The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-02-10

or running an express conveying intClIiVenco
IN advance OF the mail, quarters pay may
bO deducted.
Q. Fines will bo Imposed, unless tho delIn.
quency bs promptly and satisfactorily explained
BY CGrtlacatCs OF postmRsteTs or the aIldavitS OF
other credible persons, for falling to arrive In
contract time; for neglect to take tho mAll from,
or deliver 1t into, post office; for suffering II to
be wet, Injured, destroyed, robbed or lost; and
for refusing, A[teF demand, to convey the mail
as frequently rs the contractor rune, or IL con.
ccrnCd In running, coach, car, or steamboat on
route.
Z. The PostmIste General may aunul the con.
tract for repeated failures 10 run Ggrecably 10
contract; for violating tho post Office laWS, or
dlsObeying tho Instructions Of the Department;
for refusing to discharge q carrier when requir.
ed by the Department 10 do 80; for running IN
express as Aforesaid; or Tor transporting persons
or packages conveying mAtlable matter out otths
mall.
g. Tho Postmaster General may order an In.
crease OF service on a route by allowing therefor
8 pro rata increase on the contract pay. He may
| change schedules OF departures aud arrivals
III all cases, and pIrticulaFly TO make .hcm con-
form TO connections with railroads, without In
crease Of pay. provided the running time be not
abridged. The Postmaster General may also
discontinue or Cur'atl the service, In whole or In
part, In order To place on tho ronto superior ser
| vice, or whenever tho public interests, In his
Judgment shall require such dlscontlnuance or
curtAlmGnt for any other cause; he allowing as
full indemnity " contractor one months extra
pay on the amount OF service dispensed with,
aud q pyO rata compensation for the amount OF
service retained and continued.
o Payments will ba made by collection from,
or drafts on, PoEtmasters or herwise, after tho
expiration OF each quarter-BNy IN NoVeuber
February, May, and August, provided that re-
Quired evidence Of service has been received.
10. Tho distances given arc believed TO be sub
stnntlally correct; but no increased pSy will no
allowed should they be- greater than advertised,
II tho pOints to be supplied are correctly stated.
Bidders must In form heHrJCirGS on tbs point, and
also In reference to tho weight OF the mail, tho
condition Of hills. roads, streams, &C., and all
toll bridges, tuFnptlICP, plAnk.rOadB, ferries, or
distractions Of any kind by which expense may
bc incurred. No clai I'm for additional pay based
on such ground, can be considered; nor ior RlPg.
cd mistakes or mlsapprGhcnsiOn as TO the degIIe
OF service: nor for bridges destroyed ferries dis
continued, or other distractions causing or IN.
CreasinE distance or expense occurring dnrtng
tho contract term ollGts established alter TINS
advertisement Is Issued, and also du Ing the
contract term arc 70 DO visited without eGtG
pay, II tho distance hG not Increased.
II. Bidders arc cautioned 10 mall their pro-
pogRls In time 10 reuch tho Department BY the
day and hour named t3 p. m, Mlrch'8, 1897 ios
bids received HIter that time tgIH not 66 consider
ed In competition With bids, OF reasonable
amount, received in time. Neither can bids be
considered which arc without tho guarantee te-
quiIed by law, and certificate OF the tutllciGncy
according to section $40 act ofJunoS 1879
y. Bidders should irst propose for services
strictly according 10 tho Advertisement, Rnd
then, II they desire, separately for different ser
vice. and II the regular bid DO tho lowest offered
for the advertised service, the.other propositions
may he considered.
l3. There shOnl1 bO bat ono route bid for In
proposal Consolidated or combination bids
('prOposirg one sum for two or more rOutes'D
cAnuOt be- -Onfidrrrd.
4 tAFtira thn HsnnPV fhR
name and residence Of tho bidder THAT is, his
usual pOst.OflCe address, and the name OF cach
member OF Arn, where q company oferA,
should be distinctly stated.
Is. Bidders arc requested TO use, as far as
practicable, the printed proposals. furnished by
tho Department, 10 write out in full the sum 0!
their bids, and to retain CopiOs Of them.
Altered bids should not bG submitted; nor
should bids once submitted be Withdrawn. No
withdrawal OF bidder or guarantOr will b0 al
lowed unlees tho withdrawal Is received twenty
four hours previous to tho time lxcd for opening
the proposals. ,
Each bid must be guaranteed By two rcsppnsl.
bic pertons. The bid and guarantee should ba
signed plainly with the full namO ofcach person,
The Postmaster General reserves the right 70
reject any bid which may DO deemed Cxtraya-
giant; and also to disregard the bids Of falling
contractors and bidders. (Act OF June 8, 1879,
Is. Tho bid should bo scaled, supcrscribOd
"MAil PrOpO,HIS, htlteoT :" hddregsed
"SPcond Assistant Postmss'Cr General Contract
oflce, Wand sent by mall not by or to an agent
Bids OF IS 600 per Rnnum and upward must b0
accompanied by o certified check or draft on
somo solvent national baSk, equal 10 per cent
Of the amount. (SCe law OF Congress OF June 8,
1s79)
cd 10 the department Gvor before Ms IH day Of
June, 1873, Otter1rlss he accepted bidder tCll Gs
considered as hurting failed, and The P0SiIndStdF
General may proceed 10 contract for hS SsrrIos
iOlh Other parties, according 10 !GO.
TrAnRfers OF contacts, or OF interest in con-
tracts, arc forbidden by law, and consequently
c4nnot bs allowed. Neither eau bids or inter.
Get In bids. De transferred or assigned to other
parties Bidders Will therefore take notice that
thOy will bo expected To pctorm the'scrvlce
awarded to them through the whole contract
is. Section $40 of tho act OF June 8, 1877, pro
yIdes that contracts for the transportation OF
tho mail shall be awarded to tho lowest bidder
rendering sufficient guarantees for faithful per.
IormGnCC, without Other reference to the mode
Of sHch transportation than may pa necessary TO
provide for tho due cOletity, certainty and se-
curity thereof" Under this law bids that pro.
pose 10 transport the mails with celCrity eeytdta
~, and security" hdUi1g 6ten deetdedto b Ls
only legal btdS are cdnStrued az pr0U!ilHg, for
MG entire mall, h0iOtUer large, and ChatUer
mdV be the mode Of eonvfvdhes necessary 10 Insure
ib 'eELer!ty, certainty and security and hGVd
the pretertncS 0vtr all 0LheTS, AMI no othOrB Rse
considered, except for steamboat routes.
10. A modification OF bid In any osEcntlSl
terms Is tAntAmount TO now bid, and cannot DO
received. 70 as 10 interfere with regular compt.
ttlon. Making new bid, with guarantee ard
certificate, Is tho only way tomodiiy q previous
bid.
20. PostmaSte,s nro to be careful not TO certify
TO tho su0lciency OF guRrantors without Know.
ing that they arc person. Of sufficient respOnai.
biiliy. (5co section 247, act Of JnneS, l6I1l
ThOy must not slgn tho certificate until the EGm
NJ t6o HID Ia inROFtpd and the hid and puHFHu-
teo arc signed bY the bidrcr and two RuHEan.
tors; dlsreGara cC tbs tR.tvustloH by p9simaS.
tcy6 tCLH SU6lect them to immediate rsUgg1!. ard
10 sertrs penalties.
POstnlastCrs are also liabln to dismlsBRl from
oIIlee for acting as agents Of Contractors or bid
ders, with or witnout compensation, in any bgsl.
moss matter, or thing, relating to tho mail ser
vice. They arc the trusted agents Of the Do
paHtmcnt. and cannot consistently act iu both
capacities.
u. Ar bidders, gusrantors and Suroiies Ssn
distinctly notified that on failure to enter into
or perform the con rActs for the service propos-
cd for In the accepted bids, their legal liabilities
will bo enforced against them,
%. Present contractors, and persons known At
the Department, must, equally with Others, pro,
euro EuarantoTh and certificates OF their snil.
cheney substantially In tho forms above prefcrIb.
cd, The certificate Of su0ltlency must bU signed
JNo. A. ]. cRBswELL,
jAn9!Th PoSimait(r General.
Larpnst Orpan EStahIishMnr4