Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1876-07-22

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che, Little Colorado River, ant
Round Valley, to Fort Wingate, y
: NJ, 10 miles and back, once
week.
Bidders will propose schedule.
| Bond required with bid, $500.
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND
POSTMASTERS:
! 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
= selves fully with the laws OF Congress
relating 10 contracts for the carrying oi
the mails, (the important provisions OF
which are cited hereln,) and also to famil-
iariZe themselves with the instructions and
} forms herein furnished, before they shall
\ assume any liabilities as such bidders or
Sureties, and to prevent misapprehension
I or cause of complaint thereafter.
II POSTMASTERS are required to make
! themselves familiar with the laws and
these instructions that they may be able
4 to inform and direct others.
II l. Seven minutes are allowed to each in
! termediate Office, when not otherwise
specified, for asserting the mails.
! ,. On routes where the mode of con-
veyance admits OF it, the special agents of
I the Post Office Department, also post Of
fee blanks, mail bags, locks and keys,
are to he conveyed without extra charge
! ,. "Way bills " or receipts, prepared by
postmasters or other agents OF the Depart
ment, viii 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.
1. No pay will be made for trips not
performed; and for each of such Omis-
SionS, il the failure be occaSiOned 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 depending mails, and
not sufficiently excused, one fourth Of the
compensation for the trip Is subject to for
feiture. For repeated delinquencieS Of the
kind herein specified, enlarged penalties
proportion To the nature thereof and the
Importance Of the mail, may be made
>. For leaving behind or throwing off
the mails, or any portion OF them, for the
admission OF passengers, or for being con-
cerned III setting up or running an express
conveying Intelligence in advance OF the
mail, a quarters pay may be deducted.
3. Fines Will be imposed, unless the |
delinquency be promptly and SATISFACTORY /
ly explained by certificates OF DOstmast- 1
ers OF the aflidavits OF other credible per
sons, for failing TO arrive in contract time: |
for neglecting to take the mail from, or /
deliver IL into, a post office; for suffering il /.
10 be wet, injured, destroyed, robbed, or /
lost; and for refusing, afleT demand, TO /
convey the mai Us frequently as the con- ]
tractor runs, or Is concerned in running, a /
coach, car, or steam boat on n route.
I. The Postmaster General may annul !
the contract for repeated failures 10 run
agreeabiy To contract; for assigning the \
contract; for violating the post Office laws
or disobeying the instructions OF the De-
partment; for refusing 10 discharge a car
rier when required by the Department to I
do so; for running an express as afOre /
said; or for Transporting persons or pack
ages conveying mailable matter out OF
the mail.
8. The Postmaster General may order an
increase OF service on q route by allowing
therefor pro rata Increase on the contract
pay. He may change schedules of depart
ures and arrivals in all cases, and par
to make them conform to con-
nectlOns with railroads, without increase
Of pay, providing the running time be not
abridged, The Postmaster General may p,
also discontinue 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 discOnunuance or curtaIl-
menL for any other cause: he allowing, as :
ull indemnity 10 contractor, one months
extra pay on the amount OF service dis =
pensed with, and a pro rata cOmpenSa-
ion for the amount OF service retained .
md continued.
.. Payments will be made by colIec- ie
ions from, or drafts on, postmasters or y
Iuarter-say in November, February, a
Nay, and August, provided that required a
evidence OF service has been received. a
10 The distances given are believed 10
10 substantially correct; but no increased
,ay will be allowed should they be great q
T than advertised, il the points 10 be sup
'lied are correctly stated. Bidders must
nfOrm themselves on thus point, and also
u reference To the weight Of the mail, the
OnditiOn Of hills, roads, streams, &c,
nd all toll-bridges, turnpikes, plank.
Dads, ferries, or distractions OF any kind In,
y which expense may be incurred. No :,
lain for additional pay, based on such n
round, can be considered; nor for alleged 8
Mistakes or misapprehension as to the (,
egree OF service; nor for bridges destroy o.
d, ferries discontinued, or other Obstruc- :,
ions causing or increasing distance or eX-
ense occurring during the contract term.
'fiices established amer this advertise n
lent is issued, and also during the con- n
-act term, are TO be visited without extra "a,
ay if the distance be not increased II
IL. Bidders are cautioned to mail their N
rOpOSalS in time to reach the Depart "a
lent by the day and hour named I'm the
advertisement, rs bids received after that
me will not be considered I'm COMPETE
on with bids Of reasonable amount re-
eived in time. Neither can bids be con- y
dered which are without the bond, oath, n
nd certificate required by section 2i5, act =
I June ., 1874. ci
u. Bidders should first propose fol u
ervice strictly according 10 the advertise W
lent, and then, If they desire, separately q
,r different service; and II the regular bid
e the lowest offered for the advertised O.
erviee, the other propositions may be con- %
dered. m
IL. There should be but one route bid OIL
,r in a proposal. Consolidated or COM W
inatioD bids {" proposing one sum for "a
20 OF more routes') cannot be eonsid- &C
red. IcC
II. The route, the service, the yearly pay, 50
De name and residence OF the bidder,
hat is, his usual post office address) and dt
lie name of each member OF a firm where al
company offers, should be distinctly
Ated. nl
IL. Bidders are requested TO use, as far as W
the printed proposals furnish A
| by the Department, to write out in full
le sum of their bids, and 10 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 al
lbmitted; and II so submitted Will not be
considered in awarding the contracts. tn
0 withdrawal of a bid will be allowed &c
Mess the withdrawal is received twenty by
ur hours previous to the time fixed for nc
pening the proposals. lie
IS. In case of failure of the accepted
oder to execute q contract, or OF the
of service during the con- mr.
act term, the service will be read n
'rtiSed and re-let at the expense OF the ~
lAAA5 bAhONA VI tDlitltiNlD anu any az cd
pied bidder who shall wrOngfully refuse ST
fail TO enter into contract in q lie form, -
ld 10 perform the service described in r.,
5 proposal, may be deemed guilty OF a ~
ti 80 49, oI ~ .OtiuH 'iSieOl' tn
Il. The Postmaster General reserves the ~
ght 10 reject any bid which may be i,,c
,emed eNtravagant; and also to dis -
gard the bids of failing contractors and
dders. zee;
No contract for carrying the mail shall ed
made with any person who has enter ap
!, or proposed TO enter, into any com bIna- of
Jn 10 prevent the making OF any lid for I'M
rrying the mail, or VINO has made any Sc,
'reement, or given or performed, or pr
omlsed 10 give or perform any considera- in.
IN whatever TO Induce any other per DO
n not TO bid for any such contract. ed
No bidder for carrying the mails shall of.