Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-02-12
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND
POSTMASTERS; .1 ..

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Containing also conditions to:5e Incorporated IL,
the contracts to the crtent..the Department
. nara. may deem proper. 1885
|. Seven minutes arefallowed to each inter
mediate Office, when not otherwise specified for
asserting the mails. ~ y.';z
2 On routes where the mode of conveyance
| admits of it, the special agents of the Post Of
flee Department, also post office blanks, mail
| bags, locks and keys, are to be conveyed with
out extra charge. i@ t--.H -. +. I'd. 10
8. "Way bills' or receipts prepared by post
| masters or other agents of the Department, will
accompany the mails, specifying the number
and destination of the several bags, to be exam
ined by the postmasters, to insure regularity in
the delivery Of bags and pouches. -. -ur.t
4, No pay will be made for trips not perform
&c; and for each of such omissions, if the fail
ure beoccasioned blythe fault of the contractor
or carrier, three times the pay of the trip will
be deducted For arrivals so far behind time as
to break connections with depending mails and
not sufficiently excused, one-fourth of tho COM
pensation for the trip is subject to forfeiture
For repeated delinquencies of the kind herein
specified, enlarged penalties, proportional to
the nature thereof, and the Importance of the
mail, may be made. s.-....r
s. For leaving behind or throwing off the
mails, or any portion of them, for the admission
of passengers, or for being concerned i'll setting
up or running an express conveying intelligence
in advance of the mail, a quarters pay may be
deducted tsf
6. Fines will be imposed, unless the delin-
quency be promptly and satisfactorily explained
by certificates of postmastsrs or the atidavits of
other credible persons for failing to arrive in
contract time; forReglecting to take the mail
from, or deliver iht1, post Office for suffering
it to be wet, injured, destroyed, robbed or lost;
and for refusing, after demand, TO convey the
mail as often as the contractor runs, or IS con-
cerned in running coach, car, or steamboat on
route. .i- pr.
7. The Postmaster General may a9nul the
contract for repeated failures to run agreeably
to contract for violating the post office laws, or
disobeying the instructions of the Department;
for refusing to discharge 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. ....
s. The Postmaster General may order an in
crease of service on route by allowing therefor
pro rata increase on the contract pay. He
may change schedules of departures and arri.
walls in all cases, and particularly to make them
conform to connections with railroads, without
increase Of pay, provided the running time be
not abridged. The Postmaster General may
also discontinue or curtail the service, in whole
or in part, in order to place on the route supe-
ror service. or wheneverthe public interests, in
his judgment, shall require such discontinuance
or curtailment for any other cause he allowing
as full indemnity to contractor one months ex-
ira pay on the amount of service dispensed with,
and o pro rata compensation for the amount of
service retained and continued.
8. Payments will be made by collections from.
or drafts on, postmasters otherwise, after the
expiration of each quarter-say in November.
February, May, and August, provided that re-
quired service has been received.
TO- The distances given are believed to be
substantially correct; but no increased pay will
be allowed should they be greater than adver-
tised if the points to be supplied are correctly
stated. Bidders must inform themselves on this
point and also in reference to the weight of the
mail, the condition of hills, roads, streams, &C.,
and all toll-bridges, turnpikes pank-roads, fer
ries, or Instructions of any kind by which ex-
pense 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 de-
stroyed, ferries discontinued. or other obstruc-
tiOns causing or increasing distance or expense
occurring during the contract term. Offices es-
tablished after this advertisement is issued, and
also during the contract term, are to be visited
without extra pay, if the distance be not in
creased. JE-
H. Bidders are cautioned to mail their pro-
posals in time to reach the Department by the
day and hour named q p. m, March 3, 1879,
for bids received after that time will not be con-
sdered in competition with bids, of reasonable
considered which are without the guarantee re-
quired by law, and certificate OF the suficiency
of such guarantee, and the oath of the bidder
according to GAG, act of June g, 1872. ,
l.. Bidders should first propose for service
| strictly according to the advertisement, and
then if they DESIRE separately for different SER
vice; and if theregular 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 q
proposal. Consolidated or cont lnation bids
(''proposing one sum for two or more routes" J
cannot be considered.
IA. The route, the service the yearly pay, the
name and residence of the bidder THAT is, his
usual post office address,, and the name of each
member of firm, where a company offers
should be distinctly stated
10. Bidders are requested to use, as far as prac
tcable, the printed proposals furnished by tho
Department. to write out in full the sum of their
bids. and to retain copies of them a
Altered bids should not be submitted, nor
should bids once submitted be withdrawn. No