The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-05-05
Proposals for American water-rotted


... a.ir NAVY DEPARTMENT,
Bureau of Construction, Equipment, and Repair,
..... .... ... April 7, 1876.
SEALED PROPOSALS, endorsed aoaers
- for hemp No. II will be received at this
bureau until the LIST June next for furnishing and
delivering at the navy-yard Charlestown, Mas
aschusetts, or al Louisville, Kentucky, or St.
Louis, in Missouri, in such store.h house may be
directed by this bureau, seven hundred and fifty
TONS (of 2240 pounds eaeh) OF toaisr rotted Amer
lean hemp; of which one-thrd must be delivered on
or before the lat day Of June, l647, one third on
or before the first day Of June, lo4S and One-thd
or before the LIST day of June, l649. These offers
must be made for all the periods of delivery, and
may be for any quantity not less than ten tons for
each period.
Offers will also be received to be marked "oifers
for hemp No. q" for other seven hundred and hity
tons Of water-rotted American hemp, TO be delivered
in the same proportions, and within the same pc
RODS, and al the same places as above mentioned,
for the offer No. /. But the offers for this latter
quantity must be for the whole quantity OF seven
hundred and fifty tons.
The hemp must he thoroughly dressed, cleaned,
free from shiyers and must not lose than six
teen per cent of tow and waste, when hatcheled to
the satisfaction of the inspectors, ready for spin
ming Its strength must be such that rope Of one
and threefourths of an inch IN circumference made
from twenty-one yarns, as prepared and tested by
the inspectors, or by their direction, will bear at
least Tour thousand two hundred pounds; and Its
lehg'h, Color and other properties, aud the proof
mat IL mas been property Uatsrrotd must be enure-
y satisfactory to the Inspectors or the chief of this
bureau, or Il will not be received. No dew-rotted,
snow-rotted, or sleam-Prepared hemp will be re-
ceiyed The inspections and tests will be made at
the respective places of delivery.
The inspectors, and commandment Of yard or
hemp agent, as the case may require, will certify
bills for the hemp, which may pass inspection, and
be received by the hemp agent, or commandant Of
the nayy-yard, according TO the provisions of the
contracts which may be entered into; ninety per
cent Of which bills TO be payable within thirty
days after their presentation 10 such nary agent as
may be agreed upon by the chief Of this bureau,
and the contractors.
Persons offering must state the price, written in
words at length, asked per ton Of :, 240 pounds
when delivered, inspected tested, approved, and
ceived by the agent and inspector, and payable al
above specified and must be careful to forward with
their offer, an obligation duly executed by two per
sons Of known responsibility, binding themselves
for the performance of the offers if they should b
accepted.
Bonds to one-half the amount of the contracts
which may be made, with two good and suffcien
suretes, will be required for their faithful execution
in addition to the deduction Of ten per cent. from al
bills paid before the completion of the contracts
which deductions will be retained until the contracts
fully completed in all respects according to their
terms, unless otherwise specially directed by the
| Secfelafy OF ule NAVY.
Offers must be made in strict conformity with the
terms Of this advertisement. Persons offering mus
state by what navy agent they wish their bills paid
If their offer is accepted; and at what hemp or navy
agency they wish to have contracts and bonds sen
for their signature, and if they should not be ex-
ecuted within fifteen days AFTER they are received by
the agents, they will be returned, and the depart
ment will consider itself at liberty to accept other
offers in place of those thus neglected.
To be published once week for six weeks
in the following papers, viz: Union and Intellisen-
Ger, Washington, ID. c.. Statesman, Columbus
ohio Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio; Union, Nash
vile, Tennessee; Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee
Democrat, Columbia, Tennessee; State Sentinel
indianapolis, Indiana; Courier, Madison, Indiana
Argus, Quincy, Illinois; ST. Clair Banner, Bel
leville, Illinois; Democrat, Chicago, Illinois;
Register, Springfield, illinois; Missourian, ST.
Louis, Missouri; Inquirer, Jefferson City, Mis-.
souri,; Platte Eagle, Platte City, Missouri Yeoman
Frankfort, Kentucky; Democrat, Louisville, Ken
lucky; Gazette, Lexington, Kentucky; Territorial
Gazette and Advertiser, Burlington, Iowa; Courier
Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Banner, Little Rock, Ar
kansas; Richmond Enquirer Richmond, Virginia.
1 The papers containing the above advertisement
will be forwarded to the bureau evidence of pub
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