The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-11-05
PROPOSALS ron AMERICAN WATER
~ KErfEb HEMP

NAVY DErARrMESr,
BuxEAU or CoksfhucrsoH, EsUsrnEsr, &c.
gaar s4 s 4th October, l645.
CEALED PROPOSALS, endorsed proposals
the 18th December next for delivering one hundred
and ty tons Of .fmeriesn sgate~rsed hemp, at such
storehouse in each of the cities Of Louisville Ken
lucky, and 81. Louis, in Missouri, may be desig-
mated by the United States hemp agent at those
places; the deliveries to be made between the hrss
day Of March and Die first day of July, 1876, and
accompanied by Satisfactory evidence that it has
been wates~rcttcd in the usual manner.
The hemp must be thoroughly dressed, cleaned,
free from shivcrs, and must not LOSE more than
sixteen per cent. of low and waste when hatchellcd
10 the satisfaction of the inspectors ready for spin
ming. Its strength must be such, that rope o.
one and threc{ourths Of an inch in circumference,
made from twcnty-one yarns, prepared and tested
by the inspectors, by their direction, will bear al
least four thousand two hundred pounds; and il
LENGTH color and other properties, must be entirely
satisfactory to the inspectors, or the chief Of this
bureau, or IL will not DO received Il will be in
spected and tested at the respective places Of do
livery.
For the hemp which may pass inspection and be
received by the agent he and the inspector will cert.
~ bills flor not less than one thousand dollars. the
last blu 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
W sucn navy u6eit az may DC uSteeu upon ny 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 a,
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
anco of the offers, If they should be accepted.
Bonds to ohe-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 advertisement ,s rr
If contracts are not executed within 1--WE days
after they have been received by the persons whose
offers have been accepted, the bureau will consider
itself at liberty to offer the next lowest RESPONSE
BILE bidder. f
To be published once week until LIST December,
in the following papers, viz: The Union, Intelli-
gcnccr, and Constitution, Washington, D. C. -
Statesman, Columbus; Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio--
Union, Nashville; Appeal, Memphis Tennessee
Democrat, Columbia, Tennessee ;--Statc Sentinel,
Indianapolis; Courier, Madison, lndiana;--Argus,
Quincy; st. Clair Banner, BelIville; Democrat,
Chicago Register Springfield, lllinois- Missouran,
ST. Louis; Inquirer, Jefferson city; Platte Eagle,
Platte city, Missouri Yeoman, Frankfort; Demo-
crat, Louisville; Gazette, Lexington, Kentucky
Territorial Gazette and Advertiser, Burlington,
lowa;--Courier, Milwaukee, wisconsin, - Banner
Little Rock, Arkansas