The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-02-17
Proposals for l3, 10, and . inch
Cannon.
ORDNANCE oYyIcE, WAR DEPARTMENT, |

ORDNANCE OFFICE, WAR DEPARTMENT,
WAsHfSoroS, January 9th, 1858. I
Proposals will be recei, ed at this Office until
on the 9th of February 1868, for furnishing l3 10
and inch cast iron cannon, be made in conform
iiy with drawings to be supplied by the Ordnance
Department, and with the following specifications:
One 10 inch trial gun is be made Of warm or cold
blast charcoal ron TO be cast hollow aud cooled from
the interior, and TO have tenacity of metal OF
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
heat, and from metal of the quality A. that
from winch ine gun Is east, ihls cylinder Is to be
high, with an elptca base of "A inches greater and
10 inches lesser axis. The specimens TO be cut
from the gun head a d slab; 4i inches thick, from
the cylinder by planes parallel TO- aud equi-distant
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 q ial gun.
which must be ready for trial possible. and
not later than three months from the date 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 800
rounds will be with solid shot. and 500 rounds with
shells The testing TO be done free of charge the
contractor. but be will be required TO furnish proper
facilities for testing. such convenient ground sfor-
age for ammunition, butt in which the projcctiles
will be embedded and saved and the requisite force
for handling and hring the guns. All the cannon
TO be made of the same quality of iron that of the
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
is TO furnish free of charge at least one specimen
from the head Of each cannon. and slabs from cylin-
ders, as before described, at the option of the De-
partment. not TO exceed one for every ten cannon.
Each cannon il to endure the regular proof and in
spection for guns of the calibre; and are
to be received or paid for but such approved
after inspection and proof which will be received at
the foundry where made Bidders will state the
bers and cabers Of the cannon they propose to fur
nish on the foregoing specifications and conditions;
the place where they 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 busi-
ness, evidence of which must accompany the bid.
Failure to deliver at the specified time will subject
the contractor TO forfeiture Of the amounts be de-
ivered at that time. Each party obtaining contract
will be required to enter into bonds, with proper
retes for its faithful fment and transfer Of the
contract TO another party will its entire forfeit
Bidders viii be require1fo file with their bids
a bond In the penal of not less than $50 900,
signed by less than two persons conditioned that
IL the bid 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 a
District Court of the United States. Ordnance
officer in charge of United States arsenal, to be
all liabilities The right Is reserved reject all pro-
posas If the prices deemed too high il for any
II 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 ashington ID C -"
and will be endorsed Proposals for heavy cannon.
J. w. RIPLEY,
BrigadierGenersl Chief of Ordnance.
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