Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-29
PROPOSALS FOR 70, 10, AND s-INCH

ORDNAEJE OTFIIE. WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, january a. 1852.
PROPOSALS will be received At this office until
y. nj, the 9th of February 1883, for furnish
ing IA, 10 and Inch cast iron cannon, IL be made
10 conformity with drawings to be supplied by the
Ordnance Department, and Nth the following
specifications One 10 inch trial gun is TO be made
Of warm cold blast charcoal iron, to he cast hOl-
low and cooled from the Interior and to have a
tenAcity OF metal of not lgss than 600 pounds per
square Inch, 70 be determined by testing specimens
taken from the sinking head Of the gun, and from
cylinder cast from the same heat and from metal
Of the same quality, as that from which the gun is
cast This cylinder Is TO be cast on end, in dry
sand moulds, and IL to be u inches high, with an
elliptcal base Of - inches greater and 10 inches
lesser axis The specimens are to be cut from the
gun head, and slab, ~ inches thick, from the
cylinder by planes parallel to, and equi-dItant
the base.
The Ordnance Department will test thr spec.
mems, furnish the ammunition, and prove the trial
gun, which must be ready for trial rs soon pos
sible, and not later than three months from the
date OF the contract. No contract will be given,
nor will the trial gun be pa for, unless 1t shall
endure proof Of coo rounds, with service char
gcs Of powder, Of which zoo rounds will be with
sO'.d shot, and 5Oo rounds with shel The testing
ts to be done free Of charge to the contractor but
he viii be required TO furnish proper facilities for
testing, such as convenient ground, storage for am
munilon, n butt In which the prOJeotilcs will be
embedded and saved, and the requisite force for
handling and firing the guns. AL the cannon are
to be made Of the same quality of iron rs that of
the trial gun, and tho Ordnance Department is to
Of fabrication of the cannon for which purpose the
founder Is to furnish, free OF charge, at least one
specimen from the head of each cannon, and slabs
from cylinders, as before described at the option
OF the Department. not to exceed one Tor every ten
cannon. Each cannon is to endure the regular
proof and inspection for guns of the same caibre;
and none are to be received or paid for but such
are approved after inspection and proof, which
Will be received at the foundry where msde, Bid
ders Will state the numbers and cHberB of the
non they propose to furnish on the foregoing spe-
cihcations and conditions; the place where hey
ana the rate OF delivery per MONTH Thereafter, and
the price per pound or per gun, for the finished
cannon, No bids will be entertained unlPtz from
founders actually engaged In thu business eN idLnce
ofwhich must accompany the bid.
Failure to deliver at the specified time will sub
be delivered at tAnt time. Each party obtaining
contract will be required to enter into bonds with
proper suretles, for its faithful mltlment, and a
transfer of the contract to another party will cause
its entire forfeiture. Bidders will be required to
hle with their bids, bond In the penal sum Of not
sons, conditioned that II the bid ia accepted the
bidder shall comply with his proposal and faith
inlly perform what he proposes to undesirable. The
bond must be acknowledged before 4 judge OF a
court Of record, and the bOndsmen must be certi-
hed by the Judge Of District Court Of the United
States arsenal TO DO each worth the penal sum Of
the bond over and above all liabilities. Tie right
Is reserved to reject all proposals II the prices
deemed too high, or II for any cause II Is not deem
cd for the public interest 10 accept them.
Proposals will be sealed and addressed to % Cen
D. c." md will be endorsed " Proposals for heavy
cannon"
J. W. RIPLEY, Brig General,
jan 97-tuthsim Chief Of Ordnance.