Daily national Republican., 1863-02-24
PROPOSALS FOR 10, 10, AND s-INCH
CANNON

ORDNANCE OFFICE, WAR DTPARTMENT,
Washington, January q, 1859.
PROPOSALS VIII be received at this office until
p M, on the 2Ith of February, 1863, for furnish
ing 10, 10 and inch cast iron cannon, 10 be made
in conformity with drawings to be supplied by the
Ordnance Department, and with the following
specifications: One 10 inch trial gun Ia TO be made
Of warm cold blast charcoal iron, to he cast hO-
low and cooled from the interior, and 10 have
tenActy Of metal of not less than pounds per
square inch, to be determined by testing specimens
taken from the sinking head Of the gun, and from
a cylinder cast from the same heat and from metal
OF the same quality, as that from which the gun 10
cast This cylinder IL TO be cast on end, In dry
sand mOulds, and Ia to be - inches high, with an
elHptical base OF - inches greater and l6 inches
lesser axis. The specimens arc to be cut from the
gun head, and slab, AZ inches thick, from the
cylinder by planes parallel to-, and equi-dstant
from the axis Of the cylinder, and the lesser dNs 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 soon as pos
siblC, and not later than three months from the
date Of the contract. No contract will be given,
nor will the trial gun he paid for, unless 1t shall
endure proof of 900 rounds, with service char
ges Of powder, OF which 200 rounds will be with
solid shot and 500 rounds with shel The testing
is to be done free OF charge TO the contractor but
he will be required to furnish proper facilities for
testing, such convenient ground, storage for am
munitiOn, Abutt In which the pFojectiles will be
embedded and saved, and the requisite force for
handling and firing the guns. AL the cannon are
to be made Of the same quality Of iron RB that OF
the trial gun, and the Ordnance Department is to
have the right to test the iron during the process
OF fabrication Of the cannon for which purpose The
founder 10 to furnish, free Of charge, at least one
specimen from the head Of each cannon, and slabs
from cylinders, as before described, at the option
Of the Department. not to exceed one for every ten
cannon, Each cannon Ia to endure the regular
proof and inspection for guns Of the same 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. bid.
dcrs will state the numbers and cAibeTB OF the
they propose to furnish on the foregoing spe-
| ctcations and conditionsj the place where they
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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 to deliver at the specified time will sub,
jec the contractor to forfeiture of the amount Ia
| be delivered at that time. Each party obtaining q
contract will be required to enter into bonds, with
proper Bureties, for its faithful fulhlment; and
its entire forfeiture Bidders will be required ts
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 IL the bid 10 accepted the
| fully perform what he proposes to undertake. The
bond must be acknowledged before judge OF 4
court of record, and the bOndBmen must be ceTtl
fed by the Judge of District Court of the United
States, Ordnance officer in charge Of United
States arsenal to he each worth the penal sum oil
the bond over and above all liabilities. The right
s reserved to reject all proposals II the prices are
deemed too high " # ior any cause It is not deem
Proposals will be sealed and addressed to "Gen
| eral ]. W. Ripley, Chief of Ordnance, Washington
d. c." and will be endorsed Proposals for heavy
J. W. RIPLEY, Brig General,
jan 21-tuthslm Chief OF Ordnance.
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