The national Republican., 1867-04-18
PROPOSALS..
pRoposALs FOR MAIL BAGS
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~ wAsnIraror, Msreh 10, 1857. /
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year. rom the is day Of fJuy, 1891, such quantis.
o. MAUI BAGS as may from time 70 time DO required
'LEkTHsR, NAIL foUoEIs sdsp,sd 70 railroad
sssnbost and eo,sh sonveyanee, o slsss as follows
No xorty eight inches In length and sixty inehe'
Ee.a H.rty.one inches in length and forty eight
Inches In elreumfersnoeL 10 -IT' =
No = Th,I,y;sis insh'. in length and forty two
No, Thirty inshs IN length ana thirty .,ls inshs,
No. s. Twenty .six Inches in length and twenty.
eight inches In eireumfersnea. Z. nHH lrr..0 :.
The body Of these pouches Ia TO be made Of good
for sizes sumbsredi and 4 not les, than eight ounces
and for the smsllsr ,rss, not less than
% The square foot the bottom of circular fOrm) and
the seams to be well and strongly secured with the
IEiTHsR HoRss NAIL BAGS, adapted to con.
No. 1. Forty Eight inches In length and twenty
one inches in width At the widest psrts the ends or
bottoms being fourteen by twenty. sis inches;
inches in width at the widest part the ends or bot
toms being twelve By twenty -four inches.
inches in width al The wiasst pats the end. or bot
toms being ten by twenty inches. .....-
These bags are 10 be made Of good and substan-
seven ounces 10 the square foot the seams 70 be
secursly formed aud well and strongly sswed; or n
riyetsd, 70 be done not 70 ehafs horse rider
Of the above. described pouehs, and bags Is 70 be
such ~ TO admit Of is being locked with pad lock-
nd rssn s9 isss.s % ::sa,. q. sss..n from ,Sy
lock, or leaving some obvious external mark Of vio
lsnee upon the pouch or bag.
the sti and nssnuity Of bidders being relied on 70
from Which sci.eticn can Be made as the best and
JUTR CANVAS Al VA SliI SACKS Of three .iues, viz,
No, l; Forty three inches in length and sixty
No. Forty zone inches In length and forty eight
Inches In elrcumferenee.
No. g. Thirty.two inches in length and thirty.
The sacks Of siis No are to be made Of closely.
ounces 70 The yard o. inches in width the ysrss
weigh an ounce to about hy yards, and Of the ling
or weft n not like those Of the warp to weigh one
ounce Tss to .s about =, eighty .I Ave yards
vas Weighing not less than eleven to the yard
Of inches width the warp and weft to be nearly
The sacks Of siIs No s are 10 be made Of thinner
yard Of leIS inches.
tAbling or hem at the top two inches wide, upon
which q Sufficient number Of eyeets-Et least ten to
the former and eight to the lAtter-Ars to be well
wrought, and they are each to be provided with a
good and sunhesnt hemp cord to lace and tie tiem
thoroughly and strongly. Unless seamless they are
to be made with two seams, secured each with two
All are to Be marked inside and outside "U. 8.
Mail, In large and dlstinct letters
Proposals for suitable Improvements or modinca-
ions In the form or construction, well as mate.
Iials, Of any Of the above. e.deseribed pouches and
bags are invited and the relative value and adapa
such improvements or modiheatons, will be eonsid.
cred in determining the lowest and best bid. The
proposals should specify uneonditionaly the price
af QaN aTti ah N ha skaA Nc
sal will be considered not with speei
mems or samples Of each article bid for showing the
papship Oasrsd; and also with a written @ guarantee
from the persons proposed as sureties, (whoss re-
sponsbiy must be certified by the postmaster Of the
sponsible sufficient bond for the due performance
Of the contract in case such proposal shall be
esRtsd.
this Department on or before the nth day Of May
next and those which shall have accompanied the
posas, form the basis Of the contrasts 10 be made.
Every specimen submitted should be well and
distinctly marked with the namber denoting its sIs
Of the prineipai material Of which Il is made.
Al specimens deposited BY bidders, which can
vice, will Be pGid for at the prices speciaed In The
proposals relating to the same.
As- All the Above. described articles that may be
expense Of the contractor, at Boston, Mass. =; New
York and Albany, N. Ii PhiladelphiR and PITTS
burgh, Pa Baltimore, Nd. 1; Washing on, ID. @.
Louisville Ky. Cincinnati, ohio; st. Louis Mo- and
Chicago, Ill in such quantities and at such times as
the Department may order during the term Of the
contract; and they are to be iiEidly Inspected, be-
fore delivery at the place Of their manuact re- none
being reeeiyed or paid for which Inferior any
respect, to the specimens accepted and adopted as
the standard.
A decision on the bids hereby advertised for will
be made by the Postmaster General on or before the
ist day Of June next aad the accepted bidder or
bidders will be required TO enter iAto contract with
suteien bond and suretes, by the 22d day OF Jane,
1857
The average nunber Of mail bags annually 70.
quirod will probably not exceed the following esti
mateto wit 5000 mail pouehes; $50 horse mail bags
80 900 canvas mail sacks.
But the Postmaster General will reserve the right
TO order, during the term Of the contract more or
less OF any, or all Of the same, the wants and In
terests Of the service may seem to him to demand.
The proposals should be transmitted in a sealed
enNelope, endorsed Proposals for Mail Bags,n and
be addressed to the SECOND Assistant Postmaster
Oeneral.' ALEX. W. RANDALL,
mar22'w6w Postmaster General.