The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-11-20

cncc TO the weight of the mail, the coil-
dition of hills, roads. streams. &c, and
all toll-bridges, turnpikes, plank-roads,
ferries. or distractions of any kind BY
which expense may be incurred. No
claim for additional pay based on such
ground, can be considered nor for al
legged mistakes or misrepresentation as
to the degree Of service: nor for bridg-
es DESTROYED, ferries discontinued, or
other distractions causing or increas-
ing distance or expense occurring dur
! ing the contract term. Offices esta5-
lished after this advertisement is issu-
ed. and also during the contract term,
are to be visited without extra pay. ii
the distance be not increased.
IL. Bidders are cautioned to mail
their proposals in time to reach the de-
! partment by the day and hour named
+, g pm, Feb. 1874, as bids received
after that time wiU not be considered
in competition with bids, of reasons
bic amount, received in time. Neither
can bids be considered which are with
out the guarantee required by law, and
a certificate of the sufiicicncy of such
, guarantee, and the oath Of the bidder
according TO section 246, act of June 4.
1872.
-. Bidders should first propose for
service strictly according to the advcr-
iisement. and then, if they desire, sep
dy'dteiy for different service. and if the
regufdr bid be the lowest for the adj
vertised Service the other propositions
may be considered.
Is. There should be but one route
bid for in a proposal. Consolidated or
combination bids ("proposing one sum
for two or more routes'') cannot be
considered.
IA. The route, the service. the yearly
pay, the name and residence of the bid
der THAT is, his usual pOstofficc adj
dress). and the name Of each member
of a firm, where 4 company offers.
should be distinctly stated.
Is. Bidders are requested to use, as
far as practical, the printed proposals
furnished by the department, to write
out in full the sum of their bids, and
to retain copies of them.
Altered bids should not be SUBMIT
ed nor should bids once submitted be
withdrawn. No withdrawal of a bidder
or guarantor will be allowed unless the
withdrawal is received twenty-four
hours previous to the time fixed for
opening the proposals.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two
responsible persons. The bid and
guarantee should be signed plainly
with the full name of each person.
The postmaster general reserves the
right to reject any bid which may be
deemed eXtravagant; and also to dis
regard the bids of failing contractors
and bidders. Act of June 8, 1872, Sec
ton 249.)
Is. The bid should be sealed. SUPER
scribed mail Proposals, State Of"
addressed "Second Assistant Postmas-
ter General, Contract Office" Bids
of 5000 and upwards must be accom-
panied by certified check or draft ,On
some solvent national bank, equal to s
per cent Of the amount; also bids for
services which now costs $1,000 or
more per annum. Where the present
pay is $1,000, or more, is stated in the
advertisement under the appropriate
route.
IL. The contracts are to be executed
and returned to the department Jy or
before the Isl day of June, 1874, other
W,se the accepted bidder sciU be consid-
cred as haring failed and the Postmas-
ter General may proceed to contract
,cith other parties, according to lac.
Transfers of contracts, or of interest
in contracts, are forbidden by law and
consequently cannot be allowed. Nei-
Their can bids, or interest in bid, be
transferred or assigned to other par
ties. Bidders will therefore take no.
ticc that they will be expected to per-
form the service awarded TO them
through the whole contract term.
IS. Section 249 of the act of June 8,
1872, provides that contracts for trans
portion of the mail shall be awarded
to the lowest bidder rendering suffi-
cient guarantee for faithful perform
ancc, without other reference to the
mode Of such transportation than may
be necessary to provide for the due ce-
lerity certainty and security thereof"
Under this law bids that propose to
transport the mails with ''celerity, Ger
taiatg and security" haze been decided
TO be the only legal bids, are construed
as proriding for The entire mail, hOc-
erer fdfge, and wh0terer' may be the
mode OF conveyance necessary to in
sure its "ccterity, certainty and secuy-
Hy, and hare the preference ocer all
Others, and no others are considered, ex-
cept for steamboat routes.
10. A modification of bid in any
of its essential terms is tantamount TO
new bid. and cannot be received, so
as to interfere with regular COMPETE
ton. Making a new bid, with guaran-
tee and certificate, is the only way to
modify previous bid.
20. Postmasters are to be careful
not TO certify to the sufficiency of
guarantors without knowing that they
are persons of sufficicn. responsibility.
(See section 247, act of June Sth, 1877
They must not sign the certificate I'M
til the sum of the bid is inserted, and
the bid and guarantee are signed 10y
the bidder and Owo) guarantors: dis
regard Of this instruction by the post
master WiW subject them to Immediate
remOrdt and to Secere penalties.
PostInasters are also liable to dis,nis-
sal from Office for acting ms agents OF
contractors or bidders. with or without
compensation in any business, matter or
thing relating TO the mail service.
They are the trusted agents of the de-
partment, and cannot consistently act
IN both capacities.
81. All bidders, guarantors, and
suretics are distinctly notified that on
a failure 10 enter into or perform the
contracts for the service proposed for
in the accepted bids, their legal liabili-
ties will be enforced against them.
22. Present contractors, and persons
known at the department, must, equal
ly with Others, procure guarantors and
certificates of their sufficiency substan-
tally in the form above prescribed.
The certificate of sufiicicncy must be
sinsed by a postmaster.
%. la all cases where the route is not
fully supplied with the necessary locks
and pouches, it is the duty of the post
master at the head of the route to
make requision Oh the Contract office
of this department for such locks and !
pouches before the first day Of LIST July |
next, provided the route be let.
JNo. A. j. CREswELL.
Postmaster General.