Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1863-02-04
PROPOSALS FOR 10, 10, AND s-INCH
i CANNON.
ORDNANCE OFFICE, wAR DEPARIMEEIL,

ORDNANCE OFFICE, WAN DEPARTMENT,
Washington, January q, 1853.
PROPOSALS will be received at this office until
5p nj, on the nth Of February 1885, for furnish
ing IA, 10 and inch cast iron cannon, to be made
In conformity with drawings to be supplied by the
Ordnance Department, and with the following
specifications: One 10 Inch trial gun lie TO be made
OF warm cold blast charcoal iron, to I've cast hOl-
low and cooled from the interior, and to have
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
cylinder cast from the same heat, and from metal
OF the same quality, as that from which the gun II
cast. This cylinder Is to DO cast on end, In dry
sand moulds, and Is to be 70 inches high with an
elliptical base Of "a 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, and equi-distant
from the axis OF the cylinder and the lesser axis oil
the base.
Tho Ordnance Department will test the speci.
mems, furnish the ammunition, and prove the trial
gun, which must be ready for trial as soon As pos
sible, and not later than three months from the
date Of the contract No contract will,be given,
nor will 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 be with
solid shot and 800 rounds with shell 8. The testing
Is to be done free Of charge to the contractor but
ho will be required to furnish proper facilities for
testing such ms onvenient ground, storage for am
munltiOn, n butt In which the prOjectileB will be
embedded and saved, and the requisite force for
handling and hiring the guns, Al the cannon are
to be made of the same quality OF iron that Of
the trial gun, and the Ordnance Department 10 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 cylnders, rs 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 calibrc;
and none arc to be received or paid for but such
are approved after inspection and proof, which
will be received At the foundry where made. bid
ders Will state the numbers and caibers Of the can
non they propose to furnish on the foregoing spe-
cihcAtions and conditions the place where they
are to be made, 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
lect the contractor to forfeiture of the amount to
be delivered At that time. Each party obtaining
proper suretics, for its faithful fulhlmenti and
transfer Of the contract to another party will cause
its entire forfeiture. Bidders will be required to
file with their bids, bond in the penal sum Of not
less than 1000 signed by not less than two per
sons, conditioned that II the bid is accepted the
bidder shall comply with his proposal and faith
fully perform What no proposes TO undertake, The
bond must be acknowledged before a Judge OF
court of record, and the bOndsmon must be eerti-
ned 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 bond over and above all liabilities. The right
Is reserved to reject all proposals If the prices are
deemed too high, or # for any cause It 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 27-tuthslm Chief OF Ordnance.
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