Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1876-07-15

the schedule or departures and arrivals
herein specified, viz:
4Oll7 From Camp Goodwin. by Camp Apa.
che, Little Colorado River, and
Round Valley, 10 Fort Wlnsate. y
V -. Us miles and back, once d
\ week.
] Bidders will propose schedule.
Bond required with bid, $500.
/ INSTRUCTIONS To BIDDERS AND
POSTMASTERS;
Containing also conditions 10 be incOr-
pOrafed in the contracts 20 the extent
the Department may deem
proper.
( The POSTMASTER GENERAL warns biz
ders ana their Sureties To acquaint them
selves fully with the laws Of Congress
relating To contracts Tor ne carving OF
the mails, the i'm portant provisions %!
which are cited herein.j and also 10 amil-
IariZe themselves with the instructions and
forms herein furnished, before they snail
assume any Liabilities as such bidders OF
suretles, and TO prevent miSapprehensiou
or cause Of complaint thereafter
POSTMASTERS are required to make
themselves familiar WIN the laws and
these instructions that they may be able
TO inform and direct others.
l. Seven minutes are allowed 10 each iu-
termediate Office, when not otherwise
specified, for asserting the mails.
>. on routes where the mode OF con
veyance admits OF IL, the special agents OF
the Post Office Department, also post Of
fee blanks, mail bags, locks and keys.
are to he conveyed without extra charge.
3. "Way bills " of receipts, prepared by
pOstmaSters or other agents OF the Depart
ment, viii accompany the mails, specify
ing the number and destinations Of the
several bags, To be examined by the
postmasters, 10 insure regularity IN the
delivery OF bags and pouches.
1. No pay Will be made Tor trips not
performed; aud for each Of such omis-
sionS, II the failure be uccasioned by the
fault 81 the contractor or carrier, three
times the gay Of the trip Will be deducted
For arrivals So far behind time as TO break
connection with depending mails, and
not sufficiently excused, one fourth of the
mpenSation for the trip : subject 10 for
feituie. For repeated delinqueucies OF the
kind herein specified, enlarged penalties,
proportion 10 the nature thereof and the
Importance OF the mail, may be made.
3. For leaving behind or throwing OF
the mails, or any portion of them, for the
admission OF passengers, OF FOR being con-
cerned ia setting up or running an express
intelligence in advance Of the
mail, quarters pay may be deducted.
D. Fines Will be imposed, unless the
delinquency BE- promptly and satisiaclorl- I
~ explained by certificates OF UOStmast- I
ers OF the uffidavitS OF u:her credible per .
sons, FOR falling 10 arrive in contract time: I
for negiectlng TO take the mail from, or I
deliver IL into, post Cifice. Tor suffering 10 F.
To be wet, injured. destroyed, robbed or /
lost; and Tor refusing, after demand, 10 I
convey the mail As frequently as the con
tractor runs, or + concerned IN Running, /
coach, car, or steam boat on a route.
!. The Postmaster General may annul /.
the contract foI repeated failures 10 run 4
10 contract; for assigning the .
contract; for violating the post office laws. .
or dI>Obeylug the Instructions OF The De- 7
partment; for refusing 10 discharge a car .
rler when required hy the Department. TO T
10 so; for running an express as afura
said; or Tor transporting persons car pack F.
ages conveying mailable matter Out Of
the mail
5. The Postmaster General may order an
Increase OF service on a route 10y allowing
therefor q pro rata increase on the contract
pay. He may change schedules OF depart
lres and arrivals IN all eases, and par
iculariy 10 make them conform % con
lecuOus with railroads. without increase =
II pay, providing the runuiug umr be NOT /
abridged. The Postmaster General NAV 7
also discOntiu ue or CuTtaIl the service in q
whole OF IN part, In order 10 place on the J.
'Oute superior service, or whenever the q
public Interests, IA ms Judgment, shall :
require Sucu dlscOutluuaEgr or curtail- u
nenl for any other caL>e; br allowing. as Is
ull indemnify 10 contractor, one months =
sX,Ta pay OH THE ,tfiuuu. oI service dis Is
JeuSed w.ih- uuJ 20 pro rata cOmVru,a-
ION for thr amount o.. service retained
md continued.
8. Payments Will be made hr co.Ie,- k
ions from. or d-af'sfou, po>lIuUsters or I
otherwise. after the expiration 81 eac. /,
lulrieI-~;lN i'm November. February. <
Way, and August, provided iuIt re4-ired ;
evidence Ci service E4s been received. I'd
~. Ins distances gwen are believed %.
% Substantially corgsst, lul up Increased
lay.Hili pe allowed should they DE- great
a nan advertised, 81 TIE points 90 uC sup y
llled are correctly stated. bidders must
INFORM themselves ou tLls point, aud also
n reference To The W-i-ut CI tic. Ina!I.rhef
OF bills, TOaus, streams. &C.,
VA Az juii-.t.s-->, tEruplhg~, plank
Dads, ferries, C.ob>- ruci IONS of any kind g.
~ watch expense may be incurred. No /,
lain FOR additional pay, based on such ,
round, can be considered; nor for alleged .
Mistakes Of apprehension as 10 the /,
esree OF service; nor Tor bridges destroy u
d, ferries discontinued, or other OUstruc- ~
ions causing or iuCrs. stu. distance or eN- ~
euse occurring during the contract term.
,iiices established AFTER this advertise
neat Is ISSUED, and aist during the con- !.
-act term, are 10 be visited without extra .
AZ II the distance be not Increased.
IL bidders are cautioned 10 mail their :,
rOpOsals ia time 10 reach THE Depart "
Ieut 10y tie day aai hour named la tine
advertisement, ass bids received after that
me VIII not be considered .a cOmpetl-.
on with bids VI reasonable amount re-
rlNeu ia time. Neither can bids be con 'fi
0cred which are without the bond, oath, %
nd certificate required by section 40, act l
{ June -, 1871. c
II. Bidders should lsst propose fJI q
.rV.ce strictly according % thc advertise "
leni, ana then, 81 they desire, separately e
n different service; ANA - the regular bid
= the lowest offered ior ile advertised tS
'rvice, the other propositions may be con %
deTCd. 10
I3. There should De bu, one route bid %
,r IA proposal. Consolidated Of com N
iu2tion BIDS 80 proposing one sum tr O.
80 or more routes - cannot be cOnsld- 81
red. 90
-. The route, the service, the yearly pay, :,
le name ANA residence OF tine bidder.
Nat is, has usual post ONCE address, ana Ia
Ie name OF each member OF 8. rgm where al
company Offers, should be distinctly
atcd. m
- Bidders arc requested 20 Use, as lar rs "
.acticaoie, iac printed proposals furnish \
1 10y iht Dtrartmeut, To write out IN iuli
le sum oil their bids. and % retain copies
. them.
Bids altered in the route, The service, she
early pay, or the name OF the bidder, by
assures or iuicrlineatiOns, should not be ian
lbmitted; aud II so submitted will not b,
E considered iu awarding the contracts itt
O withdrawal OF q bid will be allowed ce
Mess the withdrawal Is received twenty bl
ar hours previous 10 the time fixed for Ii
Jenins The proposals. liz
10. Ia case OF failure OF the accepted
OF service during the con- -.
act term, the service Will be read -
.rtlSed and re-lct at tue expense of the v.
llihg bidder or contractor, and any ac- -
ptrd bidder who shall wrOngfully refuse ~
fail 20 enter into contract IN dle form -
al 10 perform the service described In :"
5 proposal, may be deemed guilty of =,
iSdemeanoT, and, on conviction thereof, =,
hned and imprisoned therefor.
Il. The Postmaster General reserves the oe
shL 10 reject any bid which may be iIt
e med eXtravagant; and also 10 dis :!
gard The bids OF falling contractors and
dderS. f-..
No contract t9r carrying the mail shall ed
iuaue with Why person who has enter 'ar
j, or proposed 20 enter, into any com bina- a.
IN To- prevent the making OF any lid for i'm
rryiug the mail, OF VINO has made any so
reeinent. or given or performed, or pr
omlscd 10 give or perform any cuuSidera- iu
IN whatever 10 iEduce any other per In
n not tO bid for any such contract Ell