The daily republic., 1853-08-24
RED RIVER RAFT.

TIME PERSON to whom the contract was award
il ed under former advertisements for proposals
having failed to give the bond with sureties a.
quired, proposals for the work are again invited
as follows:
Proposals will be received until tho goth day Of
next September for the removal Of obstructions to
the navigation oi Red river (Louisiana) occasioned
by the raft, and for keeping the said navigation
free from tho same for the longest period. t
The amount of these proposals united is not to
exceed the sum of S 100, ,OOO .osaH q
Each bidder will propose to remove said raft,
(thoroughly,) and to keep the navigation free
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 1st day Of June, 1855;
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 $40 900, with two good sureties, each for the
sum of S 10, 900, conditioned the faithful execu-
ton of the contract. Each bidder will transmit, at
the same time with bis proposals. the names Of the
persons whom he Offers AZ sureties and declara-
tion signed by them thatthey will sign his bond as
sureties az above mentioned; and also the certih-
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 s. 900 over and above all their debts and
liabilities. No bid will be examined unless these
conditions shall be complied with.
i. Terms Of payment.
III the sum OF xlUU,VuU oPptOP iot tuO
above object, s so, 900 shall be paid as the work
of removing the raft advances, as follows--to wit
Whenever the contractor shai 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 $4,000 as the portion re-
moved shall bear to the entire raft, provided no
partial payment shalt be made for less than one
tenth part of the whole work. The remaining
S 600 will he 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. 4 tapgi Gg. "a
Each bid must be for the whole work-that is,
for the removal Of the raft, and for keeping the
river open for a specified period. No separate pro-
posals ior 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 9H
The War Department reserves 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 Intelligencer, Washington, ID. q; Cincin-
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. ALERT,
Colonel Corps Typographical Engineers.
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