The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-14
RED RIVER RAFT.

THE PERSON to whom the contract was award
cd under former Advertisements for proposal,
having Jailed 10 give the bond With surctiss re
CURED, proposals for the work are again iLvitec
as folows:
Proposals will be received until tho goth day Of
next September for the removal Of obstructions Il
the navigation o. Red river (LouisianaJ occasioned
by the raft, and for keeping the said navigatio
free from tn, same for the Longest period,
The amount of these proposals united 10 not 10
exceed the sum Of 8 100 600.
Each bidder will propose to remove said raft,
Thoroughly and to keep the navigation fire e
from obstruction thereby for 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 let day of June, 1855;
and also the number of years. counting from said
removal, during which time be binds himself to
keep the said navigation free from raft obstruction.
The contractor will be required TO give his bond
Tor ~ oO0, with two good sureties. each for the
sum OF 900, conditioned for the faithful execu-
ton OF the contract Each bidder will tram Unit. at
the came time with his proposals, the names Of the
persons wEoin he offers suyeties. and declara-
ton signed by them that they will Sign his bond ms
sureties as above mentioned; and aso the certi-
cate OF district Judge Of the United States for the
State in which he resides that said securities are
respectable citizens, and that he considers them
worth BIO 600 over and above all their debts and
liabilities No bid will be examined unless these
conditions shall be complied with.
Terms Of payment.
vi tue sum OF - iUU,OUo appropriated iOr the
above object, $ 80, 900 shall be paid as the work
Of removing the raft advances, as follows-to wit:
whenever the contractor shall report that por-
ZION OF the raft has been ed, the same shall
be inspected by officer appointed by the War
Department; and if it shall appear that such
is the fact, the Department wilt pay such proper
ton ofth said sum oil $50 900 as the portion re-
moved shall bear to the entire raft, provided no
partial pay nent shall be made for lees than one
tenth part of the whole work. The remaining
600 will he paid in equal annual instalme Ia
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
signed, marked on the envelope, Proposals for
removing Red River Raft
The War Department rescrves to itself the right
Of awarding the contract according to its 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 Orleans Commercial Bulletin; New
Orleans Bee; New Orleans Republican,; Gazette
and Democrat, Little Rock, Arkansas; Telegraph,
Washington, Arkansas. j.. J ALERT,
Colonel Corps Typographical Engineers.
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