The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-02-14
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s. The Postmaster General may order IN In.
crease Of service on route BY allowing therefor
q pro rata increase on the contract pay. He may
change schedules OF departures and arrivals
In all cases, and particularly to make them con-
form to connections with railroads, without In.
crease Of pay. provided the running time be not
abridged. Tho Postmaster General may also
discontinue or curtal 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 discontinuance or
curtailm0ut for any other cause; he allowing as
full indemnity to contractor one months extra
pay on tho amount Of service dispensed with,
| and pro rata compensation for tho amount OF
service retained and continued.
q Payments will be made by collection from,
or drafts on, postmHsterS or Otherwise, after the
expiration OF each quAFter-Bay in November,
February, May, and August, provided that re-
quirGd evidence Of service has been received.
10. Tho distances given arc believed TO DO sub.
stAntlally correct; but no increased pay will DO
allowed should they be greater than advertised,
II the points 70 DO supplied arc correctly stated.
bidders must inform alerTst!rtt on hiS point, and
also In reference 10 tho weight of the mail the
condition Of hills, roads, streams, &C., and ali
toll bridges, turnplkee, plAnk-rOAdB, ferries, or
distractions OF any kind by which expense may
be incurred. No claim for additional pay, based
on such ground, can DO considered; nor Tor alleg.
cd mistakes or Misrepresentation as 70 the degree
Of service; nor for bridges destroyed, ferries dis
continued, or other distractions causing or In.
creAsinC distance or expense occurring duriDg
the contract term. OlCrs established after this
advertisement IL Issued, and also during the
contract term, are to be visited without exua
pay, II the distance BIO not increased.
II, Bidders are cautioned to mall their pro-
posals in time 10 reach tho Department by tho
day and hour named 70 p. m, March $, 1872 for
bids received after that time tClN not b. consider
ed In competition with bids, Of reasonable
amount, received in time. Neither can bids DO
considered which arc without tho guarantee re-
QuIrcd by law, and certificate Oft euflcicucy
OF such guarantee, and the oath OF the bidder
according 10 section $40, ctofJune 8. 1879.
u. Bidders should first propose for service
strictly according 10 the Advertisement. and
then, II they desire, separately for different ser
Vice: and II the regular bid DO tho lowest offered
for the advertised service, the:other proportions
may be considered.
proposal. Consolidated or combination bids
(''prOpOSing ono sum for two or more rOutes'9
cannot be considered.
a. The route the service, tho yearly pay, the
name and residence Of tho bidder UhAt Il, his
usual pOst.oflce address, and tho name Of zach
member Of hrm, where q company offers,
should be distinctly stated.
I5 Bidders arc requested to use, as far rs
practicable, the printed proposals Furnished by
The Department, 10 write out in full the sum OF
their bids, and to retain copies Of them.
Altered bids should not DO submitted; nor
should bids once submitted DO withdrawn. No
WITHDRAWAL OF . DlQueT OF RlhEAHIOE Will 10 AZ
lowed unless the withdrawal Is received twenty.
four hours previous TO the time Gxed for opening
tho proposals.
Zach bid must be guaranteed by two responsi-
bic persons. The bid and guarantee should BIO
Si0tGd plainly with the full name Teach person.
The Postmaster General reserves tho right 70
reject any bid which may be deemed extrayA-
giant; and also TO disregard tho bids OF falling
and bidders. (Act OF June 8, 1879.
section 800
Is. Tho bid should DO scaled, supcrscribod
SECOND Assistant Postmaster General, Contract
ONCE" and sent by NAL, not by or to an agent.
Bids Of IS 900 per Rnnum and upward must DO
by certified check or draft on
come solvent national baali, equal to per cent
Of the amount. (SGe law Of Congress OF Junes,
1s72)
cd 10 the Department 6vOr before he lat day. Of
June, 1873, OLhertCLS6 he accepted bidder tcIU b
considered as hdrins failed, and the P0StmGSter
General may proceed to SHtrdct for NS SSTvIes
tDiM other, parties, according 10 iay.
Transfers Of contracts, or Of interest In con.
tracts, arc forbidden BY law, and consequently
est In bids, DO transferred or assigned TO other
parties. Bidders will therefore take notice that
they will be expected TO peform the service
awarded to them through the whole contract
term.
Isl Section $40 OF tho act Of June 8, 1879, pro-
vide. III =, contracts for tho transportation Of
tho mil shall be awarded to tho lowest bidder
rendering sufficient guarantees for faithful per.
Torrance, without other reference TO the mode
OF such transportation than may pc necessary to
provide for the due celebrity, certainty and Sc
curity thereof" Under this law bids that pro.
pose 70 transport the mails with "eeerity certain
~, and security" hGrtng 6een decided % Be ne
Only LEGAL 6idS, are conStrued az providing, for
thG entire mail, ho'Usrsr large, and ghatsrer
may b The mode Of cOnUEyQnes necessary 10 insure
Us celebrity, certainty and security" and haze
The preferences 0UtT all others, and no others are
considered, except for steamboat routes.
10. modification Of a bid In any essential
@rms is tantamount TO q new bid, and cannotbo
received, 70 as 10 interfere with regular compC.
tItIon. Making new bid, with guarantee and
certificate, IS tho only way tomodliy previous
bid.
20. Postmasters arc to be careful not to certify
to the sutllciency Of GuarantOrs without know
ing that they are persons CT sufficient responsi.
billty. (SeG section PAT, act OF Jnne8, 1S12)
They must not sign the certificate until tho sum
Of the bid Ia inserted, and the bid and guaran.
tee arc signed by the bidder and two guGran-
tore; q dtSre0dFd Of THIS tRStrnettOB By p0StiHGS.
teyS tgH sud feet them to Immediate TsRl0pG!, and
to Sertrs penalties.
Postmasters are also liable 10 dismissal from
OIlce for acting as agents OF contractors or bid
dcrs, with or without compensation, in any busi-
ness matter, or thing, relating to tho mail ser
vice. They arc the trusted agents Of the De.
partmont. and cannot consistently act In both
capacities.
81. All bidders, guOnntorS and surOties are
distinctly notified that on a failure to enter into
or perform the contracts for tho service propoB-
cd for in the accepted bids, their legal liabilities
will DO enforced against them,
%. Present contractors, and persons known at
tho Department, must, equally with Others, pro
euro guarautorS and certificates OF their sum.
cheney substantially in the forms above prescrib.
ed. The certificate Of suGlciency must be signed
JNO. A. j. CREsWELL,
jan9!Th Postmaster GtR6FGk.