The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-02-11
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s The Postmaster General may order an In.
crease OF service on a route by allowing therefor
O pro rata Increase on the contract pay. He may
In all cnses, and plrt'culsrly to make them con
form TO connections with railroads, without In
/ crease OF pay, provided the running timo DO not
abridged. Tho Postmaster General may also
discontinue orcrEtAil the service, Ia whole or In
part IN order to place on the route superior ser
| Vice, or whenever tho public interests, in his
| Judgment shall require Euch dlscOntinuance or
CuFtAilment for any other cause; no allowing as
full indemnity to contractor one months extra
| pay on tho amount Of service dispensed with.
md q pro rata compensation for the amount Of
service retained and continued.
i Payments will be made by collection rom,
or drafts on, postuRstcrS or Otherwise, after tho
expiration Of each QuRrtcr-say in November,
February, May, and August provided that TO
qulred evidence Of service has been received.
10. The distances given arc believed TO be cub
stantially correct; but no increased pSy will DO
allowed should they DO greater than advertised,
II the points to DO supplied arc correctly stated
BtliGiS must inform theLlSCUtS on ts p0iRt, and
| also In reference TO tho weight OF the mall the
condition Of hills, roads, streams. &C., and all
toll bridges, turnpikee, .plRnk.Eoads, ferries, or
distractions Of any kind by which expense may
DO incurred. No claim for additional pay. based
on such ground, can be considered; nor Tor Rllcg.
| ed mistakes or Misrepresentation rs TO the degree
OF service; nor for bridges destroyed, ferries dis
continued, or other distractions causing or In
creaEing distance or expense occurring ouriCg
the contract term. Offices established after this
advertisement Is iesued, and also duIing the
contract ternf arc to DO visited without cxuA
pay, II the distance DO not increased.
Il. Bidders arc cautioned 10 mail tcir pro
potals in time 10 reach the Department BY tho
day and hOur named Is p. M, March 3, 1881 for
bids received after that limo frH not % cOHsIders
sG in competition with bids, OF reasonable
amount, received In timO. Neither can bids DO
alb,
quired by law, and certificate OF the euflctency
OF such guarantee, and the oath Of the bidder
according to section $40, act ofJunO 8. 1879.
y. BIDDERS should 1rSt propose for service
strictly according TO tho advertisement, and
then # they desire, Esr1rdtE!y for different SER
vice; and II the regular bid be the lowest offered
for tho advertised service, thesothsr proportions
may be cOnsll c!ed
10. There should be but one route bid for ms
proposal. Consolidated or combination bids
('prOpOsing one sum for two or moro routeSl
cannot be considered.
II The route the service, tho yearly pay, teO
name and residence OF the bidder THAT IL, his
usual pOst.oIliCc Gddrcs0 and tho name Of eaeh
member OF IRA, where company odcfS,
should be distinctly stated.
10 Bidders arc requested TO use, as ME.Fs
practicable, the printed proposals. furnished by
the Department, 10 write out In fall the sum Of
their bids, and to retain CopleI OF them.
Altered bids should not be submitted; nor
should bids once submitted be Withdrawn. No
withdrawal Of bidder or gulrantor Will DO al
lowed unless tho withdrawal 10 received twenty
four hours previous to the time liked for opening
tho proposals.
Rach Bid must be guaranteed by two response.
bic persons. Tho bid and guarantee should bS
signed plainly with tho full name Of each person,
The Postmaster General rcstryOs tho right 70
reject any bid which may BIO deemed extEAyA-
giant; and also to disregard tho bids OF falling
contractors and bidders. (Act OF June 8, lsIS,
section 24D)
Is. The bid should be sealed, superscribe4
mail Proposals, StAteof :" addressed
Second Assistant Postmaster General, Contract
0flce," and sent by mail, not by or to an agent.
Bids Of 50, 900 per Rnnum and upward must DO
accompanied by a certified check or draft Oh
some solvent national baRk, equal to s per cont
Of the amount (sec law Of Congress OF June .,
1s72)
II. The contracts ara to6e erscutsd and return.
cd 10 lie DeDdFinr6nt GV0r before the lSt day Of
June. 1873, 0thtrigtSs Tho accepted bidder lOil b
considered as haUing yJdlItd, and Hts E0StmGSter
General may proceed 10 Sntrdct for The serplet
Nth other parties according to lalg.
Transfers Of contracts, or Of interest In con.
tracts, arc forbidden by law, and consequently
cannot be allowed. Neither can bids or inter
est in bids, be Transferred or assigned TO Other
parties. Bidders will therefore take notice that
they will BIO expected to pcfOrm tho service
awarded to them through the whole contract
il. Section $40 Of the act OF Juno 8, 1871, pro-
vides b contracts for the transportation OF
the mai shal, be L 6aTded to tho lowest bidder
rendering sufficient guarantees FOR faithful per-
iormAnce, without other reference to tho mode
OF snch transportation than may pc necessary to
provide for tho due celebrity, certainty and Sc
curity thereof" Under this law bids that pro-
pose 10 transport the mails with "cleJity cSrLqtn-
h. and security" hGUtng been decided 10 b "a
only legal bids, are construed as pr0yldtng. for
he entire mail, however large, and yhd6pT
may BE- the mode Of cOnUEydHee necessary 10 tnSuFS
Us ''ctltrity, certainty and Sscurtty,'' Gndhqvt
The PFtfertnce Orer all others, and no others arc
considered, except for steamboat routes.
10. A modification OF n bid In any essential
terms is tAntRmOunt TO now bid, and cannot DO
received, 70 as to interfere with regular compC.
tItIon. Making a new bid, with guarantee and
certificate is tic only way tomOdily previous
bid.
20. Postuasters aro to be careful not to certify
to the eullGlency Of guarautOrs without know.
inR that they are person. Of sufficient FsspGSnaS
They must not sign the certificate until the sum
OF tho bid Is inserted, and tho bid and guaran.
tee are signed by the bidceF and two guArAn-
tors; a dlsrtg0rd cr thts Instruction BY p0!tDai.
tors tCiH subject than to Immediate re1IOTdI, and
10 Sererc penalties.
Postmasters are also Liable to dismissal from
oflce for acting as agents OF contractors or bid
ders, with or without cOmpensation,in any bnsS.
ness matter, or thing, relating TO tho mall s9r-
vice. They arc tho trusted agents OF the Do
paTtmcnt. aud cannot consistently act In Doth
capacities.
II, All bidders, gnqrantors and Eureiies arc
distinctly notified that on failure to enter into
or perform tho contracts for tho service pEoPos.
ed for in the accepted bids, their legal liabilities
will be enforced against them.
%. Present contractors, and persons known at
tho Department, must equally with Others, pro.
euro EuArantors and certificates OF their sum
ed. The certificate Of suflelcncy must be signed
bY 4 postmaster,