Set the tension springs in the hole in the brake boss that's farthest around so as to provide the highest available spring preload. Then back off the spring tension adjusting bolts on each brake arms all the way. That will give you the highest potential spring tension but will move the close to the rims with very little spring force at that point.
Then begin to screw in the tension bolts a bit at a time to get the arms to move evenly far enough away from the rims to give the proper clearance and sufficient spring tension to retract when you let go of the brake lever.
I have these brakes on my Surly Cross Check and set them up exactly as described and they work very well.