The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-12-28
PROPOSALS. FOR REPAIRING BRICK
WALL AROUND. OBSERVATORY.
NAVY AsEsT's OFFICE.

NAVY AsEsT's OFFICE.
WAsHINsroN, ID. c., November is, 1852.
q EALED PROPOSALS in duplicate will be re-
- ceved Mt this office until IL O'Clock IN on the
seventeenth day Of January next, for removing the
coping on the brick wall enclosing the grounds OF
the Observatory on the east, south, and west side;
for raising this wall four bricks higher, Except
twenty eight panels, which are TO be raised two
and going around by tie south t. the northern end
of the east wall.
The wall to be COPIED with coping brick as per
patterns at the Navy Agents office from the north
end of the west wall, by way of south wall, TO
north end of east wall
All the brick, including the coping, to be the best
red brick; the whole to be laid and filed in with
mortar made with best hydraulic cement, lime in
equal parts, and proper proper ion OF clean sharp
sand; the work to be finished in workmnniike
manner.
Bids for the work must be made per the running
foot for coping the west wall from north end to hip,
per running foot for raising the wall four bricks
higher and coping il, and per running foot for rails,
ing the % panels two feet higher and coping the
came.
The work not to be commenced before the let of
April 1858, and to be finished on or hefore the 3lst
May, 1853.
All the materials and work manship to be to the
entire satisfaction of the Superintendent Of the OBJ
servatory before bills will be approved.
Upon the completion of the contract according
to it's provisions aynen will be made by the Navy
Agent at Washington, within thirty days after
presenting the bills duly approved by the Supcrn'
tendent Of the Observatory.
Each offer must be signed by the person or per
sons making it, and by the guarantors. according
to the form annexed. and their rcsidcncc manning
the town and STATED must be distinctly stated.
The person whose offer shall be accepted will be
notified personally or by letter through the post
office, which notice shall be considered sufficient;
and if he do not appear and enter into contract for
the work specified within fifteen days from the
date OF the notice, contract will be made with
some other person, and the guaranors OF such de.
faultiDg bidder will be held responsible for all
depquencies.
All offers not made in strict conformity with this
advertisement, in every particular, viii, at the
option of the Bureau Of Ordnance and Hydrogra-
ply, be rejected.
The bids will be opened in the presence of two
more witnesses, and also in the presence OF the
bidders, II they any one Of them should be pres
ent; and only the person whose offer has been
cepted will be notified
And the Department reserves to taelf the right
to decline any or all tho offers which may be re-
ccived, if the sum asked should be greater than
can be paid for from existing appropriations
FORM OF OFFER.
TO the Navy Agent at Washington VA DC ,
offer to furnish all the materials and perform the
work required for the Observatory wall, under
your adv ertiscment dated 10th day of November,
1852. and subject to all the requirements of the
same.
For -, [write the aggregate in words
Signed by person making offer.
The undersigned -, of -, in the State
of -, and - Of in hesitate Of,
as guarantors, hereby undertake that the above
named ---- will, If - offer be accepted, en-
ter into contract, as before required with the
United States, within fifteen days after the date of
notice, through the post office, of the acceptance
Of bid as before mentioned.
[Signatures.]
Icertify that the above named - and --
are known to me to be good and responsible guar
antors in this
tTo be signed by Navy Agent, Collector, or
District Attorney, or some person known to the
contracting agent 10 be creditable
J. II. LATHROP,, Navy Agent.
Nov 49, laWSt