The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-07-30
BUREAU OF Construction, EQUIPMENT AND RspAIRs.
July 10, 1914.


July Is, 1914.
THO carry into effect that part of the &C, of Con-
l. gress, making appropriations for the naval ser
wee tor the fiscal year, ending June 80, lSi5, which
relates to the purchase of American water-rotted
Hemp
Proposals will be received at this Bureau, until
ocloek, T. M, of the 29th day of August next, tor
delivering at the Navy Yard Charles, own, Mass,
two hundred tons of American water rotted Hemp.
This hemp must be equal 10 quality to the Riga
Rein Hemp heretofore purchased for the Navy,
samples of which now in the said navy
yard-must be delivered free of all expense to
The United States, and be subject to the
inspection and approval of persons who will be APP
pointed by, and act under instructions from the Navy
Department.
Persons making offers must state the price asked
per ton Of 22i0 pounds, delivered at the Navy Yard,
and must forward with them the offers of persons OF
sufficient property to become sureties in one third the
amount of the contract for It's performance if the
offer should be accepted.
Separate proposals will be received for quantities OF
not less than thirty tons, than two hundred
tons To diminish the hazard contract tors of for
warding hemp from the w cstern States which NAV
not be of proper quality sufficiently we'll pre-
pared, the Secretary of The Navy has appointed two
agents, who will, when requested inspect hemp that
may be prepared fulfil contracts to be made under
This advertisement. One of these agents will in
spec, the Hemp that may be sent TO Louisville, Ken
lucky and the other that which may be sent TO St.
Louis, in Missouri. These agents Wi be furnished
with samples of Riga Rein Hemp and with the mea n $
! of testing the strength of Hemp, and will be ready
to give all information in their power TO enable con-
tractors to have their hemp properly prepared and
ascertain the strength and character of it, before the
expense Of sending It to the navy yard is incurred.
1t must be distinctly understood, however, that the
inspection and opinion of these agents is merely to
diminish the risk TO contractors, by furnishing useful
/ inf no nv d.
hemp can be finally received and paid for, will be
that at the navy yard where it is TO be delivered
The whole quantity Of the hemp embraced in any
contract must be delivered the navy yard Charles
town. Mass, on OF before the first day of August,
| ls45.
! In addition to the bonds which will be required
| for the faithful performance OF contracts, ten per
centum will be deducted from all bills for deliveries
and retained until the completion Of the contract, as
4 additional security for its Performance The remain
ing ninety per cenium will be paid within Thirty day
after The bills, duly approved shall be pre- scented tc
the Navy Agent at Boston.
! To be published three times a week till the 29th
August next, in the Madlsonsn and Spectator
Washington, ID. c Eastern Argus, Portland, Me
Augusta Age, Augusta, Maine; Hill. Patriot New
Hampshire; Morning Post aud Daily Times, Bos
ton, Massachusetts,; Journal Of Commerce and Au
rora, New York; National Enquirer and Demo
cratic Signal Harrisburg Pennsylvania Sur
and Republican, Baltimore; Enquirer, Richmond
! Virginia Old Dominion and Beacon Norfolk
| Virginia; kenuckian at Louisville, Gazette, a
Lexington, and Msysvlle Advocate, Kentucky; OLE
School Republican, Statesman, and Cincinnati Re
publican Ohio; Register and Chicago Democrat, II
linos Old School Democrat and Reporter, Missouri
New Orleans Republican, Louisiana; Detroit Ere,
Press, Michigan; Morning Gazette, Buffalo, N. Y.
i American Sentinel and Public Ledger, Philadelphia
Daily Morning Post Pntsburg, Pennsy wanna 90
lumbian Register, New Haven, Connecticut, an,
State lntellgencsr, Geneva New York.
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