The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-11-23
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tons of the Department. LOT refusing y
discharge carrier when required by III
\ Department to do so; for running an ex
prcsa as Aforesaid; or for transporting per
sons Or packages conveying msilable mat
ter out Of the mail.
8. The Postmaster General may oEde
an increase OF service on q route by al
lowing therefor q pro rata increase on th
contract pay. He may change schedule
of departures and arrivals In all cases
and particularly to make them conform
10 connections with railroads, without In
crease Of pay, provided the running TINT
DO not abridged, Tho Postmaster Gen
eral may also discontinue or Curtsil tht
service, In whole or In part, In order L
place on tho route superior service, OF
whenever tho public interests, in his judg
ment, shall require such dlscontinuanct
or curtailment Tor any other cause; he al
lowing, as full indemnity 10 contractor
one months extra pay on the amount o.
service dispensed with, and pro rata
compensation for the amount Of service
retained and continued.
0. Payments will be made by collec-
tions from, or drafts on, pOstmasters or
otherwise, after the expiration Of each
quarter-sAy in November, February,
May, and August, provided that required
evidence Of service has been received.
10. The distances given are believed to
DO substantially correct; bat no increased
pay will be allowed shonld they be greater
than advertised, II the points to DO sup
piled are correctly stated. Bidders mus!
inform themselves on this point, and also in
reference 10 the weight Of the mail, the
condition Of hills, roads, streams, sc and
all toll'bridges, 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 DO considered; nor Tor al.
legged mistakes or misapprehenslons as to
the degree oil service; nor Tor bridges de-
stroyed, ferries discontinued, or other oh.
struCtions causing or increasing distance
or expense occurring during the contract
term. Offices established alter this I'D.
vertsement Is issued, and also during the
contract term, are to be 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 aud hour named in the
advertisement, as bids received after that
time toil 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 oil
June 30, 1874
-. Bidders should first propose for
service strictly according 10 the adver-
tisement, and then, il they desire, sonar.
ately for different service: and if the Tequ.
Tar bid be the lowest offered for the sd.
vertised service, the other propositions
may be considered.
49, There should be but one route bid
for in proposal. Consolidated or com.
bination bids C'proposiDg one sum for
two or more routcs") cannot be consid.
cred.
IA The route, the service, the yearly
pay, the name and residence Of the bid.
der, THAT Is, his usual postofIlce address,
and the name OF each member OF firm
where q company offers, should be dis.
tinctly stated.
10. Bidders are requested to use, as far
as practicable, the printed proposals fur.
nished by the Department, 10 write out
IN full the sum of their bids, and TO re-
tain copies Of them.
Altered bids should not be submitted.
No withdrawal oil q bid will be allowed
unless the withdrawal is received twenty.
lour hours previous 10 the time fixed for
opening the proposals.
IL In case Of failure Of the accented
bidder TO execute "a contract, or of the
Abandonment Of service during the con-
tract term, the service will be re adyer.
Used and re-let at the expense OF the lail.
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. CAct Of June s, 1879, section
IS. The bid should be sealed, superscrl.
bed Mail Proposals, State Of West Vir-
sinis," addressed Second Assistant Post.
master General, Contract Office"
10. Every proposal must be aCcompa.
1ied by bond with surities approved by
postmaster, and In cases where the
amount oil the bond exceeds five thou
sand dollars (S5. OO0 by postmaster Of the
1rst, second, or third class. Bids for ser.
vice, the pay for which at the time OF sd.
7erlisement exceeds five thousand dollars,
S5,OOO) must be accompanied by certi.
led check, or draft, payable to the order
d the Postmaster General, on some SOL
vent national bank, OF not less than five
oercentum OF the amount OF the annual
pay on such route, and in case Of new or
service, not less than FIVE per
'entum Of the amount of the bond &C
'ompanying the bid, II the amount of
aid bond exceeds (f5.OOW five thousand
dollars.
The amount Of bond required with bids,
md the present pay when it exceeds as.
JOY five thousand dollars, are stated in
he advertisement under the appropriate
quite.
20. All checks deposited with bids will
Dc held until contract is executed and
lsrUIce commenced by the accepted bidder.
C'eckS tciH then be returned BIZ mail on he
Drltten request Of The bidder.
II. Transfers Of contracts, or of interest
n contracts, are forbidden BY law, and
consequently cannot DO 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 TO perform the service awarded 10
hem through the whole contract term.
y. Section 24O Of the act Of June g.
1879, provides that contracts for the
transportation Of the mailshall be "award
"a 10 the lowest bidder rendering suffl-
'ient guarantees for faithful performance,
Without other reference to the mode Of
'uca transportation than may be necessary
o provide for the due celebrity, certainty,
md security thereof" Under this law
BIDS that propose to transport the mails
with CELEBRITY certainty, and securitv"