The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-02-25

All the aforesaid chain cable iron must be Of the
very best quality Of american manufacturs, free
from admixture of foreign iron it must be ham,
mered from blooms into rough bars. That for the
links must then be cut, piled, and rolled to about
an inch in thickness; then again cut piled. and
rolled to the required sizes and cut to the required
lengths That portion for the shackles, swivels,
boxes, and pins, must all be wrought under the
hammer to sizes and shapes which will be furnished
to the contractor. The whole must be delivered in
straight lengths, free from all flaws, ragged ends
or edges or other defects, subject to such proofs
and tests as the Bureau Of Construction, Equip
ment, end Repair may direct, and bel all respects
to the entire satisfaction and approval of the COM
mandant of tho Navy Yard aforesaid, or Il will not
be received nor will any part of the said iron be
subjected to test and proof unless satsfactory evil
dence il produced to the said commandant that it
has been manufactured as hereinbefore required.
The quantity required to make one-t third of the
different sized cables must be delivered on be-
fore the first day of June next; for another third
of all said cables, on or before the first day Of Octo-
Der next; and the remainder on or before the thr-
ty-first day of December next.
Persons desirous of offering to furnish the said
iron (should any further information be required
to enable them to make their ofers) are referred TO
the commandment or commanding officer of the
Navy Yard at Washington, District of Columbia.
To the person whose offer may be accepted par
ticular schedules, drawings, and models descrip-
tive of the parts and portions of each kind of iron
required will be furnished, when the contract is
prepared for execution, and to which the said iron
must conform.
Offers must embrace the quantity required, and
the price stated BY the pound, and the aggregate
amount of the offer given and carried out
Approved sureties equal TO the estimated amount
Of the contract will be required in the manner set
forth in that instrument, and ten per centum in ad
dition will be withheld from the amount of each
payment az collateral security for the faithful per
formance of the contract. Ninety per centum Of
each delivery will be paid by the Navy Agent at
ton of bills, in tripiicate, approved by the COM
mandant of the said Navy Yard.
Every offer must be accompanied by written
guaranty, (the responsibility of the guarantor or
guarantors to be certified to by q navy agent or
other official person, or by some one known TO the
Bureau of Construction, &c.,) that if the offer be
accepted, the bidder or bidders will, within ten
days after the receipt Of the contract at the post Of
Ace designated, execute the same, with good and
sufficient surcties, to furnish the said chain cable
iron, agreeably to the terms specified in this ad-
vcrtisement, or which may be embodied in the
contract. The law of the 10th August 1896 forbids
the consideration Of all proposals not accompanied
by such guaranty.
Bidders are particularly cautioned to endorss
their ofsrs as above required, that they may be dis
tinguished from other business letters, In order to
prevent their being opened before the day APP
pointed.
All offers not made in strict conformity with this
cred or rejected at the option of the Bureau Of Con-
struction, Equipment, and Repair. The person
whose offer may be accepted will be notified, and
contract forwarded without unnecessary delay
fcrbOub OucIAu6 hEc OucCtco W OCdigu0te tue
post Office through which they desire to be address
ed, and the navy agent to whom the contract shall
be sent for execution. And also required to make
their bids according to the form hereto annexed.
J. H. LATHROP, Navy Agent.
Form Of an o6Rr.
hereby agree TO furnish and deliver at the Navy
Yard at Washington, Distric. OF Columbia, in con-
formity with the terms Of the advertisement from
the Navy Agents Office at Washington, Of the 2ad
day of January, 1881, l092, l22 lbs Of chain cable
iron Of the very best quality of American manufac-
ture, at the rate OF - cents per lb., amounting to
g..
If my offer be accepted. I desire to be addressed
through the post Office at ---, and the con.
tract TO be sent to the navy agent at for exc
cuton.
Very respectfully, your obcdent servant,
A. B.
To ]. H. LArHnop, esq.,,
Navy Agent, Washington, d. G.
We the undersigned, residents Of ---, in the
State Of, hereby guaranty that, in case the
foregoing bid of--- be accepted, --- will,
within ten days after the receipt Of the contract
at the post Office designated, execute the same with
good and sufficient sureties, 20 furnish the chain
cable iron therein specified, in conformity with the
terms Of the advertisement under which the said
bid was made. G. D.
Eff.
hereby certify that, to the best of my know
ledge and belief, the abovcnamed guarantors arc
good and sufficient.
G. H., Navy Agent.
Envelope to be endorsed Proposals for chain
BILE iron.' Jan 25-law4w