The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-26

1890 From Cove Greek torLOgan Y. H., ia
miles and back, once wee k.
Leave Cove Creek Monday at 3 A. Nj
Arrive ut Wayne c. il. by, SIN;
Leave Wayne CHI. Tuesday al 8 AM
Arrive at Cove Creek by s r. NJ.
Bond required with bid, $500.
INSTRUCTIONS TO DtDDERS AND POST
MAsTEIts;
Containing dlso conditions 10 Dc ineOrpora'
tel IN he contracts 10 hc orient he Depart
meut may deem proper.
The POSTMASTER GENERAL warns bid
ders and their sureties 10 acquaint them
selves fully with the laws Of Congress re,
laling to contracts for the carrying oil
the mails, the important provisions oil
which are cited herein,) aud also Ia
lamiliarize themselves with the instruc'
tions aud forms herein furnished, be
fore they shall assume any liabilities Us
such bidders or sureties, aud to prevent
mIsapprehensiOn or cause OF complaint
thereafter:
PosTMAsTEIs arerequircd to make them
selves familiar with the laws and these in
Structions that they may be aOle to.intorn
and direct others.
i. Seven minutes are allowed to each in
termediate Office, when not otherwise speci
fed, for asserting the mails.
3. On routes where the mode OF convey
ance admits OF It, the special agents OF the
Post Office Department, also post oitlct
blanks, mail bags, lock and keys, are TO bt
conveyed without extra charge. :
3."Way bills or receipts, prepared by
postmasters or other agents Of the Depart
ment,will accompany tho mails, specifying
the number and destination OF the several
bags. TO be examined by the postmasters, &c
insure regularity in the delivery Of bugs
and pouches.
formed; and for each OF such omissions, o.
The failure be occasioned by the fault II
the contractor or carrier, three times the
nav of the trip will be deducted. For ar
rivals so far behind time as to break con
nection with depending mails, and moi
sufficiently excused, one fourth Of thee
peusation Of the trip is subject to forfeit
IRE. For repeated delinquencies Of the
kind herein specified, enlarged penalties
proportional to the nature thereof anu the
Importance OF the mail, may be made.
s. For leaving behind or throwing Of
the nails, or my portion oil them, Tor TIT
admission OF passengers, or Tor being con
cerneJ in setting up or running an express
conveying intelligence in advance Of thu
mail, a Quarters pay may be deducted.
9. Fines will be imposed, unless the de
linauency be promptly and satisiactoril!
explained by certificates OF postmasters o.
the affidavits OF other credible persons, foI
falling to arrive in contract time. for neg
lecting to take the mail from or deliver 1
into, a post office; for suffering 1t TO be wet
injured, destroyed, robbed or lost; and fo
refusing, after demand, to convey the mai
as frequently as the contractor runs, or i
concerned in running, a coach, car, o.
steamboat on route. 'li .
7. The Postmaster General may annu
the contract for repeated failures to rul
aggeeably to contract; for assigning. thu
contract; for violating the post Office laws
or disobeying the instructions OF the De
partment; for refusing to discharge car
rier when required by the Department 4
do 80: for running an express rs Aforesaid
or for transporting persons or package
\ conveying mailable matter outof the mail.
s. The Postmaster.G General may order al
increase OF service on q route by allowing
I
nav. He may change schedules OF depart
ures and arrivals in all cases, and particu
larly to make them conform TO connection
with railroads, without increase OF pay, pro
yided the running time be not abridged
The Postmaster General may also discon
tinue or curtail the service, in whole or II
part, In order 10 place on the route supe
rior service, or whenever the public inter
ests, in his judgment, shall require such dis
continuance or curtailment for any othe
cause, he allowing, rs full indemnity I,
contractor, one months extra pay on tn
amount Of service dispensed with, andapr
rata compensation for the amount OF ser
vice retained and continued. =
0. Payments will be made by collection
from, or drafts on, postmasters or other
wise, after the expiration oil each quarter
say in November, February, May and Au
gust, provided that required evidence o
service has been received.
10. The distances given are believed t
be substantially correct; but no increased
pay will be allowed should they be create
Than advertised, II the points 10 be supple,
arc correctly stated. bidders must iIJorr
hemSeIreS on thiS point, and also in refer
kence to the weight Of the mail, the condl
ton Of hills, roads, streams, &C., and a
toll,bridges, turnpikes, plank.rOads, fel
ries, or distractions OF any kind by whieI
expense may be incurred. No claim 70
additional pay, based on such ground, Gu
kbe considered; nor for alleged mistakes o
miSapprehensiOn as to the degree OF SCI
vice; nor for bridges destroyed, ferries dil
continued, or other obItruetions causing o
increasing distance or expense ocourrln
during the contract term. Offices estal
ilished after this advertisement Is issued
and also during the contract term, are TO b
visited without extra pay II the distance b
not increased.
II, bidders are cautioned to mail thei
proposals In time to reach the Department
| by tie day and hour named In tho adyel
1 tisenent, as bids received after that tim
tCM not be considered In competition wit
bids Of reasonable amount received i
time, Neither can bids be ,considere
which arc without the bond, oath, and Gel
tiGcate required by section 245, act OF Jun
%, 1874.
vice strictly according 10 the advertise
ment. and then, II they desire, separated
be- . he S lowest offered for the advertised Sc
vice, the other propositions may be cOnH'
Is, There should be but oncroute bid fc
In proposal. Consolidated or combinl
tion bids ("proposing one sum for two
more routes') cannot be considered.
Il. The route, the service, the yearl
pay, the name and residenceof the bidde
That Is, his usual poStofiee address, an
the name OF each member Of firm where
company offers, should be distinctly Statet
10. Bidders are requested to use, as far
practicable, the printed proposals luTnisl
cd by the Department, to write out In "a
the sum Of their bids, and to retain copi'
Of them.