Daily national Republican., 1863-02-19
DROPOsALs ron 10, 10, AND s-INCH
ORDNANCE orTicE, WAR DEPARTMENr,

ORDNANCE OrTfCE, WAR DEPARTMENT.,
Washington, January q, 1865.
PROPOSALS will be received al this oiiiee until
D. M, on the nth OF February 1861, for furnish
Ing 10, 10 and inch cast iron cannon, 10 be made
Ordinances Department, and with the following
specifications One 10 inch trial gun Is TO be made
o. warm OF 9oid blast charcoal Iron, to be cast ho
tenaeityof metal Of not less than pounds per
square Inch, 70 be determined BY testing specimens
cylinder cast from the same heat; and from metal
o. he same quality as that from which the gun is
cast This cylinder is to be cast on end, IN dry
sand m0ulds, and 10 TO be ~ inches high, with al,
elliptical base Of ~ inches greater and IS inches
lesser axis. The specimens are to be cut from me
gun mead, and slab, ~ inches thick from the
ron the axis oithe cylinder and the lesser axis OF
The Ordnance Department will test the speci-
mems, furnish the Ammunition, and prove the trial
gun, which must be ready for trial a. soon as nos
sible, and not later than three months from the
nor will the trial gun be paid for unless IL shall
endure a proof Of 900 rounds, with service char
sei,S 81, Gi Pogae[ o. which 3oo roynds will be with
70 TO be done free OF charge TO the contractor but
ne Viii be required to furnish proper facilities for
munition, butt in which the pFoIectiIes will be
embedded and saved, and the requisite force for
handling and firing the guns All the cannon are
the trial gun, and the Ordnance Department Is 10
have tho right to teat the iron during the process
oiMonoauoh OIL the cannon, OrWhich purpose the
founder ts 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 one for every ten
cannon. Each cannon is to endure the regular
proof and inspection for guns of the same oalbre,
and none are to be received or paid for but such
are approved after inspection and proof which
Will be received at the foundry where made. Bid
ders will state the numbers and cabera Of the can
non they propose to furnish on the foregoing spe-
are to be mAdej the time Of commencing delivery
and the rate Of delivery per month, thereafter and
the price pei pound or per gun, for the hnished
cannon, No bids will be entertained unless from
otwhich must accompany the bid
Failure to deliver at the specified time will sub
tect the contractor to forfeiture of the amount to
be delivered at that time. Each party obtaining a
contract will be required to enter into bonds with
proper Bureties for its faithful fultilment; and q
transfer OF the contract to another party will cause
Its entire forfeiture. Bidders will be required TO
le with their bids, bond in the penal sum OF not
less than $780, oOO0 signed by not less than two per-
sons, conditioned that II the bid 10 accepted the
bidder shall comply with his proposal and iaith.
fully perform what be proposes to undertake. The
bond must be acknowledged before a Judge Of a
court of record, and the bOndBmen must q oerti.
fed 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. Tho fiyht
Is reserved to reject all proposals n the prices are
deemed too high, or # for any cause II is not deem
Proposals Will be sealed and addressed to Gen
eral J. w. Ripley, Chief of Ordnance, Washington,
D, C." and will be endorsed Proposals for heavy
-, J. W. RIPLEY, Brig. General,
jan T-tuthslm Chief OF Ordnance.
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