Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-02-03
Proposals for 10, 10, and s Inch
Cannon.
ORDxAScE OFFICE wAR DErAH1NKSr
WASHINGTON, January q 1861

DROPosALS will be received Mt M, ,F,,o. In :,
\ Z. NJ on the 9th of February 1864 ESr o.
nlsnlnB 10, TO- aud inch cast irou cannon IN h.,
made In conformity with drawings 10 bs smnri;T ~, nc
inc Ordnance Department, and with the GbIio,-iyy
sptcncation5; One 10 inch trial gun is to tmSds NJ
warm or cold blast charcoal iron TO be cast bcIi ~
aaa cooled from the interior, aud to have N taTHT,
OF metal OF not less than 10000 pounds ner S1Tas
ToI ~ os GeteEmneL BY testing specimens taken
rom Ine sinking head OF the gun, aud from a cyIn
DER cast from the same heat aud from metal ~ tS
Tt zane quality; as that from which the gun is cast
Is 70 be cast on end in dry sand moniIS
and IL to be ~ inches high with an einticsI L
e inches greater and IL inches less RTiS Tb ~ ~
cT@ are TO- be cut from the gun head and sab
lei 20, and equidisAnt from the axis Of The
And the lesser axis Of the base ' - i'nueF
VtInAnce Department will test the specimens
lLLpiSu the ammunition, and prove the ma S,,'
Nnich must be ready for trial a. soon as noSSiS
hot later than three months from the date ~ th
thai S1 ~ contract viii be given nor viii the
~ g1n DC PAID for, unless It shall enduro nrHT
OF LOO rounds, with service charge, If PtOoi
nieh S0o rounds will be with solid sh6t and 500
rounds with shells The testing IL To he 5 uu eVO
OF charge to the contractor but he viii ~ ono iIes
20 Iunah proper facilities FIR testing sncI, y. Gu
'hi.I 6Eou9u, storage for ammunition a INIT IN
III .uo ptugsctileS viii be embedded ana T.v.5
Ahd the requiSitO force for hapdinS Srd f,.I'
S1u I: Az tue cannon are to be made M The o..
y, non a. that Of the trial gun and the OT
i aauSS department IL to have tie riVbt to tS,t ~
iron during the process OF fabrication az tne
eS.r. ParPose the founder Is to furnish Tss u;
cannon, and slabs from cyInds, ~ nela OF each
AZ 49,. aA
Ine opnon OF the Department mai H. 1922 ueuI
W eIeEy ten cannon. Each cannon IL =, "S VIe
LeESlAF proof and inspection FOR TnnS ~ me
eonote; and none are to be received ~ ",S e .tne
- are approved Of after inSnectiop = CE DuE
VII pc received At the foundry yrberS
r",s HI STATE the numbers and calibNrS ~ az
S,,s.jSst Hsy propose to furnish on the EorssoSn
~ ~ ~ ena conditions: The place yvbSrI $has
The ~ me time OF commencing deiiTsT,Ssn5
NJ. 100 y. usuIety per mouth thereafter STS ~
NJ aHuu OF per gun, for the finished cSnno
tuGIy engaged In the busIness ovi5H oan9etS ac-
must accompany the bid ''tosaee OF which
A, Eailute 10 deliver At the Upecihsd fin. III,
IhS contractor to forfeiture Of the lsuelSct
oeLNered a. that time. Each nSrt, o Ltt 10 Do
Syo,o VII osEequred to enter into bonJS tS,.I
eues, Tor its faithful ful6InSnt
ifS o1,J-S contract to Aoother partV SiIi SS
Iitb 49, SIS Bidders will be re6uIred 20 AZ
.I t1eiE DOS bond in the penaI snS - 20 me
tns1 $1,000 Higned by not ia ~, o. not less
CSn3ltloued that II the bid Il $780, ~ persons
siI eo9Py with his proposal anS F.,.IT,SSiadeE
tuny perform what he proposes - and
oona must be acknowledged beSorS, JIHe. The
o. record and the b0ndSInOn m1st o. court
SuS8e OF District Court Of ne USjt S. ed oy the
y CIn1nee oneer In charge Of Until or an
"a 49, G9Hn the penal sum Of ne 49, SenAl,
rsIa.S ~, ~ liabilities. The right Il rSSS ever
MIR - AZ Proposals. II the prices are ds.SaHSS % 70
1S6t. - hoE Any cause II q not dAerSsJ - 700
j. "! Pini., TS SeAlSd and addressed 70 SG.n.,,
,n5 %IS 0hist Of Ordnance, WSSSipv1eetne
non" % Proposals. for h0avy an.
,,Dso-.s SFEadisE General 0hist; Of oFd5sn..