Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-21

and Bisbee Junction, Arizona, and in
termediate points, beginning July IL,
1925. Such proposals to be for serv-
ice in accordance with the following
specifications and provisions: (The
term passengers" will hereafter be
used to designate passengers AMI
their hand baggage and the term
mail" to cover all of the mail to
be handled under the proposed con-
tract which is first class mail, news
papers and special handing pack
ages).
! 1. The contractor shall furnish
first-class up-to-date motor busses
with a seating capacity of not less
! than 30 adult passengers with space
/ for their hand baggage and for car
rying the mail, between the above
named points, which shall at all
! times be kept in first-class condition
/ and ready for service and shall have
available at. all times sufficient auto
motor busses or other high grade
first-class motor propelled vehicles as
may be necessary to transport add-
tional passengers and mail when they
J receive reasonable advance notile
of the movement of such. The pro-
posal should specify separately tho
charge for each such additional We
hicle, giving the number of passen-
gers which can be transported by
| such extra vehicle or vehicles.
| Q. The contractor shall arrange a
| schedule and route satisfactory to
the Southern Pacific Company for the
operation Of such busses between the
Post offices and Railroad stations at
I ID D;e1,a ton
Arizona, and intermediate Post Of
fices and stopping places at Lowell
and Warren, Arizona.
8. The contractor shall provide ef-
! ficient and competent drivers for such
motor busses who shall execute good
and sufficient bonds conditioned upon
their proper and efficient perform
ance of their duties under such con-
! tract and shall provide for liability
( insurance in such company or COM
panies as are approved by the South
ern Pacific Company to the extent of
| $5000.00 per person for the number of
persons carried in the same general
manner and the same general condi-
tions as liability automobile insur-
ance is commonly carried.
4. The contractor shall meet each
of Southern Pacific trains Nos. 2, 8,
4 and 1OS, upon arrival of each train
at the station of Bisbee Junction,
Arizona, under the following ar
rangements:
S. Enroute from Bisbee the con-
tractor shall pick up the mail at the
Bisbee Post office and passengers at
the Southern Pacific station at Bis
bee for Lowell, Warren, Bisbee juno
tion and points beyond Bisbee June
tion. He shall discharge mail ad-
! dressed to Lowell and Warren at their
respective Post Offices and shall pick
Eup at the designated stopping places
at Lowell and Warren passengers and
mail for Bisbee Junction and beyond.
| Upon arrival at Bisbee Junction mail
shall be delivered to the designated
representative of the Southern Pa
cific Company.
1 G. Enroute from Bisbee Junction to
Bisbee the contractor shall receive
from the representative of the South
| ern Pacific Company mail for War
rem, Lowell and Bisbee which shall be
unloaded at the respective Post Of
fices located in those places and he
shall receive passengers for War
! ren Lowell and Bsbee. Upon arrival
at the Southern Pacific station at
Bisbee, passengers shall be discharged
and the mail Immediately transported
to the Post office at Bisbee and de-
livered to the Postmaster or his re-
preventative at that point
Z. The contractor Will collect from
each passenger ticket covering his
or her transportation between the
points carried or collect the published
tariff fare of the Southern Pacific
Company between the points where
| transportation is furnished, and shall
make such disposition of tickets and
moneys collected and such reports of
same as may be required by the Ac-
counting Department of the Southern
Pacific Company. All reports to be
made on blanks furnished by said
company The contractor will also
provide such bonding of its employees
as the proper official of the South
| ern Pacific Company shall decide is
| just and reasonable.
8. At the present time four round trips
! only are regularly necessary. In case
changes in main line train service in
the opinion of the Southern Pacific
Company, necessitate additional motor
Junction, the compensation shall be
| Increased in the same ratio as the
number of trips is increased, that is.
if the number of trips is increased to
| five the contractor shall receive 25
per cent additional compensation for
the additional trip. The same method
shall be pursued in adjusting the
| compensation under this contract, if
the number of trips is decreased.
8. If the carrying of the mail by
such route shall be discontinued by
the United States Government, an ad
! justment as between the Southern
Pacific Company and the contractor
, under such bid shall be made for
such diminished compensation as may
be mutually agreed upon.
| TO- The Southern Pacific Company
reserves the right to run special
trains for the carriage of passengers
between Bisbee junction and Bisbee,
and to and from intermediate points
upon occasion where the number of