Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-10-14
RED RIVER RAFT

TNUE person to whom the contract was ava rdel I'M
Il der former advertisements for proposals hay
ing failed to re the bond with suret;es as required
proposals for the work again invited as follows:
Proposals will be received until the Goth day of
next September for the removal of Instructions to
the navigation of Red river (Louisiana) occasored
by the raft and for keeping the said navigation free
from the same for the longest period.
Inc amount OF these proposals united il not to ex-
coed the sum of 100000.
Each bidder will propose to remove said raft
(horoughly) and to keep the navi cation 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
tnan the lst day ofJune, 1885, and also the number
fyears, 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 $4,000 with two good suretieS, each for the
of 900, conditioned for the faithful execution of
the contract Each bidder will transmit at the same
time with his proposals., the names OF the persons
whom he offers AZ sureties, AMI declaration signed
by them that they will sign his bond as sureies as
Above mentioned and also the certificate of district
judge of the United States for the State in which he
resides that said securities respectable citizens
and that he considers them worth $40 600 and
above all their debts and liabilities No bid will be
examined unless these conditions shall be complied
with.
Terms of PIunent.
OF the sum Of 100000 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 shall report that por-
ton OF the raft has been removed, the same shall
he inspected by officer appointed by the War
Department. and if it 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 be made for less than tenth part of the
whole work. The remaining $4,000 will be paid
in equal annual instruments corresponding In
number with the number of years during which
the contractor shall bind himself to keep the nny-
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thesole Judge.
Each bid must be for the whole work-that IT, for
the removal of the raft. and for keeping the river
oped for specified period No separate proposal for
portions Of it will he considered.
The proposals will be addressed to the UNDERSIGNED
marked on the envelope, "Propesals 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. j. j. ALERT
Colonel Corps Typographical Engineers.
The time for receiving proposals under the fore
going advertisement is hereby extended to and in
Guiding the LIST day of next November.
BY order j. ALERT
Colonel Corps Typographical Engineers.
To he inserted in the Union, Intelligencsr, and
Evening Star. Washington, ID. c.; Red River Repub-
lican, Alexandria, louisiana; Louisville Democrat,
Louisville, Kentucky; Arkansas Democrat and Ga
zette and Democrat, Little Rock, Arkansas Cinciu-
natl Gazette, Cincinnati Ohio; Ptsburg Post, Pitts
Delta, New Orleans, louisiana; Appeal, Memphis,
Tennessee; Southwestern and Caddo Gazette Shreye-
port, Louisiana; Times, Louisville. Kentucky
Sep 27-dtlNoy