Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-07-23
PROPOSALS.
DRop0isALs EOR MoRTAR SHE'LL
L onpsAscr orr,cr, wa. DEPARTMENT,

oppsAscE orrrCu, was DEPARTMENT,
Wa HiK eToN, iuly 9, 1874 I
Sc,InI Proposals will he received NJ this office
nail MOND ~, the let day Of august 1884, tor r
ineh floriar Shell, TO I've delivered In the following
At " ,ter'owl Arsenal, Massaohu.et's, 500.
W-te yliet Arseu Al, New York, 10 CO.,
=, New York Arsenal, Governors Island, New
4, Ale 6sny Arsenal. P,t,shurg, 1000.
At washington AfHenA, ID q, 800
metal and iSspes'eS sf,or he puIcs laid down in
the Ordnance Manual, the tensile strength OF tho
iron TO be not leSs than iA,oOo pounds per squ.re
Drawings can be seen At any Of the United States
ArscnAis.
The proCctiles are to be Inspected At the foundry
where cast, ard are to be delivered AZ the arsepas
tree Of charge for transportation or h.ndling.
Bidders will state the rate a. which they will de
time will subject the contractor TO forfeiture Of
the number he may fail TO deliver At that time.
Bidders will extraordinarily the arsenal or arse
her of proectiles they propose to deliver Al each
plsoe, II for more than one.
than rcsulsr founders or proprietors otwork, who
are known to this Department to be capable Of
executing the work proposed for.
Should any party obtaining a contract offer shell
other ihan those cast n his own foundry they will
void.
Forms Of bid can DO obtained At the aboye-usmed
srsenas. Proposals not made out on this !orm
| will not be considered.
GUARANTY.
The bidder will be required to accompany his
proposition with agusrs lty signed by two respon o.
Glib persons that, In case his bid 10 accepted, he
will ~ once execute the contract for the same
with good and sufficient sureties, 10 tum equa
to the amount OF the contract, to deliver the art
Gle proposed, In conformity with TIT terms OF thi,
& y, oI ~ ~ oentp,st ,ssy 10 maze 9"o
| th' diferrn ee between the offer Of sid hiddel
. tie next espunsibIe bidder, or the person tC
| VII m the c. ntract may be awarded.
| The respon sibiltty II the EuarNntors must h
shown by the ucial certihe t'e OF the clerk of th'
ues rest District Court or Of the United states Dis
Bonds in the sum equ.l TO the amount of thu
contract, signed hS the contractor AID both ot hi
guArsntoa Q, will be required OF the successful bid
der or bidders upOu signing the contract.
FORM OF GUARANTY.
We, the undersigned, ttsidents OF - In N
county OF -, and state Of -' heteol
Jointly AndNeverally covenant with the Unite
States, and guarantee, 10 case the foregoing BIZ
of--be -spt'd that he or they will ~ ono
es n n .uSe 70 'sr .uS .sasi TO s1s
Of the contract, to fur Ah the articles proposed
conformity with the terms Of this sdyrrtisement
and, In cas- the said - shall fail TO ente
toto = cOnrrAct 80 aforesaid, we guarantee 70 max
good the diff renee between the offer OF the sal
- ami the next lowest responsible bidder
or the person to whom the contract may b
awarded. Given under our hands and seal
[SeAl
Witness: lSeal
To this guaranty must be appended the offiei'
zach party obtaining a oontr.ot will be oblige
to enter into onds WI approved Guretits for To
faithful execution OF the same.
Upon the award be ne mAd successful bidder
will be notified and turnishe with lorna Of cor
trno and bond.
; or al TIE bids, II deemed unSatisf>etory on an
Proposals will he addressed to " BRIG DIEl
GENERAL GEORGE D. RAMSAY, {. lief OF ore
nance, Washington, d ~ and Will be endUrse