The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1841-08-24
NAVY REEF AND PORK FOR 1912.
Nrruom,rs Office, June IS, 1S4l.

~EAI,ED OFFERS. endorsed 'Oifers
% for Beef" or offers for Pork, os The
use NAV be, viii be received at this oti'ce
.r,;l 3 o'clock P. n. of the ooh July next, for
FINISHING and delivering, free OF al cost ana
,brrne 10 tie United States
2 oor barrels ofNavy Beet. and 500 bar
re,s Of NAVY Pork each barrel 10 contain TWO
tundred pounds, nett weight, OF Beef or ForH'
II, nc delivered as follows, viz.
900 t2rrcls Of The Beef at the Navy Yard.
Cbsres,own, massachusetts,.
SEQ do do Brooklyn, N. Y.
40 GO Do do Gosport, Virginia.
1Go9 do Pork Charestown Mass.
g0o do do Brooklyn, N. Y.
ioo0 do do Gosport. Virginia.
All the said Beef and Pork to be delivered
between the Sin day of April and the 18th day
i lure 1912 unless earlier deliveries should be
,uborized by the Navy Commissioners.
Beef must be packed from well -fa'tcred
Ih0 ling not less than five hundred
cattle, we.s", o;nn, each. The legs and leg
r,1ds Of the headquarters, ''u '"o , S,' f.nm
sIonIder clods. aud at least eight pO', ~.
mo neck end of each fore-quarIer OF ''' i1'''
,,,,rkcd Nos. l, 2, and 3, on the drawing "'
loroca,ion of the fore and hInd quarter VI "'
Ix. which will be attached 10 ard form paf'
or n. contract, mus. be wholly excluded from
each barrel. and the remainder OF the carcass
n,nst be cut in pieces Of not less than eishl
The pork must be packed from ccrn-ted
well. fattened hogs, weighing not less man Two
hundred pounds each, excluding the heauS, +,
;oles. necks, shoulders, hams, legs feet' ana
ard and and all refused pieces and must De
cut in pieces weighing not less Than SIX pounos
each. ,L5
Roth the Beefand Pork must be saug Inferred
be,wecn the first OF November next nnd the
ner;ods of delivery, and must be sailed with nj
ieo., one bushrl Of course Turks Island Isle oil
,coar. or ST. Ubes salt. and with five ounces
If nure pulverized sallpeter, TO each Darrell ex-
elusive of pickle. 10 be made from flesh wafer
os strong as salt can make 1t.
The barrels 10 be made of the best seasoned
white oak or white ash slaves and holdings. IL
of The former, to be lot less than three-iourhS
of an inch thick If of the latter. 10 be net less
than one inch thick. and TO be hoored at least
three. fprlhs over with the best white oak or
hi, kory hoops, except the crosse hoop "rich
must he Of iron, al least one inch wide, and not
less than the denomination No. IL. All at the
exprnscor the respective contractors.
Each barrel must be branded en- ITS head
Navy Beef" or Navy Pork, =" as the case
may be, with the contractors name, and the
year when packed.
The Beef and the Pork will be inspected by
the Inspecting Officers at The respective Navy
Yards aforesaid and by some Sworn lnspec-
Tors cf salt provisions" who will he selected by
The respec,ive Commanding Officers; bul
their charges for such inspection must be pa'c
by tho respective contractors, who muSi ike
wise have The barrels put in good shipping
order. 10 the satisfaction of the C"inmand"D''
of The resnc:live Navy Yards aforesaid afte'
The inspections, and at their own expense
Gid.!ers must specify their prices $ para'eIy
and distinctly IN scpcraic offers Tor 'i'c beef
and for The Pork, and for each of the places o
delivery, covering all expenses and ell char
ges.
Letters from persons Sn5ing themselves ie
become surc;ics, if the oilers are accepted
aud other letters from some Navy agent
Commandment NJ the Navy Yard, or other per
son well known 10 the Department, must &C
t-a.nnanv the offers Of each person, and state
the belief Of the writer that the person Offering
20 contract is practically acquainted, by eX
pericncc, with the bast mode OF curing ant
raching Becf and Pork, and has The ability &c
perform Ills contract In Il satisfactory manner
anil ihcf ms s;rctcS have also the u5hiiy. II
case of failure on tho part of the contractor, 4
pay the amount ofihcir bonds.
The BoarI of Nav Commissioners reserve
TO themselves the right 10 reject all offers from
persons who have heretofore failed 10 fulfil
their contracts or who do not forward saiisfac
tory letters, showing their ability, aud the IL
5ilitv Of their sureties, 10 complete the con
tracts.
Bonds in one-tIiird the amount Of the rcspcc
tive contracts viii be required; and len PEE
cenum, in addition will be withheld from TIC
amount OF each payment to be made, coatera
security for the due and faithful performance
OF their respective contracts; which will on nc
account be paid until the contracts are com
piled with in all respects: and is to be foriei
ted TO the use aid benefit of the United Slater
in The event Of failures 10 complete the deliver
les within the prescribed periods. And il
case of failure on the part of The contractors io
deliver the aforesaid beef ami pork within the
time specified, the Navy Commissioners &c
nave the right to direc, purchases to be
made TO supply the deficiencies, and any ex'
cess OF cost to be charged TO and paid by The
contractors. Payments will be made by the
United States Excepting the ten per centum
to be withheld until the completion of the con
tracts as before stated within thirty days aael
The said beef and pork shall have been inspec
ted and received, and bills for the same shall
be presented 10 the Navy Agents respectively
duly approved by the Commandments of the re-
spective Navy Yards according 10 the terms
of the contracts.
The parts of the Beef to be excluded from
he barrels will be particularly designated in