The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-12-28
War Departsaent,
Bureau Toposraphibal Engineers

| SEPTEMBER 10, 1907.
PROPOSALS will be received b. the Secretary
i Of War until the Sd day OF January, 1858, for
the removal of the raft Red River; at which time
the contract will be awarded to the lowest respon
sible bidder, provided the same be satisfactory TO
the Department and shall not exceed one hundred
| thousand dollars
CONDITIONS
| |. The materials forming the raft must not only
| be thoroughly removed from the river, but must
| be destroyed, 50 that they cannot form new OBJ
structions or impedments to the navigation
| thereof.
2. 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 came shall be inspected
by an officer appointed by the Department, and if
Il shall appear that such is the fact, the Depart.
ment will pay such proportion of the whole price
| agreed upon as the portion removed shall bear to
the entire rat-less twenty per cent; provided
that the portion paid for shall never be less than
| one fifteenth part of the whole work
| 3. lfthe bidder thinks he complete the work
by the LIST day of July next 1853, he will state the
sum for which he ia willing to complete II within
that time and also the sum for WHICH he will I'M
dertake to complete II by the LIST ct July, 1854. If
he cannot undertake it for the first mentioned ne
Rod, he will SC s,ate and will propose for the last
mert!6hed period onl-.
4. When me time specified in the contract for
me completion of the work shall have arrived the
same shall be inspected by officer or officers de-
| tailed for that purpose by the Secretary Of War,
and if it shall appear on such inspection that the
|
ment shall be it'ade for the work in confor nifty
with the terms of the agreement, including the
! .aenty per cent retained under article 2. hut if
it shall appear that the contract has not been fully
complied with, then no farther payment shall be
| made. but the balance remaining due on the con.
| tract shall be forfeited TO the United States If,
however, the Department shall be satisfied that
proper exerions have been made by the contractor
to fulfil his ngageme mt, and he shal offer to
plete the work without any additional charge to
the United States, reasonable time, at the discre-
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 same shall
be fully paid for.
5. The contractor will be required to give his
bond for $4,000, with two good sureties, each
for the sum of ten thousand doars, conditioned for
| the faithful execution Of the contract Each bidder
will transmit at the same time with his proposals
the names of the per sons whom he offers sureties,
and deCa ration signed by them that they will
sign his bond as sureties as above mcnioned; and
also the certificate Of district Judge of the United
States for the State in which he resides that said
sur cites are respectable citizens, and that he
siders them worth ten thousand dollars over and
above all their debts and liabilities No bid will be
examined unless these conditions shall be complied
with.
g. The proposals will be addressed to the under
signed, mar ked on the envelope, "Proposas for
removing Red River Raft"
Col. Corps Typographical Engineers.
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Republican, New Orleans, La, will insert the above
daily ten times and then twice a week until
January z, 1880.
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