Evening star., 1869-12-03
DROPOSALS FOB MAIL LOCKS.
Pcsr OFFICE pxPArNgyr,

POST OFFICE DxPArMENr,
WASHINGTON, October Is, 1870 Z
Sealed Proposals, for furnishing Mail Locks and
5 ts The sr s Lsh
the "a day Of no until + e
exclusive Of the United States mails and If prac
exposure Of a modef Lock and Key to public e1ani.
nation would impair II not destroy its utility for
bidders but relies for its selection on the Specimen.
OF mechanical skill and ingenuity which fair com
Velop 1t is snicient to describe the principal re-
qnlsites of Mail Lock, as follows: Self Locking
novelty Of construction, and facility OF use. Two
Kinds OF Locks and Keys of brass and the other
struction or arrangement are required; and propo-
sails should specify separately the price OF each brase
Key for same. Duplicate samples of each Kind Of
Locks and Keys proposed are required to be submit
be riveted up and finished and another to be open or
unrveted so that its internal structure ana arrange
be plainly marked with the bidder name, and if the
same OF any part of it be covered by patent, the
must also be attached thereto.
The internal plan or Arrangement Of the Locks Of
TO open them, must not be like any or heretofore
They must be warranted not to infringe upon or
conflict with any patented invention of which the
to % BEEN
general observation or been publicly described dis
decision on the various specimens and proposals
will be made on or before the Sd day Of MARCH,
it be for the interests Of the Department TO reject
all the Proposals and specimens submitted under ths
him CONTRACTS will Be entered no as sOrn theTea
ter practicable, with the successful bidder whose
and Keys for four years as they may required and
ordered. If mutually agreed in writing by the CON
ing not less than six menths before its expiration,
the contract may be extended and continued for an
expiration of either term of the contract, and
after its rightful annulment at any time, the Post
master General shall have the right contract with
orempoy any other party to furnish the same, any
other kind Of Locks and Keys and if he shall deem
fau}ting contractor ali finished or unfinished Keys
and the internal parts Of the Locks contracted for
BILE others to make or forge such Locks or Keys, in
surrender to the Department shall be paid Tor % the
same, at sue h price as may be ascertained by fair
The contractor must agree and be able to furnish
if required and ordered, 000o Brass Locks and 1000
tering into contract and 80 600 Iron Locks and 900
Iron Keys within ten months from such time. But
crease or diminish as the wants or interests Of the
service may demand the quantities of the Locks and
keys above speclfed with aproportionate allowance
All the Locks furnished by the contractor must be
years in the ordinary use of the servicS when NOT
subjected to obvious violence; such become de-
TSeEs without har All Tis nS
der contract to be, each, distinctly marked ~
=.
Keys are to be numbered in the natural order; each
Key its appropriate number distinctly stamped
I upon one side OF the bow and ~. 5. Mail" on the
opposite side.
at his own expense at the Post Office Depar rtment,
Washington, ID. c., put up on sticks, forming sepa
rate bundles of five Locks each, and securely packed
in wooden boxes, containing not more than two hun
dred Locks each. The Keys to be delivered to
agent of the Department duly and specially author
lied in each case, to take charge of and convey tn
same from the CONTRACTORS manufactory to the ,a
partment, where both Locks and Keys to e
fed nd before be
The contractor will be required TO give bond uit,
ample security in the sum 81 fifty Ih9ns spd DOLL .r.
ages in of his failure TO faithfully peTforn tbe
within a reasonable time, or as TO quar- orIereu
ufacture of the Mail Locks and .I,g the man.
vacy, integrity, and care. .Aeys with due pri-
companied with . iefore be accepted If not &C.
Thonsand =. pond of the penal sum of Twenty
surcfi~- .,oilars, duly executed by the proposed
-: whose responsibility must be certified by a
Judge OF Court Of Record TO their place Of
esldence attesed by the Clerk of such Court under
the seal thereOf and conditional for their becomne
esp0hslDle as suretics on the required bond for the
u Iunhiment OF the contract, in case such Proposal
alg Keys is, Of necessity hohy important and del
icata trust, WHICH the Department viii cOnde to no
bidder whose Prop0sa,s are not also accom- panied
with testimonials of good character.
In deciding on the Proposals and specimens the
the Brass Lock of one bidder and the Iron Lock Of
another. He, therefore, reserves the right of con
tracing with different individuals for such different
kinds of Locks as he may select.
Proposals should be carefully sealed and addressed
to the Second Assistant Postmaster General and
1ndorsed on the env elope Proposals for Mail Locks
JOHN A. j. CRESWELL,
oc 10 Vi n 'iot Postmaster General.