The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1873-11-22
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND POST
MASTERS

MASTERS
Containing also conditions to- be incorpor
ated IN the contracts to the extent the
Department may deem proper.
j. Seven minutes are allowed 10 each
intermediate Office. when DOT otherwise
specified, for asserting mails.
2. On routes where the mode OF convey
ance admits of IT, the special agents OF the
Post Office Department, also post Office
blanks, mail bags, locks and keys. are to be
conveyed without extra charge.
3. "Way bills" or receipts, prepared by
p0stmaSters or otarr agents OF tho Depart
meni, will company the mails, specifying
the number and destination of The several
bags, to be eXamined by the pOstmasters,
to insure regularity IN the delivery of bags
and pouches
4. No pay will be made for trips not
performed; al for each ofsuch omissions,
if the failure be OccasiOned by the fault Of
the contractor or carrier, three times the
pay of the trip will be deducted For ar
rivals so far behind time as to break con-
nectlOn with depending mails, and not
sufficiently excused, One-fOurth of the
compensation for the trip is subject to for
fixture. For repeated deliuquences of the
kind herein specified, enlarged penalties,
prOpOtiOned TO the nature thereof, and the
importance of the mail, may DO made.
). For leaving behind or throwing off the
mails or any-portiOn Of them, for the ad-
mission of passengers, or for being con-
cefned in setting dp or-ruaning an express
conveying Intelligence IN advance OF the
mail, quarters pay may be deducted.
6. Fines will be imposed, unless the de-
linquency be promptly and satisfactorily
explained by certificates Of postmasters or
the affidavits of other credible persons, TO;
failing to arrive in contract time; for neg
Letting to take the mail from, or deliver il
into, post office; for suffering 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 the route.
Z. The Postmaster General may annua
the contract for repeated failures to ruI
agreeable to contract; for violating tn,
post office laws, or disobeyng the instruc
tions of the Department; for refusing I,
discharge a carrier when required by tn
Department to do so; for running an ex
press as aforesaid; or for transporting per
sons or packages conveying malable mat
ter out of the mail.
5. The Postmaster General may discOL
tnue or extend contract, change tn
schedule and termini of route, and alter
increase, decrease, or extend the service
| in accordance with law. he allowing pr
rata increase OF compensation for any ad
itiOnal service thereby required, or for in
crease of speed if the employment of ad
ditional stock or carriers is rendered ne
cessary; and in case of decrease, curtail
ment or dscOntinuance of service, as
full indemnity to said contraanr, on
months extra pay on the amOuW of ser
vice dispensed with. and prO rata com
pens0tion tov the service retained. Pro
yIded. however. that. IN case of increas
expedition tie contractor may, upon time
ly notice rslnqush the contract.
/ .. Payments will be made by collection
from, or drafts on, postmasteTs or othe r
wise. after the expiration of ,h quarter
say in NoFembef, February, May. AM
August, provided that required evidence
of service has beeen received.
| ~. L no ulSldHCCS ShCu uiO oOhO'Su
be substantially correct; but no increase
pay will be allowed should they be create
than advertised, if the points to be supple
are correctly stated. Bidders must inforr
themselves on this point, and also in refe
ence to the weight of mail, the conditin
of hills, roads. streams, &c, and all tol
bridges, turnplkes, plank-rOads ferries,
Instructions of any kind by which expen'
may be incurred No claim for addition
: al pay, based on such ground, can be col
sdered; nor for alleged mistakes or mi
apprehedsions as TO to the degreee of Sc
; vice; nor for bridges destroyed, forrl'
a discontinued, or other distractions causn
r or increasing distance or expense Occur1
f during the contract term. Offices
=. tablished after this advertisement Ia issue,
q and also during the contract tern, are
be visited without extra pay, ii tde distan'
q be not incl eased.
II. Bidders are cautioned to mail the
prop osals in time to reach the Depar6mei
blythe day and hour named Is P. M fe
ruary 2, 1870, as bids sitter that tine WI /
not be considered in competition WIN old
:, of reasonable amOTnt, received ID tim
II Neither can bids be considered which a
g without the gu%antee required by hay
% and certil cae oftLe sutflc'ency OF SUI