The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-07-19
BUaEAu OF CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT AND RtPAIRs
| July Is, 1914.

BuaEAu OF CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT AND RkrAIRs.
July 10, 1914.
THO carry into effect that part of the act of Con
i gress, making appropriations for the naval ser
vice for 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 3
O'Clock, 7. M, of the 10Th day of August next, for
delivering at the Navy Yard Charlestown, Mass,
two hundred tons of American water-rotted Hemp.
This hemp must be equal in quality to the Riga
Rein Hemp heretofore purchased for the Navy,
yard-must be delivered free Of all expense to
the United States, and be subject to the
inspection and approval Of parsons who will be APP
pointed by, and under instructions from the Navy
Department.
Persons making offers mu t state the price asked
per ton of 22i0 pounds, delivered the Navy YaId
and must forward with them the offers Of persons OF
sufficient property TO become surete, third the
amount of the contract for its performance if the
offer should be accepted.
Separate proposals will be received for quantities OF
not less than thirty TONS more than two hundred
tons. To diminish the hazard contractors of for
wirding hemp from the Western States, which may
not be of proper quality or sufficiently well pre-
pared, the Secretary of the Navy has appointed two
agents, who WILL when rogue sed inspect hemp that
may be prepared fulfil contracts TO be made under
this adve ment. One of these agents will in
spect the Hemp hat may be sent to Louisville Ken
lucky and the other that which may be sent to ST.
Lluis, in Missouri. These agents will be furnished
with samples of Riga Rein Hemp, and with the means
of testing the strength of Hemp and will be ready
to give all information in their power, TO enable
tractors to have their hemp properly prepared and to
ascertain the strength and haracer of II, before the
expense of sending 1t to the navy yard is incurrtd d.
Ii must be distinctly understood however, that the
inspection and opinion of these agents is merely TO
diminish the risk to contractors by furnishing useful
information. Tue only inspection by which the
hemp be finally received and paid for, will be
that at the navy yard where ii is 10 be delivered
The whole quantity of the hemp embraced in any
conrac, must be delivered at the navy yard Charles
town. Mass, on or before the frat day of August,
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! la addition to the bonds which will be required
| for the faithful performance of contracts, ten per
cenium will be deducted from all bills for deliveries
and retained until The completion of the contract,
additional security for it's performance. The remain
ing ninety per will be pad within thirty days
after the bills, duly approved, shall be presented to
the Navy Agent at Boston.
To be published three times a week I'LL the 29tf
! August next, in the Madtsonian and Spectator
Washington, d. G Eastern Argus, Portland, Me
Augusta Age, Augusta, Name; Hill Patriot New
Hampshire; Morning Post and Daily Times, Bos
ton, Massachusetts; Journal of Commerce and Au
rora, New York National Enquirer and Demo
cratic sigma Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Sur
and Republican, Baltimore; Enquirer, Richmond
Virginia Old Dominion and Beacon, Norfolk
Virginia; Keniuckian al Louisville, Gazette, a
Lexington, and Maysvie Advocate, Kentucky; OlC
School Republican, Statesman, and Cincinnati Re
publican, Ohio; Register and Chicago Democrat, II
linois; Old School Democrat and Reporter, Missouri
New Orleans Republican, Louisiana; Detroit Free
Press, Michigan Morning Gazette Buffalo, N. Y.
American Sentinel and Public Ledger, Philadelphia
Daily Morning Post, Piitsburg. Pennsylva Co
lumbar Register, New Haven, Connecticut, ant
State Intelligencer, Geneva, New York
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