Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-11-12
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AMI
I- POSTMAsTERS, l

Containing also conditions to be incorporated
in the contracts TO the extent the Department
may deem proper ...-t.s-. #
l. 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 Postoffice
Department, also postofiice blanks, mail bags,
locks and keys, are to be conveyed without eX-
ira charge.
g. 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.
I. No pay will be made for trips not per-
formed; and for each Of snch omissions, il the
failure be occasioned by the fault Of the con-
tractor or 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,
| proportioned to the nature thereof, and the i'm
| portance Of the mail, may be made.
| 8. 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. n. ID. 81, elrI5lf 4 ,#
s. Fines will be imposed. unless the delin-
| qupncy be promptly and satisfactorily exI lained
by certificates Of posmasters or the aiidavits of
other credible persons. for failing to arrive id
| contract time; for neglectng to take the mail
from, or deliver it into, postoffice; for suffer
ing 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 il concerned in running, coach, car, or
| steamboat on route. s ftl t.
| T., The Postmaster General may annul con-
tract for repeated failures to run agreeably to
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disobeying the instructions OF the Department;
for refusing to discharge q carrier when required
by the Department to do SO; for running Oh, OK
press as Aforesaid or for transporting persons
or packages conveying mailable matter out of
| the mail.
9. The Postmaster General may discontinue
or extend q 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 o. compensation
for increased speed. II the employment OF sddi-
i tional stock or carriers is rendered necessary;
and in case of decrease, curtailment, or discern
tinuance of service, as = full indemnity to said
contractor, one month extra pay on the amount
of service dispensed with, and pro rats conf
pensation for the service retained: Provided,
however that, in case of increased expedition.
the contractor may. upon timely notice. relin-
quish the contract 80 Y 90
or drafts on. postnlasters or otherwise, after the
| exptratiou of each quarter-say IN Novenh Der,
February, May and August, provlded ehet re-
| uuired evidence of service has been received. 81
TO- The distances given are believed to be sub
st.nti.llv correct but no increased pay will be
allowed should they be greater than advertised,
il the points to be supplied are correctly stated
Bidders must inform themselves on this poipt
and also in refersncs 70 the weasAs Oh the mail
the conditions of hills, roads, streams &C, and
all llbridges, turnpikes, pank-roade. ferries,
! | or distractions of any kind by when expense
E | NAV be incurred. No claim for additional pay
I based on such grouud, can be considered, MOI
for alleged mistakes or misspp.enension Is Z .
the degree of service; nor for bridges destroyed
( ferries discontinued, or other distractions caus
$ inp or increasing distance or expense occurring
/ during, the contract term. Offices established
: after this advertisement is issued and also dur
ing the contract terni are 10 De visited wltnou
a aye,s NV. N the distance he not increased. 20
l III. bidders are cautioned - mail their prspo
I sails In time to reseh the DepartmeM by the dal
y | and hour named g p. m, February !, lS1lls A
bids received after that time VIII no. DC consid
1. smount, received in time. Neither can bids b
Considered which are without the guarantee re
a onired by law and certificate OF the sufncienc,
a such guarantee and the oath OF the Did'tef
n According to section oa6. act OF June .. lsI
ID. Bidders should first propose for servic
d strictly according to the advertisement an'
then. il they DESIRE separately for diherent ser
e vice. and If the regular bid be tne lowest oner'
! for the advertised service the other proPosiioii
ID snay be considered. ,.,e
a; ID. There should be but one route bid for IN
!. | r,pnossI Consolidated or combination bid
70 l..proposing one sum for two or more routes
cannot be considered. -,a ~ 40.
II ii. The route, the service, the yearly pay, th
K name aud residence Of the oiuue. s.ist ss, ~
usual post office address,, and the name OF eac
!. member Of Arm, where company oiiers, shoui
" be distinctly stated.
Is. Bidders are requeseu 20 ~" s,rr,shsS - ~ - ~ =,
. ticable, the printed proposals iurnisned oy u
Io Department TO write out in full the sum OF the
q bids aud to retain copies Of them.
"A s'kItered biAa shosald not be suomistSas ns
=. .honId bids once eubsnittsd be withdrrwb. =