Daily national Republican., 1863-02-09
DROPOsALs FOR 10, 10, AND s-INCH


ORDHAECE OFFICr, WAR DEPARTMENT,
Warrington, January n, 1863.
PROPOSALS will be received at this Offiee until
y. m, on the nth Of February 1869, for furnish
ing 10, 10 and inch cast iron cannon, ~ be made
IN conformity with drawings TO be supplied by the
Ordnance Department, and with the following
specifications One 10 inch trial gun Is 10 be made
Of warm cold blast charcoal iron 10 be cast ho.
low and cooled from the interior, and TO have -
tenAoity OF metal OF not less than 200 pounds per
square lnch to be determined by testing specimens
taken fTOm the sinking head Of the gun, and from
acylinder cast from the same heat, and from metal
Of the same quality, that from which the gun is
cast. This cylinder 10 TO be cast on end, In dry
sand moulds, and Is to he 72 inches high, with an
eliptical base Of q inches greater and I8 inches
lesser axis. The specimens are to be cut from the
gun head, and q slab, ~ inches thick, from the
cylinder by planes parallel TO, and equi-distant
the base.
The Ordnance Department Will test the speci.
mems, furnish tho ammunition, and prove the trial
gun, which must be ready for trial as soon as pos
sible, and not later than three months from the
date Of the contract. No contract will be given
nor will the trial gun be paid ior unless it shall
endure proof OF 900 rounds, with service char
ges Of powder, Of which 800 rounds will be with
solid shot, and 800 rounds with shel The testing
he will be required to furnish proper facilities for
testing, such as enient ground storage for am
munition, a butt in which the projectiles will be
embedded and saved, and the requisite force for
handling and hring the guns. All the cannon are
TO be made Of the same quality Of iron as that Of
the trial gun, and the Ordnance Department is to
have the right 70 test the iron during the process
OF fabrication OF the cannon for which purpose the
founder is TO furnish free Of charge, at least one
from 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 caIibre;
and to be received or paid for but such as
are approved after inspection and proof which
will be received at the foundry where made. Bid
ders will state the numbers and oAlbers of the can
non they propose to furnish on the foregoing spe-
eineations and conditionsi the place where they
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 business evidence
Of which must accompany the bid
Failure 70 deliver at the specified time will sub
be delivered at that time. Each party obtaining a
contract will be required to enter into bonds with
proper sureties for its faithful fulnlmenti and a
its entire forfeiture. Bidders will be required 10
file with their bids bond in the penal sum Of not
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
tully perform what he proposes to undertake. The
bond must be acknowledged before a judge Of
court Of record, and the bOndsnen must be ceFti-
hed by the Judge OF District Court of the United
states, or an Ordnance officer In charge Of United
the bond over and above all liabilities. The right
10 reserved to reject all proposals II the prices are
deemed too high, OF II 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
cannon"
J. W. RIPLEY, Brig General,
jan 1-tuthSlm Chief Of Ordnance.
A PPLICATIoNS for Duplicate Land
n Warrants.
Application having been made under the act of Esd
June, 1850, for the reissue OF the Land Warrants
described herein, which are alleged TO have been
lost or destroyed, notice ls hereby given that at
the date following the description OF each warrant
new certificate Of like tenor will be issued II no
valid objection Shouldt hen appear.
No, b1,IOO for 100 acres, issued under the act of
March 3 1885, in the name OF VIM. CTiAler, and was
granted February ., lS6T-FebruaTy %, 1863.
No. S,bSo, for 80 acres, issued under the act of
september, 1850, In the name Of Jonathan McHenFy
and was granted July 9th, is5l-March /, 1859.
No. l310t, for i20 acres, issued under the act OF
March, 1885, In the name OF Andrew Lee Craine
and was granted August 30, ls66-MNrch -, 1859
No 16 6S2, for 40 acres, issued under the act Of
1850, in the name of William Shnyder,
and was granted December IS, ls52-MhTch %, 1853
No. 6otli, for 100 acres, issued under the act Of
March, 1855, In the name Of Rowen S, Keenan,, and
was granted November l6, i656-April 49, 1855
No, 9i,2e9 for l6o acres, issued under the act Of
March, 1895 In the name Of Elcy WinAns, widow of
Jacob Minans, and was granted August nth, 1860
JOSEPH II. BARRETT
CommisSlobeT.