The republic., 1851-02-18

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All the aforesaid chain cable iron must be Of the
very best quality of american manufacture, 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
rolled to the required sizes and cut to the required
lengths That portion for the shacklcs, swives,
| 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 be in all respects
to the entire satisfaction and approval Of the COM
mandant of the Navy Yard aforesaid, 1t will not
be received; nor will any part OF the said iron be
subjected to test and proof unless satisfactory evil
dence is produced to the said commandant that il
| has been manufactured as hereinbeforc required.
The quantity required to make one-third of the
different sized cables must be delivered on or be-
fore the first day Of June next; for another third
of all said cables before the frat day Of Octo
Der next; and the remainder on or before the thir
| 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 oers) referred to
the commandant or commanding officer Of the
Navy Yard at Washington, District of Columbia
To the person whose offer may be accepted par
tcular schedules, drawings, and models dcscrip
tive of the parts and portions of each kind Of iron
required will be furnished, when the contract is
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 suretics equal to the estimated amount
Of the contract will be required in the set
forth in thatinstrument, 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 centun of
each delivery will be paid by the Navy Agent at
Washington within thirty days after the prescnta-
ton of bills in triplicate, 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 navy agent or
other official person, or by some known to the
Bureau OF Construction, &c.s) that If the ofer be
accepted, the bidder bidders will, within ten
days after the receipt of the contract at the post Of
fee designated, execute the same, with good and
sufficient suretics, 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, lS46, forbids
the consideration of all proposals not accompanied
| by such guaranty.
Bidders are particularly cautioned to endorse
their offers as above required, that they may be dis
tnguished from other business letters, in order to
prevent their being opened before the day ap-
| pointed.
All offers not made in strict conformity with this
advertisement, in every particular, will be consid
cred rejected at the option of the Bureau of Con-
structon, Equipment, and Repair. The person
whose offer may be accepted will be notified, and
contract forwarded without unnecessary delay.
| Persons offering are directed to designate the
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. II. LATHROP, Navy Agent.
Form of an Offer.
| hereby agree to furnish and deliver at the Navy
| Yard at Washington, District of Columbia, in con-
| formity with the terms Of the advertisement from
| the Navy Agents Office at Washington, Of the 23d
day of January 1851, 092 ,122 lbs. of chain cable
| iron of the very best quality Of American manufac-
turc, at the rate Of c cents per h., amounting to
| 6.
| If my offer be accepted. desire to bo addressed
through the post Office at ---, and the con-
tract to be sent TO the navy agent at for exc
cution.
Very respectfully. your obcdient servant.
A. B.
| TO J. H. LArHRor, esq.,,
Navy Agent, Washington, d. c.
We the undersigned, residents Of --, in the
foregoing bid Of - Be accepted, -- will,
within ten days after the receipt Of the contract
good and sufficient surcties to furnish the chain
cable iron therein specified, in conformity with the
terms Of the advertisement under which the said
bid was made. c. d.
hereby certify that, to the best of my know
ledge and belief, the abovcnamed guarantors are
| good and sufficient.
G. H.. Navy Agent.
Envelope to be endorsed Proposals for chain
| a bic IRON" Jan 25--1aw4w
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