The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-04-17
PROPOSALS FOR MAIL BAGS.
Posr OrvIcE DEPARTMENT,

ThoiOoALS FOk MAIL BAGS
Posr OFvrcE DEPARTMENT.,
TN COMPLIANCE with the l7lh section Of tn
act Of Congress legalizing and making appro
paiaons Tor such necessary objects have been ,is
ally included In the general appropriation bills with
oat authority OF law, and TO fix and provide for Ger
tain incidental expenses of the Department and off
GERS oil the Government, and for other purposes
approved August 6, 1842; sealed proposals will b,
received at the Inspection Office of tins Department
until the first day Of May pext, for furnishing fol
one year. or for longer period the Department
may see fit and in such quantities aud at such times
as may be ordered mail bugs of the following de-
scripton, to wit
CANVASS MAIL BAGS.
No. size, 43 inches long and 81 inches wide, to
be made of cotton canvass, weighing Is OF. to the
yard, Of % inches width the yarn for the fabric to
be doubled and twisted and fve-fold.
No. size, Al inches long and "a inches wide, to
be made Of cotton canvass, weighing Is to the
yard OF "a inches width the cloth 10 be woven in
every respect like that of the first size of bags
No 3 size, 80 inches long by 10 inches wide.
weighing 10 to the yard the cloth to be woven as
above described. The numbered sized bags to have
each ten eyelet holes, with good and sufficient cords
passing through them. The number 2 sized bags TO
have eight eyelet-holes with Gods. The number 3
sized bags to have six eyeletholes with cords, as
aforementioned, and the whole to be marked inside
and outside thus: ~ s. MAIL" and to be deliver
ed free from expense and subject to inspection.
LEATHER MAIL BAGS.
Pouches, or bags that open and are laced at the
end
Size No. !. AZ inches long and 30 inches wide.
No. 2. 36 do do "a do
No, 3. "a do do l8 do
The main body of the pouches are to be made of
good substantial bag-leaiher well tanned the bot
tom OF good skirtng leather and in oval or round
form, as the Department may direct the seams to
be closed together with copper rvet at not more
than an inch part; the mouth opening of the
pouches to be covered with flap with Sits cut iato
II to receive the staples which be securely in
serted into the bag, at distance apart not exceeding
Two and halt inches, with chain passing through
them so as to secure the contents of the bag when
lock is affixed to it, against being abstracfed. To
The top and bottom OF each pouch handle is to be
put
Horse Nail Bags, made in saddl e-bsgs form
Size No l. Body 46 inches long and 20 inches wide
No2. = AZ do do lS do
No 3. ~ do do I6 do
Ends or bottoms of size No, I. 12 by "a inches.
DO DO DO No. 2 2 u BY y do
The horse mail bags are to be made of good SUBJ
stantia bag leather well tanned the seams to be
closed together by good and strong sewing or if by
ryets, to be done neither chae the horse nor
The rider; and the mouth opening which is on the
de 10 DC secured by flap similar TO that described
svVvc Usga are sucn as are |
principally used for mail service but bags differing
IN size from them will be frequently needed for pc
culiar service and, the lengths Of all such bags
will bear to their dameters the same proportion
which exists between the lengths and dameters of
the bags whose sizes above described, all proPo-
sails must state the price pc, inch in diameter, LOT
each kind Of bag offered for.
Proposals for furnishing canvass mail pouches
made of fabric which is waterproof Tiihom being
sized or saturated c' amy solution whaterer VIII be
considered and proposals for furnishing waterproof
leather mail bags will also be considered
Separate bids for the supply needed at each OF The
following depots, to wit Boston, Mass New York,
~ Y. Philadelphia, Pa. Baltimore, Md. Wash
ington City, d. c., and Louisville, ny, will be re-
CURED. All articles contracted for are to be deh
yered free Of expense to the Department at tie de-
pots bid for to be Inspected and received ana 10 DC
paid for after such inspection.
All bids should be accompanied with evidence OF
he competency and ability Of the proposer to exc
cute the work and with samples OF The articles ohcr
ed for and the contracts entered into will be based
upon them.
form his obligations will inyaidate the contract.
The proposals should be endorsed Proposals for
mail bags ~ and be addressed to the Third .7sssonf
Postmaster General"
march l6-d,lmay
The Old School Republican, Ohio; ken,uckian,
LOUISVILLE, N.Y., ItOm3n, N.Y. h'''S'
Times Philadelphia Sentinel New York Union x
Aurora Hartford Patriot & Eagle Argus, Albany,
NY; Hills New Hampshire Patriot; and Cincnna-
Il Republican, will publish the above advertisement
and send paper containing the same to the lnsPeo-
ton Office.
WRITING FLUIDS, COPYING AND WHITING
INKS.
Wy FISCHER, importer and dealer in fancy and
w staple Stationery, has recently received Oh
from, inf ac London,
STEPHENS'S PATENT BLUE BLACK WHIT
ING FLUID-This article, which writes OF blue
at FIRST has the peculiar property OF becoming an 10
tense black afterwards IT contains combinations cal
cuated TO ensure a higher degree OF Permsnence
with greater facility of writing. more especially wiu
Steel Pens than ever can be attained by the blac'
dyes c,,lors or common Inks. II has been IN exten
sye use in all climates for several years. IL answer
admirably for use with the Copying Machine, and :
used in several Of the Offices OF Government, par
ticuarly the Department OF State.
TERRY'S COPYING INk.-Tbe peculiar pro
perry of this Ink is the facility with which it render
most perfect copy. 1t also possesses every otbe
essential quality requisite in the best writing Ink Thi
ink will yield copy within twenty-four hours ate
writing.
COOPER AND PHILI.IPS's formerly Walkdeu
EXTRA FINE BLACK WRITING lNk.-Als'
constantly on hand, the best Inks, black and rec
made in this country by Maynard 4 Noyes, ID. Pc
& Co., and Edward Kent, for Wholesale and reta
at Stotioners' Hall.
STEPHENS INSTANTANEOUS BLACl
WRITING FLUID.--This fluid has the property
writing Immediately black. IL is the purest biac
ink ever offered to the public. 1t has no sedimen
and forms no incrustaton about the pens or nkbol
er, and flows with remarkable facility.
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