Arizona citizen., 1875-01-09
ated
Instructions to bidders and postmasters; containing also conditions to be in- corporated ia the contracts to
 the extent the Department

coTpOrated la the contracts to t the extent the Department } may deem proper.
 l. Seven minutes are allowed to each in
 termedlate office, when not otherwise speci fled, for assorti1g the mails.
 2, On routes where the mode of convey.
 ance admits of it, the special agents of the
 Post Office Departmen, also post office
 blanks, mail bags, locks and keys, are tc be conveyed without extra charge.
 3. "Way bills'' or receipts, prepared by postmasters or other agents of the Depart
 ment, will accompany the mails, specifying the number and destination of the several
 bags, to be examined by the postmasters,
 Ito insure regularity in the delivery of bags
 and pouches.
 4. No pay will be made for trips not per-. | formed; and for each of such omissions, if
 the failure be oceasioned by the fault of the contractor or carrier, three times the pay
 of the trip will be deducted. For arrivals so far behind time as to break connection
 with depen ding mails, and not suffi ficiently excused, one fourth of the compensation | for the trip is subject to forfeiture. For re- peated delinquencies of the kind herein specified, enlarged penalties, proportioned | to the nature tereof and the importance of the mail, may be made.
 5. For leaving behind or throwing off the mails, or any portion of them, for the admission of passengers, or for being con cerned in setting up or running an express conveying intelligence in advance of the mail, quarters pay may be deducted.
 6. Fines will be imposed, unless the de linquency be promptly and satisfactorily explained by certificates of postmasters or the afiidavits of other credible persons, for l failing to arrive in contract time; for neg leeting to'take the mail from, or deliver it into, post office; for suffering it to be wet, injured, destroyed, robbed, or lost i; and for refusing, after demand, to convey the mail as freqently as the contractor runs, or is concerned in running, a coach, car, or steamboat on a route.
 '. The Postmaster General may annul | the contract for repeated failures to run agreeably to contract; for violating the post office laws, or disobeying the instructions of the Department; for refusing to dis charge carrier when required by the De- partment to do so for running an express as aforesaid or for transporting persons or packages conveying mailablo matter out of the mail
 s. The Postmaster General may order an increase of service on route by allowing therefor pro rata increase on the contract pay. He may change schedules of dcpar- lures and arrivals in all cases, and partcu- larly to make them conform to connections with railroads, without increase of pay, provided the running time be not abridged. The Postmaster General may also discon- tinue 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 judgment, shall require such discon- tinuance or Ct rtailment for any other cause; he allowing as full indemnity to contractor, one months extra pay on the amount of service dispensed with, and a pro rata com. pensation for the amount of service retained and continued.
 g. Payments will be made by collections from, or drafts on, postmasters or other wise, after the expiration of each quarter say in November, February, May, and Au- gust, provided that required evidence of service has been received.
 TO- The distances given are believed to be substant tially correct; but no increased pay will be allowed should they be greater than advertised, if the points to be supplied are correctly stated. Bidders must inform thems elves on this point, and also in refer ence to the weight of the mail, the condi- tion of hills, roads, streams, &c., and all toll bridges, turnp es. pl lank-roads, ferries, or Instructions of any kind by which ex- pense may be incurred. No claim for additional pay, based on such ground, can be considered nor for alleged mistakes or misapprehension as to the degree of service; nor for bridges destroyed, ferries discon- tinued, or other Instructions causing or in- creasng distance or expense occurring dur | ing the contract term. Offices established | after this advertisement is issued, an also | during the contract term, are to be visited | without extra pay if the distance be not increased.
 II. Bidders are cautioned to mail their | proposals in time to reach the Depar tment | by the day and hour named in the adver- tisement, as bids received after that time will 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 eerti fcate re- quired by section 245, act of June z3, 1874.
 12. Bidders should first propose for serv- ice strictly according to the advertisement, and then, if they desire, separately for different service; and if the regular bid be the lowest offered for the advertised service, the propositions may be considered.
 l3. There should be but one route bid for ia Q proposal. Consolidated or combi- nation bids ("proposing one sum for two or more rOutes''N cannot be considered