Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-05-21
NAVY BEEF AND PORK FOR THE YEAR. 1884.
NAVY COMMISSIONERS OFFICE

lOVn May 1855.
ROPOSAL sealed and endorsed will be received at
this Ofice until the fifteenth of July next, for sup
plying 5000 barrels Of Navy Beef and $500 barrels of
Navy Fork OF the best quality, for the United States Ma
val service 800 barrels of Beef and 700 barrels of Pork
to be delivered at each of tine following Navy Yards, viz {:
Charlestown, near Boston, Brooklyn, near New York, and
Gosport, near Norfolk; and 600 barrels of Beef and 400
barrels OF Pork. to be delivered at the Navy Yard, Pen
sacola, W. +. No delivery to be made before tho 18th
oil February, and the whole must be delivered by the 18th
of April, 1884.
The Beet must be packed from we'll fatted cattle,
the hoof. All the legs and leg rounds of the hind quar-
tiers, and the clods, neck or sticking pieces, shins and
cheeks oil the fore quarters, must be wholly excluded from
the barrel, and the remainder of the carcass must be cut
In pieces of ten pounds each, as near as may be practical
BILE, so that 20 pieces will make a barrel OF 200 pounds
nett weight of Navy Beef.
shuls, feet, and htndlegs entire, must be wholly exclud-
ed from the barrel, and the remainder of the Hog must
be cut in pieces weighing eight pounds each, as near as
may be practicable, so that % pieces, not more than three
of which shall be shoulder pieces, will make q barrel OF
200 pounds nett weight OF Navy Pork.
The whole quantity of the said Beck and Pork must be
thoroughly sailed in the first instance with and afterwards
packed with a sufficient quantity of clean, coarse, white
Turks Island, Isle of May, or 81 Ubes salt, and no other
insure 10 preservation.
The barrels must be made of the best seasoned heart of
white oak, or white ash, free from sap.-They must be
fully and substantially hoped and nailed, and one iron
hoop must be put upon the chimes Of each barrel, for addi-
nonaI security against the brine leaking out, by and at the
expense of The contractors. Each barrel must be branded
Or its head, "Navy Beef or "Navy Pork as the case
may be, and with the "contractor's name and 'dhe year
when packed"
The Beef and Pork will be inspected on delivery by
"Sworn Inspectors Of Salt Provisions" who will be Sc
lected by the respective Commanding Officers; but the
charges for the Inspections must be paid by the respective
Contractors, who must likewise have the barrels put in
good shipping order after the inspections and at their own
expense, otherwise the Beef aud Pork will not be receiv-
ed.
Bidders must specify their prices separately and dis
hDctiy Tor the Beef and for the Pork, covering all their
expenses and charges, and separate offers must be made
for the Beef and for the Pork, for each Navy Yard, with
the names and residences of the sureties offered stated in
detail, which must be accompanied by letters from the
persons so named, expressing their willingness to b become
suretes, and certificates from the nearest United States
District Judge, or Attorney, as to their ability or compe-
tency as sureties for the contracts proposed.
Bonds in one third the amount of the respective con-
tracts will be required, and ten per centum in addition
viii be withheld from the amount of each payment to be
made, as collateral security, TO secure the due and faith
full performance of the respective contracts.
The parts OF the Beef TO be excluded from the barrel
are particularly designated in the engIavingsl to be attach
ed TO the Contracts, which engraviDgs will be furnished
TO persons who intend to make offers, on application TO
this office.
No offer will be received after 8 o'clock, p. NJ, of the
10TH July, and every offer not made in conformity TO this
advertisement, the Board may reject as informal.
May IL. 4-t15thJply