The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-21
PROPOSALS FOR TANK IRON.
Navy DR,Aarxrxr

NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BuarAu CossrRUerIos, Eaur'r: AND R.sAIrs
May IS, 1883
SEALED PROPOSALS (endorsed '.Propos.ls for
- Tank Iron') will be received at this bureau
to O'Clock p. of the 9th day of June next, 100
furnishing and delivering at the navy yaro a
Washington, District of Columbia, free OF expense
and risk to the United States, the following guam
titles of the beat American iron, required to make
sir sets Of eater-tanks for hoops ~ tcdr' VIZ:
$4,000 pounds of plate ifon' one-qoarter OF an
inch thick 49,.
~ 600 nounds of boiler rivets one inch and
five eghths long from inside of head /,
and FIVE eighths diameter
900 pounds of boiler rivets, two and one
quarter inches long from inside of head
and fve-eighths diameter
1900 pounds of hive eighths inch round iron.
All the said iron TO be delivered on or before the
last of September next.
The plate iron must be made from tha heat char
coal blooms, 80 hat it will stand two inch fang
oil round the edge, and kept tree from bisters Ii
must De cut Correctly to size, and kept straight
and level from the shears, and must bear to turn
the hanges lengthwise without cracking Such al
break or crack must be replaced by and at the cos,
Of the Contractor.
All to be satisfactory to, and be approved by, the
commandant OF said navy yard.
Schedules of the iron will be furnished from the
said navy yard to the contractor
me person whose offer may be accepted will be
required TO enter into contract which, besides
other conditions, will expressly provide that, in
contract, the same may be, at the option of the
United States, declared null and void, without
Affecting the right Of the said United States &c
recover for defaults which NAV have occurred
with the stipulation that if default shall be made
by the contractor in delivering all or any of the
articles contracted for of the quality and at the
time and place named, that then, and in that case
the contractor and his sureties will forfeit and par
to the United States, "a liquidated damag es sun
OF money equal TO twice the contract price, which
hquldatsd damages may be recovered from tim,
TO time as they accrue.
4 ne cost OF each item must be distinctly carriec
out, and the aggregate amount of the whole cor.
rectly footed up.
Approved sureties in tu ice the estimated amount
of TIE contract will be required in the manner SCI
forth 10 that instrument, and ten per centum In
addition will be withheld from the amount Of each
payment as collateral security for its faithful per-
torrance. Ninety per centum OF each bill, ap
proved in triplcate by the commandant of the
said navy yard, will be paid by the navy agent a,
tue point OF delivery within thirty days after its
presentation to him
Every offer must be accompanied by written
guarantee (ths responsib ilty of the guarantor or
guarantors to be certified to by a navy agent or
other Official person, or by some known to the
bureau) that, II the offer be accepted the bidder
or bidders will, within days after the receipt
OF the contract at the post office designated, exc
cute the same, with good and sufficient sureties,
TO furnish the articles proposed agreeably to the
terms specified in this advertisement, or which
may De embodied IN the contract The law OF
10th August 1876, forbids the consider ton of all
proposals not accompanied by such guarantee.
Bidders are particularly cautioned to endorse
hsir offers as above required that they may be
distinguished from other business letters, in order
TO prevent their being opened before the day ap
pointed.
All offers not made in strict conformity with
this advertisement in every particular will be con
sldered or rejected, at the option of the bureau u
i ne person onl whose offer may be accepted will
be notified, and contract forwarded without delay
Persons offering directed to designate the
post office through which they desire to be ad
dressed and the navy agent TO whom the contract
shall De sent for execution.
All editors authorized TO publish this ADVERTISE
ment will be specially notified by this bureau.
None others will be paid for its insertion.
May l9-law4w