Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-10-01
RED RIVER RAFT.

ft'HE person TO whom the contract was awarded I'M
Il der former advert ements for proposals hsv-
ing aiied to give the bend with suretics req uir~
proposals for the work again invited as follows:
Proposals will he received until the 10th day of
next September for the removal of distractions to
the navigator IF Rel river (Louisiana) cCc.soned
oy 'e raft and for Keeping the said navigation free
from the same for the longest period.
coed the sum of SlCnOco
Each bidder will rrorose To remove said r,ft
thoro"shly,l and to keep the NAVIGATION free from
obstruction thereby for specified period; specifying
IN his bid the time in which he proposes To complete
the removal OF the raft the said time not TO be later
than the LIST Ssy OF june 1856 and the numt or
of years, counting from sail removal duripc which
time he binds himself To keep the said NAVIGATION
free from raft obstruction
The contractor will he required TO give his bond
Tor uoO, with Two good suretes each for the sim
of $4,000 conditioned for the faithful execution Of
the contract. Each bidder win transmit at the sSne
time with his proposals, the mines of the persons
whom he overs as sureties, and declaration sgued
by them that they will sign his bond as surcties as
above mentioned and also the certificate offs district
judge or the United States for the State in which he
resides, that said securities respectable citizens
and that he considers them worth SO coo over and
above ali their debts and liabilities. No bid will be
examined unless these conditions shall be complied
with.
Terms Of Iayment.
OF the sum OF 100000 appropriatrd for the
above object $4,000 shall be paid as the work Of
removing the raft advances, as follows-to wit :
Whenever the contractor shall report that a Dor
ton oil The raft has hccn removed the satria shall
be inspected by officer appointed by the War
department and Il 1t shall appear that such is the
fact, the Department will pay such proportion of
the said sum Of $4,000 the portion removed shall
bear to the entire raft, provided partial payment
shall bc made for less than tenth part of the
whole work. The remaining $50 600 will be paid
in equal annual instruments corresponding In
number with the number of wears during which
the contractor shall bind himself 10 keep The navi-
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thesolc judge.
Each bid must be for the whole work-that is for
the removal Of the raft ami for keeping the river
oped for specified period. No separate PROPOSAL for
portions of il will he considered
The proposals will be addressed to the undersigned
marked on the envelope, "pr"possls for removing
Red River Raft"
The War Department. reserves to itself the right
OF awarding the contract according to its own
judgment of the most favorable bid and the most
responsible bidder. JJ ALERT
Colonel Corps Typographical Engineers
ihe time Tor receiving proposals under the fore
going advertisement is hereby extended to and in
Guiding the LIST day of next November.
by order il ALERT,
Colonel Corps Typographical Engineers.
To be inserted in the Union, Intelligence. and
Evening Star, Washington, ID. c.; Red River Repub-
lean. Alexandria, Louisiana; Louisville Democrat,
Louisville, Kentucky. Arkansas Democrat and Ga
zctte and Democrat, Little Rock, Arkansas; Cincip-
natl Gazette Cincinnati, Ohio Pitt.burg Post Pit--
Delta, New ori:an-, Louisiana; Appesl, Memphis
Tennessee; Southwestern and Caddo Gazette Shreve
port, Louisiana: Times, Louisville Kentucky
Sep 21-dtlNoy