The national Republican., 1867-05-09
DRoPOSALS FOR MAIL BAGS
PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT,

WAaHIndToN, March 10, 1857. \
Sealed proposals will be received at this Depart
MAY MKT, AT NOON, for furnishing for four
of MAIL BAGS as may from time 10 time be required
and ordered, q the description following, to Wit:
steamboat and coach conveyance Of sizes as follows
No l. roity.eisht inches In length and sixty inches
In eiroumferenee.
No. a Porty.on. inches In length and forty -ssht
10. s ThIty:siI inshs. in length and forty. two
No Thirty inshS in length and thirty six inches
No. g. Twenty. y.siI inches in length and twenty
eight inches In eiroumfsrenes,
The body Of these pouches 10 10 be made Of good
for siros numbsred and less than eight ouness
10 the square foot tho bottom (o ereular form) and
the ZAP TO be Of goed skrtinR leather, well tanned
the seams 70 be well and strongly secured with the
LRITHRR HORSE NAIL BAGS, (adaptsd to con-
yoyanes BY horsebaekD Of three sizes, namely;
one inches In width at the widest parts the ends or
bottoms being fourteen By twenty six inches. 4
n Al As %ss. II hs ssS ends g. SS
No. 5. Tofiy two Inches In length and sixteen
toms being ten BY twenty inohes.
Those bags arc to bs made Of good and substan-
iA bag leather, well tanned, weighing not less than
securely formed and wall and strongly sewed or II
yeted To be done not 10 ehafo horse or rider.
Of the above described pouches and bags is TO be
such As 10 admit Of is being locked with paddock,
and when 80 locked 70 secure Its contents froin any
lock- or leaving some obvious external mark Of vio-
lenee upon the pouch or bag.
the sfii and Ingenuity Of bidders being relied to
supply, BY their specimens, plans Of construction
from which a'elsetion can be made as the best and
JUTR CIsvIs NAIL SACKS Of three sizes, viz.
No. l, Forty y-three inches in length and sixty
two inches In circumference.
No. q Forty one inches in length and forty eight
inches in ercumferenee.
No. s. Thirty; two inches in length and thirty.
eight Inches In cireumfeIencs. q.
The sacks Of sire No, are to be made Of closely
Of the warp to be each doubled and twisted and to
weigh oanee to about Any yards and Of the alling
or wsfi mot IKE those Of ths warp to weigh ono
The sacks Of siIe No. are to be made Of Jute can
vas weghng not less than eleven ounces TO the yard
Of ~ inches Width the warp and wen to be nearly
The sacks Of siIo No s are to be made Of thinner
uts canvas weighing not less than ~ ounces to the
Those Of sizes No. and are TO be made with
iAbling or hem at the top two inches wide, upon
the former and eight to the latter-Are to DO we'll
wrought, and they are each to be provided with q
good and sumsisns hemp eSr1 70 lace ana We TEEN
to be made with two seams, secured each with two
rows Of sewing.
Mall, in large and distinct letters.
Proposals for suitable Improvements or modihca-
riais, Of any Of the abOvs.dsssribed pouches and
bags arc invited and the relative value and adapta.
tion to the service as well as specified price Of aGy
such improvements notifications, will be eonlid-
cred In dstsrmining the lowest aud best bid. The
proposals should specify uneonditionAly the price
sal Will be eousidersd II not with spsei
mems or samples Of each article bid for showing the
eonsrueon, sire, and quality o. materials and work
mAnAhlp offered and also with q written guarantee
from the persons proposed as sureties, (whOse re-
sponsbiy must be certified by the postmaster the
spoRsSis on sufsisnt bond for The due performances
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| this Department on or before the 9Th day Of May
| next and those which shall have accompanied the
posalS, form the basis Of the contracts to be made
Every specimen submitted should be we'll and
distinctly marked with the number deuoting its sire,
Of the principal material Of which II 10 made.
All specimens deposited by bidders, which can
with safety and eonVenienee be used In the mail ser
vice, will be paid for at the prices specified in the
proposals relating to the same.
as- All the above described articles that may be
contracted for are to be deliverable at the risk and
exponse Of the contractor, at Boston, Mass. New
York and Albany N. y; PhiladelPhia and Pitts
huIgh, Pa Baltimore, Nd; wsshlng,on, D. O. |;
Chicago ILL.,, In such quantities and at such times
the Department may order during the term Of the
contracl and they are to be Iisidly inspected, be-
fore delivery at the place Of their mRnufact re-
being received paid for which are Inferior In any
respect, 70 the specimens accepted and adopted as
the standard.
A decision on the bids hereby advertised for will
bo made by the Postmaster General or before the
LIST day Of June next; and the accepted bidder or
bidders will be required to enter into contract, with
Sussnt bond and Hurotiss, by the 22d day Of June,
1867
The average number Of mail bags annually re-
quIred will probably not exceed the following est-
mate TO wit 900 mail pouches 800 horse mail bAgs;
80, 600 canvas mall 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, as the wants and in
tsTssts Of the service may seem to him to demand.
The proposals should be transmitted in sealed
envelope, endorsed Proposals for Mail Bags - and
be addressed 10 the "Becond Assistant Postmaster
General" ALEX. W. RANDALL,
mAr22.wdw Postmaster General.