The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-10-24
PROPOSALS FOR AMERICAN WATER
RETTED HEMP.

NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT, &c.
4th October, l645.
CEALED PROPOSALS, endorsed proposals
~ for hemp" will be received at this bureau until
the 18th December next, for delivering hundred
and fifty tons of .americaa trat-retted hemp, at such
storehousc 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 it has
been Waier-retted in the usual manner
The hemp must be thoroughly dressed, cleaned,
free from shvers, and must not lose more than
sixteen per cent. tow and waste when hatchelled,
to the satisfaction of the inspectors, ready for spin
ming. Its strength must be SUCH that a rope OF
one and threefourths of an inch in circumference,
made from twenty-one yarns, prepared and tested
by the inspectors, or by their direction, will bear ut
least four thousand two hundred pounds; and it's
length, COLOR and other properties, must be entirely
satisfactory 10 the inspectors, or the chief Of this
bureau, or it will not be received. 1t will be in
spected and tested at the respective places of de-
livery.
For the hemp which may pass inspection and be
received by the agent he and the inspector will certi-
fy bills (for 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 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 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 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 Ave days
after they have been received by the persons whose
offers have been accepted, the bureau will consider
itself at liberty to offer it to the next lowest RESPONSE
BILE bidder.
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, Bellvie; Democrat,
Chicago; Register, Springfield, Illinois, Missourian,
st. Louis; Inquirer, Jefferson city; Platte Eagle,
Platte city, Missouri Yeoman, Frankfort; Demo-
crat, Louisville; Gazette, Lexington, Kentucky;-
Territorial Gazette and Advertiser, Burlington,
Iowa;-Courier, Milwaukee, Wisconsin;-B Banner
Little Rock, Arkansas.