The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-12-21
War Department.,
Bureau Typographical EnyIneers

War Department,
Bureau Typographical Engineers
SKPTEMBER Is 1852.
PROPOSALS will be received by the Secretary
L OF War until the Sd day of January, 1853, for
the removal of the raft Red River; which time
the contract will be awarded to the low respon
slble bidder, provided the same be satisfactory to
the Department, and shall not exceed one hundred
thousand dollars.
CONDITIONS
l. The materials ormi ng the raft must not only
be thoroughly removed from tho river, bat must
be destroyed, 80 that they cannot form OBJ
structions or impediments to the navigation
thereof.
, The work will be paid for as it progresses, in
the following manner Whenever the contractor
shall report that portion of the raft has been
moved and destroyed, the same shall be inspected
by an officer appointed by the Department, and if
| it shall appear that such is the facl the Depart
ment will pay such proportion of the whole price
| agreed upon the portion removed shall bear To
the entire rah-less twenty per cent provided
that the portion paid for shall he less than
one fifteenth part of the whole work
3. lfthe bidder thinks he can complete tn" work
by the LIST day of July next, 1853. he will state the
sum for which he is willing to Complete il within
that time; and also the sum for which h- vii!
dertake to complete il by the LIST o, July, 1851 If
he cannot undertake it for the fret nen,ion-d pc
Rod. he will 80 state and will propose for ,hr lust
mentioned period only.
4. When the time specified in the contract for
the completion of the work shall have arrived the
same snail be inspected by IN officer officers deS
| tailed for that purpose blythe Secretary of War
and il it shall appear such inspection that the
contract has been fully complied with, full pay
| ment shall be made for the work in conformity
with the terms Of the agreement, including the
Aenty per cent retained under article 2. hut if
1t shall appear that the contract has been fully
complied with, then farther payment shall be
made. but the balance remaining due the con
tract shall be forfeited to the United States. If,
however, the Department shall be satisfied that
proper exertons have been made by the contractor
To fulfil his cngageme mt, and he shall offer com.
plete the work without any additional charge to
the United States, reasonable time, the discrc-
ton of the Secretary Of War. will be allowed him
for that purpose. And if at the expiration of that
time the work shall be completed, the shall
he fully paid for.
S. The contractor will be required to give his
bond for 1000, with two good sureties, each
for the of ten thousa nd dollars conditioned for
the faithful execution Of the contract Each bidder
will transmit at the same time with his proposals
the names Of the per whom he offers rs sureties
and a declaration 81 gned by them that they will
sign his bond as sureties above Inentinncd; and
also the certificate of district Judge of the United
States for the State in which he resides said
suretics respectable citizens and that he con-
sders them worth ten thousand dollars over and
above all their debts and liabilities No bid will be
examined unless these conditions shah be complied
with.
6. The proposals will be addressed 20 the UNDER
signed. marked on the envelope, " Proposals for
removing Red River Raft
j ALERT,
Col Corps Typographical Engineers.
The Republic, Intelhgencer, and Union, Wash
ington, ID C.; Courier and Enquirer and Elk press,
New York; Pennsylvania Enquirer. and Daily
News. Philadelphia, Pa; Cincinnati Gazette, Gin
cinnati. Ohio; Louisville journal, Lousville Ky;
st Louis Republican, st. Iouis, Mo-; Shreveport
Herald, Shreveport La New Orleans CONNER
cal Bulletin, New Orleans Bee. and New Orleans
Republican, New Orleans, La, will insert the above
daily ten times and then twice q week until
January 8, 1853.
Sept 30 dl0t&2awtJan3
RED RIVER RAFT.
SINCE the above advertisement WE inserted
- the Department has determined to modify the
terms of the proposed contract, as follows to wit:
The raft shall not be considered as removed
until the river, throughout the entire space now
INSTRUCTED by it, shall have continued open and
navigable by steamboats, during at least one entire
high water The final inspection of the
work shall therefore take place until one year
after the same shall have been reported as appa-
rcntly completed. 1t, at the expiration of this
year, the officer officers charged with the in
spection shall report that the river has continued
has, by the eiorts of the contractor, been kept
open and unobstructed by the raft, the twenty per
c, mt. retained as above shall be paid over to the
contractor. But If, at any time during said year,
the navigation should be obstructed by the raft,
the contractor shall be bound, at his own expense,
remove said obstruction; and If he fail to do 80
the Department shall have the right to apply the
twenty per cent, or 30 much thereof may be
nec..sury to effect said removal.
All papers which have inserted the first aGver
tsenent will insert this in every issue until the
LIST day Of February next, at which time, instead
of the 3D. day Of January. the proposals will be
opened and examined
By order: j. j. ALERT,
Dec 90 Colonel Corps Typographical Engineers
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