The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-08-07
NAVY BEEF AND PORK FOR 1912.

| NAV BEEF AND Gohh Yin 1919.
| Navy CoMMssIoNERs' OFFICE, June 10, 1871
! SEALED OFFERS, endorsed Offers for Beef
~ or Offers for Pork" as the may be- will be
received at this Office until o'clock p M Of the 2Oih
July next for furnishing and delivering, free oil all
| cost and charge to the u United States
5000 barrels Of Navy Beef and 5000 barrels of
Navy Pork each barrel to contain two hundred
pounds nett weight, of Beef Pork. To be deliver
ed as follows, viz.
1900 barrels of the Beef at the Navy Yard, Char
lestown Massachusetts.
800 barrels Of the Beef at the Navy Yard, Brook
| lyn, New York
900 barrels of the Beef at the Navy Yard, Cos
| port, Virginia.
1000 barrels Of the Pork at the Navy Yard, Char
lestown, Massachusetts,.
1000 barrels ofthe Pork at the Navy Yard Brook
| Ign, New York.
1000 barrels of the Pork at the Navy Yard, Cos
| port, Virginia.
All the said Beef and Pork to be delivered between
the 9Th day Of April and the fifteenth day of June,
lS42 unless earlier deliveries should be authorized by
the Navy Commissioners.
| The Beefml st be packed from well aitened cattle,
weighing not less than five hundred pounds meet
weight each The legs and leg rands of the hind
| quarters, and the shns and shoulder clods and at
least eight pounds from the neck end of each fore
quarter or the parts marked Nos !, 2, and on the
drawing deneaton of the fore and hind quarters of
an Ok, which will be attached to and form part of
the contract must be wholly excluded from each bar
REL and the remainder of the must be cut in
pieces OF not less than eight pounds each.
The Pork must be packed from corn-fed, well-fat-
| tened hogs, weighing not less than two hundred
pounds each excluding the heads joes, necks, shout
ders hams legs, feet, and lard and all refuse pieces
and must be cut in pieces weighing not less than six
pounds each.
Both the Beef and Pork must be slaughtered be-
tween the first of November next and the periods Of
delivery and must be sailed with at least one bushel
of coarse Turks Island Isle of May, or ST. Ubes salt
and with five ounces of pure pulveIizcd sapetre to
each barrel, exclusive of pickle, to be made from
| fresh water, as strong as salt can make it.
| The barrels to be made of the best seasoned white
oak white ash slaves and heading II Of the for
mer, to be not less than three ourths Of inch thick
if of the latter to be not less than one inch thick, and
to be hooped least three ourths with the best
white oak or hickory hoops, except the hoop,
which be of IRON at least inch wide, and not
| less than the denomination No. IT, All at the ex-
pense of the respective contractors.
/ Each barrel must be branded on 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 In
spectng officers at the respective Navy Yards afore
| said, and by "sworn Inspectors Of salt provi-
sions," who will be selected by the respective Com
handing Officers; but their charges for such inspec-
ton must be paid by the respective contractors, who
must likewise have the barrels put in good shipping
order to the satisfaction of the Commandments of the
respective Navy Yards aforesaid after the Inspections
i
Bidders must specify their prices separately and dis
nctly in separate offers for the Beef and for the Pork,
and for each of the places of delivery, covering all
pcnses and all charges.
Letters from persons binding themselves to become
suretes, If the offers accepted, and other letters
| from some Navy Agent Commandant at n Navy
Yard, or other person well known to the Department.
must accompany the offers Of each person, and state
the belief of the writer that the person offering to
tract is practically acquainted, by experience with the
/ bect mo Me nj anlp kInn RppE md
has the ability to perform his contract in satisfactory
manner and that his sureties have also the ability
of failure the part Of the contractor pay the
amount of their bonds.
The Board of Navy Commissioners reserve to them
selves the right to reject all offers from persons who
have heretofore failed to fulfil their contracts, who
do not forward satisfactory letters showing their abb
lily, and the ability of their sureties to complete the
contracts.
Bonds in one-third the amount of the respective
contracts VIII be required and ten per cenum, in adj
dltion will be withheld from the amount of each pay
men to be made collateral security for the due and
faithful performance of their respective contracts ,
which will, on no account be paid until the contracts
complied with all respects and is be forfeited
to the and benefit of the United States in the
event of failures to complete the deliveries within the
prescribed periods And in of failure the part
Of the contractors to deliver the aforesaid Beef and
| Pork within the times specified, the Navy Commits
soners to have the right to direct purchases he made
TO supply the Deficiencies and any excess of cost to
he charged to and paid by the contractors. Payment
will be made by the Umted States Excepting the ten
per centum, to be withheld until the completion of the
contracts as before stated, within thirty days after the
said Beef and Pork shall have been inspected and re-
celvcd, and bills for the shall be presented to the
Navy Agents respectively duly approved by the Com
mandants of the respective Navy Yards according to
| the terms of the contracts.
The parts of the Beef to be excluded fiom the bar
rel will be particularly designated in the engravngs to
be attached TO the Contracts persons interested can
obtain them on application at this Office
gTTo be published three times a week in the Ma
tional Intelligence, and Modioonen, D. O. Vormnnti
Vermont Waterman and State Journal and Peo-
pies Press. Massachusetts Boston Daily Adver.
User, Boston Atlas, New York New York Ex-
press, New y ork Commercial Advertiser. Pennsyl-
vania: North American and Daily Advertiser Phil
| adelphia) Maryland Baltimore Patriot Baltimore
American. Virginia Norfolk and Portsmouth Her.
| aid, and Norfolk Beacon. Kentucky: Louisville
Journal, the Observer, the Intelgencer, Cat Lex.
ing,onO Commonwealth Cat Frankfort Eagle Cat
MaysviIe.) Ohio State Journal, Cincinnati Gazette
Cleveland Herald Indiana Indiana Journal Rich
mond Palladium Wabash Courier, Missouri Mis-
sour Republican. june II
WASHINGTON HOUSE, No 223 Chestnut
w street, next door To the Masonic Hall Phladel-
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