The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-10-20
PROPOSALS FOR AMERICAN WATER
RETTED HEMP.
NAVY DEPARTMENT.,
BuREAu or CONSTRUCTION, EaulPMENr, &c.

fEN NAVY DEPARTMENT., .H
BuREAu or CoNsrRucrIos, EsulrmESr, DC.
.sN a % 4th October, l645.
CEALED PROPOSALS, endorsed proposals
- for hemp" will be received at this bureau until
the 18th December next for delivering one hundred
and fifty tons of .4moicGn pafer-refed hemp at such
storehouse in each Of the cities Of Louisville, Ken
lucky, and ST. Louis, in Missouri, as may be desig-
mated by the United States hemp agent at those
places; the deliveries to be made between the first
day Of March and the first day of July, 1886, and
accompanied by satisfactory evidence that il has
been spaie-retted In tho usual manner.
The hemp must be thoroughly dressed, cleaned,
free from shivers, and must not lose more than
sixteen per cent. of tow and waste when hatcheed,
to the satisfaction of the inspectors ready for spin
ming. Its strength must be such, that a rope Of
one and three-fourths of an inch in circumference,
made from twenty-ono yarns, as prepared and tested
by the inspectors, by their direction, will bear at
least four thousand two hundred pounds and its
length, color, and other properties must be entirely
satisfactory 10 the inspectors, or the chief Of this
bureau, or It will not be received. II will be in
spectcd and tested at the respective places Of de-
livery. R ,Rgss' tEP
For the hemp which may pass inspection and be
received by the agent he and the inspector will cer
fy bills (for not less than one thousand dollars, the
last bill excepted; according to the provisions Of the
contract; ninety per cent. Of which to be payable
within thirty days after the presentation Of the bills
TO such navy agent as may be agreed upon by the
chef of this bureau and the contractors.
Persons offering, must offer for at least thirty
tons, and must state the price written in words at
lengthy asked per ton of 2,240 pounds when deliv-
cred, inspected, tested, approved, and received by
the agent and inspector, and payable as above
specified, and must forward with their offer an obi
CATION, duly executed by two persons Of known
responsibility, binding themselves for the perform
ance of the offers, if they should be accepted.
Bonds to one-half the amount Of the contracts
which may be made, with two good and sufficient
sureties, will be required for their faithful execu-
ton, in addition TO deduction of ten per cent.
from all bills which may be approved and paid be-
fore the completion Of the contracts, which will be
retained until they fully completed, in all re-
spects, according to their terms.
Offers must be made in strict conformity with the
terms of this I'D vertisement
IL contracts are not executed within i've days
after they have been received by the persons whose
offers have been accepted, the bureau will consider
itself at liberty to offer to the next lowest RESPONSE
BILE bidder Ea7'
To be published once week until LIST December,
in the following papers, viz The Union Intelli-
gencer, and Constitution, Washington, d. CT
Statesman, Columbus; Enquirer, Cincinnati Ohio
Union, Nashville; Appeal, Memphis; Tennessee
Democrat, Columbia, Tennessee State Sentinel,
Indianapolis; Courier Madison, lndiana;--Argus,
Quincy; ST. Clair Banner, Be1vie; Democrat,
Chicago; Register, Springfield Illinois, Missourian,
st. Louis; Inquirer, Jefferson city; Platte Eagle,
Platte city, Missouri - eoman, Frankfort; Demo-
crat, Louisville; Gazette, Lexington, Kentucky
Territorial Gazette and Advertiser, Burlington,
Iowa;-Courier, Milwaukee, Wisconsin;-Ban
Little Rock, Arkansas.