The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-10-28
PROPOSALS FOR AMERICAN WATER
a RETTED HEMP,
NAVY DEPARTMENT.,
BUREAU on CoNsrRucrloN, EouIFMENr, &c,

Navy DErARTMESr,
BuhEAu or CossTRucrioN, E0ulrmEsr, &c,
4th October, l645.
CEALED PROPOSALS, endorsed Proposal.
- for hemp" will DO received at this bureau unit
the 18th December next for delivering one hundred
and fifty tons Of .7erican tcaer~reffed hemp, at such
storehousc in each Of the cities Of Louisville, Ken.
lucky, and St. Louis, in Missouri, may be desg-
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 it has
been wasr-retted in the usual manner.
The hemp must be thoroughly dressed, cleaned
free from shivcrs, and must not lose more thar
sixteen per cent of tow and waste when hatchelled
to the satisfaction of the inspectors, ready for spin
ming. Its strength must be such, that rope o.
one and three-fourths of an inch in circumference
made from twenty-one yarns, as prepared and tested
by the inspectors, or by their direction, will bear al
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
spected and tested at the respective places of de-
livery. ~ hsssaf 86 a
For the hemp which may pass inspection and be
received by the agent he and the inspector will cert-
fy bills flor not less than thousand dollars, the
last bill exceptcd 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
chief of this bureau and the contractors.
Persons offering, must offer for at least thirty
TONS and must state the price (written in words al
lengthy asked per ton Of 2.240 pounds when deiv-
cred, inspected, tested, approved, and received by
the agent and inspector, and payable az above
specified, and must forward with their offer an obli-
cation, duly executed by two persons of known
responsibility, binding themselves for the perform
ance of the offers, il they should be accepted
IN hall he nf tha tract q
which may be made, with two good and sufficien,
sureies, 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 viii be
retained until they are fully completed, in all re-
spects, according to their terms
Offers must be made In strict conformity with the
terms of this advertisement.
If 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 responsi
BILE bidder,
+ To be published once week until LIST December,
in the following papers, viz: The Union, Intelli-
gencer, and Constitution, Washington, ID. c. -
Statesman, Columbus; Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio
Union, Nashville; Appeal, Memphis; Tennessee
Democrat, Columbia, Tennessee State Sentinel,
Indianapolis; Courier Madison, ndjana;--Argus,
Quincy; st. Clair Banner, Bellyille; Democrat,
Chicago Register, Springfield, lllinoisM issourian,
st. Louis; Inquirer, Jefferson city; Platte Eagle,
Platte city, Acknowledgement, Frankfort; Demo-
crat, Louisville; Gazette, Lexington, Kentucky
Territorial Gazette and Advertiser, Burlington,
Iowai--Courier, Milwaukee, Wisconsin;-B Banner
Little Rock, Arkansas.