Daily national Republican., 1863-02-07
PROPOSALS FOR 10, 10, AND s-TNoH

ORDNANCE oTTICE, WAR DEPARTMEHT,
Washington, January q, 1859.
PROPOSALS will be received At this once until
p M, on the nth OF February 1868, for furnish-
ing 10, 10 and inch cast iron cannon, ts be made
Ordnance department, and with the following
specifications: One 10 inch trial Gun IL to be made
OF warm OF cold blast charcoal Iron, to be cast ho
low and cooled from the Interior, and to have al
tenhcty Of metal of not less than 30 pounds per
square Inch, TO be determined by testing specimens
taken from the sinking head Of the gun, and from
cylinder cast nom the same heat, and from metal
Of the same quality, as that from which the gun 10
cast This cylinder is to be cast on end, In dry
sand moulds, and is TO be u inches high, with an
elliptcal base Of "a inches greater and l6 inches
lesser axis. The specimens arc to be cut from the
gun head and slab, ~ inches thick, from The
from the axis Of the cylinder, and The lesser axis OF
the base. ...
The Ordnance Department will test the Eperi-
mems, furDish the ammunition, and prove the trial
gun, which must be ready for trial soon as pos
sible, and not later than three months from the
nor will the trial gun be paid for unless Il shall
endure proof Of 900 rounds, with service char
solid hot, and 800 rounds with sSei The teStin2
s to be done free Of charge to the contractor but
he Will be required to furnish proper AoillteS for
munition, butt In which the projectilea will be
embedded and saved, and the requisite force for
handling and firing the guns AL the cannon are
the trial gun, and the Ordnance Department is to
have the right to test the iron during the process
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
nom cylinders, as before described, at the option
OF the Department, not to exceed for every ten
cannon. Each cannon ls to endure the regular
proof and inspection for guns Of the onlibre;
and none are to be received paid for but such
are approved after inspection and proof, which
will be received at the foundry whore made. Bid
ders will state the numbers and cabers Of the can
non they propose to furnish on the foregoing spe-
citoAtions and conditions; the place where they
are to be mAdej the time Of commencing delivery
and the rate Of delivery per month"; thereafter, and
the price per pound or per gun, for the finished
cannon. No bids will be entertained unless from
founders actually engaged in the business evidence
Of which must accompany the bid.
Failure TO deliver at the specified time will sub
eot the contractor TO forfeiture OF the amount to
be delivered at that time. Each party obtaining
contract will be required to enter into bonds with
proper suTeties, for its faithful fulhlmenti and
transfer Of the contract to another party will cause
hle with their bids, bond in the penal slm OF not
less than $4,000 signed by not less than two per-
sons, conditioned that II the bid is accepted the
bidder shall comply with his proposal and faith
tully perform what he proposes to undertake. The
bond must be acknowledged before a judge Of a
court Of record, and the bOndsmen must be oerti-
ned by the Judge OF District Court Of the United
States arsenal to be each worth the penal sum OF
the bond over and above all liabilities. The right
Is reserved to reject all proposals II the prices are
deemed too high, or II for any II 10 not deem
ed for the public interest to accept them.
Proposals will be sealed and addressed to " Gen
d. c." and will be endorsed Proposals for heavy
Cannon"
J. W. RIPLEY, Brig. General,
jan 21-tuthGlm Chief OF Ordnance.