| Show MAIL mili T tet 0 s A LS for carrying the th emalls iia lia ot of th the united I 1 ltd states s mal mad the is of Z zuly July fy 1862 on the following route ta in utah territory will be received at the office of 0 this 19 am a m ot of thel theist a t day d or of march 9 1860 to ie be decided by b the ahe he following follow ine lne day dy no IM from salt sait lake Cl city olty tyby by camp floyd car floyd edacity genoa and garys mili mill t to placer 0 vilie ville california miles and back twice aa ailton a month mouth th i leave deave ave salt lake late city on the and of each month arrive at 16 days leae leave on the and of ea each ch mouth month arrive at salt lake city in 16 days instructions containing conditions to be incorporated in the coti contracts tracts to the extent the department may deem croper proper 1 seven minutes nl are allowed to each intermediate office when not otherwise specified for assorting the malis malls when ahen the mode of conveyance admits ol 01 it the special agents of the department also post office blanks mail maii bags locks and keys are to be conveyed without extra charge 2 ai no pay will be made for tor f or trips not performed and for eacil each of such stich omissions not satisfactorily explained three times timea the payot pay of the trip maybe deducted F for por or arrivals so far behind time as to break with ith ILL depending malls and not sufficiently excused one fourth fourth of the compensation for tor the trip Is subject to forfeiture deduction will also be ordered tor for tora fora a grade of performance inferior to that specified in the contract for repeated delinquencies of fhe he kind herein specified enlarged penalties proportioned lo 10 the nature thereof and the importance of the mall mail may be made i 3 for leaving behind or throwing oss off the malls or any p portion of them for the admission of passengers or for being concerned in setting up or running an express conveying intelligence in advance of the mail a quarters pay may be deducted 4 fines will be imposed unless the he delinquency be promptly and satisfactorily explained by certificates of postmasters or the affidavits of other credible persons tor for failing falling to arrive in contract time for neglecting to take the mail maii from or deliver it into a post office for suffering it to be wet injured destroyed robbed or lost and for refusing after demand to convey the mall mail as frequez frequently t IV as the contractor runs or Is con concerned berned in running coach car or steamboat on a route 6 5 the postmaster general may order an increase of ser bervice service v fee ico on a route by allowing a PRO RATA increase cre ase on the contract pay ile he may way chang change ge schedules of 0 departures and arrivals in all gasery eases and particularly to make them conform to ions with railroads without increase of pay provided the running time be not abridged he may also aiso order an increase of speed allowing within the of the law a PRO RATA increase of 0 pay for the additional stock or carriers it any the cob coi contractor tractor may mayy howe however very verj in the case of increase of speed relinquish the contract by giving prompt notice to the department de that he prefers doing so go to carrying the order into irto effect the postmaster general may also curtail curt curl all ali or discontinue the service services eg in whole or in part party at PRO RATA nata decrease of pay allowing one months extra C compensation om pensa tion on the amount dispensed with whenever in his opinion the public interests require the change or in n case be he desires to supersede it by a different grade of transportation 6 payments will be made by collections from or drafts drafts on postmasters or otherwise after the expiration of each quarter say in february may august and november 7 the distances are given according to the best information but no increased pay will be allowed allowe dj should they be greater than advertised it f the points to be supplied be correctly stated BIDDERS MUST INFORM themselves ON THIS POINT and also in reference t to 0 the weight of the mail mall the condition of roads hilis hills s streams ac and all toll bridges terries ferries 3 or obstructions of any kind by which expense may be incurred no claim for tor additional pay based on such aroun grounds can be considered nor for alleged mistakes or misapprehension as degree of service nor for bridges destroyed ferries r I 1 es discontinued or other obstructions increasing distance occurring during the contract term offices established after this advertisement Is issue dand and also ilso during the contract term are to be visited without extra eitra pay pax it if the di distance be not increased 8 the route routed the bervice service the yearly pay the name and residence of the bidder that thail th t st his bis usual post office address and those of each member of a nirm firm where here a company offers should be distinctly stated alto the mode of conveyance it if a higher mode than horseback bacab be intended the words wath due celerity certainty and security inserted to indicate the mode of conveyance will constitute a stan STAR bid DID when a star bid is intended no specific collve colive conveyance yance must be named but in case TWO modes of conveyance are named fat the same compensation the highest highes or best for the jeryce will be taken 9 section eighteen of an act of congress approved march aj 1845 provides that contracts for the transportation of the mall bhail shall be let clo clu in every casato caseto the lowest es bidder tendering sufficient guarantees guaranties guaran ties tor for faithful performance without mothr reference to the mode of such transportation than may benebe daiy to provide for tor the due celerity certainty and security of such transportation under this law a new description of bids has been received they do not specify a mode of conveyance but edvage engage to take the entire mall each trip with celerity certainty and security huslig the terms of the law these bids are styled from the manner la in which they are designated on the he books of the department stan STAR BIDS bidal and they til will be construed as providing for the convey aaice of the entire mall mail HOWEVER LARGE and WHATEVER MAY BE THE MODE DIODE NECESSARY TO INSURE ITS CELERITY CERTAINTY AND SECURITY I 1 10 each bid must be guarantied guaranteed guaran tied by two responsible persons per sons bons the bid and guaranty should be signed plainly with the full dame name of each person il 11 tb thi the department r gerves serves therl the right bt to reject any bid which maybe teemed extravagant and also aiso to disregard the bids of falling failing contractors and bidders 12 the bid should be sealed mall mali mail mall proposals territory of utah addressed second assistant postmaster general gereral contract office 1 and sent by MAIL mall moaby or to an ari agent and postmasters will not nit enclose PoPo proposals sais or letters of any aay kind in their quarterly return i the contracts are to be executed and returned to the department by or before the daw DAY or OF alati alay 1660 but the service must be co n fenced on ahat that batet date whether the contract con cout rags be executed or not 14 A mona moHa cation calion of a bid in any of its essential terms erms Is tantamount to a new bid and cannot be rc iesso as to interfere with a regular competition after atter the last hour set for receiving bids making a rew bid with guaranty buhran y and certificate Is the only orly way to modify in codify a previous provides bid 45 IS 45 postmasters are to be careful not oot to certify the sufficiency of guarantors guaran tors or sureties without knowing that hey they are re persons of sufficient responsibility and all ud lidders guarantors guaran tors and sureties are distinctly notified noti fie that on a failure to enter into or perform the contracts for the service proposed or in tb tha the accepted tlde lids their legal liabilities will be enforced against them 16 present prest ut contractors and persons known a at t the department part ment must equally equally with others procure guarantors guaran tors and certificates of bf their sufficiency substantially id di tha the forms above prescribed the certificates of or sufficiency y must be signed by a postmaster or hia ila tva lva iva judge of a cour couri court t of recard no other certificate will be admitted 1 il r postmaster GENERAL I 1 i JOST rost dip department i all oot decerb december sj |
