Show instructions tabi TO BIDDERS dead dehd AND r c it AL I 1 1 I 04 A t V MASTERS ASTERS NJ 4 4 4 W tr containing funta Fonta containing ining also condit be incorporated m n the contracts to the extent ac department may deem PV proper 1 seven minutes are allowed to mer mediate office when not otherwise speared por for tild the inave mails malls but on va mirdad and aid steam oat routes there ghere Is to be go nomore delay thant than la Is tut ruf licie ricie agan ohp oil road d s t b alad etli routes me here bere f tl 9 admits mit or it abe I 1 I 1 special agens of 01 the post 0 office cc de depart rt anent also post office biank blank i malt niall bags a locks s and keys are jo to be cony couy eyed wit without ou extra charge 3 on railroad and steamboat lilies the route agents of the department also aiso the british and canada mails when offered and the agents accompanying compa nying them aro are to be conveyed without charge and for the nse ute of the united states agents a commodious car car or apartment in the centre of a car properly lighted warmed canned and furnished and adapted apted 0 o the convenient separation and due security of the malls mails is to be provided by the contractor under th the kh of the department 1 railroad and stet steamboat companies are required to take the maii mall from and deliver it into the lie lle post offices at the beginning and end of their routes and to and from all offices not indre ingre than eil ell eighty from a station or landing may ay be DO submitted by b the companies for the performance to por for mance of all other sido side service that is for offices 0 over oven cr eighty rods from a station or landing W kere there will be way bills blu i s prepared by postmasters or other agents of the department to accompany the malis malts conveyed on railroads and steamers specifying the number and destination of the the several seven I baas bags on other brin princia principal prin cip al routes Ilkew likewise lse ise receipts will be required and way bills forwarded the latter to be examined by the several postmasters to insure injure regularity in the belive delivery of malls mails 4 no pay will be made for trips not performed and for each of such omissions not satisfactorily explained three times the pay of the tri trl may be deducted for arrivals bo so far behla behind behina time as aa to break with depending malls mails and not sufficiently excused one fourth of th the compensation in sensation for the trip Is subject to forfeiture for or repeated b h e kind herein specified enlarged penalties proportioned to the nature thereof and the importance of the mall may bi LK made 5 for leaving behind or throwing off ff the mails malls or any portion of them for the admission of passengers or for being concerned in getting setting up or nning an express conveying convening intelli gen caifa tb enaH a quarters pay mayde maybe may be deducted 6 fines will be imposed junices tue delinquency be promptly and satisfactorily explain ce q bisp s th avit ed of r la 9 e I 1 cc ft tl t mair from fr or d deuer 1 I r I 1 t a post pott Qs T office for suffering buffering it to mr be wet wel I 1 injured destroyed le sied Tob robbed bed or sled I 1 lost and por for refusing rei rel s g almun after r demand in to convey con ey the mali mall aa frequently as the cont i actor runs or Is concerned in running a coach car or steam adl i boa boat 1 on a route 0 17 7 the postmaster general may annul the contract for repeated failures to run agreeably to contract for violat violating tn tha the pOSt office laws or disobeying the instructions of the department for when required bya anthe department to do an express as aforesaid ages ares V con conveying ll 11 bl e matter maiter out ont orthe mait mail 8 3 the el postmaster sigr te r general may or order derah ah in service ona ro allowing arpra sipro 1 cutain pota rota increase on tract pay fayhe He mayn mays V sch schedules y ules ot of dep departures altures and arrivals in a tui tul gang rang I 1 cases and particularly tomake to make them conform t to e ions lons with railroads without increase of the imn inn beno mee r d etl eil 1 he lie may vry nry alad increase of speedup e W lowing within the restrict restrictions i ons of the law lair a pro r i mer met a increase incie lse ise of poy pay pa for the additional stock or charleis lers il if any the contractor contract oT may however in the ease case ofine of increase rease of speed ft the contract by giving prom prompt p potice to the depart egit that thac he prefers doing I 1 so to carrying the a order aderinto into effect the postmaster gener general may y also d discontinue or curtail the selima service nw A hoe 0 tv t tg place on the route tea a greater ite degree V service ab e 4 te estsan ests in is nt n t require sueh such c disco dioscori tin tl nuance or curtailment for any other cause caus he allowing na aa a full fuli indemnity to contractor ehfe 6 months extra pay on the amount of service service dis pens Vens edwith compensation forthie for the bount of service retained retain gd and continued 9 payments wlllie made b by collect collections fons lons from or dr drafts on postmasters postmaster sor ar otherwise af after ter ten the I 1 expiration of or each quarter say in february uary I 1 may way I 1 august I 1 I 1 ld id 10 the distances stances Ii a are ia given 6 according ardla g 4 to the liest oest information J ju u t no ito increased pay will be allowed should they be greater than advertised if the points to bo be supplied are correctly stated bidders Jid lid ivd ders must inform themselves on this point and also in reference reve refe renca to the weight of the mai mal malf mall t the e condition of roads hills streams ac m and ana all epli bridges ferries or obstructions of any an 11 tt 11 y k kind kina ind by which bich expense maybe may be incurred no c claim la lin tin for additional pay asel based on conuch uch grou ground nd can be considered nor for alleged mistakes or milsap as to the degree of servi cenor conor conoy for midges bridges destroyed ferries discontinued or other obstructions increasing distance occurring dur ing the contract term offices establish est established ablis after this advertisement is issued and also during the tho contract term are to be visited without extra pay a y if fathe the distance be not increased i iii ili 11 bidders are cautioned alution ed domall to mall maii their proposals in time to reach the depa department ir lin tin tb by meuay the day and hour named febel february i Z 28 forbids rece received axed Ayed after that time elli edli nobe bobc be considered in competition with a bid of reasonable amount re reu delved in tinie time neither can caa bids be considered whichard which chare are without the guarantee required bylaw by law and a certificate if of tao tae ane I 1 sufficiency t ok 0 sueh such e guar gaar j 12 bidders should first P propose I 1 t for service strictly according to the advertisement advertis ement and thenia then if they desire separately tely for dl different service JI ce and nd if th I 1 stafa sTara r bid favest of for r aa the e ad verti sed ted service the ther other propositions bo be considered 13 there should be but one route Toute lyia bid toc tor lna ina 06 proposal propos ll tr a soll dated or combination bl hlas n slim shim tz sir rd r or more are e forbidden orb borbidge n cyra byra by law and cannot be considered si i jl jil 11 1 L the route tle the service he lne yearly sealy pay the ame name and residence of the bidd bidder er that is his g sual usual post office addres address sJ and those ose of each ft member ember of a a srm sim where a com company panF offers should be distinctly stated 13 bidders are requested to use as fac far fanas faras as practicable ti the printed proposals furnished by the de department artmont art ment to write out in full fall the sum of their bits bids bids bias and to retain copies of the them altred altered bids should no bil bia nor bor should bids once submitted be bo withdrawn no of a bidder ar gilar guarantor antor will beal beai be al owed ved unless the withdrawal la Is dated and re elved ived before the last day for receiving pro sais opals I 1 I 1 each rachi bid mu must be guaranteed u a b by y tw two responsible n persons the bid d and d guarantee a ra nt ored cred s should h 0 1 be r signed plainly with the h ruil full 0 f name of each c peron the department reserves the eight right fo reject my ny bid which may be deemed e extravagant and liso tiso so to disregard the bids of failing falling contractors ind nd bidders I 1 i 16 the bid should be sealed scaled amail iala iaia pr proposals Stat state ept 0 o fy I Addres addressed sedi second assistant postmaster general ern ero 00 con t bract office t and und sent hent by mgt not by or r to a an n fl agent g gent tuni and postmasters will not enclose p apropo r PO i alsor sor s or letters df any lind kind in their q quarterly erl eri IV etmus e t urns j I 1 17 the con contracts facts are ae to to be executed and returned lerned to the department by or before the dav day of tuly dut put ut tiro tire th service mu tous be begun ah h that day or on the mail malk day next neit after it whether ghether the contracts be executed or nol not I 1 transfers ot of contracts or of interest in contracts facts are forbidden by law and bonse donse consequently quent ly be allowed bidders will therefore take notice otice that they will be expected to perform the ervice accepted to them through the whole te term rm of the contract 18 postmasters at offices odor near railroads but u ut more than eighty rods from ft a station will mediately immediately after the soth of bf march next report 0 ort their exact distance from the nearest stai ion 10 lon ton and how they aro are otherwise supplied with the tho e mall mail to enable the postmaster Gene general generalao ralto to direct a mail mall messenger supply from the of vuly uly next 19 section eighteen of an act of congress approved r march 3 18 lalo 4 pr provides ovidea that contracts a e asfor for sor vh the e transportation transport atlon of the mall shall be le let iet t in every case to the lowest bidder tendering sufficient guar guarantees anteos for ron faithful performance without other ref rele reference rence erenee to the mode of such transportation por tation than may be necessary to provide for the due celerity certainty and security becu rity of such transportation under this law bids that propose to transport the mails with celerity certainty certainly and security having baving been teen decided to be te the only legal aids adv are construed as providing pro tiding riding for the entire mail houpe houle holever ho wever uever lre irge ire and whatever wha teter may be the mode of comm corn necessary hec essary to insure its celet celer ay ily certainty and ard ang ann 11 and aate hat e the pre preference ever mer all others and no others s are considered 20 A modification of a bid in any of its es agential terms is tantamount to a new bid and ani cannot be received recel ed so as to interfere with regular competition after ater the last hour ret set for receiving bids making a new bid with guara gnara guarantee ii and certificate Is the only way to modify a previous I 1 ous ons bid 21 postmasters postmaster are to be careful not to certify the sufficiency clency elency of guarantors guaran tors or sureties without knowing that they are persons of sufficient responsibility a di gregard disregard of this instruction b postmasters is a violation of their oath of office c e subjecting them to immediate removal remo tal ial alibi all ail bidders guaran tors and sureties are distinctly notified that on va a failure to enter into or perform the contracts for the service bervice proposed for in the accepted bids their legal legai liabilities will be enforced ap against enst them 22 present oon contractors tractors and persons known at the department tin nt must us w with others e pro ac it zvi rant rang cure guarantors guaran tors and ana nd of f their he sufficiency substantially 1 t in re he forms in above bove p prescribed re bed the ther t of f sufficiency xee in must t be sigre by a I 1 postmaster or by a judge of a of record no other oth erwill will be admitted tha ce rp must list fist aiso also have hav affixed to itt itta itin a ave cent Te ventie 4 stanla cancelled te b by lawf laff la ff V J 0 hnas bera nera |