The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-03-23
5 with links of 1916 of an inch diameter,

Each cable to be of one hundred and fifty athoms. All
OF the said iron must be entirely OF American manufac
of the best quality free from admxre OF foreign
must be hammered from blooms into rough bars That
tor the links nest then be cut Piled and rolled about
inch IN thickness then again cut piled and rolled the
CURED sizes and cuto the required lengths. That portion
for the shaekes, swive boxes and pins, all be
wrought under the hammer sizes and shapes which will
cred in straight lengths, free from all flaws ragged ends
edges, other defects subject such proofs
the bureau may direct and be in all respects the entire
satisfaction OF the commandant of the said navyyard
cheto the bureau, It will not be received will any
is produced the commandment the yard that has been
manufactured as herein required:
The quantity for onehrd OF all the different sized cables
must be delivered on or before the fifteenth day of August
next for another third OF all said cables before the
first day May Is4s Separate proposals will be received
for the iron embraced in each of the said times of delivery
Persons DESTROYS Of offering furnish the said iron,
any portion thereof (shoud further Information be required
to enable them to make their ofers referred the COM
nandant or commanding officer ofhe navyyard, Washing
ton, District of Columbia
To those persons whose offers may be accepted, pacu
a parts and portions of each kind of iron required will be
tnpshed when contracts are prepared for execution
the amount Of the con,ract and ten per centm
in addition, of the amount of all bills will be retained
tracts, which will only be paid their satisfactory compile
ton Ninety per centu of all deliveries win be paid
provisions Of the contracts within thirty days their
presentation to the navy agent The offers must state
what agency the may desire payment be
made.
In case of failure the part of the contractor to furnish
times specified above, the officers agents the navy
yard shall be author lied purchase such quantities may
be supply the deficiencies and any of
cost the price agreed be paid by the contract shall
be charged to and paid by the contractor
Every offer must be accompanied by written guaranty,
signed by responsible persons the
he they undertake that the bidder bidders WILL if his
their bid be accepted into obligation within five
days after receipt of notice. with good and sufficient
ties, to furnish the iron proposals and proposal viii
be considered unless accompanied by such guaranty.
To be published twice week for four weeks in the fol-
lowing papers, viz; Union and National ntegencer,
Washington d. c.; Hartford Times Hartford, Connecticut;
Journal of Commerce and Evening Post New York Penn
sylvanian and Keystone, Philadelphia Morning Post Pitts
bnrg, Pennsylvania; Union, Harrisburg Pennsylvania
sun, Baltimore Maryland; Enquirer, Richmond Virginia.
and the Union, Nashville, Tennessee.
March I0-2aw4w
NoTE-Papers publishing the above will please correct:
In I'd line of I'd paragraph instead of 'sTwelve do &c
say Nine In 7h line of It'll paragraph, instead of dupl
cates,' say fripiicaes.