The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-03-08
PROPOSALS FOR IRON.
Navy CoMMssIosER's OFFICE,


MARCH 5th, 1912.
PROPOSALS., sealed and endorsed, will be re-
Il ceived at this Office, until O'Clock T. M, O.
the Goth of the present month"; for furnishing and de-
liverng, at the Navy Yard, Washington District OF
Columbia free of charge to the United States all the
Iron required in the construction of the following
Chain Gables, .4,scho,s, Tanks and Canboosss viz
CHAIN CABLE IRON.
| Z, 400 fathoms for LIST class Shops of war
| 200 do for I'd class Shops of war
1900 do for Frgates
| 1900 do for Ships of the Line
| Addition to sheet cables for ships OF
$50 do the line and frigates, in lengths OF
I As fathoms
ANCHOR IRON.
| 80 anchors for LIST class Shops Of
l6 do for I'd class Shops of
| Al do for Frigates
| l6 do for Ships of the line
TANK IRON.
| 8 sets for Shops of war
6 do for Frigates
do for Ships of the Line
| CAMBOOSES.
| 6 cambooses for Frgates
| 6 do for Shops of War
| 6 do for Small vessels
| All the aforesaid Iron must be of the best quality
and of American manufacture, without any admix-
ure of foreign ron and must be free from all defects
whatever.
|
and at the following stated periods, viz.
| One-thrd the quantity of the Chain Cable and An
Choir Iron to be delivered or before the lst July
| next.
! One other third part on or before the 1st Novem-
Der next and the balance on or before the LIST March,
| l843.
One-thrd part of the Tank Iron to be delivered by
| LIST June next
One other third by lst November next, and the
balance by LIST February, l843
And of the Camboose Iron, one-haf on before
the LIST June next and the other half before the
| 1st August next.
! The offers must be separate and distinct, and en-
dorsed, offer for Chain Cable Iron, offer for .4nchor
Iron, offer for Tank Iron, offer for Caboose Iron, Gas
the may Beg Each will be considered and acted
upon separately, and portions of each will be award
ed separately, if the Commissioners of the Navy
should deem it proper.
All the aforesaid iron WILL on delivery, be subject
ed to such proofs tests and Inspection the Board
of Navy Commissioners may authorize or direct,
and must be entirely satisfactory to them to the
commandant or commanding officer of the said Navy
! Yard.
| Persons DESTROYS of offering to furnish the said
iron, any portion thereof, Should further infor
| nation be required to enable them 10 make their Of
| fers) are referred to the commaIdant command
ing officer of the Navy Yard Washington, District of
Columbia.
To those persons whose offers may be accepted par
tcular schedules drawings, and models, descriptive
OF the several parts and portions OF each kind OF iron
required for each object, will be furnished by the
Commissioners of the Navy, when contracts are pre-
| pared for execution.
Bonds, with two approved sureties, will be required
in one-third the amount of the contracts and ten
per centum in addition of the amount of all bills will
be retained collateral security for the faithful per-
Torrance of the contracts, which will only be paid
| on their satisfactory completion. And ninety per
centum of all deliveries will be paid bills properly
authenticated according to the provisions of the
tracts, within thirty days after their presentation to
the Navy Agent. The offers must state at what
agency the contractor may desire payment TO be
made
In of failure on the part of the contractor to
furnish and deliver the aforesaid iron of the quality
and at the times specified above, the officers agents
at the Navy shall be authorized to purchase such
quantities may be necessary to supply the decen-
ces; and any of cost the price agreed to
be paid by the contract shall be charged to and paid
| by the contractor
IfTo be published twice a week in the
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Wy Chronicle, and Globe, District Of Column
| bia; and three times week in the New York
Commercial Advertiser and New York Express
North American and Pennsylvania Reporter, at
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Baltimore Sun, and
Baltimore American, Maryland; Richmond Enquirer
Virginia. mar S-2taWtd