The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-11-30

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lions OF the Department; for refusing 10
discharge carrier when required BY the
Department TO do so; for running an ex-
press as Aforesaid or for transporting per.
sons or packages conveying mSilable mat.
ter out Of the mail.
8. The Postmaster General may order
an increase Of service on route by al
lowing therefor q pro rata increase on the
contract pay. He may change schedules
of departures and arrivals IL all cases,
and particularly to make them conform
10 connections with railroads, without In
crease Of pay, provided the running time
be not abridged The Postmaster Gen
eral may also discontinue or curtail the
service, In whole or In part, In order to
place on tho route superior service, OF
whenever the public interests, In his judg.
ment, shall require such dlscontinusnCC
or curtailment for any other cause; be al
lowing, as full indemnity to contractor
one months extra pay on the amount OIL
service dispensed with, and q pro rata
compensation for the amount oil service
retained and continued.
0. Payments will be made by collec-
tons from, or drafts on, postmasters OF
otherwise, after the expiration Of each
quarter-ssy in November, February
May, and August, provided that required
evidence Of service has been received.
10. The distances given are believed tc
be substantially correct; but no increased
pay will be allowed should they be greater
than advertised, IL the points TO be sup
piled are correctly stated. Bidders mus
inform hemSslUss on this point, and also In
reference TO the weight Of the mail, the
condition Of hills, roads, streams, &c, and
all toll'bridges, turnpikes, plank, roads
ferries, or distractions Of any kind by
which expense may DO incurred. Nc
claim for additional pay, based on such
ground, can DO considered; nor for al
legged mistakes or misapprehensions as IA
the degree oil service; nor for bridges de-
stroyed, ferries discontinued, or other OBJ
structions causing or increasing distance
or expense occurring during the contract
term. Offices established after this sd
vertisementis issued, and also during the
contract term, are 10 be visited without
extra pay il the distance DO not increased
II. Bidders are cautioned 10 mail thell
proposals in time to reach the Depart
ment by the day and hour named In the
advertisement, as bids received after tina,
time toiH not be considered in competition
with bids Of reasonable amount received
in time. Neither can bids be considered
which are without the bond, oath and
certificate required dissection 245. Act Of
June 90. 1874.
IL. Bidders should first propose fol
service strictly according to the adver.
tisement, and then, il they desire, Separ.
ately for different service: and II the Tegu
lar bid be the lowest offered for the al,
Vertised service, the other propositions
may BIO considered.
49, There should be but one route bid
for in a proposal. Consolidated or com.
bination bids C'proposiug one sum fol-
two or more routes'O cannot be consid.
cred.
IA. The route, the service, the yearly
pay, the name and residence OF the bid.
der, Chat is, his usual postofFiCe address,
and the name Of each member Of firm
where company offers, should be dis.
tinctly stated.
10. Bidders are requested 10 use, as far
as practicable, the printed proposals fur.
nished by the Department, 10 write out
IN lull the sum of their bids, and TO re-
tain copies of them.
Altered bids should not be submitted.
No withdrawal oil bid will be allowed
unless the withdrawal is received twenty.
four hours previous to the time fixed for
opening the proposals..
IL. In case oil failure of the accepted
bidder 10 execute q contract, or Of the
abandonment Of service during the con-
tract term, the service will be re.Rdyer.
tised and re-lct at the expense OF the fail.
ing bidder or contractor.
II. The Postmaster General reserves
the right 10 reject any bid which may be
deemed extraVagant; and also to disre.
gard the bids oil failing contractors and
bidders. (Act Of June s, 1872, section
240)
IS. The bid should be sealed, superscri.
bed Mail Proposals, State OF West Vir-
ginis," addressed Second Assistant Post.
master General, Contract Office"
~. Every proposal must be accompa.
MED by bond with surities approved by
q postmaster, and in cases where the
amount OF the bond exceeds five thou
sand dollars (S5 .00O) by a postmaster Of the
first, second, or third class. Bids for ser.
vice, the pay for which at the time OF ad.
vertlsement exceeds five thousand dollars,
~, OCO,l must be accompanied by certi.
ned check, or draft, payable 10 the order
OF the Postmaster General, on some SOL
vent national bank, of not less than five
percentum Of tho amount OF the annual
pay 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, II the amount of
said bond exceeds (s5,0OO) five thousand
dollars.
The amount Of bond required with bids,
and the present pay when it exceeds rs.
OOO) five thousand dollars, are stated in
route.
20. All checks deposited with bids will
90 held until contract is executed and
s6rrtce commenced by the accepted bidder.
CheckS lcIHthen be returned 6v mail on The
aorttten request Of The bidder.
Il. Transfers Of contracts, or ofinterest
IN contracts, are forbidden by law, and
consequently cannot be allowed. Neither
can bids, or interest in bids, be transferred
OF assigned TO other parties. Bidders will
therefore take notice that they will be ex.
pected to perform the service awarded 10
'n en- through the whole contract term.
". Section 240 OF the act O; Junc 8
1879, provides that contracts for the
transportation Of the mail shall be "syard.
ed TO the lowest bidder rendering sutIi-
clent guarantees for faithful PERFORM !,
without other reference to the mo,.u Of
such transportation than may be necessary
10 provide for the due celebrity, certainty
and security thereof" Under this law
bids that propose 10 transport the mails
with "etleritg certainty and @curitv"
hd1Eng been decided 10 be The oaly Teal 6ids
al