The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-11-20
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND
POSTMASTERS:

CONTAINING ALSO CONDITIONS TO BE
INCORPORATED IN THE CONTRACTS
10 THE EXTENT THE DEPARTMENT
MAY DEEM PROPER.
/. Seven minutes are allowed TO
each intermediate Office, when not 9TH
cfwise specified, for asserting the
mails.
,. On routes when the mode of con-
yeyancc admits of If, the special agents
of the Post Office Department, also
post Office blanks, mail bags, locks and
keys, are Ia be conveyed without extra
charge.
3. "Way bills or receipts, prepared
by postmasters or other agents of the
department. will accompany the mails,
specifying the number and destination
of the several bags, 10 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: and for each of such omis-
sions. if the failure be occasioned by
fault of the contractor or carrier, three
times the pay of the trip will be de-
Quoted. For arrivals so far behind
time as TO break connection with de-
pending mails, and not sufficiently ex-
cused, one-iourth Of the compensation
for the trip is subject to forfeiture.
For repeated delinqucncies of the kind
herein specified, enlarged penalties,
proportional to the nature thereof.
and the importance of the mail, may
be made.
3. For leaving behind or throwing
of the mails. or any portion of them,
la.a. Inn Il. f.xs
being concerned in setting up or rum
ming an express conveying intelligence
in advance of the mail, a quarters paw
NAV be deducted.
6. Fines will be imposed, unless the
delinquency be promptly and satisfac-
iorily explained by certificates of post
masters or the atiidavits of other cred
iblc persons, for failing 10 arrive in
contract time; for neglecting 10 take
the mail from, OF deliver il into post
Office: for suffering i. to be wet, in
jured. 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, ear. or steamboat on route.
q. The postmaster general may annul
the contract for repeated failures TO
run agreeably 10 contract: for violat-
ing the post Office laws, or disobcying
the instructions of the department
for refusing TO discharge carrier
when required by the department to
do SO; for running an express as afore-
said: or for transporting persons or
packages conveying nathalie matter
out OF the mail
s. The postmaster general NAV dis
continue or extend contract, change
the schedule and termini of a route
and alter. increase, decrease. or extend
the service, in accordance with law. he
allowing pro rata increase of COM
pensation for any additional service
thereby required. or for increased
speed. the employment of additional
stock or carriers is rendered necessary
and in case of decrease. curtailment.
or discontinuance of service. as a full
Indemnity TO said contractor, one
months extra pay on the amount of !
service dispensed with, and pro rata |
compensation for the service retained. |
Prorided, horercr, that, ia case Of in- /
creased expedition. the contractor |
may, upon timely notice, relinquish
the contract.
y. Payments will be made by collec- I
tions from, or drafts on, postmasters
or otherwise, after the expiration Of
each quarter-say in November, Feb
ruary, May, and August, provided that /
required evidence of service has been
received.
10. The distances given are believed
to be substantially correct: but no in
creased pay will be allowed should |,
they be greater than advertised. il the
points TO be supplied are correctly
stated. Bidders must inform them.