The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-02-13
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] Tho Postmaster General msy order an In
crease OF service on route By allowing therefor
! 8 Pr0 rata increase on the contract pay. he may
change schedules OF departures and arrivals
| 10 all cases, and particularly TO make them con-
| form 70 connections with railroads, without In.
crease o. pays provided the running time DO not
discontinue or cuFiail tho Service In whole or IN
part In order to place on tho route superior ser
vice or whenever tho public interests, In bis
| Judgment, shall require such dlscontlnuaEee or
curtalment for any other cause; he allowing a.
| Iull Indemnity 10 Contractor ono months extra
pay ouOthe amount Of service dispensed Win,
and pro rata compensation for tho amount Of
service retained and continued.
o. Payments will DO made BY collection nom,
or drafts on POetmRStOrS or Otherwise, after tho
expiration Of each quarter-BAy In November,
February, May, and August provided that 10
quired evidence Of service has been received.
10. The distances given arc believed TO BE- sub
EtAnlially correct; but no increased pBy viii DO
allowed should they DO greater than advertised,
II the points TO be supplied correctly stated.
Bidders must ilJ0rLH hetRtt!reG on htS point and
also In reference to the weight Of the mail, TIT
condition OF hills, roGdB, streams, &C., and al
toll bridges, turnpikCe, 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 ior Rlleg'
ed mistakes or Misrepresentation as 10 the deREto
OF serTiee nor for bridges destroyed, ferries dis
continued, or other distractions causing or IN
creasInV dlktanco or expense occurring durirR
tho contract term. Offices established alter this
advertisement Is issued, and also during tho
contract term, arc to DO visited without oKua
pay, II the distance DO not increased.
II. Bld:ers arc cautioned TO mall their pro
posRls ih time TO reach the Department BY tho
day and hour named Is p. m, March ., 1871 FOR
hidsreeeived after that dme ieiR not b eoHSIdtTS
Cd in competition with bids, OF reasonable
amount, received in time. Neither can bids b
considered which are without the guarantee 70
uuiFed by law, and Z certificate ofthO eutheiency
Of such guarantee, and the oath OF the bidder
according to section $40, act ofJunoS s: 1879.
u. BIDDERS shonld fret propose Tor ecTUce
strictly according to the advertisement, and
then, II they desire, separately for different scr
vice; and II the regular bid be the lowest oaered
for the advertised service, thC,other propositions
may DO coDeideICd.
proposal. Consolidated or combination bids
('proposing one sum for TWO or more routeSD
cannot be COntidcrGd. -..
IA The route the service, tho ycarly. pay, the
name md IerIdeDcc Of tho bidder (tb1t u, his
usual po.t.otllCe AddrcsD and the name Of each
member Of 1rn, where 8 company o1eTB,
should be distinctly stated.
10 Bidders are requested 10 use, as far IS
practicable, tho printed proposals furnished BY
the Department, 10 write out in fall the sum Of
their bids, and to retain copies OF them.
Altered bids should not be submitted; nor
should bids once submitted DO Withdrawn. No
lowed unless the Withdrawal is received twenty
four hours previous TO the time fIed for opening
Zach bid must be guaranteed by two responEi.
bic persons. The bid aud guarantee should DO
signed plainly with the full name OF each person.
The Postmaster General reserves the right 70
reject any bid which may BIO deemed extrayG-
giant; and also to disregard the bids OF AlllnR
contractors and bidders. (Act OF June ., 1873,
II, INC bid should be scaled, unprecedented
mail Propo. ais, StstCof :" addressed
"Second Assistant Postns 81 Ter General, Contract
Bids Of 5000 per innum aud upward must DO
accompanied by a certified check or draft on
come solvent national bhAk, equal TO per can't
of the Amount. (Seo law OF Congress OF Junee,
II. The contracts arc Dbs erscutsd and rSturn-
cd 10 The Department 6v0r before the Let day Of
June. 1874, otherigISs MG accepted 6iddeT tCtR b
c0nddered as h1rtHg JGigta, and The P0StRIdStsr
General may proceed to sntraet for hs Ssrptes
trIn other parties, according to laiU.
Transfers Of contracts or Of interest In con-
tracts, are forbidden by law, and consequently
cannot he allowed. Neither can bids or Inter.
est in bids, be transferred or assigned TO other
parties. Bidders will therefore take notice that
thoy will DO expected TO peiorm tho service
awarded to them Though the whole contract
Is. Section $40 of tho act OF June 8. 1871, pro
videS lhI contracts for the transportation OF
the NAL Ehllt De aHhIuGu " LuB lOWcst OlQudE
sufficient guarantees for faithful per-
iormAnce, without other reference 10 the mode
OF such transportation than may pc necessary TO
provide for the duo CELEBRITY, certainty and So
curity thereof" Under this law bids that pro
pose 10 transport tho mails with celebrity e6rEGH-
~. and security" hdUlH0 ben decided % b w
onlV Is1dl bids are enHStrUsi as proUldin1, for
he entire mail, hoIcerT large, and t1hgtSpT
may G6 henlOis Of oonUsydHes HsceSsdry TO tnEiE6
lie 'eeltrlty, certainty and SscHrity," and have
tho preferences opEr all oLheTJ, and no others arc
except for steamboat routes.
10. AmOdilcation Of bid In any essential
terms Is tantamount 10 now bid, and cannotbS
received, 70 as to interfere with regular cOmpe.
titlon. Making new bid, with guarantee aud
certificate, is tho only way tOmodIly previous
bid.
20. Postuaslcrs are to be careful not TO certify
to tho sufiniency Of guArantors without know
ing that they are persons Of sufficient response.
billty. (Seo section 2d7, act OF June 8, 1871
They must not sign the certificate until the sum
Of the bid d inserted, aud the bid and HuRran-
tee arc signed by the bidder and two guaran'
tors; dtregdrd Of this in'trNctl0n by p0gtRIGS.
srS iriH subject them TO Immediate rcnIoraI and
10 Serers penalties.
PostmasIers are also Liable 10 dismissal from
office for acting as agents Of contractors or bid
ders, with or without compcnsatlOn.ln any buBi-
ness matter, or thing, relsting to tho mail gor-
vice. They are the trusted agents OF the Do
paTtment and cannot consistently act In both
capacities.
81. All bidders, gn9rantors and suroties arr
notified that on failure to enter Into
or perform the contracts for the EGrvlce propoB-
ed for in the accepted bids, their legal liabilities
will DO enforced against them,
%. Present contractors, and persons known at
the Department, must, equally with others, pro
cure guarantors aud certificates OF their sum
cheney substantiallyi In the forms above preecrib.
cd. Tho certificate Of suticiency must DO signed
JNO. A. ]. CREsWELL,
JAD0.Th FoStndStsr General.