Evening star., 1863-04-02
PROPOSALS.
OFFICE,

nhDNANCE OFFICE,
will b. Iscsi,sd q hif bet ENC; ;ss an'
furnishing six hundred wrought Iron Beams for
Rails Of Chassis Of Sea Coast carriages;
These beams are to be made aft. T the following
The rail- for harbe.. carriage. Is rolled wrought
IRON beam, similar in appearance to the j" shaped
inss tits required 9 Be strais aud smooth on
blisters and cinder strsass The outer faces Of
the two dsnses are planes. parallel to each other.
two dansss along their middle line. leaving | them
to protect equally on each 81 70, and must be with
out bends or cOrrugstions.
DIMENSIONS OF BEANS.
Depth between outer surfaces Of ''
Width 81 a.nses. a5 ehss inches
ThissD::s TsissD::s Of # fsase at outer
These beams viii be inspected after the follow
They are to be made of good though well worked
essr S ron the sS.esee s Of Which quaitie' g;ns
edges of the hanges.) as alse flaws bad YIELDS,
blistsrs and stresks of cinder will cause their re-
LIST. They are to beef the required dimensions
I'd. They are to be straight and free from short
bends in the flsnges and webs.
sd. The The outer plan surface of the fanses are to
be parallel to each other, and in plans pendoular
4th. The webs are not to be bent o. t,or.hed. a.
would result from resting the rails along their
whole lengths the edges of the fanzes while the
webs are too hot to bear their weight.
bth The tanges are to be perfectly equal
VARIATION ALLOW IN INSPECTING.
In length of rail. ........... 80 inches
In depth of rail. ............. 10 inches
In thickness of web. .................. .05 inches.
In warp or wind n depth of fange at eI.
treme end Of rail ......... 10 inches.
Difference in distance between outer
edge of plane furfaces OF hanges
different sides Of web at any cross sec-
tion of rail :, 10 inches
straight edge of equal length with the
rail placed on the cutter edge OF the
hsnge should not aepert from it al any
point more than ....., -. Is inches
plane surface placed on the web should
lot depart from it at any point more
A plane surface placed on the plane sur
face of either tange should no. depart
from 1t at any point more than. IN inches.
Departure from square in depth OF rail Is inches.
Specimens OF the beams, or draw ing OF the 10, can
be seen at the United States Arsenals at Fort
Monroe, Virginia, Bridesburg and Pittssurg,
Pennsylvania. and Watertown, Massachusetts,.
Bidders will state the number OF beams they pro-
pore to furnish the time Then ne they viii commerce
and the number they can deliver weekly after
commencing the delivers, place where they will
make them, and the price per pound for which
railroad shipmen nearest to their works
No bids viii be entertained except from persons
actually engage in the manufacture Of iron, evi-
dence OF which must &C con- pany the bid.
Each par obtain ng contract will be required
to enter into bonds, with proper sureties for it's
faith full ful6lment and transfer of the contract
to another party will cause its entire forfeiture
The right is reserved to reject all pre- posals if the
prices pre- deemed too high or if for any it
not deemed for the public interest to accept them
wv. RIPLEY Chief of Ordnance, Washington.
D. CO. and Will be. indorsed Proposals. for
Wrought Iron Beams JAS. ": RIPLEY,