The Portland daily press., 1863-02-04
Proposals for 13, 10, and 8 inch
Cannon.
ORDNANCE OFFICE, WAR DEPARTMENT,

ORDNANCE OFFICE, WAR DEPARTMENT,
WAsHINGToS January 9th 1868. !
Proposals will be received at this office until PM
on the 9th of February, 1863 for furnishing 13 10
ana inch cast iron cannon, to be made in conform
~ with drawings to be supplied by the Ordnance
department and with the following specifications:
One 10 inch trial gun is to be made of warm or cold
blast charcoal iron. TO be cast hollow and cooled from
the Interior and to have tenacty of metal of not
less than 30 900 pounds per square inch be deter
mined by testing specimens taken from the sinking
mead o. me gun and rom cylinder cast from the
from which the gun is cast. This cylinder Is to be
cast on erd in dry sand mouds and is TO be 2nches
high with an elptical base Of "a inches greater and
10 inches lesser axis The specimens are to be cut
from the gun head, a slab. Al inches thick from
the cylinder by planes parallel to. and equi-dstaDt
from the axis of the cylinder and the lesser axis of
the base
The Ordnance Department will test the specimens,
furnish the ammunition, and prove the I, iaI gun,
which must be ready for trial as possible and
not later than three months from the date the con-
tract. No contract will be given nor will the trial
gun be paid for, unless il shall endure proof Of 1000
rounds, with service charges of powder OF which 300
rounds will be with solid shot, and 800 rounds with
shells The testing Is to be done free of charge the
contractor but he will be required to furnish proper
facilities for testing such convenient ground
age for ammunition butt in which the projectiles
will be embedded and saved. and the requisite force
for handling and firing the guns. All the cannon are
TO De made Of the same quality of iron that of the
trial gun and the Ordnance Department is to have
the right to test the iron during the process of fabr
cation of the cannon. for which purpose the founder
Is to furnish free of charge, at least specimen
from the head of each cannon and slabs from cylin-
ders. as before described at the option of the De-
parfment, not to exceed one for every ten cannon
Each cannon is to endure the regular proof and in
specfion for guns of the same cabre; and none are
to be received paid for but such as are approved
after inspection and proof which will be received Mt
the foundry where made Bidders will state the num-
beers and calbers of the cannon they propose fur
nish on the foregoing specifications aud conditions;
the place where they to be made the time of COM
mencing delivery and the rate Of delivery per month
thereafter and the price per pound per gun, for
unless from founders actually engaged in the bust
ness, evidence of which must accompany the bid
Failure to deliver at the specified time will subject
the contractor to forfeiture of the amount to be de-
ivered at that time Each party obtaining contract
VIII be required TO enter into bonds with proper SUI
reties, for its faithful fufment; and transfer of the
contract TO another party will its forfeit
ure- Bidders will be required to file with their bids
a bond in the penal sum Of not less than $4,000
signed by not less than two persons conditioned that
IL the bid II accepted the bidder shall comply with
his proposal and faithfully and fully perform what
be proposes 10 undertake. The bond must be ac-
knowledged before ajudge of a court of record and
the bondsmen mnst be certified by the Judge of
District Court of the United States. or an Ordnance
officer in charge OF United States arsenal, to be
all liabilities The right is reserved to reject all pro-
posas If the prices deemed too high or If for any
cause II Is not deemed for the public interest to
cept them.
Proposals will be sealed and addressed to General
j. w Ripley, Chief of Ordnance. Washington ID C. -
and viii be endorsed Proposals for heavy cannon
j. w RIPLEY,
Brigader General Chief of Ordnance.
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