The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-07-24
NAVY BEEF AND PORK FOR 1912.
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Navy COMMISSIONERS OFFICE, June Is, lS4l
| SEALED OFFERS, endorsed Offers for Beef"
- or Offers for Pork" the may be- will be
received at this Office until o'clock p. NJ Of the goth
July next for furnishing and delivering, free Of all
cost and charge to the United States
5000 barrels of Navy Beef and 600 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.
500 barrels OF the Beef at the Navy Yard, Brook
| lyn, New York.
1000 barrels Of the Beef at the Navy Yard, Cos
port, Virginia.
GOO barrels of the Pork at the Navy Yard, Char
lestown, Massachusetts,
1000 barrels OF the Pork at the Navy Yard Brook
Ign, New York.
1000 barrels of the Pork al the Navy Yard, Cos
port, Virginia.
All the said Beef and Pork to be delivered between
the 5lh day Of April and the fifteenth day of June,
1872 unless earlier deliveries should be authorized by
the Navy Commissioners.
The Beef m, be packed from well altened cattle
weighing not less than FIVE hundred pounds meet
weight each. The legs and leg rands of the hind
quarters, and the Sims and shoulder clods and at
least eight pounds from the neck end of each fore
quarter or the parts marked Nos 1 ,, and 3 on the
drawing deneaon OF the fore and hind quarters of
an Ok, which will be attached TO and form part of
the contract, 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, oles, necks, shout
ders hams, legs feet and lard and all refuse pieces
and must be cut in pieces weighing no, 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 bushe
Of coarse Turks Island Isle of May or ST. Ubes salt
and with five ounces OF pure puveIIzed satpere, 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 or white ash slaves and heading II Of the for
mer be not less than three ourths OF an inch thick
If of the LATTER TO be no, less than inch thick and
to be hooped at least threetourths with the best
white oak or hickory hoops, except the crosse hoop,
which must be of iron AT least inch wide and not
less than the denomination No. II. All at the ex-
pense of the respective contractors.
Each barrel must be branded its head, Navy
Beef" or Navy Pork, the case may be, with the
contractors name, and the year when packed.
The Beef and the Pork will be inspected by the In
specting officers at the respective Navy Yards afore
said, and by some Sworn Inspectors OF salt provi
sons 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
| and at their own expense.
specify prices separately anu
tnctly in separate offers for the Beef and for the Pork,
and for each of the places of delivery, covering all
| penses and all charges.
| Letters from persons binding themselves to become
sureties, if the offers accepted, and other letters
| from Navy Agent Commandant at a Navy
Yard or other person well known TO the Department,
accompany the offers of each person, and state
the belief of the writer that the person offering tocon
practically acquainted, by experience with the
best mode of curing and packing Beef and Pork and
has thaa 70 hi in atisfar
manner and that his suretes 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 fulfil their contracts or who
do not forward satisfactory letters showing their abb
lily, and the ability OF their sureties complete the
i contracts.
Bonds in onethrd the amount Of the respective
contracts will be required and ten per centum in adj
diuon will be withheld from the amount of each pay
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 in all respects and is 10 be forfeited
| to the and benefit of the United States in the
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 direct purchases be made
TO supply the Deficiencies and any of cost to
be charged to and paid by the contractors PAYMENT
will be made by the United States excepting the ten
per centum 10 be withheld until the completion of the
contracts before stately within thirty DAYS after the
said Beef and Pork shall have been inspected and re-
ceved 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 fioin the bar
rel will be particularly designated the engravings to
be attached to the contracts persons interested can
obtain them on application at this office.
| 5.rTo be published three times a week in the Ma
| tona lnteigencer, and Madisonian, d. G. Vermont
| Vermont Waterman and State Journal and Peo
pies Press. Massachusetts, Boston Daily Adver
user, Boston Atlas. New York New York Ex-
press New York Commercial Advertiser Pennsy
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 Intelligepcer (at Lex
I ington,) Commonwealth Cat Frankfort Eagle (at
Mays,iIlel Ohio: State Journal Cincinnati Gazette,
| Cleveland Herald. Indiana Indiana Journal Rich
mond Palladium, Wabash Courier, Missouri Mis-
souri, Republican june II
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