The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-01-30
Proposals for II, 10, and Q inch
Cannon.
Ordnance oYSIcx. WAR DEPARTMENT, |


WASHINGTON. January 9th. 1858.
Proposals will be receive Ell at this ohce until PM.
on the 9th of February 1868. for furnishing 10 10
and inch cast iron cannon, to be made in conform
ily with drawings TO be supplied by the Ordnance
Department, and with the following specifications:
One 10 inch trial gun Is TO be made of cold
blast charcoal iron TO be cast hollow and cooled from
the Interior and TO have tenacity 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 cy Under cast from the
same heat and from metal of the same quality that
from which the gun il cast. This cylinder Is to be
esd in dry sand mouds and is to be - inches
high with elptical base of "a inches greater aud
from the gun head, slab. Al inches thick. from
the cylinder by planes parallel TO. and equidisant
from the axis OF the cylinder and the lesser axis Of
The Ordnance Department will test the specimens,
furnish the ammunition, and prove the q ial gun,
which must be ready for trial possible and
not later than three months from the date of the cons
tract. No contract will be given. 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 free Of charge to the
contractor, but he will be required to furnish proper
facilities for testing such ground
age for ammunition a butt in which the proecties
Will be embedded and saved, and the requisite force
for handling and firing the guns. All the cannon
to be made OF the quaity of iron that of tho
trial gun and the Ordnance Department is TO have
the right TO test the iron during the process Of bri-
cation OF the cannon tor which purpose the founder
i to farnish free of charge, at least one specimen
from the head Of each cannon and slabs from cylin-
ders. before described, at the option Of the De-
partment not TO exceed for every ten cannon
Each cannon il to endure the regular proof and in
spection for guns OF the same caibre; and none
10 be received paid for but such are approved
after inspection and proof which will be received
the foundry where made. Bidders will the
bcrs and cabers of the cannon they propose to fur
nish on the foregoing specifications and conditions;
the place where they are to be made the time of
menciug 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 from founders actually engaged in the BUSH
ness evidence of which must accompany the bid
Failure 10 deliver at the specified time will subject
the contractor TO forfeiture of the amount to be de-
hvered at that time. Each party obtaining contract
will be required to enter to bonds with proper
rees for its faithful full nent: and stIanser of the
contract to another part III its entire forfeit
Bidders will be required to file with their bids
bond in the penal sum of not less than $4,000.
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 judge of a court of record. and
the bondsmen must be certified by the Judge OF
District Court of the United States. Ordnance
officer in charge of United States arsenal. TO be
each worth the penal sum of the bocd over and above
all liabilities The right reserved to reject all pro-
posas III the prices deemed too high or II for any
it is not deemed for the public interest to oc-
cept them:
j. w Ripley, Chief OF Ordnance. Washington. ID. c."
and will be endorsed Proposals for heavy cannon"
j. RIPLEY.
Brigadier General Chief OF Ordnance.
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