Washington telegraph., 1853-08-24
RED RIVER RAFT.

T7HE PERSON TO whom the contract was
4 awarded under former advertisements for
proposals, having failed TO give the bond with
suTeties required. proposals for the wofk. are
agair invited as follows:
Proposals viii be received until the 2O.h
day Of next September for the removal Of ohsttuc.
tions to the navisa ion Of Red river Ionisiana)
occasioncd hy the raft and for keeping the said
navigation free from the same for the longest
period.
The araourt Or tiisse proposals united is not to
exceed the SUN Of 100000.
Each bidder will propose 70 remove said raft,
thoroughly and to keep tie navigation free from
obstruction thereby for specified period; specify
ing in his bid tire time in which he proposes to
complete the removal Of the raft, the said time not
o Dc later than the 1t day OF June 1856 and also
the rufnhnr nf Years. counting from said remoyai,
during which tiHid NJ hinhs himself To keep the
saih navigation free from raft obstruction.
The contractor will be required to give his bond
for 100000 with two good sureties. each for the
sum OF Si0000 conditioned for the faithful execu-
tlon of he contract. Each bidder will transmit
at the same time with his proposals the nares of
the persons whom he offers as sureties. and de=
claration signed by them that they will sign his
bond as sureties IA above mentioned: and also the
certificate Of district indge 81 the United States
FIR the State III Mhich ne resides that said serur-
ites responsible citizens. and that he considers
them worth $4,000 over and above all their debts
and liabilities. No bid Will be examined unless
these conditions shall be complied with.
TERMS OF PAYMENT.
OF the sum OF siOO0OJ appropriated for tho
above object, sJO,0n0 shall he paid as the work
Of removing the raft advances. a. follows-to wit.
Whenever the contractor shall report that 4 por=
tion Of the raft has been removed. the same shall
be inspected by ar officer appointed bv the War
Department. and if it shall appear that srch ir tho
fact. the Department will pay such proportion Of
the said sum Of $4,000 as the portion removed
shall bear to the entire raft, provided no partial
payment shall he made for less than one-tenth
part o! the whole work. The remaining s50.0C0
will be paid in equal annual instalmcnts CORES
ponding IL number with the number Of Years dur
ing winch the contractor shall bind himself to
keep the navigation open, nj which fact the De.
partment i to BE- the sole Judge.
Each bid rlust be for the whole vork-that Isl
for the removal Of the raft ard for keeping the
river open for specified period. No separate
proposals 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 reserves to itself The
right Of awarding the contract according to its
own Judgment Of the most favorable bid ana tho
most responsible bidder.
To he inserted in the Union, Republic. and Ma
tionai Intelligcncer, Washington, ID. c.; Cincin-
nati 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; Ga
zette and Democrat, Little Rock, Arkansas; Tel
esraph, Washington, Arkansas.
J. j. ALBERT. Colonel Corps
Typographical Engineers.
august 3, 1853. 3l-2oSep-