The republic., 1851-04-09
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 9, 1851.
PROPOSALS FOR MAIL BAGS.
Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
DEcEMBER 81 IS50

Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
DECEMBER "a, 1880
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this
- Department until9 O'Clock a. m of the 2l st day
of April next for furnishing for four years from the
fret day Of July next, in such quantities aud at
mail service, Mail Bags Of the following descrip-
ton, 10 wit:
CANVASS MAIL BAGS.
Size No (43 inches in length and 81 inches in
circumference) to be made Of cotton Canvass
weighing s ounces to tn, yard Of % inches width;
the yarn Of the fabric to be doubled and twisted and
five fold.
Size No. 9 (4l inches in length and 4s inches in
circumfcrence) to be made Of cotton canvass, ,
weighing Is ounces to the yard of 81 inches in
width, and the cloth to be woven in every respect
like that of tho fret size Of bags.
Size No. (32 inches in length and 3S inches in
circumfcrence) to be made of cotton canvass,
weighing 10 ounces to tho yard, and the cloth to
be woven as above described.
The canvass bags of sizes Nos. and are to be
made with sufficient number OF cyelct- holes, and
provided with strong cord to secure their mouths
All are to be marked inside and outside thus "U
S. MAIL"
LEATHER AND CANVASS POUCHES,
Or mail bags with circular bottoms, opened and
fastened at one end:
Size No. !, 4s inches in length and 60 inches in
circumference.
Size No. ., Al inches in length and As inches in
Size No. 3, sc inches in length and AZ inches in
circumference.
Size No. 4, 30 inches in length and IS inches in
circumference
Size No. 5, % inches in length and % inches in
circumference.
The body of the leather pouches is to be made of
good and substantial bag leather, we'll tanned,
weighing for Nos. and not less than 8 ounces.
and for the smaller sizes not less than the
square foot; the bottom and flap to be of good skirt
ing leather, well tanned, and the seams to be well
and strongly secured with the bestron rivets well
timed.
The canvass pouches are to be made of densely-
woven canvass, 30 to resist water, like the can
vass pouches now in use for the mail service.
HORSE MAIL BAGS, (IN sApDLE-BAGs roRM.)
Size No. l. Body 46 inches long and 40 inches in
circumference at widest parts.
Size No. 2. Body A inches long and 36 nchesin
circumference at widest parts.
Size No. g. Body ~ inches long and 80 inches in
circumference at widest parts.
Ends or bottoms of size No. |, II by "a inches.
Do do do No. 2, / by % do
Do do do No 3, 10 by 30 do
The leather horse mail bags are to be made oi
good and substantial bag leather, well tanned
weighing not less than ounces to the square foot
and the seams to be well and strongly sewcd il
rvctcd, to be done neither to chafe horse
rider
The canvass horse mail bags to be made OF
| the same quality of fabric as the pouches above
described.
DROP LETTER POUCHES, (wITH SIDE POCKET.
Size 26 inches in length and % inches ip circum
| ference
| Proposals for improvements in the construction
of any of the above described mail bags, or in thu
materials thereof, will be received; and the relative
value and adaptation to the service, as well III
| price of such improvement, will be considered ir
determining the lowest and best bidder.
0z- All the articles contracted for are to be de-
vered, at the contractors expense, at Boston, Mas
sachusetts; New York and Buffalo, New York
| Ill .l-I.-
more, Maryland; Washington, ID. c.; Charleston
| South Carolina; Macon, Georgia; Huntsville, Ala
bana; New Orleans, louisiana; Nashville, Tenncs
see; Louisville, Kentucky; Cincinnati, Ohio; 81
Louis, Missouri, in such proportions and at sue
times the Department may require; where the
arc to be rigidly inspected, and mono to be re
ceivcd which shall be inferior in any respect to th
| specimcnsor standard bags.
| No proposal will be considered if not accompa
MED with samples of each article bid for showing
the construction, quality Of materials, and work
manship proposed, and also with evidence OF TIT
competency and ability ofthc bidder to execute thu
work according to contract.
| The specimens must be delivered at the Depart
ment on or before the 2lst day of April next, ant
will, in connexion with the proposals, form the ba
| eis of the contracts.
| The bidder or bidders chosen will be required t
give bond, with sufficient suretes, Ito be 80 ccri
fled to by the Postmaster OF the place where he Of
they may reside in sum OF money double thu
| amount Of contract, for a faithful performance o
the obligations entered into.
II having been suggested by Postmastcrs of ex
perience and others that the common canvass bags
first above described, (of sizes Nos. ! and 3,
should be made 30 as to be locked, proposals ant
specimens invited for canvass bags constructed
| accordingly, with the addition also of handle a
the mouth and at tho bottom of each bag.
For the information of bidders in reference to th
number of mail bags which will probably be re
quired, the number, kinda, and sizes OF bag
manufactured for the use Of the Department during
the year, from the Let July, lS49 to the 30th June
1850, are given as follows: l52 No. l, S3S No.
TIC No. 3, TAT No 4, and 290 No pouches; %
No. i, 1892 No. Q, and 276 No. horse bags; ane
6,575 No. /, 1925 No. ., and 274 No. common can
vdss bags.
The proposals should be endorsed: Proposal
for Mail Bags" and be addressed TO the. Postmaste
| General.
N. X. HALL, Postmaster General.
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