The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-10-01
ORIG. OF DAgPais AND syse, Coal Co.

No 81 wall St. ~ Y, Sept %, 1852.
NJ Office TO CONTRACTORS.-Prop
IN will be received until the 18th day Of October
next for the Graduation, Masonry, and Bridging
of that portion Of the Dauphin and Susquehan ma
Coal Company's Railroad extending from near
Ransch Gap, on the line open for travel, to
Auburn on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad,
distance Of about thirty one miles.
The character Of the work is such to render
1t well worthy the attention of Contractors, and the
payments will be made in cash.
The Directors reserve the right Of rejecting
any proposals that may be deemed unsatisfactory
Plans, profiles. &c, can be seen, and further in
formation obtained, on application to the Chief
Engineer, Richard r Osborne, at the Company's
Office. No 70 South 4th ST., Philadelphia. after the
9Th of October next, or on application to the un-
dersgned
Proposals to be addressed to A. G. Jaudon, Sec
retaGys l%srked ProPosais for Grading &c.) at
THOMAS CHAMBERS,
Sept 24-dtOct Is President.
War Department,
Bureau Typographical Engineers,
/ SEPTEMBER Is, 1852.
! DROPOsALS will be received by the Secretary
Il Of War until the Sd day Of January, 1853, for
the removal of the raft on Red River; at which time
the contract will be awarded to the lowest respon
sble bidder, provided the same be satisfactory to
the Department, and shall not exceed one hundred
thousand dollars.
CONDITIONS.
be thor oughly removed from the river, but must
be destroyed, so that they cannot form new 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 re-
moved and destroyed, the same shall be inspected
BY an officer appointed by the Department, and if
it 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 raft-less twenty per cent; provided
that the portion paid for shall never be less than
! one fifteenth part OF the whole work.
! 8. 1.-THE bidder thinks he complete the work
by the LIST day Of July next 1885, he will state the
that time; and alec the sum for which he will un.
dertake to complete it by the LIST oil July 1854. If
he cannot undertake it for the first mentioned pe-
Rod he will state, and will propose for the last
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 officer officers de-.
tailed for that purpose by the Secretary of War,
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
ta enty per cent retained under article2 but il
it shall appear that the contract has not been fully
complied with, then no farther payment shall be
made. but the balance remaining due the con-
tract shall be forfeited 10 the United States. If
however, the Department shall be satisfied thai
proper exertions have been made by the contractor
to fulfil his engageme mt, and he shall offer to
plete the work without any additional charge &c
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 tina
time the work shall be completed, the same shall
be fully paid for.
5. The contractor will be required to give hi.
bond for $40 900, with two good sureties, eact
for the of ten thousand dollars conditioned fo
| the faithful execution Of the contract Each bidder
will transmit at the same time with his PROPOSAL
the names of the per whom he offers sureties
and a declaration signed by them that they viii
sign his bond as suretes as above mentioned anc
also the certificate of district judge of the Unitec
States for the State in which he resides that sale
suretes are respectable citizens, and that he con
siders them worth ten thousand dollars anC
above all their debts and liabilities. No bid will bt
examined unless these conditions shall be complied
with.
g. The proposals will be addressed to the under
signed, ma ked on the envelope, "Proposals fo
renioving Red River Raft -
J J ALERT.
Col Corps Typographical Engineers.
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January 3, 1853.
Sept 30 dl0t&2awtJan3
EOR SAL K AT PUBLIC AUCTION, Oh
l. THURSDAY, 9TH October. at IL O'Clock, IN upor
the premises, at NEWBURGH, New York, tn,
residence Of the late A. J. Downing consisting O
the Dwelling House, of the Elizabethan order O
architecture, and between five and six acres O
land.
As this place was the entire creation of Mr.
Downing, and a complete embodiment of his art
it possesses greater combination Of natural beau.