Daily national Republican., 1863-02-23
PROPOSALS FOR IL, 10, AND s-INCH
CANNON,
ORDNANCE OFFICE, WAR DEPARTMENT,
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ORDNANCE OFFICE, WAN DEPARTMENT,
Washington, January q, 1868.
PROPOSALS will be received at this office until
p. M, on the 27th Of February, lSG3 for furnish
ing 10, 10 and inch cast iron cannon ts be made
in conformity with drawings to he supplied by the
Ordnance Department, and with the following
specifications One 10 inch trial gun is TO be made
OF warm cold blast charcoal IRON TO be cast hol-
low and cooled from the interior, and to have a
tenacity 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 from the same heat, and from metal
of the same quality, rs that from which the gun Is
cast. This cylinder is TO be cast on end, In dry
sand moulds, and is to be 70 inches high, with an
eliptical base Of p inches greater and IL inches
lesser axis, The specimens are TO be cut from the
gun head, and a slab, "a inches thick, from the
cylinder by planes parallel to, and eQui-lista
from the axis OF the cylinder and the lesser axis OF
the base.
The Ordnance Department will test the speci-
mems, furnish the ammunition, and prove the trial
gun, which must be ready for trial as as pos
sible, and not later than three months from the
date of the contract No contract will he given,
nor will the trial gun be paid for, unless II shall
endure proof of 900 rounds, with service char
ges of powder, of which 200 rounds will be with
solid shot, and 800 rounds with shel g. The testing
is TO be done free of charge to the contractor but
he will be required TO furnish proper facilities for
testing, such as convenient ground storage for am
munitiOn \ butt In which the pFojectilCs will be
embedded and saved, and the requisite force for
hAndlinRRnd firing the guns. All the cannon are
to be made Of the same quality of lion rs that Ol
the trial gun, and the Ordnance Department Ia 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, Rt least one
specimen from the head of each cannon, and slabs
from cylinders, before desCfibed, 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 calibFe
and none to be received or paid for but such
are approved after inspection and proof, which
will he received at the foundry where made. Bid.
ders will state the numbers and calibers OF the can
non they propose to furnish on the foregoing spe'
cihCatiOns and conditions the place where they
! are to he 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 win be entertained unless from
founders actually engaged In the business evidence
| of which must accompany the bid.
Failure to deliver Rt the specified time will sub
eCt the contractor to forfeiture of the amount Ia
| be delivered at that time. Each party obtaining =
contract will be required to enter into bonds, with
proper suTeties, for Its faithful iulhlmenti and
transfer of the contract to another party will
| its entire forfeiture. Bidders will he required to
file with their bids, bond in the penal sum OF not
less than $50 OOO 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 n
court of record, and the bOndsmen must be Certi,
fed by the Judge OF District Court of the United
States, an Ordnance officer In charge OF United
! States arsenal to be each worth the penal sum Oi
the bond over and above all liabilities. The right
is reserved to reject all proposals II the prices
deemed too high or II for any cause II Is not deem
| ed for the public interest ID accept them.
| Proposals will be sealed and addressed to Gen
| eral J. W. Ripley, Chief OF Ordnance, Washington
D. c. ;" and viii be endorsed Proposals for heavy
J. W. RIPLEY, Brig General,
| ian @7-tuthsim Chief Oi Ordnance