Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-10-05
Ed RIVER RAEV

':Nit frrs ~ whom The contrac was awarded I'M
der former :.'i:erti ements for proposals lav-
Ing aIicI u gre The bend with suretics REQUIRED
proposals Ir he WORK again invited follows:
i'-2prsaiS viii BIZ received until the Goth day cf
next September f'r the removal Of distractions tn
ti' nI. ;atio Gf Red river 0risiaua) OCCASION e!
II; III ft AMI tor keeping the said y.yation free
from the s;tlI' f'r the longes: period
Ire amount; nj thc>r proposals united i: net to
c,,.i tIc -:i;u of SIc0.0Jb.
Each bkisr will propose tn remove said raft
thoroughly ami to keep the alton free frou,
obstruction thereby for a specified period: sperf,uc
IN lis bi the tine in which he proposes to co.ree
Tia" removal tie raft, the said time not TO ne later
tAaG the 1T day ct June 1851 and also the number
t" years counting from sal removal, during which
time hr buds himself 10 KEEP the said navigation
free from raft obstruction.
The contractor Will he required TO give his bond
for $1,000 with two coed sureties. each for the sum
of 10000. conditioned fur the faithful execution of
th" contract Each bidder will transmit M the same
time with his proposals. the names of the persons
whom he offers so suretes. AMI declaration signed
10y them that they viii sign his bond sureties a.
a"se mentioned; amt also the certificate of district
jI,H of the Uni ed States for the State in which he
Iesies, that said securities are respectable citizens
aud that !, considers them worth $4,000 over and
above ali their debts and liabilities No bid will be
examined unless these conditions shall be complied
with.
Terms IF Plgment
Of the sun OF S.Oy.0,U appropriated for the
above Object, $4,000 shall he raid a. the work Of
removing The raft advances, follows-to wiz:
W hrnever the contractor shall report that a Tor
'i"r OF the raft has been removed the same shall
h. Inspected ~ an oflirer appointed by tin, War
Department; and il shall appear that such is the
fact, u" Department vii! pay such Proportion of
the said sum 1f $4,000 the portion removed shall
b'a- Ia the entire raft provided partial PAYMENT
shall i" made for less than one trnth part of the
whole work. The remaining $50 coo will be paid
in equal annual instalments corresponding In
number with the number of during which
the contractor shall bind himself to keep the nayi
cation open, of which fact the Department is to be
the sole judge.
Zach bid must I've for the while work-that is for
the removal of the raft and for keeping the river
ope for specified period. No separate proposal for
portions 81 it will b. considered.
The proposals. will he addressed to the undersigned
markr on t'e envelope, "PrepOsals for removing
Red River Raft
Of awarding the contract according to it, own
Judgment OF The most favorable bid and the most
responsible bidder. JJ ALBERT
Colonel Corps Typographical Engineers
The tini for receivin. proposals under the fore
going ad.s stsement is hereby extended to and in
Guiding ti'e lst day Of next November.
BY order j. ALERT,
Colonel Corps Typographical Engineers.
TO ne inserted in the Union, Intelligenc@r and
Evening Star, Washington. ID. C.: Red River Repub-
iican. AlexaDdTia Louisiana: Louisville Democrat,
Louisville, Kentucky; Arkansas Democrat and Ga
zette and Democrat, Little Rock, Arkansas; Cineln.
matt Gazette. Cincinnati, Ohio: Pitsburg Post Pitts
burg. Pennsylvania: Louisiana Courier and Daily
Delta, New Orleans, Louisiana; Appeal, Memphis,
Tennessee Southwestern and CaJdo Gazette, Shreve-
port, Louisiana; Times Louisville. Kentucky.
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