Washington sentinel., 1853-10-11
RED RIVER RAFT.

IINiE person to whom the contract was awardes
i under the former advertisement for proposals
having failed to give the bond with securities as
required, proposals for the work ere again invited
as follows:
Proposals will be received until the Goth day of
next September for the removal of distractions TO
the navigation Of Red River, (Louislana) occasion
ed by the raft, and for keeping the said navigation
free from the same for the longest period.
The amount OF these proposals united is not TO
exceed the sum Of Sl00,O 900.
Each bidder will propose 10 remove said raft,
thoroughly and TO keep the navigation free from
obstruction thereby for a specified period specify
ing in his bid the time in which he proposes TO
complete the removal of the raft the said time not
10 be later than the first day of June 1855; and
also tue number OF years. counting from said re-
moval, during which time he binds himself TO keep
the SAID navigation free from raft obstruction.
The contractor will be required 10 give his bond
for $4,000, with two good surcties, each for the
sum OF $4,000 conditioned for the faithful execu-
ton of the contract. Each bidder will transmit at
the time with his proposals. the names of the
persons whom he offers surctes, and a decara-
tion signed by them that they will sign his bond as
surcties as above mentioned; and also the ccrif-
cate OF district judge OF the United States for the
State in which he resides, that said securities are
respectable citizens, and that he considers them
worth SlS,O00 over and above all their debts and
liabilities. No bid will be examined unless these
conditions shall be complied with.
Terms Of P1Ymenk
OF the sum OF 100000 appropriated for the
above object $4,000 shall be paid a the work of
removing the raft advances, as follows to vii .
Whenever the contractor shall report that a por-
tion of the raft has been removed the same shall
be inspected by an officer appointed by the War
Department; and II II shall appoarthat sucn is the
fact, the department will pay such proportion of
the said sum of $500O0 the portion removed
shall bear to the entire raft, provided no pSrtal
payment shall be made for less than one tenth
part of the whole work. The remaining $50 600
vii! be paid in equal annual instalments cores
pondlng i'll number with the number of years tlu-
ring which the contractor shall bind himself TO
keep the navigation open, of which fact the de-
partmcnt is TO be the sole Judge. =.
Each bid must be for the whole work--that is
for the removal of the raft, aud for keeping the
river open for specified period. No separate
proposals for portions OF il will be considered
The proposals will be addressed 10 the under.
| signed, marked on the envelope, Proposals for
removing Red River raft"
The War Department reserves 10 itself the
right oi awarding the contract according 10 its
own Judgment Of the most favorable bid and the
most responsible bidder.
To be inserted in the Union. Republic, and Ma
uonai lntc!lgcnrer Washington ID. c.; Ctncin-
matt Gazette. Cincinnati, Ohio; Louisville Jour
| nal, Louisville, Ky; 81. Louis Republican, ST.
Donis, Missouri; Shreveport Herald Shreveport.
Louisiana; New Orleans Commercial Bulletin;
New Orleans Bee; New Orleans Republican Ga
zclte and Democrat, Little Rock. Arkansas; Tel.
| egraph. Washington, Arkansas.
j. ]. ALERT,
Colonel Corps Typographical Engineers
ESy~ The time for receiving propo sals under
| the foregoing advertisement, Is hereby extended
10 and including the lst day Of next November.
BY order: J. J. ALBERT,
Colonel Corps Typographical Engineers
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