The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-12-07


Department TO do 30; for running an GX-
press as Aforesaid; or for transporting per.
sons or packages conveying mailablC mat.
ter out Of the mail.
y. The Postmaster General may order
an increase OF service on u route by al
lowing therefor q pro rata increase on the
contract pay. lie may change schedules
OF departures and arrivals In oil cases.
and particularly to make them conform
to connections with railroads, without in.
crease Of pay, provided the running time
DO not abridged. The Postmaster Gen.
eral may also discontinue or curtail the
service, In whole or In part, In order TO
place on the route superior service, or
whenever the public interests, In his judg.
ment, shall require such discontinuanCe
or curtailment Tor any other cause; he al
lowing, as full indemnity to contractor,
one months extra pay on the amount OF
service dispensed with, and a pro rata
compensation for the amount oil service
retained and continued.
0. Payments will DO made by Coec-
lions from, or drafts on, postmasters or
otherwise, after the expiration Of each
Quarler-ssy in November, February,
May, and August, provided that required
evidence OF service has been received.
10. The distances given are believed to
be substantially correct; but no increased
pay will be allowed should they be greater
than advertised, Il the points 10 be sup
piled ore correctly stated. Bidders must
inform themselves on this point, and also In
reference to the weight Of the mail, the
condition Of hills, roads, streams, &c and
all tollbridges, turnpikes, plank roads,
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 for al.
legged mistakes or misapprehensons as to
the degree Of service; nor Tor bridges de-
stroyed, ferries discontinued, or other OBJ.
struCtiOns causing or increasing distance
or expense occurring during the contract
term, Offices established alter this sd.
vertisementis issued, and also during the
contract term, arc 10 DO visited without
extra pay II the distance be not increased.
II. Bidders are cautioned TO mail their
proposals in time 10 reach the Depart.
ment by the day and hour named in the
advertisement, as bids received after that
time UIH not DO considered in competition
with bids Of reasonable amount received
in time. Neither can bids be considered
which arc without the bond, oath and
certificate required dissection 245. Act Of
June go. 1874
10. Bidders should first propose for
service strictly according TO the adyer-
tisement, and then, il they desire, Separ.
dtely for different service; and II tho regu.
lar bid be tho lowest offered for the ad.
Vertised service, the other propositions
may be considered.
IL. There should be but one route bid
for in proposal. Consolidated or com.
bination bids C'proposing one sum for
two or moro routCs") cannot be cOnsid.
cred.
II. The route, the service, the yearly
pay, the name and residence Of the bid.
der, Chat is, his usual postofticc address,
and the name Of each member Of firm
where company offers, should be dis.
tinCtly stated.
10. Bidders arc requested to use, Gs far
as practicable, the printed proposals fur.
nished by the Department, to write out
IN iull the sum of their bids, and 10 re-
tain copies of them.
Altered bids should not be submitted.
No withdrawal OF bid will be allowed
unless the withdrawal is received twenty.
lour hours previous to the time fixed for
opening the proposals.
IL. In case Of failure Of the accented
bidder to execute contract, or Of the
abandonment Of service during the con-
tract term, the service will BIZ readver.
tised and re-let at the expense o! the fail.
ing bidder or contractor.
II. The Postmaster General reserves
the right TO reject any bid which may be
deemed extraVsgant; and also to disrc.
gard the bids OF failing contractors and
bidders. (Ac! of June s, 1879, section
240)
Is. The bid should be sealed, superscri.
bed Mail Proposals, State of West Viz
glnla," addressed Second Assistant Post.
master General, Contract Office"
~. Every proposal must be acCdmpa.
MED by q bond with surilies approved by
postmaster, and in cases where the
amount OF the bond exceeds five thou
sand dollars rs ,000) by postmaster OF the
first, second, or third clasa. Bids for scr.
vice, the pay for which at the time of I'D.
Vertlsement exceeds five thousand dollars,
20 .OOO) must be accompanied by q certi.
fed check, or draft, payable to The order
OF the Postmaster General on some SOL
vent national bank, OF not less than five
percentum Of the amount OF the annual
psy on such route, and in case Of new or
modified service, not less than five per
centum OF the amount OF the bond &C
companying the bid, il the amount of
said bond exceeds $4,000 five thousand
dollars.
The amount of bond required with bids,
anu The present pay when 1t exceeds 49,.
0OO) i've thousand dollars, are stated in
the advertisement under the appropriate
route.
~. All checks deposited with bids will
be held until contract ia executed and
service commenced by the accepted bidder
ChecES 'oEH then be returned BY mail on the
tOrttten request Of tho bidder.
II. Transfers oil contracts, or oGintcrcst
in contracts, arc forbidden by law, and
consequently cannot be allowed. Neither
can bids, or interest in bids, be transferred
or assigned to other parties. Bidders will
therefore take notice that they will be ex.
pected 10 perform the service awarded TO
them through the whole contract term.
23. Section 240 Of the act Of June s,
1879, provides that contracts for The
transportation ofthe mail shall be award.
cd 10 the lowest bidder rendering su(fi-
cient guarantees for faithful performance,
without other reference to the mode OF
such transportation than may be necessary
10 provide Tor the due celebrity, certainty,
and security thereof" Under this law
bids that propose to transport the mails
with "ceIcrity certainty, and sscuntv,"
hdUEng been dectGled TO DO the onlv Ltqql 6ids
are construed as provided for tie entire
mail, hoUenr large, and phaterer mqv DO
the mode of cenrsLlnca 1scess1ru IN I,Svrs