The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-16
RED RIVER RAFT.

THE PERSON to whom the contract was award
i ed under former advertisements for proposals
having failed TO give the bond with sureties az
quired, proposals for the work are again invited
as followe:
Proposals will be received until the goth day of
next September for the removal of obstructions to
the navigation OF Red river (Louisiana) occasioned
by the raft. and for keeping the said navigation
The amount of these proposals united ia not to
exceed the sum of = 100000
Each bidder will propose to remove said raft,
thoroughly and to keep the navigation free
from obstruction thereby for specified period;
specifying in his bid the time in which he propo-
ses to complete the removal Of the raft the said
tune not to be later than the lst day of June, 1855;
and also the number OF years, counting from said
removal, during which time he binds himself to
keep the said navigation free from raft obstruction
The contractor will be required TO give his bond
for $40, 0O0 with two good sureties, each for the
sum of $4,000, conditioned for the faithful execn.
ton of the contract. Each bidder will Transmit, at
the came time With his proposals. the names of the
pereons whom he offers as sureties. and decara-
ton signed by them that they will sign his bond as
sureties as above mentioned; and also the certii-
cate of district judge Of the United States for the
State in which he resides, that said securities are
respectable ctizens, and that he considers them
worth $40 900 over and above all their debts and
liabilities. No bid will be examined unless these
conditions shall be complied with.
Terms of payment.
OF the cum Of $i0U,00U appropriated for the
above object, $4,000 shall be paid as the work
of removing the raft advances, as follows-to wit!
Whenever the contractor shalI 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
s the fact, the Department will pay such proper
ton of the said sum OF 1000 as the portion
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
$4,000 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 navigation open, of which fact the De-
partment is 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-
posaIs Tor portions Of it will be considered.
The proposals will be addressed to the under
signed, marked on the envelope, "Proposals 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.
| TO be inserted in the Union, Republic, and Ma
tional Intelligencer, Washington, D. c.; 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,; Gazett,
and Democrat, Little Rock, Arkansas; Telegraph
Washington, Arkansas. J. J ALERT,
Colonel Corps Typographical Engineers
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