Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-02-19
Proposals for IS, 10, and Sinh
Cannon. .tatl
oGDVAxcE UIEicR WAR DErGlLHErT,
EAEIuOfON, January y, NSS,

yOpnp0s Mi b. r,c.lyprl At thlS once until
pm, on the It'll Of February, 1868, Tor IaF'
nishluE 10, md inch cast ir0n oAnno1 Y ~
made In roniIruty With drawings % % SuRP!lea ~
| N, Ordnance department, aud With tbs following
an r6cailpus: Our 10 inch trial ;un Il U aAde Of
warm or cold blast charcoal trOn % DO cast he4I9H
and cooled Ifnt the Interior Rbd to have tenAclIy
Of nrial OK not lees hSn Sp,000 pounds PR SQUARE
10, H. tn hE determined hy testing specimens tAGE4
tTGm the sinking head If the gun, and iron q I'M
DER caI, from tue Iame heat End from metal Of the
arie quality ~ that IRON Whch The Kun u Eaet'
Ti4cy Under Ia 10 DO cast on end 10 dry sGud mouldS
anil IL ~ be- - inches high, with 40 eptieAl base o.
u luChtS greater aud ID Inches losa axis. IN" sPf
elttns ArS to " cut from the gun bead. and slab
A. inches thick from the cyllnder, BY planes Pafal'
V IN and rduIdStRnt fFniI the AAII Of the cylinder
and the Lesser axis Of the baSs.
iuv I'rJnAuer DepATIIIUnL will test the BpeoimenS'
furnish the ammunition, and prUFO the trtal Guh,
which must he ready for trial IA 8o0n ~ posapI ao
not later than threS months from the date o. thb
contract, No contract will b given, nor AIl the
trial gun be paid for, unless u AhAll sudufO ptoa
VI l,,OO Tounda Wih service Charges Of powder o.
which 2OO rounds will be With BOlId Bh0t, and S0O
rounds with shells. The ISGtInE ID to 10 done Tree
VI chAFEe 10 the contractor, but hH will be required
to iuruish proper facilities far testing, such ~ Ton
TCHlEnt ground, storage or ammunition b9W y
hIch the rrojsrt.lN will be embedded and hAVtd,
anil tho requisite force for handling and htng tho
guns All The cannon arc to be made Of the sans
qu ty OF rou ~ that Of thu trial gun, and the Ord'
iAres Department Ia 10 have the right 70 tett the
iron during the process Of fabrication Of the cannon:
TT which purpose the founder 10 TO turnAh. Tree o.
riuIERr, II least one specimen from The head Of each
Cannon and slabs FROM cyndera - before dOHeribed,
1t the option Of the Department, net 10 exceed Que
Inr every ten cannon Zach cannon ID ~ endure The
regular proof ind Inspection for guns Of the SANE
"a bFe; and none TO BIZ received or pud Tor but
such ~ RFS approved Of after inspection and proot,
Which will be received At the foundry where male
III idNrE will state the numbers aud ealib0rl OF the
cannon they propose u furnish, on the iorPGQlnE
.TeiacAtIons aud conditions: The place where they
are 10 DO made the time Of commencing delivery and
the nate Of delivery per mouth Thereafter, And The
pret per round or pr gun, Tor tho finished eAnnOn.
No ba will BE- entertained ublNaS from f0undSrs Re
unilv Nn"NVA, n N" hukIuNsS, evidence Il which
mnSt accompany the bid.
EAIuIv " uvuVVr At IuO specified time will hnhect
llle cHuInNc oF to forfeiture VI tho amount 70 30
delivered II that Tina EHeh party obtaining
contrHcl Will be required to enter Into bonds, wish
proper EuFstvs, for IT, faithful fulhlmenti and .
transfer 0I cOntrAct u another PARTY viii ea1ha
IT. entire forfeiture Bidders Will 10 required 70 Ole
With their bids, bond 10 the penal Hun Of not IsSA
than $50 0OO, GguCd BY not lVaS than two persons
conditioned that II the bid IL accepted the bidder
shall comply with hla PrOpoAAl, aud faithfully and
uly perform what he prOPONeA to undertake. Tic
hunt must b. HcEp0N l~Etd hNlorS Judge Of court
Il record and the henEmPn must be certified BY The
Judge VI District Court Of tho United States, 40
1duAnrS oicer IN charge OF United States hFarnG,
to be each worth the penal sum Of the bond over
thd above oil liabilities. The right ID reserved 70
reject all proposals II the prices are deemed too
hlih, or II for any cAuFe II Ia not defined Tor tbs
public interett 10 accept them.
Proposals will BE- sealed and addressed 70 "0eneral
J. ". Ripley, Chief OF Ordnance, Washington, D.
N,"aud will DO endorsed PrVpOAAlS for heavy can
non"
BHgSder Gtutral Chief Of Ordnance.
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