The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-01-25
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND POST
MASTERS,
Containing also conditions TO be Incorporated
In the cJntrict . 10 The extent the department
may deem pfO-eT.

l. srv n minutes arc allowed to rach inferno.
diaiu Once, when not otherwise spce He'd for
asserting the maiis.
>. On Toutss wherc the mode OF conveyance
admits OF ~, the special agents Of the Post
ONCE Department, AFRO rost onice blank, mail
bagr. locks and Keys, arc to be convey ed without
. Way bilis,' or receipts, prepared by Post.
masters or other agents Of the Department, will
ompan the malls. specifying the numbcr
Hud destination Of the teyerHi bags, to be cX-
amined by the postmastcrs, 10 insure regularity
In the delivery OF bags and pouches.
4. NJ pay viii be madc for trips not peTfUrmtd;
nnd Tor each OF such omi zious, II the failure be
OccasiUncd by the fault Of the contractor or car
rivr, three times the pay Of the trip will be de-
Quoted. For arrivals 20 far behind time az TO
sufficiently excused. o1e fourth the eompenrH-
lion fr the tr p IL subject to forfeiture. For re.
peatod ~eltnqusncles Of the kind herein speci-
ned. enlarged penalties, proportiOned To the
nntlre thoreef aud the Importance OF tue mail,
MAJ be made.
8. For 10 wing behind or thro wing on the malls
or any pOruOn Of hem. for the admission OF pas
seugUrs, or Tor being concerned in setting UP or
Running an express conveying intelligence in
advance Of the mall, n quarters pay may be de-
ddeted.
quenCy be promptly nnd satisfactorily explained
Hy ,crtilCAIcr Ui -pOstmRsIers or the a1idayits OF
other credible persons, for falling TO arrive in
contract Time, Tor neglecting 10 take the mail
from, or deliver II into, u post office fof suffer-
tng IL o be wei, injured, destroyed. robbed, or
lO-t and for refusing after demand, to stnyeY
The mali us frequently as the ,ontractor runs, or
Is euncurned IN Fannins, a coach, car, or steam
boat ON n route.
Z. The Postmaster General may annul the con
tract Tor repeated faiinres TO run agreeubly 10
contract; Tor violating tho poet Office laws, or
dirUbeylug ILe Instructions of the Departm cut;
Tor refusing to discharge n carrier when required
BY the department. 10 do so; Tor running an eK-
prers as aforesaid; or for Transporting pcrsous
or packages conveying mailhblc matlcr Out Of
3. Ile Postmaster General may order an in.
or, are OF service on n rOute by allowing therefor
a grO rata intIcusg on .he contract pay. He
may change schedules OF departures and arrivals
4. .l 49, and nuFHfruNHFIW In IL FNAu. aMu
frrn 10 connections with railroads, withOut in
crease OF pay, yTOy ded the RAINING time be not
abridged. The Postmaz er General may also
dirconttnue or curtaii the ferviee. In whole or In
paTt, iu order to place on the IOuic superior ser.
Judgment, shall require such discon inuance or
vurtailrGenI for 49, other cause; he allowing rs
full. Indemnify 10 CONTRACTOR. one months eXira
pay on the amOuntOi service retained aud con-
y. Payments win be made by collections from,
or drafts on, pOstmastcrs or OIheI wire, ater the
expiration Of each quHrter- AZ In November,
February, May, and august, provided that re-
dulred evidence o. service has been received.
10. The distances give are believed to be sub
stantially correct; but no increased pay will be
allowed should they be greater than adyeri-ed,
II The points % be supplied are CORE lily stated.
Bidders musIEEfurm themselIcs on this point,
and aizO in rsiOrencz TO the Yeia hi of the mail.
al. tOil-bridgus, turnpikes, plank-roads, ferries,
or Obsiruc- Ions OF any kind by which expense
may be incurred No claim for additional pay
based on such ground, can be considered; nor
for alleged mistakes or Misrepresentation as 10
The degree 9l service. nOrIor bridges destroyed,
ferries discOntinur d, or other distractions caus-
ing or increasing distance or expense occurring
dHIng the contract term. Offices established
after this Advertisement is issued, and also dur
ing the contract term, are 10 be visited without
extra pay IL the distance be not Increased.
IL Il dders are cautioned TO mai their pTopO-
sails in time % reach the Department ~ the day
and hour named In the advertisement, as bids
received al er that time will not be considered
In competition with bids OF reasonable amount
received in time. Neither can bids be consider
ed which are without the bond oath and certid-
rnfp rguufred nv Secfinn az arf M luna ~ fa-A
IL. Bidders should first propose for service
strictly according to the Advertisement, and
Their II they desire, separately for different ser.
vice and II the regular bid be the loves offered
for the advertised service, the other propositions
may be con sideTed-
ID. There should be bat QUO route bid for in a
proposal. Consolidated or combination bids
C'proposing one sum for two or more routss')
cannot be considered.
H. The route, the service, the yearly pay, the
name and residence Of the bidder, uhst Is. his
usual post Office addruss,J ans the name Of each
member OF a hrm wnerc a company oilers. should
be distinctly stated.
Is Bidders are requested TO use. as far as
practicable. the printed proposals furnished by
the Department. to write out in full the SUN Of
their bids, and to retain copies of them.
Altered bids should not he submitted. No
withdrawal OF q bid Will be allowed unless the
Withdrawal is received twenty four hours prevs-
Gus to the time fixed Tor opening the proposals.
execute a contract, or Of the Abandonment oil
service during the contract term. the service will
be re-sdvcrtised and re-let at the expense OF the
falling bidder or c ntractor.
II. The Postmaster General reserves the right
to reject any bid Fhich may be deemed extrAva-
contractors and biddc.s. tArt OF Jgna g, 1877,
| section 2f9.)