Daily national Republican., 1863-02-26
PROPOSALS FOR IL, 10, AND s-INCII
il CANNON.
ORDNANCE OFFICE, WAR DEPARTMENT,
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ORDNANCE OFFIUE, WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, January "a, 1868.
PROPOSALS will be received at this office until
.. m. on the 27th of February, 1868, for furnish
ing 10, 10 and inch cast iron cannon, to be made
In conformity with drawings TO be supplied by the
Ordnance Department, aud with the following
specifications; One 10 Inch trial gun is to be made
oI warm or cold blast charcoal Iron, to be east hol
low and cooled from the Interior, and TO have "A
enacty of metal of not less than 900 pounds per
square inch, to be determined by testing specimens
takenTfTom the sinking head Of the gun, and from
a cylinder cast from the samo heat, and from metal
OF the same quality, that from which the gun is
cast This cylinder is TO be cast on end, In dry
sand moulds, and Ia to be " inches high, with an
elliptcal base Of "a inches greater and IS inches
lesser axis. Tho specimens are TO be cut from the
gun head, and slab, AZ inches thick, from the
cylinder by planes parallel to, and equi-dlsta1t
from the axis Of the cylinder, and the lesser axis OF
the base. .....- .r
The Ordnance Department will test tho speci-
mems, furnish the ammunition, and prove the trial
gun, which must be ready for trial as soon pos
5lble, and not later than three months from the
date of the contract No contract will be given,
nor will the trial gun be paid for, unless It shall
endure proof Of 900 rounds, with service char
geB Of powder, of which 200 rounds will be with
solid shot, and 800 rounds with shel The testing
is TO be done Tree Of charge to the contractor but
he will be required to furnish proper facilities for
testing, such as convenient ground, storage for
munition, butt In which the proectiles will be
embedded and saved, and the requisite force for
hahollng AND ntlng the gtlns Az the cannon are
the trial gun, and the Ordnance Department Is to
have the right to test the iron during the process
founder is to furnish, free Of charge, At least
specimen from the head Of each cannon, and slabs
from cylinders, as before described at the option
Of the Department, not to exceed for every ten
cannon. Each cannon IL to endure the reg gulaT
proof and inspection for guns OF the calibre;
and TO be received or paid for but such rs
are approved after inspection and proof which
Will be received at the foundry where made. Bid
ders will state the numbers and cabeTB OF the can
non they propose to furnish on the foregoing Bpe-
cincations and conditions the place where they
are to be made; 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 busnesB evidence
OF which must accompany the bid. .u...
Failure TO deliver at the specified time will sub
ect the contractor to forfeiture Of the amount to
be delivered at that time. Each party obtaining u
contract will be required to enter into bonds with
proper sureties, for its faithful ulhment; and a
transfer OF the contract to another party viii cause
its entire forfeiture. Bidders will be required to
file with their bids, bond in the penal sum Of rot
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
fully perform what he proposes to undertake. The
bond must be acknowledged before Judge OF
court Of record and the bondsmen must be eerti-
fed by the Judge of District Court OF the United
States, or an Ordnance officer in charge OF United
States arsenal to be each worth the penal sum of
the bond over and above all liahilitieB The right
is reserved 10 reject all proposals II the prices are
deemed too high, or If for any II Is not deem
ed for the public interest to accept them.
Proposals. will be scaled and addressed to " Cen
eral J. W. Ripley, Chief OF Ordnance, Washington,
D. c." and will be endorsed q, Proposals for heavy
cannon"
ian .,-,,,n.,nJ W. RIPLEY s RElg, &, General General,
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