The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1841-08-17
NAVY BEEF AND PORK FOR 1912.
Naryom'rs Office, June Is, 1s4l:

case NAV be-. will be received at this oifice
until 8 O'Clock P. M. of the Goth July next loI
furnishing and delivering. free OF oil Cost anu
charge to the United States oo.
3 900 barrels ofNavy Beet, and . ooo par
rels of Navy Pork each barrel to contain p .%o
hundred pounds, nett weight, OF beelor oN
To be delivered as follows, VIZ.
, barrels of the Beef at the Navy laro'
Charlestown, massachusetts,.
500 do do Brooklyn, N. Z.
ooO do do Gosport, Virginia.
60O do Pork Charlestown Mass.
1O0O do do Brooklyn, N. Y.
ooO do do Gosport, Virginia.
An the said Beef and Pork 10 be delivered
between the 5th day ofAprii and the 10Th day
ne lime 1s42 unless earlier deliveries should be
authorized by the Navy Commissioners :,
The Beef must be packed from well-tatteped
cattle, weighing not less thar i've hundreu
pounds nett weight each. The legs and leg
rands of the headquarters, and the Sims ana
shoulder clods, and at least eight pounds from
the neck end Of each fore-quarter or the parts
marked Nos. 1, 2, and 3, on the drawing or
delipeation of the fore and in d-quarter OF an
OK. which will be attached to and form a part
of the contract, must be wholly excluded from
each barrel, and the remainder OF the carcass
must be cut in pieces of not less than elght
pounds each.
The Pork must be packed from corn-fed
well. fattened hogs, weighing not less than TWO
hundred pounds each, excluding the heads:
ioles, necks, shoulders, hams, legs, feet' ana
lard, and and all refused pieces ; and must be
cut in pieces weighing not less than SIX Pounos
each. :,
Both the Beef and Pork must be slaughtered
between the first of November next and the
periods of delivery, and must be salted with at
least one bushel OF coarse Turks Island, Isle OF
Ieaay, or St. Ubes salt, and with five ounces
of pure pulverized saltpeter, TO each barrel, ex-
elusive of a pickle, TO be made from fresh waller
as strong as salt can make 1t.
The barrels 10 be made of the best seasoned
white oak or white ash slaves and holdings. II
of the former, to be hot less than three-fourths
of an inch thick !; if of the latter, 10 be. not less
than one inch thick, and to be hoped at least
ihrce.forths over with the best white oak or
hickory hoops, except the crosse hoop, wflch
must be of iron, at least one inch wide, and not
less than the denomination No. II. All at the
expenseof the respective contractors.
Each barrel must be branded on its head,
"Navy Beef" or Navy Pork" as the case
may De, Win lNe COnlTdCtOl , uoiiiS, AN AN
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 insPec-
tors eff salt provisions" who will be selected by
The respective Commanding Officers but
their charges for such inspection must be PAID
by the respective contractors, who must like
wise have the barrels put in good shipping
order, 10 the satisfaction of the Conmandants
of the respective Navy Yards aforesaid after
the inspections, and at their own expense.
Bidders must specify their prices separately
and distinctly, IN separate offers for the Beef
and for the Pork, and for each of the places of
delivery, covering all expenses and all char
ges.
Letters from persons binding themselves 10
become ~sureties, if the offers are accepted,
and other letters from some Navy Agent,
Commandant at the Navy Yard, or other per-
son well known 10 the Department, must &C.
Company the offers of each person, and state
the belief Of the writer that the person offering
to contract is practically acquainted, by ex-
p~erience, with the best mode of curing and
packing Beef and Pork, and has the ability 10
perform his contract in q satisfactory manner,
and that his s~ureties have also tie ability. in
case of failure on the part of the contractor, 10
pay the amount of their bonds.
The Board of Navy Commissioners reserve
TO themselves the right TO reject all offers from
persons who have heretofore failed to fulfill
their contracts or who do not forward satisfac-
tory letters, showing their ability. and the a.
bility of their ~sureties, TO complete the con-
tracts.
Bonds in one-third the amount Of the respec-
tive contracts will be required and ten per
centum, in addition will be withheld from the
amount of each payment to be made, collateral
security for the due and faithful performance
oftheir respective contracts which will on no
account be paid until the contracts are COM
piled with in all respects /; and is 10 be forfeit.
ted TO the use aid benefit of the United States
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 10
deliver the aforesaid beef and pork within the
time specified, the Navy Commissioner 10
have the right to direct purchases to be
made to supply the deficiencies, and any ex-
cess OF cost to he 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 J within thirty days afteI
the said beef and pork shall have been Inspec
led and received, and bills for the same shall
be presented 10 the Navy Agents respectively
duly approved by the Commandants of the re-
spective Navy Yards according 10 the terms
of The contracts.
The parts of the Beef to be excluded from
the barrels will be particularly designated in
the engravlngs TO be attached TO the contracts
persons interested can obtain them on applica.
lion at this office.
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