The republic., 1851-01-25


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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; 1t must be ham,
mercd 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 and 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, other defects, subject to such proofs
and tests the Bureau OF Construction, Equip
ment, end Repair may direct, and be in all respects
10 the entire satisfaction and approval Of the COM
mandant of the Navy Yard aforesaid, it will not
be received; nor will any part OF the sad 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 third Of the
different sized cables must be delivered be.
fore the first day of June next; for another third
Of all said cables, before the first day of Oco
Der next; and the remainder before the thr.
ty first day of December next.
Persons desirous of offering to furnish the sad
| iron (should any further Information be required
to enable them to make their oers) referred to
the commandant or commanding officer of tho
Navy Yard at Washington, District of Columbia
To the person whose offer may be accepted par
ticular schedules, drawings, and models descrin
tive of the parts and portions of each L,a of iron
il
prepared for execution, and to which the said iron
must conform.
Offers must embrace the quantity required, and
the Pricc 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 thntinsrument, and ten per centum in ad-
dition will be withheld from the amount of each
payment collateral security for the faithful per
| formance of the contract. Ninety per centum of
each delivery will be paid by the Navy Agent at
Washington within thirty days after the presenta-
lion Of bils, in frip,icafe, approved by the com
inandant OF the said Navy Yard,
Every offer must be accompanied By written
guaranty, tthe 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.,) that if the offer be
accepted, the bidder or bidders will within ten
days after the receipt OF the contract at the post of
lice designated, execute tho came, with good and
sufficient suretes to furnish the said chain cable
iron, agreeably to the terms specified in this ad
vcrtisemcnt, or. which may be embodied in the
contract The law of the l0th August, 1916, forbids
the consideration of all proposals not accompanied
by such guaranty.
Bidders are particularly cautioned 10 endorse
their offers as above required, that they may be dis
tngu,sbed 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 eonsid
cred rejected at the option Of the Bureau of Con
struction, Equipment, and Repair. The person
NHuSc oAcf DC hCCcpteu Will Uc nOtlUeu, ana q
| contract forwarded without unnecessary delay.
/ Persons offering 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 firm hereto annexed.
J. Ii. LATHROP, Navy Agent.
Firm of an offer.
hereby agree to furnish and deliver at the Navy
Yard at Wash ngton, District Of Columbia, in con.
iormty with the terms of The advertisement from
the Navy Agents office at Washington, of the 23d
day of January, 1851, 1872 lbs. Of chain cable
iron OF the very best quality of American manufac
ture, at the rate of-cc cents per h., amounting to
IF my offer be accepted. desire to DC addressed
through the post office at -, and the con-
tract TO be sent TO the navy gent at for exc
cptioa.
Very respectfully, your obedent servant,
A. B.
To J. II. LArHRor, esq,
Navy Agent, Washington, -. c.
We the underngnedt, residents of -, in the
ans ioregoing III bid Of yy ee accepted, d., : Wv viii,
within ten days after the receipt Of the contract
at the post office desgnaed, execute the same, with
good and sufficient surctics, to furnish the chain
cable iron therein specified, in conformity with the
terms of the advertisement under which the said
Did was mado' Z. D.
ledge aad belief, tho abovenamcd guaranors arc
good and sufficient
G.. H., Navy Agent.
Envelope TO be endorsed Proposals for chain
cable iron.'' Jan 25-law4w
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