The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-07-15
NAVY BEEF AND PORK FOX 1913.
NAVY COMM ssIokER's OFfics,

CEALED OFFERS, endorsed "Ofers for Btef'
- or Offers Pork" a, the case may he, W II b.
receive az this otiee until O'Clock, +. M OF .h'
3Oth ot July next Tor furnishing and delivery free
OF all cusl aud risk Ia The United States
$500 barrels of Navy Beef and $500 barrels o
Nay Pork each barrel la contain Two hundred
pounds nett weight of Beef Pork to b. delivered
al the respective Navy Yards, as follows, VIE;
,2oO barrels Of the Beef at Charestown, Mass
80 barrels do Brooklyn, Y.
800 barrels do Go-pod, Virginia
80 barrels of the Pork at Ch,rI~s,own, Mass
300 barrels do Brooklyn N. Y.
300 barnls do Gospor, Virginia.
An the said Beef and Pork to be delivered between
the Is day of April and the 18th day of June, ls43
unless earie deliveries should be authorized by the
Navy Commissioners.
The Beef must be packed from well fatened cattle
weighing not less than five hundred pounds net,
weight each. The legs and leg Tands of the hind
quarters and the shns and shoulder cods and least
eight pounds from The neck end of each fore, quarter
the parts marked Nos. /, 2, and 8 on the drawing
Ut deIineaton OF the fore and hind quarters of Ok
which will he attached TO and form part of the
tract, must be wholly excluded from each barrel and
the remainder Of the must be cut in pieces OF
not Tess 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 joles necks shout
ders hams, legs feet and lard aud all refuse pieces
and must be cut in pieces weighing not less than
six pounds each
Both the Beef aud Pork must be slaughtered be-
the first of November next and the periods of
delivery, and must be sailed with at least bushel
OF coarse Turks Island, Isle of May, ST. Ubes
SALT and with five ounces of pure puverzed saltpe-
tre 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 aud heading. Ii of the for
mer, To be not less than hree-fourths of an inch
thick if of the latter, to be not less than inch
,,It, h..k lao Tho
the best white oak hickory hoops except the
hoop, which must be of ron at least one inch wide,
and not less than the denomination No. IL. All at
the expense OF the respective contractors.
Each barrel must be branded on its head, g Navy
Beef" or Navy Pork" as the case may be, with
the contract RS name, and the year when packed.
The, Beef and the Pork will be inspected by the In
speeding officers at the respective Navy Yards afore-
said and by some sworn inspectors of salt provi-
sions" who will be selected BY the respective COM
manding 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
der, to the satisfaction of the Commandants of the
respective Navy Yards aforesaid, after the inspec
tons, 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,
ing all expenses and all charges.
Letters from persons binding themselves to become
sureties, If the offers ceped, and other letters
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