Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1876-07-01

. the schedule OF departures and arrivals
herein specified, VIZ:
.4OlI7 From Camp Goodwin, 10y Camp Apa-
? che, Little Colorado River, and
Round Valley, TO Fort Wingate, y.
"a. I75 miles and back, once q
3 week.
Iidders will propose schedule.
Bond required with bid, $3.50.
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND
POSTMASTERS;
ico,,,airipo also conditions to be incor-
narrated In the contracts 10 the extent
the Department may deem
proper.
The POSTMASTER GENERAL warns BID
lders and their sureties 10 acquaint Them
selves fully with the laws OF Congress
!relating To contracts Tor the CARRYING OF
lfhe mails, the important provisions OF
which are cited herein,j and also TO iamil-
( liarize themselves with the instructions ana
, forms herein furnished, before they shall
c assume any Liabilities as such bidders or
= lsurelleS, and to prevent misrepresentation
lor cause OF complaint thereafter.
= POSTMASTERS are required 10 make
5 themselves familiar with the laws and
, these instructions that they may be able
z 10 inform and direct others.
,Seys ulBNieS ASf ri Yf6d 70 tfdheel@ige
, specified, for asserting the mails.
: .. On routes where the mode OF con-
r veyance admits OF it, the special agents of
the Post office Department, also post Of
flee blanks, mail bags, locks and keys,
: are TO be conveyed without extra charge.
3. Way biHs - or receipts, prepared by
ipOStmasters or other agents Of the Depart
) ment. will accompany the mails, specify
T ling 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 Tor 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 VIII be deducted.
For arrivals so far behind time as TO break
connection with depending mails, and
not sufficiently excused, one fourth of the
lcompenSatiou for the trip Is subject 10 for
lfeiiuTe. For repeated dellnquencieS OF the
kind herein specified, enlarged penalties,
proportion TO the nature thereof and tine
Importance Of the mail, may be made.
4 ,. For leaving behind or throwing of
the mails or any portion OF them, for the
admission OF passengers, or for being con-
cerued in setting up or running an express
conveying intelligence IN advance oil the
mail "A quarters pay may be deducted.
/ g. Fines Will be imposed, unless the
7 delinquency be promptly and satisfactory
lly explained by certificates Of pOstmast-
I ers or the aflidavitS OF O5her credible per
sons, for failing 10 arrive IN contract time;
. for negiecting to take the mail from, or
deliver II into, a post C1ficc; Tor suffering IL
Ito Oe wet, injured, destroyed, robbed, or
lost: and for refusing, after demand, 10
convey the mail as frequently as the con-
tractor runs, or is concerned IN running, a
IcOach, car, or steam boat on a route.
/ :. The Postmaster General may annul
THE contract for repeated failures 10 run
'agreeably 70 contract; for assigning the
contract; for violating the post Office laws,
Tor di>Obeymg the Instructions Of the De
ipartmCut; Tor refusing Ia discharge a car
rIer when required by the Department 10
/. do 50; for running an express as afJTe
said; or Tor transporting persons or pack
/ ages conveying mallaU!e matter out OF
the mail
/ 3. The Postmaster General may order an
I increase OF service on rOuie 10y allowing
therefor pro rata Increase on the contract
pay. He may change schedules OF depart
urrs and arrivals IN all cases, and par
jicularly to make them conform TO con-
uectlOus with railroads, without increase
tOt pay. providing The running time be mol
abridged. The Postmaster General may
IaI>O disronfln ne or Curtail the service in
whole or IN part, in order to place Oh the
route superior service, or whenever the
public interests, In his Judgment, shall
require such scoutInuance or cuTtaIl-
meut for any other cause; be allowing, as
Wll indemnity 20 contractor, one months
extra pay on the amount of service dis
penseI with, aud a pro rata cOmpen>a-
ton Tor the amount Of service retained
and continued.
=. FAY llicAtS VIII DC ulttut 10y cOlltc-
tiOnS from, or drafts on, pOStmaSteTS or
otherwise. after the expiration OF each
|guarleT-say in November, February,
MAY, and August, provided that required
evidence OF service has been received.
10. The distances given are believed TO
be substantially correct; but no Increased
pay will be allowed should they be great /
er than advertised, If the points 10 be sup I
piled are correctly stated. Bidders must I
inform themselves on tins point, and also /
u.
condition OF hills, roads, streams, &c,
and all toil-brdgtS, turnplkes, plank /
roads, ferries. or distinctions OF any kind I
by which expense may be incurred. No
clam for additional pay, based on such I
ground, can be considered; nor tor alleged I.
mistakes OF misapprehenSiOn as 10 the /
degree Of service; nor for bridges destroy {
ed, ferries discontinued, CT other ObStruc- .
tons causing or incre tsing distance or eX- /
pehSc occurring during the contract term. /
Offices established al ar this advertise I
ment i issued, and also during the COLI !
tract term, are 10 be visited without extra
pay II the distance toe not increased.
IL. Bidders are cautioned To mail their .
proposals IN time 10 reach the Depart +
ment 10y the day and hour named in the
advertisement, as bids received after that
time Will not be considered in cOmpetl- I
uOn with bids Of reasonable amount re-
ceiyed In time. Neither can bids be CON F..
sidered which are without the bond, oath, 1
and certificate required 10y section 20, act
Of June >, 1874.
Z. Bidders should first propose fol
service strictly according to the advertise /
iment, aud then, if they desire, separately /
for different service; and II the regular bid
be the lowest offered for the advertised
service, the other propositions may be con- /
sidered.
-. There should be but one route bid |
for in a proposal. Consolidated or com I
binatiOn bids e. proposing one sum f,r
two or more rOuteS") cannot be cUnsid-
cred.
Il. The route, the service, the yearly pay, I
the name and residence Of the bidder, I
that Is. his usual post Office address, and I.
the name OF each mcmb Der of a firm where /
"a company offers, should be distinctly /
stated.
Is Bidders are requested to use, as far as (
practicable, the printed proposals furnish I
led 10y the Department, TO write ont in full 4
the sum OF their bids, aud 10 retain copies F..
,of them.
Bids altered in the route, the service, the /
yearly pay, or the name OF the bidder, by .
.eraSureS or interlineationS, should not bc .
submitted; and If 50 submitted will not /
be considered IN awarding the contracts. I
No withdrawal of bid will be allowed /
unless the withdrawal l. received twenty
four hours previous To the time fixed for .
opening the proposals.
10. Ia case OF failure OF the accepted .
bidder To execute a contract, or OF the .
abandonment OF service during the con- T
tract term, tine service Will be read +
veTtlsed and re-let AT the expense OF the .
falling bidder or contractor, and any ac- 4
cepted bidder who shall wrongtuliy refuse 1
ur fail Ia enter into contract in Il lie form,
and to perlOrmythc service described In
his proposal. may he deemed guilty Of a F..
m lSdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, .
be lned and imprisoned therefor.
l.. The Postmaster General reserves The
right 20 reject any bid which may De T.
deemed eNJraVagant; and also TO dis
regard the bids OF failing contractors and i
bidders.
No contract for carrying the mail shall /
He made with any person who has enter F.
cu, or proposed 90 enter. into any com bina-
ton lp prevent the making OF any lid for .
carrying the mail, or VINO has made any .
agreement or gwen ar performed, or
promised 10 give or perform any con>ldera- .
a"u WAdteNuI % induce any other per .
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