The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-02-02
Proposals for l3, 10, and 3 inch
Cannon.
oRDSAscE oryIcE, WAR DEPARTMENT,

ORDNANCE OFFICE, WAR DEPARTMENT.
WAsHISeToN. January 9th, 1868.
Proposals will be received at this Office until NJ
on the 9th of February, 1863 for furnishing l3 10
and inch cast iron cannon. to be made in conform.
ity with drawings to be supplied by the Ordnance
Department, and with the following specifications:
Ono 10 inch trial gun is to be made OF warm cold
blast charcoal iron TO be cast hollow and cooled from
the interior. aud to have tenacity of metal of
less than 1000 pounds per square inch, be deter
mined by testing specimens iaken from the sinking
head of the gun, and from cylinder cast from the
same heat and from metal of the quality as that
css, o wsch erd ine gv. eas ns cylinder m ls to be
high with elliptica base of "a inches greater and
l6 inches lesser axis. The specimens to be cut
from the gun head, d slab n inches thick, from
the cylinder by planes parallel TO- and equi-distant
from the axis Of the cylinder and the lesser axis of
The Ordnance Department will test the specimens,
furnish the ammunition, and prove the t,ial gun,
which must be ready for trial as possible, and
not later than three months from the date of the
tract. No contract will be given, will the trial
gun be paid for unless it shall endure proof of 1000
rounds will be with solid shot and 800 rounds with
shells The testing TO be done of charge the
contractor but he will be required to furnish proper
facilities for testing, such convenient ground stor
age for ammunition. butt in which the projccties
VIII be embedded and saved and the requisite force
Tor handling and firing the guns All the cannon are
tfiai gun, and the Ordnance Department is TO have
te right to test the iron during the process of fabr
cauon OF the cannon for which purpose the founder
Is TO fdrnish free of charge, least one specimen
from the head Of each cannon. and slabs from cylin.
partment. not 10 exceed ono for every ten cannon
Each cannon Is to endure the regular proof and in
spection for guns of the calibre; and none are
to be received paid for but such as are approved
after inspection and proof which Will be received at
the foundry where made. Bidders will state the num-
bers and caIbers of the they propose 10 fur.
nish on the foregoing specifications and 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 or per gum for
the finished cannon. No bids will be entertained
unless from founders actually engaged in the busi.
ness evidence of which must accompany the bid
Failure to deliver the specified time will subject
the contractor 10 forfeiture of the be de-
hvered at that time Each party obtaining contract
Will be required to enter into bonds, with proper
rees for It's faithful ulflment and aransfer of the
contract 10 another party will its entire forfeit
ure. Bidders Will be required to file with their bids
bond IN the penal sum of not less than $4,000,
signed BY not less than two persons conditioned that
IL the bid Is accepted the bidder shall comply with
his proposal and faithfully and fully perform what
he proposes TO undertake. The bond must be ac.
knowledged before ajudge of a court of record and
the bondsmen must be certified by the Judge of a
District Court of the United States or an Ordnance
officer in charge of United States arsenal, to be
each worth the penal sum of the bopd and above
all liabilities The right is reserved to reject all pro-
posals the prices deemed too high, If for any
cause II not deemed for the public interest TO
eeBt them;
>. " Ripley, Chief of Ordnance ington ID. c."
ana VIII be endorsed Proposals for heavy cannon
J.W. RIPLEY,
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