The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-28
RED RIVER RAFT

TINE PERSON to whom the contract was award
i cd under former advertisements for proposals
having failed TO give the bond with sureties re-
qaired, proposals for the work are again invited
as follows:
Proposals. will be received until the Goth day of
next September for the removal of distractions to
the navigation OF Red river (Louisana) occasioned
by the raft, and for keeping the said navigation
free from the same for the longest period. u
The amount of these proposals united is not to
exceed the sum Of 100000.
Each bidder will propose to remove said raft,
Thoroughly and TO keep the navigation free
from obstruction thereby for a specified period;
specifying in his bid the time in which he propo-
ses to complete the removal of the raft, the said
time not to be later than the lat day of June, 1885,
and also the number of years, 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 900, with two good sureties, each for the
sum Of $4,000, conditioned for the faithful execu-
ton of the contract Each bidder will tranzmit at
the same time with his proposals, the names of the
persons whom he offers as sureties, and declara
ton signed by them that they will sign his bond
sureties as above mentioned; and ALEC the certif-
cate 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 10 900 over and above all their debts and
liabilities. No bid will be examined unless these
conditions shall be complied with. 4
Terms Of payment.
OF the sum Of 100000 appropriated for the
ABOVE OBJECT, u 5U,UUU snail be paid as the work
of removing the raft advances, follows-to wit:
Whenever the contractor shall report that por-
ton of the raft has been removed, the same shall
be Inspected by an officer appointed by the War
Department.; and if it shall appear that such
is the fact, the Department will pay such proper
ton of the said sum Of $50 900 the portion re-
moved shall bear to the entire raft, provided no
partial pa yment shall be made for less than one
tenth part of the whole work. The remaining
$780, 900 will be paid in equal annual instalments
corresponding in number with the number OF years
during which the contractor shall bind himself to
keep the navigation open, of which fact the De-
partment is to be the sole Judge.
Each bid must be for the whole work-that is,
for the removal of the raft, and for keeping the
river open for specified period. No separate pro-
posals for portions of it will.be considered.
The proposals will be addressed to the under
eigned, marked on the envelope, "Proposals for
removing Red River Raft"
The War Department reserves to itself the right
of awarding the contract according to it's own
judgment Of the most favorable bid and the most
responsible bidder.
TO be inserted in the Union, Republic, and Ma
tional lntelligencer, Washington, d. c.; Cincn-
natl Gazette. Cincinnati, Ohio; Louisville Journal,
Louisville, Kentucky; ST. Louis Republican, st.
Louis, Missouri; Shreveport Herald, Shreveport,
Louisiana; New Orean Commercial BulletiD; New
Orleans Bee; New Orleans Republican,; Gazette
and Democrat, Little Rock, Arkansas; Telegraph,
Washington, Arkansas. ]. J ALERT,
Colonel Corps Typographical Engineers.
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