Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1876-07-29


herein specified, viz:
iOll7 From Camp Goodwin. by Camp \ pa
che, Little Colorado River, an
Round Valley, to Fort Wingate, y
NJ, Id miles and back. once
week
Bidders will propose schedule.
Bond required with bid, 800.
; INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND
, POSTMASTEItS;
Containing also conditions TO be incor
pOrated In the contracts To the extent
the Department may deem
/. proper.
! The POSTMASTER GENERAL warns BID
ders and their sureties tO acQuaint them
relating To contracts for the carrying o
I the. mails, the Important provisions o
4 which are cited herein,) and also 10 famil
iariZe themselves with the constructions and
Iorms herein furnished, before they shall
assume any Liabilities as such bidders ol
4 SuretieS, and to prevent misrepresentation
or cause of complaint thereafter.
! PoSTMASTERS are required To make
( themselves familiar with the laws and
4 these instructions that they may be able
I TO inform and direct others.
/ |. Seven minutes are allowed TO each in
| termediate office, when not otherwise
specified, for asserting the mails.
: =. On routes where the mode of con-
] NSNd0Ct duiullS ol IT, the = pSCldl agents Oh
Z the Post office Department, also post Of
flee blanks, mail bags, locks and keys.
are TO Toe conveyed without extra charge.
3. Way bills" or receipts, prepared by
pOStmasters or other agents OF the Depart
ment, will accompany the mails, specify
ing 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
a e. l..
siOnS, II the failure be accustomed by the
fault of the contractor or carrier, three
times the pay Of the trip will be deducted
For arrivals so TAR behind time as to break
connection with depending mails, and
not sufficiently excused, one fourth Of the
compensation for the trip is subject to for
feituIe. For repeated delin1uencleS OF the
kind herein specified, enlarged penalties
proportion To the nature thereof and the
importance OF the mail, may be made.
D. 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 i'm advance OF the
mail, a quarters pay may be deducted.
q. Fines will be imposed, unless the
delinquency be promptly and SATISFACTORY
ly explained 10y certificates Of pOStmaSt-
ers or the aflidavitS OF other credible per
sons, for failing TO arrive in contract time;
for neglecting 10 take the mail from. or
I
To oe wet, injured. destroyed, robbed, or
lost; and Tor refusing, after demand, 10
convey the mail rs frequently as the con-
tractor runs, or Is concerned in running a
coach, car, or steambOa on a route.
:. The Postmaster General may annul
the contract fol repeated failures 10 run
agreeably to contract; for assigning the
contract; for violating the post Office laws,
or diSobeying the instructions of the De-
partment; for refusing TO discharge II ear
rier when required by the Department to
do so; for running an express as afure
said; or Tor transporting persons OF pack
ages conveying mailabie matter out of
the mail.
s. The Postmaster General may order an
increase of service on route by allowing
therefor Il pro rata Increase on the contract
pay. He may change schedules of depart
ureS and arrivals in all eases, and par
ticularly To make them conform to con-
nectlonS with railroads, without increase
of pay, providing the running time be not
abridged. The Postmaster General may
also discOntin ne or cuTtail the service in /
whole or IN part, in order TO place on the I
route superior service, or whenever the !
public interests, i'm his judgment, shall
require such diScOntlnuance or curtall-
ment for any other cause; he allowing as 1
full indemnity TO contractor, one months .
extra pay on the amount of service dis 7
pensed with, and pro rata cOmpenS;i-
ton for the amount of service retained +
and continued.
9. Payments will be made by collec-
ions from, or drafts on. pOStmasters or
otherwise. alter the expiration of each [
in November, February
May, and August, provided that required (
evidence Of service has been received.
10. The distances given are believed to
De substantially correct; but no increased
pay Will be allowed should they be great
n than advertised, IL the points 20 be sup
1lied are correctly stated. bidders must
INFORM themselves on this point, and also
n reference To the weight of the mail the
condition Of hills, roads, streams, &c,
md all toll-bridges, turnpikeS, plank
Dads, ferries, or distractions Of any kind A
~ which expense may be incurred. No
lain for additional pay, based on such 'l
round, can be considered; nor for alleged I
Mistakes or misapprehensiOn as To the 4
legree of service; nor for bridges destroy K
II, ferries discontinued, or other ObStruc- ,
ions causing or increasing distance or eX-
'euse occurring during the contract term.
offices established alter this advertise =
ract term, are to be visited without extra :
ay If the distance be not increased. Ii
IL. Bidders are cautioned TO mail their !
proposals. in time TO reach the Depart :
nent by the day and hour named in the
as bids received after that
ime will not be considered In COMPETE
ion with bids of reasonable amount re- ,
eived in time. Neither can bids be con- )
idered which are without the bond, oath, !
nd certificate required by section 245, act
( June D, 1874.
II. Bidders should first propose fol- '
ervice strictly according To the advertise
nent, aud then, If they desire, separately {
Or different service; and If the regular bid
e the lowest offered for the advertised :
ervice, the other propositions may be con- :
idered.
IL. There should be but one route bid o
)r in n proposal. Consolidated or COM
ination bids proposing one sum for
40 or more routes " cannot be conSid-
red. y
IL. The route, the service, the yearly pay, :
ne name and residence of the bidder, ,
hat Is, his usual post office address, and y
ne name of each mem Der of a firm where d
company offers, should be distinctly >,
10 Bidders are requested TO use, as ia as !.
racticable, the printed proposals furnish y
4 by the Department, TO write out in full
ne sum Of their bids, and to retain copies
them.
Bids altered in the route, the service, the
early pay, or the name OF the bidder, by
assures or interlineationS, should not be n
lbmitted; and IL so submitted will not b.
E considered in awarding the contracts. u
o withdrawal Of IA bid will be allowed lct
Mess the withdrawal is received twenty b
ur hours previous to the time fixed for Ok
pening the proposals. III
10. In case OF failure of the accepted
uueT 10 execute q contract or oil the
of service during the con- 80
act term, the service will be read y
ertiSed and re-let at the expense OF the VI
Hing bidder or contractor, and any ac- a.
,ptcd bidder who shall wrOngfully refuse Z,
fail to enter into contract in due form, -
nd to perform the service described I'm 81
Is proposal, may be deemed guilty of !
and, on conviction thereof, ~
2 lined and imprisoned therefor. -
Il. The Postmaster General reserves the "
ght Ia reject any bid which may be ~
semed cNtravagant; and also TO dis y
gard the bids of failing contractors and
dderS. -.'
No contract for carrying the mail shall .,
? made with amy person who has enter al
|, or proposed to enter. into any cOmblna- a
On To prevent the making OF any lid for in
.rrying the mail, or who has made any -
,reement, or given or performed, or nj
'omised To give or perform any conSidcTa- In
on whatever to induce any other per Ib,
N not 10 bid for any such contract. ef