The Portland daily press., 1863-02-05
Proposals for 13, 10, and . inch
Cannon.
ORDNANCE OFFICE, WAR DEPARTMENT. !
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ORDNANCE OFFICE, WAR DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON. January 9th, 1853 !
Proposals will be received at this office until PM
on the 9th OF February 1863 for furnishing H. 10
and inch cast iron cannon, to be made in conform
Department and with the following specifications:
One ~ inch trial gun is to be made Of cold
blast charcoal iron. to be cast hollow and cooled from
the interior and to have tenacty of metal of not
less than 5000 pounds per square inch TO be deter
mined by testing specimens taken from the sinking
head OF the gun, and from cylinder cast from the
same heat and from metal of the quality as that
from which the gun is cast This cylinder Is to be
cast in dry sand mouds and is 10 be ~ inches
high with eliptical base of "a inches greater and
10 inches lesser axis The specimens are to be cut
from the gun head, d slab. Al inches thick from
the cylinder by planes parallel TO- and equi-distan
from the axis Of the cylinder and the lesser axis of
the base
The Ordnance Department will test the specimens
furnish the ammunition, and prove the I al gun,
which must be ready for trial as possible and
not later than three months from the dafe of the
tract No contract will be given, nor will the trial
gun be paid for, unless il shall endure proof of 1000
rounds with service charges of powder of which 200
rounds will be with solid shot and 500 rounds with
shells The testing is to be done of charge to the
contractor but he will be required TO furnish proper
facilities for testing such as convenient ground sfor
age for ammunition butt in which the projccfiles
will be embedded and saved and the requisite force
for handling and firing the guns All the cannon are
trial gun and the Ordnance Department is to have
the right to test the iron during the process OF fabr
cation OF the cannon tor which purpose the founder
Is to fdrDish free of charge, at least specimen
from the head of each cannon and slabs from CIV lin
ders. as before described, at the option of the De-
Parfment not TO exceed for every ten cannon.
Each cannon is to endure the regular proof and
speeiion for guns Of the calibre; and are
to be received or paid for but such are approved
after inspection and proof which will be received
the foundry where made Bidders will state the
bers and cabers OF the cannon they propose 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 per gun, for
the finished cannon. No bids will be entertained
unless IRON founders actually engaged in the busi-
ness. evidence of which must accompany the bid
Failure TO deliver at the specified time win subject
the contractor to forfeiture of the amount to be
livered at that time. Each party obtaining contract
will be required to enter into bonds with proper su-
relics for its faithful ulflment and transfer of the
contract to another party will its entire forfeit
ure. Bidders will be required to file with their bids
a bond in the penal sum of not less than $4,000
signed by not less than two persons conditioned that
II 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 &C.
the bondsmen must be certified by the Judge of
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 over and above
all liabilities The right is reserved to reject all pro-
posas if the prices deemed too high If for any
cause il is not deemed for the public interest to
cept them.
Proposals will be sealed and addressed to General
j. W. Ripley, Chief of Ordnance W Washington d. :"
and will be endorsed Proposals for heavy cannon
j. RIPLEY,
Brgadier General Chief of Ordnance.
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