Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-10-04
RED RIVER RAFT.

E'iIE pcrson whom the contract wus awarded I'M
Il der former advertisements for proposals hay-
Ing tailed to give the bond with sureties as req urod
proposals fCr the work are agsn invited follows:
Proposals will Ice rccsived until the 10th dsy OF
next September for the removal Of obstructiors To
tue navigation OF Red river Louisisns) ccca.;oued
10y Tie ras anu Tor keeping the said navigation free
from the same for the longest period
The amount Of these Proposals united 10 not 10 ex-
coed the sum of 100000
Each bidder will propose to remove said raft;
Thoroughly and TO keep the nayi Htiun free frou
obstruction thereby for specified period: spcciyiux
IN his bid the tune in which he proposes complete
the removal If the raft the said time Ice later
IMAM TIE LIST day OF june lS55 and also the number
of years, counting from sai 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
Tor Sc,WO with two good sUreties. each for the sum
az $1,000, CONDITIONED for the faithful execution OF
the contract Each bidder will transmit at The same
time with his proposals. the names OF the persons
Nht m he offers MS sureies and declaration signed
by them that they will sign his bond ns .ureti.. rs
above mentioned: and also the certificate of district
judge Of lie United States for the State in which be
fesides that said securities are respectable citizens
and that he considers them worth $40 COO over and
shove all their debts and liabilities. No bid will be
examined unless these conditions shall be comIlied
with.
Trims Of Payment.
OF the sum OF 100000 appropriated for the
above object, $4,000 shall be laid as the work of
removing the raft advances as fullows-to wit:
whenever TIE contractor th2il report that a
ticn OF the raft has been removed the sane shall
lie inspected ny an 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 rant pro, ided partial payment
shall be made for less than tenth part of the
whole work. The remaining $50 600 will be paid
in equal annual instalments corresponding In
number with the number of years during which
the contractor shall bind hmself to Keen the navi-
CATION olen, of which fact the Department is to be
thesole judge.
Each bid must be for the whole work-that is for
the removal Of the raft and for keeping the river
oped for specified period. No separate proposal for
portions of it will be considered.
The proposals. will be addressed To the undersigned
marked on the envelope, "Propossls for removing
Red River Raft"
Tie 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.ABERT
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.J.ABERT
Colonel Corps Typographical Engineers.
To be inserted in the Union, Intelligencer and
Evening Star, Washington ID. c. Red River Repub-
lican, Alexandria. Louisiars: Louisville Democrat
Louisville, Kentucky: Arkansas Democrat and Ca
zette and Democrat Little Rock, Arkansas; Cincin.
matt Gazette, Cincinnati. Ohio; Pittsburs Post Pitts
burg, Pennsylv ania; Louisiana Courier and Daily
Delta, New Orleans, Louisiana: Appeal, Memphis
Tennessee; Southwestern and Caddo azett@ Shrsye.
port Louisiana; Times. Louisville. Kentucky.
Sep 27-dtlNov