The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-08-17
RED RIVER RAFT.


TyHE PERSON to whom the contract was award
II ed under former advertisements for proposals
having failed TO give the bond with sureties as re-
CURED, proposals for the work are again invited
as foliows: 8gl afa 67a zt !. t tli
next September for the removal of obstructions to
the navigation OF Red river (Louisiana) occasioned
by the raft, and tor keeping the said navigation
free from the same for the longest period:
The amount of these proposals united lS not to
exceed the sum of 8 1OO. 600. 2f3 "A 4''Af# -.
Each bidder will propose to remove said raft,
thoroughly and to keep the navigation free
from obstruction thereby for a specified period;
specifying in his bid the time in which he propo-
SEES to complete the removal of the raft, the said
time not to be later than the LIST day Of June, 1856
and also the number of years, counting from said
removal, during which time he binds himself to
keep the said navigation free from raft obstrucion
The contractor will be required TO give his bond
for So 900, with two good sureties each for the
sum of 900, conditioned for the faithful execu.
ton of the contract, Each bidder will ransmt, at
the Same time with his proposals, the names Of the
persons whom he offers as sureties, and declAra-
ton signed by them that they will sign his bond as
sureties as above mentioned; and also the certih-
cate of district Judge Of the United States for the
State in which he resides, that said securities are
worth IL, 600 over and above all their debts and
liabilities. No bid will be examined unless these
conditions shall be complied with. tI
is Terms of payment.
Of the sum of 5 100000 appropriated for the
above object, s so, 600 shall be paid as the work
of removing the raft advances, as follows-to wit:
Whenever the contractor shal report that por-
ton of the raft has been removed, the same shall
be inspected by an officer appointed by the War
Department; and if it shall appear that such
ia the fact, the Department will pay such proper
ton of the said OF $50 900 as the portion re-
moved shall bear to the entire raft, provided no
partial payment shall be made for less than one
tenth part of the whole work. The remaining
s sc, coo will he paid In equal annual instalments
corresponding in number with the number of years
during which the contractor shall bind himself to
keep the navi cation open, of which fact the De-
partment ia to be the sole Judge.
Each bid must be for the whole work-that is,
for the removal of the raft, and for keeping the
river open for specified period. No separate pro-
posals for portions of it will be considered. ff
The proposals will be addressed to the under
signed, marked on the envelope, proposals for
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.
70 be inserted in the Union, Republic, and Ma
tional Intellgencer, Washington, D. G.; Cincin-
natl Gazette Cincinnati, Ohio; Louisville Journal,
Louisville, Kentucky; ST.. Louis Republican, st.
Louis, Missouri Shreveport Herald, Shreveport,
Louisiana; New Orleans Commercial Bulletin; New
orleans Bee; New Orleans Republican; Gazette
and Democrat, Little Rock, Arkansas; Telegraph,
Washington, Arkansas. j. ALERT,
M ~ Colonel Corps Typographical Engineers.
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