The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-05-23
BUREAU OF CoNsr's, EeuIem'r AID RErAIn,

April IL, l645.
CEALED PROPOSALS endorsed proposals fol
- hemp) will be received at this Bureau until thu
3lst day Of May next for furnishing and delivering
| at the navy-yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts,, on
or before the first day of July 1886, four hundred
tons of water otted hemp. 20 ~ ea
This hemp must be equal to the Riga Rein hemp
now at the navy-yard, Charestown. In deciding
upon offers, preference will be gwen to American
hemp, if offered at equal or lower price than may be
asked for foreign hemp. The hemp must be sub
ject to inspection and approval at the navy-yard,
Charlestown, Massachusetts, by persons to be APP
pointed, by and under instructions from this Blu
reau, and none will be received which shall not
pass such inspection
Persons who may wish to furnish hemp perfectly
free from tow, and ready for spinning, can forward
separate proposals for such hemp; which hemp, il
the proposals should be accepted, must like the 9TH
err be subject to inspection and approval at said
navy-yard before it will be received
Persons making offers must state the price asked
per ton of 2,240 pounds, delivered at said navy
yard, and must forward with them an obligation
from two persons Of sufficient property to become
sureties for the fulment of the contract 10 be
tered into, in onethrd the amount of said contract
To diminish the hazard to contractors of forward
ing hemp from the western States, which may not
be of proper quality, or sufficiently well prepared,
the Secretary of the Navy has appointed two agents.
who will, when requested, inspect hemp that may
be prepared and intended to fulfil contracts to be made
under this advertisement. One of these agents will
inspect the hemp that may be sent to Louisville,
Kentucky and the other that which may be sen
to ST. Louis, in Missouri. These agents will be
furnished with samples of the Riga Rein hemp, ex-
ceptng for hemp fully prepared for spinning, and
with the means of testing the strength Of hemp, and
will be ready to give all information in their power,
to enable contractors to have their hemp properly
prepared and to ascertain the strength and charac-
ter of it, before the expense of sending it to the
vy-yard is incurred. Ii must be distinctly under
stood, however, that the inspection and opinion of
these agents is merely to diminish the risk to con-
tractors, by furnishing useful information. The on
ly inspection by which the hemp can be finally re-
ceived and paid for will be that at the navy-yard
where it is to be delivered.
In addition to the bonds which will be required
for the faithful performance of the contract per
cenum will be deducted from the amount of all bills
for deliveries, and retained until the completion of
the contract additional security for its perform
ance. The remaining ninety per centum will be
paid within thirty days after bills, duly approved,
shall be presented to the navy agent at Boston,
Massachusetts. .4 at
To be published once a week for four weeks in
the following newspapers, viz: The Globe and In
ielligenesr Washington, D; G.; Morning Post and
Springfield, Mass; Hartford Times, Hartford,
Conn., Journal of Commerce, Morning News, Eve
ming Post, New York, N. Y; Pennsylvania, Pub
lie Ledger, Philadelphia Pa; Morning Post, Pitts
burgh, Pa; Union, Harrisburg, Pa; Republican,
Baltimore, Md; Enquirer, Richmond, Va; Chron-
cle and Old Dominian, Porthmouth, Va; Jeferso-
nian, New Orleans, La; Union Nashville, Tenn;
Appeal, Memphis, Tenn; Gazette, Lexington, KY;
Democrat, Louisville, KY; Statesman, Columbus,
o.; Enquirer Cincinnati, o.; State Sentinel, In
danapolis Indiana; Register, Springfield, ILL.,; Demo
crat, Chicago ILL.,; Free Press, Detroit, Mich; Mis-
sourian, st. Louis, Mo.
The above papers, containing the advertisement,
will be forwarded to the Bureau as evidence of pub
location. April l8-Iaw4w