Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1863-02-02
PROPOSALS FOR 10, 10, AND SINGH
l. CANNON.

oRDHAECE oTFICE, WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, January ~, 1858.
PROPOSALS will be received at this ONCE until
y. m, the 21th Of February, 1888 for furnish
ing 10, 10 and inch cast iron cannon, ts be made
IN conformity with drawings to be supplied by the
ordnance Department, and with the following
specifications Oue 10 inch tTial gun 10 to be made
Of warm cold blast charcoal iron to he cast hol.
low and cooled iIOm the interior, and to have a
tenacity OF metal of not less than 30 900 pounds per
square Inch, 70 be determined by testing specimens
taken from the sinking head oil the gun, and from
acylinder cast from the same heat, and from metal
OF the same quality, as that from which the gun 10
cast. This cylinder il 10 he cast on end In dry
sand moulds, and Ia to be ~ inches high, with an
ellpticnl base Of - inches greater and IS inches
lesser axis. The specimens are to be cut from the
gun head and slab, ~ inches thick, from the
cylinder by planes parallel TO, aud equi-distant
rom inc axis Of the cylinder, and the lesser axis oil
the base.
The Ordnance Department will test the speci.
mens, furnish the ammunition, and prove the trial
gun, whe must be ready for trial as soon As pos.
siblo, and not later than three months from the
date OF the contract No contract will be given,
nor viii the trial gun be paid for, unless 1t shall
endure proof OF 900 rounds with service char
ges OF powder, Of which 200 rounds will DO with
SOLID shot, and 800 rounds with shell 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 projectiles will be
embedded and saved, and the requisite force for
handling and hiring the guns. AL the cannon are
70 be made OF the same quality OF iron that Of
the trial gun, 4nd the Ordnance Department ls to
have the right to test the iron during the process
OF fabrication OF the cannon, for which purpose the
founder Is 10 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 Tor every ten
cannon. Each cannon Is to endure the regular
proof and inspection for guns of the same calibre;
and none are to be received paid for but such as
arc approved after inspection and proof which
Will be received At the foundry where made. Bid
ders Will state the numbers and eAbers OF the can
non they propose TO furnish Inc foregoing spe-
eihcatons 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 TO deliver at the specified time will sub
be delivered at that time. Each party obtaining
contract will be required to enter into bonds wit
proper Bureties, for its faithful fulhlment; and
transfer OF the contract to another party will cause
It's entire forfeiture. Bidders will be required TO
file with their bids, bond in the penal sum of not
sons, conditioned that II the hid Is accepted the
bidder shall comply with his proposal and faith
lully perform what he proposes to undertake. The
bond must be acknowledged before Judge OF II
court Of record, and the bOndsmen must be certi-
fed by the Judge of District Court Of the United
States arsenal to be each worth the penal sum of
the bond over and above all liabilities. The right
Ia reserved to reject all proposals II the prices are
deemed too high, or II for any cause II is not deem
ed for the public interest to accept them.
Proposals will be sealed and addressed to " Gen
D. c." and will be endorsed " Proposals for heavy
cannon"
J. W. RIPLEY, Brig General,
jan T-tuthslm Chief Of Ordnance.