The republic., 1851-01-27


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
an inch in thickness; then again cut, piled, and
rolled to the required sizes and to the required
lengths. That portion for the shackes, 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
mcnt, end Repair may direct and bein all respects
to the entire satisfaction and approval Of the
mandant of the Navy Yard aforesaid, or il 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 it
has been manufactured as hereinbefore required.
The quantity required to make one-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-
bcr next; and the remainder on or before the thr-
ty fret day of December next.
Persons desirous of offering to furnish the said
iron (shoud any further information be required
to enable them to make their oers) are referred to
the commnndant 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 suretes equal to the estimated amount
of the contract will be required in the manner set
forth in that instrument, and ten per centum in adj
dition will be withheld from the amount of each
payment collateral security for the faithful per
iormance of the contract. Ninety per centum OF
each delivery will be paid by the Navy Agent at
Washington within thirty days after the prcsenta-
tion of bills, in friplcate, approved by the COM
mandant of the said Navy Yard.
Every offer must be accompanied by written
guaranty, (the responsibility of the guarantor or
gunrantors to be certified to by navy agent or
other official person, or by some one known to the
Bureau of Construction, &c.,) that if the oHer be
accepted, the bidder or bidders will, within ten
days after the receipt OF the contract at the post Of
fee designated execute the same, with good and
sufficient sureties, to furnish the said chain cable
iron, agreeably to the terms specified in this adj
vertsement, or which may be embodied in the
contract. The law of the 10th August 1885, forbids
the consideration Of all proposals not accompanied
by such guaranty.
Bidders are particularly cautioned to endorse
their offers us above required, that they may be dis
tnguished 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
advertisement, in every particular, will be consid
cred rejected, at the option ofthe Bureau Of Con-
struction, Equipment and Repair. The person
whose offer may be accepted will be notified, and
contract forwarded without unnecessary delay
Persons offering dirceted 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 oDsr.
hereby agree to furnish and deliver Mt the Navy
Yard at Wash ington, District of Columbia in con-
formty with the terms of the advertisement from
the Navy Agents office at Washington, of the 2ad
day Of January 1851, 1892, l22 lbs. Of chain cable
iron of the very best quality of American manuac-
ture, at the rate of &C cents per h., amounting to
s..
If my offer be accepted desire to be addressed
through the post office at ---, and the con.
tract to be sent to the navy agent at for exc
cution.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
A. B.
To J. II. LATHRop, esq,
Navy Agent, Washington, d. c.
We the undersigned, residents of --, in the
State Of, hereby guaranty that, in the
foregoing bid ol--- be accepted, ---- will,
within ten days after the receipt of the contract
at the post office designated, execute the samc with
good and sufficient sureties, to furnish the chain
cable iron therein specified, in conformity with the
terms Of the advertisement under which the said
bid was made. G. ID.
+. F.
hereby certify that, to the best of my know
ledge and belief, the abovenamed guarantors
good and sufficient.
G.. H., Navy Agent.
Envelope to be endorsed Proposals for chain
cable iron" Jan 25--1aw4w