Arizona citizen., 1875-01-23

|, termediate office, when not otherwise speci f fled, for asserting 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 to be conveyed without extra charge.
 3. "Way bills' or receipts, prepared by lpostmasters 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, to 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 occasioned by the fault fthe 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 sufficiently 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 tL ereof and the importance of the mail, may be made.
 5. For leaving behind or throwing of 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, a 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 af1idavits of other credible persons, for failing to arrive in contract time; for neg fo to1y tha mail frNpo al: :, i into, post office; for suffering it to be wet, injured, destroyed, robbed, or lost ; 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.
 ] z. The Postmaster General may annuI the contract for repeated failures to run Iagreeably to contract; for violating the post office laws, or disobeying the instructions of the Department; for refusing Co 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 mailable matter out of the mail.
 8. The Postmaster General may order an increase of service on route by allowing therefor a pro rata increase on the contract lpay. He may change schedules of dcpar- | lures and arrivals in all cases, and particu- larly to make them conform to connections with railroads, without increase of pay, provided the running time be not abridged. The Postmaster Ge. eral 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 rrtailment for any other cause; he allowing as full indemnity to contractor, one months extra pay on the amount of service dispensed with, and 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.
 10. The distances given are believed tC be substantially 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 themselves on this point, and also in refer
 ence to the weight of the mail, the eondi- tion of hills, roads, streams, &c., and al toll bridges, turnpikes. plank roads, ferries
 or Instructions of any kind by which ex
 pense may be incurred. No claim fo Additional pay, based on such ground, car
 be considered nor for alleged mistakes O
 misapprehension as to the degree of service nor for bridges destroyed, ferries discOn
 tinued, or other Instructions causing or in creasing distance or expense occurring dur ling the contract term. Offices established ,i after this advertisement is issued, and alst during the contract term, are to be visited without extra pay if the distance be no increased.
 II. Bidders are cautioned to mail thei proposals in time to reach the Depa tmen
 by the day and hour named in the adver- Itisement, as bids received after that time will not be considered in competition with