Daily national Republican., 1863-02-18
pROPOsALs FOR 10, 10, AND s-INOH

ORDNANCE OFFtCE, WAX DEPARTMENT.,
Washington, January a, 1853
PROPOSALS will be received Al this ofiee until
y. mt on the nth Of February, 1883, for furnish
ing 10, 10 and inch cast iron cannon, 10 be made
IN conformity wit drawings to be supplied by the
Ordnance Department, and with the following
specifications One 10 inch trial gun is to be made
OF warm or cold blast charcoal ron to be cast hol-
low and cooled from the INTERIOR and 10 have A
tenAcity 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
| aoylinder cast from the same heat, and from metal
ot the same quality, as that from which the gun ia
least. This cylinder is to be cast on end, In dry
sand moulds, and 10 be u inches high, with an
elliptical base Of "a inches greater and IS inches
lesser axis The specimenB are TO be cut from the
gun heAd and slab, ~ inches thick, from the
cylinder by planes parallel to, and eaui-iistAnt
rom the axis Of the cylinder and the lesser axis OF
The Ordnance Department will test the speci.
mems, furnish the ammunition, and prove the trial
gum which must be ready for trial as soon as pos
date OF the contract. No contract will Se given,
nor Will the trial gun be paid for, unless 1t shall
endure proof Of 900 rounds with service char
gee Of powder, Of which 200 rounds will be with
solid shot, and 800 rounds with shel The testing
to be done free OF charge to the contractor but
ne Wll oe required to furnish proper facilities for
munitiOn, a butt in which the projeotlles will be
embedded and saved, and the requisite force for
handling and firing the guns All the cannon are
TO BE- made OF the same quality OF Iron as that Of
the Trial gun, and the Ordnance Department is to
have the right to test the iron during the process
founder is 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 for every ten
cannon. Each cannon is to endure the regular
proof and inspection for guns Of the same cAlibre
are approved after inspection and proof, which
Will be received at the foundry where made. Bid
ders will state the numbers and cAbeFH of the can
non they propose to furnish on the foregoing spe-
cihoAtionB and conditions, the place where they
are to be mAdej the time Of commencing delivery
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
eot the contractor to forfeiture Of the amount to
be delivered at that time. Each party obtaining a
contract will be required to enter into bonds with
proper Buretes, for its faithful fulflment; and n
transfer OF the contract to another party win cause
Its entire forfeiture. Bidders will be required to
less than oOOO signed by not less than two per
sons, conditioned that II the bid Ia accepted the
bidder shall comply with his proposal and faith
fully perform what he proposes to undertake. The
bond must be Acknowledged before judge OF a
court of recoAd, and the bondsmen must be oerti-
ned by the Judge OF District Court of the United
States or an Ordnance oficer In charge Of United
States arsenal to be each worth the penal sum OF
the bond over and above all liabilities. The right
10 reserved to reject all proposals If the prices are
deemed too high, If for any II is not deem
ed for the public interest TO accept them.
Proposals will be sealed and addressed to Cen
eral J. w. Ripley, Chief of Ordnance, Washington,
D. c." and will be endorsed Proposals for heavy
cannon"
~ J. W. RIPLEY, Brig. General,
jan T-tuthslm Chief Of Ordnance.
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