Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-14
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.. Payments viii be made By collections sro,,
OF arsIn on. Postm ssters OF otherwise. sftar
required evidence OF service a. seen rsse, 80
y; Tes distance gwen are believed . ss
viii be allowed should they Be grester rhNu 40
vertised. So the points 60 be supplied are cor
90 thts pssf, and also tn reference % the weight
OF the mall, the condition OF hills roais. stream
NC, sDd all toll bridges, tnrnpiEes, plank
roses, ferries. OF Obstructions 81 any tfna b,
which expense may be incurred. No claim for
ADDITIONAL pay, based on snch ground, can be
considered, nor for alleged mistakes OF misap-
prehenaon A. 20 The degree Of service: nor fsr
bridges destroyed, ferries discontinued or other
DISTRACTIONS causing o. increasing distance or
etlehse occurring during the contract tern.
omoes estsollshed after thts advertisement u
Issued, and also during the contract terra. are
be not increased.
II. Bidders are cautioned to mail their propo-
eis IN time % reach the department hy the dny
Ano bOtr named I'm the advertisement, a. hifs
received AFTER IN time sfIi .ot - oaastse,sa a.
eompetnon With buds OF reasonable amount
receive IN time. Neither can bids be cOnsia-
cred which are without the bond, oath ana
certiheate required by section as, act Of Jase
IL Bidders shonld drst propose Tor serv,c.
strictly according . the advertise meat aud
then. ~ they desire. separately for different ser
VICE; and AZ the regular bid be the lowest Offered
for the advertised service, the other PROPOSE
tons NAV be considered.
=. II ere should be hut one roate bid ror in a
proposal. Consolidated or combination eids
t'proposine one sun Cor tsO OF more roates'A
cannot he considered.
-. The route, the service. the yearly pay
name srd residence Of the btndsr, lthaf is his
ususl Post-ofhCe address, , sud the name OF each
member Of = arm where 4 COMPANY oaers.
should be distinctly stated
Is. Bidders are requested 90 use. AZ far a.
Practicable, the prihted proposals Furnished ~
the Department, % write out IN fuli tue sum OF
their bids, and 20 retain Copies OF them.
Altered bids should not be spb mitted Ne
withdrawal Of bid wtll be allowed unless the
withdrawal ~ received tNenty- four hours Rre-
Eleas TO the time hxed Tor opening the propo-
rs In case OF failure of the a,csp,es b,sa.,
10 execute = contract. oT Of the abandonment OF
service during the contract term, the service
snl be re advertised and re-let II the expense
OF The railing bidder or contractor.
II The Postmaster General reserves the
the right TO r. ect sny bid which NAV be deaned
eSrsyngsut: sud also 20 disregard the bids OF
failing contractors and bidders. tAct % June
= fSts, section 24s9
IS. The bad should be sesIsd, superacribss
Mail Proposals, State cf Virgins" addressed
tract Office"
-. Every proposal must be accompanied bv
bond with sUTeues approved By = postmaster
and IN cases where the amount Of the k1na
exceeds i've Thousand dollars as 0po1 bv a most
msrter of the hrst, second, or third class. BIDS
Rr service, the psy for which ~ the time OF
SFertiserrest eNcreds i've Thousand dollars,
lSnT0sa must be accompanied bT a certineS
check, Or draft, payable 90 the order Of the
POstmss~er General, on some solvent national
bank, OF not less than five per cenrum on the
amount OF the s.nuzl psy on such route and 4.
case OF new or modified service, not less than
tive per centum OF the amount OF the bend
accomplishing tia hid, n the amount OF sail
bond exceeds ts5 0Oo) We Thousand dollsrs
be smoubt Of bond required with bids, aba
the present pay when IS exceeds Cs50o0) ave
thousand dollars, are stated in the AdyertiEe-
meDt undss the appropriate route.
20 All checks deposited with bids win be
ED until contract 10 executed and s,rrios co--
neHoed by the accepted bidder. Checls go
hes De- returned by -SdI on ne uritteH r,guesf a.
hc bidder.
q. Tranfers Of contracts, or OF interests q.
contracts, are forbidden by Law, and cORss-
quently cannot be allowed. Neither can bids, or
Interests in bids be transferred or asSi zned 60
other parties. Bidders will therefore take ne
service awarded TO them through the whole
contract term
~. Section 2l9 Of the act Of June s. 1872. prO-
yides that cOntT acts for the transportation OF
the mail shall be awarded TO tue lowest hid
der rendering sun cient guarantees for faith faI
performance, without other reference 20 the
noae OF such Transportation than may be neoes-
sary 10 provide Tor the due CELEBRITY, certainty
and security thereof" Under this isv bids thst
propose 20 transport the malls with 'oeIertfV,
CERTAINTY, AVID security" having been decfdsd 70 81
ths Only iegdl bids, construed az prOuiaia1 Tor
e eHftre D0H, hot0euer large and whatever rGV 81
ne mode q Conveyance necessary % ia 500.
teTtty, certainty, and security" and haze ne pr,-
4eTcBcc OveT on others, and no others are cOnsId-
cred, except Ter steamboat routes.
.. modification OF = bia in any OF It's essen
bai terms II tantamount 90 a new bad, and CAR
not be received 30 ~ TO interfere with regular
competition. Making q new bid in proper
form Il the only way 20 modify previous one. 4
"a. POstm asteTs are cautioned not 20 sign the
spproFal OF the bond OF any bidder before the
bond is signed by the bidder and his suretiss
and not until entirely satisfied OF the nj cheney
OF the sureties See sections 246 and 2f7, act OF
June ., 1874, accompanying this advertise
meut.
.. Postmesters are also liable 20 dismissal
from Office for acting as agents OF contractors or
bidders, with or without compensation, in suy
business, matter, OF thing relating 20 the mail
service. They are the trusted agents Of the De-
partment, and cannot Consistently act in bOth
capacities. MARSHALL JEWELL,
nov l4-s,6v Postmaster General.