Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-10-18
RED RIVER RAET.

fiNiE person 10 whom the contract WAS awarded I'M
der former advertisements for proposals hav
Ing failed to give the bond with suret!es req ur2!
proposals for the work sglin invited follows:
Proposals will be received until the 10Th day of
next September fDr the removal OF obstructions TO
the navigation Of Rel river tLouisiana) Ccca.iOucJ
by the rLf and for ping the Siii navigation
from the same for the longest period.
The amount OF these proposals united Ii not to ex-
cep1 the ~uIn of SlJO0N0.
Each bidier will propose to remove said raft,
(thoE0uCy.) AMI to keep the navi,atiOn fire.. from
obstruction thereby for specified period: specifying
in his bid the aIe i'll wh!rh Ee proposes 10 complete
the removal of the raft the said not be later
than the 1T day June, 1855; and also the number
Of years. counting from sail removal. during which
time he binds himself 10 keep the said navigation
free from raft obstruction.
The contractor will lie required to give his bond
for $4,000, with two good suretes each for the SUM
OF 100000 conditioned for the fathiul execution of
the contract. Zach bidder will smit, the
time with his proposals, the names Of the persons
whom he offers SurrticS. and declaration signed
by them that they will sign his boud suretes
above ment:1ntd and also the certificate of district
juIr Uf the United States for the State in which he
Resides, that said securities respectabl. citizens
and that h, considers then worth $1,000 over and
above all their debts and liabilities No bid will he
examined unless these conditions shall be complied
With.
Tsrsas Of Iaymef.
OF the sum OF 100000 appropriated for the
above object, S50.tJO shall lie pail the work Of
Whenever the contractor -hlll report that pOr
uOn Of the reft has been removed, the same shall
be inspected sy OH Gr appointed by the War
Department; aud if ii shall appear that such is the
fact, the Department viii pay such proportion OF
The said sum of SU.UO a. tine portion removed shall
bear to the entire raft, provided no parti2 payment
shall he made for less than one tenth part of the
whole work. The remaining 10000 will be paid
IN equal annual insttln lneuts corresponding In
number with the number of years during which
thr contractor shall bind himself tn keep the navi-
gason open, of which fact the Department is to bs
the sole udge.
Zach bid must be for the wh0l, wOrk-that is, for
the removal of the raft. and for keeping the river
oPed FOR aspeciied period No separate proposal for
portions OF it will l-e considered
The proposals will le addressed to the undersigned
marked on the envelope, proposals for removing
Red River Raft"
The War Department reserves 10 itself the right
Of awarding the contract according To its own
judgment of the most favorable bit and the most
responsible bidder. JJ JABEHT,
Colonel Corp. Typographical Engineers
The time for receiving proposals under the fore
going advertisement il hereby extended to and in
Guiding the LIST day of next November.
BY order JJ ALERT
Colonel Corps Typographical Engineers
To be inserted in the Union, InteIiigencqr, and
Er;niny Star. Washington. ID. G: Red River Repub-
lran. Alexandria, Louisiana: Loui,yille Democrat
Louisville. Kentucky: Arkansas Democrat and Ga
Eette and Democrat, Little Rock. Arkansas Cincin-
matt Gazette, Cincinnati Ohio; Pittsburz Post Pitts
burg. PennSylrdni louisiana Courier and Daily
Delta, New Orleans, Louisiana; Appeal. Memphis
Tennessee: Southwestern and Gallo q Gazette Shreye-
port, Louisiana: Times, Louisville. Kentucky
Sep 2-dtlNov