Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-11-20
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND
POSTMASTERS;

Containing also conditions TO be incorporated
in the contracts to the extent the Department
may deem proper.
l. Seven minutes are allowed to each inter
mediate office, when not otherwise specified for
asserting the mails.
@ On routes where the mode Of conveyance
admits Of it, the special agents of the Postothce
Department, also postOffce blanks, mail bags
locks and keys, are to be conveyed without ex-
ira charge.
3. 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.
4. No pay will be made for trips not per-
formed and for each of such omissions, II 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 so 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.
q. For leaving behind or throwing off 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.
6. Fines will be imposed, unless the delin-
quency be promptly and satisfactorily exI lained
by certificates of postmasters the afiidavits of
other credible persons, for failing to arrive in
contract time; for neglectng to take the mail
from, or deliver it into postoffce; 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 is concerned in running, coach, car OF
steamboat on n route.
:. The Postmaster General may annul a con.
tract for repeated failures to run agreeably to
contract; for violating the postotfice laws, OF
| disobeying the instructions of the Department
for refusing to discharge a 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 discontinue
or extend contract, change the schedule an6
! termini of a route, and alter increase, decrease
| or extend the service, in accordance with law
! he allowing pro rata increase of compensation
| for any additional service thereby required, oil
| for increased speed, if the employment of add
tional stock or carriers is rendered necessary
| and in case of decrease, curtailment, or discon
| tinuance of service, as full indemnity to sale
contractor, one months extra pay on the amoun
of service dispensed with, and pro rate com
! pensation for the service retained. Provided
however, that, in case Of increased expedition
| the contractor may, upon timely notice, reln
| quish the contract.
| 0. Payments will be made by collections from
or drafts on, postmasters or otherwise, after the
expiration of each quarter-say in November
February, May and August, provided that re
| quired evidence of service has been received.
! 10 The distances given are believed to be sub
stantially correct; but no increased pay will b,
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 reference to the weight Of the mail
the conditions of hills, roads, streams &c. ant
all toll-bridges, turnpikes, plank-roads, ferries
or distractions of any kind by which expens
| may be incurred. No claim for additional pay
based on such grouud can be considered, no
for alleged mistakes or msapprehension as +,
| the degree Of service; nor for bridges destroyed
| ferries discontinued or other distractions caus
ing or increasing distance or expense occurring
during the contract term. Offices established
after this advertisement is issued, and also dur
| ing the contract term, are to be visited withou
extra pay If the distance be not increased.
IL. Bidders are cautioned to mail their propo
sails in time to resch the Dep.rtment BY the da
and hour named % p. m, February 2, 1874, a
bids received after that time will not be consid
cred in competition with bids, of REASONABLE
amount, received in time. Neither can bids b
| considered which are without the guarantee re
quired by law, and certificate of the suffcienc
of such guarantee, and the oath Of the bidder
according to section GAG, act Of June 8, 1872.
-. Bidders should first propose for servic
strictly according to the advertisement, an
then. II they desire, separately for different sci
VICE, anu II Tile Tebuihr Dlu I've the lowest OHere
for the advertised service, the other proposition
may be considered.
49, There should be but one route bid for In
proposal. Consolidated or combination bid
t"proposing one sum for two or more routes
cannot be considered.
H. The route, the service, the yearly pay tn
name and residence of the bidder THAT is, hi
usual post-office address,, and the name of eac
member of firm, where company offers, shoul
be distinctly stated.
l5 Bidders are requested to use, as far as prat
ticable, the printed proposals furnished by tn
Department, to write out in full the sum Of thei
bids and to retain copies Of them
Altered bids should not be submitted: no
should bids once submitted be withdrawn. N
| withdrawal of bidder or guarantor will be al
lowed unless the withdrawal is received twenty
four hours previous to the time fixed for opeI
| ing the proposals.
| Each bid must be guaranteed by two respons
| BILE persons. The bid and guarantee should b
| signed plainly with the full name of each pei
son.
The Postmaster General reserves the right +
reject any bid which may be deemed extrava
CAN'T and also to disregard the bids Of failing con