 DO supplied are correctly stated
GlSo IN rei6rencs 70 the Weight Of the mail, the
condIti0h 81 hills, roAd8, streams, &C., and all
toll.bridRes, turnpikeB, plAnk.roSds, ferries, or
distractions Of any kind by which expense mSy
be incurred. No claim for additional pay, based
on such ground, can be considered; nor Tor alleg.
Cd mistakes OF Interpretation Is to the degree
Of services ner for bridges destroyed, ferries dis
continued, or other distractions causing Or In
creagInR distance or expense occurring duEiOg
tho contract term Ohces established after this
advertisement 70 issued, and also duftnR the
contract term, arc TO be visited without eEua
pay, II the distance be not increased.
II. Bidders no cautioned to mall their pro-
posRls In time 10 reach the Department by the
day and hour named q p. M, March 3. 1881 for
bids received AFTER that time tgtH not % eonSGE.
amount, received IN time. Neither can bids be
conaIdefed which are without tho guarantee ro-
ouiTed BY law, and certificate ofthe tuflclency
Of such guarantee, and the oath OF tho bidder
according to section $40, act ofJuneS. 1871
u. Bidders should httt propose for service
strictly according to the advertisement and
then, Il they desire, asp1rqtely for different SER
Vice; and n tho regular bid be the lowest offered
forthe Advertised service, theSothsr propositions
NAV BIO considered.
proposal. Consolidated or combination bids
proposing one sum for two or more routcs'D
cannot be considered.
IA, The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
name and residence OF the bidder (thAt 70, his
usual poBt.oflce address, and tho name Of each
member OF arm, where q company ofterS,
should be distinctly stated.
= 49, Bidders are requested 10 use, as far as |
practicable, the printed proposals. i9rnished BY
the Department, 10 wri to ont In tnll the sam OF
their bids, and to retain copieS OF them.
Altered bids should not DO submitted; nor |
should bids once submitted BIO Withdrawn. No |
Of bidder or guarAntor VIII DO al
lowed unless tho withdrawal 10 received twenty
four hours previous 70 The time axed for opening
the PROPOSALS.
Zach bid must DO guaranteed by two responsi.
BILE persons. The bid and guarantee should BIO
If0Hed plainly with tho full name Of each person.
The Postmaster General reslrVeA tho right to
reject any bid which may be deemed cxtEaya-
Z6nt; and Also 70 disregasd me ei9s q iaiiing
lartinn QAlN
il. The bid should, Do, sealed, unprecedented
Mail Proposals., Stateot :" addressed
'BScond Assistant Postmaster General, Contract
Of1ce" and sent BY mat, not BY or to an agent.
BldS or $1,000 Dor Rnnum and upward must be
BY certihe ed check or draft on
Iome solvent national baak, equal to 8 per cent
II the amount. (see law OF Congress OF Junes,
IS7l)
ID 10 daS Department 6vor before he let day. Of
Juns. 1873, oLt6rtgtSs ne accepted 6tddeT t0W %
sonEldersd az having failed, and ne P0Stnl1LSr
GSnfTal may proceed 10 contract for hS strUteS
ViN other pdrtlGS. according 70 latV.
Transfers Of contacts, or Of interest IN con.
racts, are forbidden by law, and consequently
:annot be allowed. Neither can bids or inter
M In bids, DO transferred or assigned TO other
1artieS. Bidders will therefore taKe notice that
hey will DO expected 70 potorm the service
IWarded 10 them through the whole contract
is- Section 80 OF the act Of June 8, 1871, pro.
,Ides that contracts for the transportation Of
he mail shall DO awarded to the lowest bidder
endering sufficient guarantees for faithful per.
ornRnce, without other reference to the mode
II guch transportation than may pc necessary 10
,royide FOR the due celebrity certainty and &C.
unity thereof" Under this law bids that pro-
1OSe 70 transport the mails with celebrity. certain
b. and Ss1r1tv." hdrtng 6ten deeidsd 70 BE- As
Inlv LEGAL bids, are c0nStrtled as progtdtng. FOR
he entire mail, hoUtUsr large, and 1gAdiUer
,tav b NSn0d6 6r eonUsyGNeS Necessary 10 inSurs
Il .'celtrity, certainty and security" and hare
he DrsIIreilcs 0vtr all Others, and no Others arc
except for steamboat routes.
10. A modification Of bid In any essential
esms ig tAntamount TO q new pId, ana cannot 90
ecelYed, 60 as 70 interfere with regular eompe;;
ition. Making new bid, with guarantee and
certificate, Is the only way tomodlIy previous
10 Postmastors are to be careful not to certify
% tho sufllciency Of euatantorS without Know
1llity. (SeC section PAT, act Of June 8, ls72)
they must not sign tho certificate until the sum
II tho bid 10 inserted, and tho bid and guaran'
Zee are signed by the bidder and two gu2ran.
ors: dISTt1dFd Of this inStFnctt0n by pOStNlaS'
6rS t0iH Sti6tSct ter % Immediate rtnorGI, and
PoStns M nTe also liable to dismissal from
ofle6 fot actibg Is agents Of contractors or bid
lerS, with or without compenSAtion,in any busl.
lesS matter, or thing, relating to the mall ser
,aTtment, and cannot consistently act In both
capacities.
III. All bidders, gnArantors and suTeIeS arc
distinctly notified that on failure TO enter into
Ir perform the contracts for the service propos'
"a Tor in the accepted bids, their legal liabilities
will DO enforced against them.
%. Present contractors, and persons known at
.ho Department must, equally with other1, pro.
:ure GuRrantorS and certificates Of their sufl-
:iency substantially in tho forms above pretcrlb.
n Ttha RApttAFAtA NJ M cheney mnRf hA nIpnRdI
JNO. A. j. CREsWELL,
iGnp!Th PoStDldlttr G6ntFdl.