The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-02-13

| 50 o'" 16G
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
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, swlves,
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 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, or ii 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 hereinbeforc required.
The quantity required to make 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 first day of Octo
Der next; and the remainder on or before the thir
ty first day Of December next
Persons DESTROYS Of offering to furnish the said
! iron (shoud any further information be required
to enable them to make their otiers) 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
ticuar 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 adj
diion will be withheld from the amount of each
payment collateral security for the faithful per
iormance of the contract Ninety per centun of
each delivery will be paid by the Navy Agent at
Washington within thirty days after the prcscnta-
ton of bills, in tripiicae, 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 one known to the
accepted, the bidder bidders WILL within ten
days after the receipt OF the contract at the post Of
hce designated, execute the same, with good and
sufficient suretes to furnish the said chain cable
iron, agreeably to the terms specified in this adj
vertisement, 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 endorse
their offers as above required, that they may be dis
tinguishcd 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 consd
cred rejected at the option of the Bureau of Con-
struction, Equipment, and Repair. The person
whose offer may be accepted will be notified and a
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 form hereto annexed
J. H. LATIIROP, Navy Agent.
Form of 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 Odd
day Of January, 1851 ,092 1872 lbs. of chain cable
iron of the very best quality of American manufac-
ture, at the rate of - 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
| cuton
Very respectfully, your obcdient servant,
A. b.
| To ]. ii. LATHRoP, esq,
Navy Agent, Washington, ID. c..
| We the undersigned, residents of -, in the
State of , hereby guaranty that, in case the
| foregoing bid of - DC accepted, --- will
within ten days after the receipt of the contract
at the post office designated, execute the same, with
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 abovcnamcd guarantors arc
good and sufficient.
G.. H., Navy Agent
Envelope to be endorsed Proposals for chain
cable IRON" Jan 25-law4w