Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-02-09
PFoposaIs for IS. 10. and S Inch
Cannon.
ORDNANCE OFFICE WAR DEPRErNESr, !
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Innnnrr u lSIsa.

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DR0P0sALS will be received at this office until
L T. NJ. on the 9th of February, 1885, for fur
nishtng Is, 10, and inch cast iron cannon, to be
made iu conformity with drawings TO be supplied by
the Ordnance Department, aud with the following
specifications: One 10 inch trial sun Is TO tuade of
warm OF cold blast charcoal iron, be cast hollow
and cooled from the Interior aud to have tenacitv
Of metal of not less than 10000 pounds per sounre
Inch, to be determined by testing specimens taken
from the sinking head of the gum and from cviin.
der cast from the same heat aud from metal OF the
same quality, as that from which tho gun Is cast
Is to be cast on end in dry sand moulds
anu Is TO be az inches HIGH with eptical base OF
- inches greater and ID inches less axis The spe-
cirnens are TO be cut from the gun head and slab
inches thick, from the cylinder by planes paraI-
lei to, and equidstAnt from the axis Of tho cylinder
and the lesser axis Of the base.
The Ordnance Department will test the specimens
furnish the ammunition, and pnJvs the trial gun
which must be ready for trial as coon as possible and
not later than three months from the date OF the
contract. No contract will be given, will the
tFhH gun be paid for, unless it shall endure proof
oil 1000 rounds, with service charges Of powder, of
which 700 rounds will be with solid shot aud $40
rounds with shells. The testing Is to be done free
oil charge to the contractor, but he will be required
TO furnish proper facilities FIR testing, such AS con
Nenient ground, storage Tor ammuuitiou, butt in
which the PrQjectiles will be embedded and saved
aud the requisite force for handling and firing the
EnnS; All tho cannon to be made of the snuc
9un'S Of IRON as that OF the trial gun, and the Ord
nance department S to have the right to test the
iron during the process of fabrication of the cannon
fjr which purpose the founder to furnish froe of
charge, at least specimen trOm the head of each
cannon aud slabs FROM cylinders Gs before described
At the option of the Department. not to exceed one
Tor every ten cannon. Each il To endure the
regular proof and inspection for gnus of the same
calibre; and none to be received or paid for but
such as are approved of after inspection aud proof
which will be received at tho foundry where male
Bidders will state the numbers and calibcrs of the
cannon they propose to furnish, on the foregoing
specifications and conditions: Tho place where they
age to be made; the time O commencing delivery and
the rate OF delivery per mouth thereafter and the
price per pound per gun, for the finished cannon
No bids will be entertained unless from founders nc
tuRlly engaged in the business, evidence OF which
must accompany the bid.
Failure to deliver at the specified time will subject
the contractor to forfeiture OF tire amount to ls
delivered at that time. Each party obtaining a
contract will be required to enter into bonds with
proper surciics, for its faithful fuliiImCnt; aud
transfer nj contract tn another party viii cause
ITS entire forfeiture. Bidders will bC required ia Tile
with their bids, bond in the penal smu Of not less
than EiU 0On, signed by not less than two persons,
conditioned that If the bid is accepted tho bidder
shait comply with his proposal, aud faithfully and
IulIS perform what he proposes to undertake. Tho
bond must be acknowledged before Judge Of a court
OF record Hn the hOudsmen must Ice certified by the
Judge Of District Court of the United States OF an
Ordnahce officer in charge Of United Stntcs arsenal
10 be each worth the penal III the bond oyer
and above all liEtiltir5. The right is reserved to
reject all proposes il Tho prices ARE deemed too
high, ar it tor aUy it i not deemed for the
rub!ie Interest 10 accept ti,cm.
Proposals Will h' scaled and addressed To ''ticncrI
J. ". Ripley, Chief oC OrdnNucC Washington, u.
o., AMI viii lie endorsed Proposals for hN'yy can
non."
j. W RIPLEY,
Brissdicr General Chief Of Ordnance.
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