Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-02-09
Leather and Canras NAL Pouches.

The body the leather pouches Is to be made of
good and substantial bag Gather. well Ell, h.
and for the smaller sizes not ess than ounces to
The square foot; the bottom (nf circular form and
nap "a he OF good skjTtnR leather we'll tanned the
seams To be well and strongly secured with the beS
iron rIyets, well timed.
vas, denseiy woven, go es To resist water,
for pouches of size no. not les. than Is Ounces TO
yard of 81 Inche3 width. or n ounces to the yard
oi zl Inches III width for pouches size No not
less than ~ ounces to the yard of ?5 IncAss width
Tor pouches OF size No 5, not .ss than IL ounces to
the yard of p inches width the threads ofthe warp
and wei. 10 be composed Of at least FIVE YarEs ca CHI
10 be made of cotton weighing ot less than
- ounces to the yard of lslnohes width, nor less
tnresds Of the warp and weft to be comp,sed ef Al
least four yarns each.
Leather and Canras Horse-na,I Bags.
Size NO. l-BOdT 48 inches long and Il inches
wide In the widest parts ends or bottoms Of same
Size Nc.2-Bo1y IS inches long and IS inches wide
IN the widest parts ends or bottoms Of same b.ing
II BY 20 inches.
S:ze No.3-Body ~ hes long and I6 inches wide
IN the widest parts eGds or bO toms of me boing
10 by - inches.
The leather horse mail gs to be made of good
not lsss than seven ounces to tn. square foot and
the seams to he well and strongly sewsd, or If nv
The canvas horso mll bags to he made of
cotton csnvas ike ;ha. described for the larger sized
Proposals for improvements IN the form or con-
structiol OF any Of tho above-descrlbed Tags and
the relative value ard ads s2tatlon to The service As
well as specified prIcs Of any snch Improvements, ,
best bid. 'A'iNO''" ~ "0''-'1'"'"S 'N0 lowest ana
All the articles contracted for are to be delivered
at the expense OF the on,ractor, In Boston, Mass
rlttsbuTf Pa Baltimore. Md; Wash nston, a 'I b.
G; cnmond, Va; kalesh. n. G; ChRrleston, :.
Knoxville, Nashville. AID Memphis, Tenn Louis
wills, Ky Cincinnati, OHIO; ct. Louis, No; aud
Chiclso, ILL.,, such quaa:, ties, and at such tim se
as tha DC piriment m"y requIre and order ar they
are 10 be rgdy Ins pected before delivery and none
are 10 be received which shall be Infeuor IN any re-
spect, TO the specimens adopted the standard bags
The proposals should specify the prioepf ga ch rr
tlcle proposed to be furnished. No p,opasal will be
consider ed II not accompanied with specimens or
samples OF eac1 article hid for showing the con-
stfuc;lon, size, and sualI:y of matcriss and work
Inans offered, and So with n written guarantee
spOnsIb Ity must be cert he'd hy the po tmsster of
tne p ace where thy reside. that they W Ill become
respOHs sbe. sufficient bond, for the Due Perform
cs pied.
ihe specimens or samples must bs delivered TT
This paTtment on or fore the 25th day Of April
next, and those which shall have ACC mpsnied the
accepted proposal will IN vii pro
pOsals Tor the BASIS OF the contractstO be made.
Every specimen submitted should bs well and dis
tIDctly marked with the number denotiIg it's size,
xss n 70 d Tr
deposited By bidders which cin. with safety and
convenience, bs used Ia tne mail servios. W Ii be
paid Tor at the prices specihed IN the proposals re-
deolsiOn on ths bids will be made on or before
the third day Of May next and the &C epted bidder
with suf lent bond and sureties, OF befUre the
2lst day of June next.
To enable bidders to estimate the number of the
dlfereI k uds of mail bags which will probably be
required they infor that there were
ended SOth June lat: 1880 canvas mail ,ass SIIO
leather mail pouches; 4400 canvas mail pouches },
NN wv NJ AARON v. BROWN,
ja1s-wl2w Postmaster General.