Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-09-29
PROPOSALS.
y BOPOsALs FOE MAIL LOCKS AND KEYS.
" Posi- oEg.eE DEFARrNzxr, /

fO~I OFFaCE DEPARTMFNT.
WAsHINsTOs, d. C., sept II, is73
e rarsfe Sealed Proposals will be received At thi.
ray oF bE c r fo the 1iLsIEENJI
seIaSate eYniTacis, two different kinds Of psdiock.
ktys sne Tor the sole and ehclu-ive Of rssis.
~ Iowa DlaIis, and the o.her for the sole and
exclusive ire ot strssf letter bOTss
-. h'sry propo-al Iust be accompanied with duPli-
SAN 81 the locks and heys thereby offered to
ry s,s IN Sse ot each kind q sample lock to be
unrive,ed that lis Internal str4etnre and
~ ni nly readily be examined Each sample should
De PLAINLY inark'd with the bidlers name and il the
ZANE, or any part thereof, be covered By psteut,
nsme OF the pstentee must be attached thereto.
fringe on any paienssd Invention q Which the bid
der Is not the latentee or assignee.
offered, and The particular form Of the keys requ.
srto In rIs lhe, Ips, Do se any nov ~ hltn
been eshissted described exposed in any msa ner
tending TO imp.i their security and usefulness for
the mails and It will be portant consideration
IN isvGT Ct asy lock and key submitted II, being
eislIy for toe purpose for which il Is offered.
Loet able for the registered mails for the
each IN weight, ana should possess high degree Of
sesIriy siIshgA and dur.6ility. Every such lock,
other means than by It's peculiar Key, unless de-
slsn.fly binksn BY extreme and obyious violence,)
proper key, and be capsbIs of being securely shat
Eih'at th- use Of thek The shape or size Of the
then distineui-hshle at glance from the locks of
the street. s''T bOTsS, and both should, by their
terns shaPe. be instantly di-tinguishsble from the
the Resi.,srsd Wan Locks shopld be mazda Of
bard and IeuEh brass, excepting the sbsckle and
Iiyets, which must be iron the after well sh9nl-
shell Or cs:e Of ;ueh locks mus; not have sharp
SINGLE, and must Be Tree from knobs, escutcheons,
tere o. knoeke out Of order by the peculiarly hard
upoB its face in letters -ufcientIy large and ais
tiret, 7. ) Rsgists's9 MeII,' and also such num-
long as mar be ordered iif-erent number, not eI.
ceed1g four places Of figures in any case, being
!uired on each lock. such words and figures are to
be sum By stan pins, If the shell be made Of wrought
or sheet brass 20 be RAISED IL the shell be made OF
be uniformly alike, excepting the numbers marked
on them, and slI their keys, which should be case
alike, that any one o. all the News which may be
furnished Ter then shsl sssily IT and readily open
shank nearly two inches long between the bit and
through il, and have stamped ooe side the words,
u 5. RssiSTsd MAN, and upon the opposite side
such number Gin figures not less than Oneeighth Of
an inch long as may be ordered every key to have
a dlnerent number, OF which none will exceed four
The locks for tbs Street Letter Boxes are to be
made Of hard and tough brass, and the key hole of
the shell or case when the lock Is hanging BY its
shsckle, and should be sheltered by a sufficient jut
Of the wsli. The interior mechanism Of the IooS
should be in position somewhat remote from the
should be lat, made q steel, and Be Of Convenient
length and sufficient strength and stiffness The
through it, and is 30 have 4" U. S. LstIer CIrrier"
bed on the opSosits side As NAV be orierei
The face Of each lock is to have upon it " u s. Strs,f
IS1eT Boz in either raised sunk letters, and any
other letters besiae not exceeding three that NAV
be ordered All the locks and keys of the letter
orters are to be adapted to each other and lock
is to be opened by any key not marked with the same
The locks e each kind contracted for must be de-
bvered according to order, at the Post ONCE Depat
ment At the rsk and expense Of the contractor put
packed in strong wooden boIe. containing not more
than hundred locksesch The keys to such locks
etc De strung, by the natural series OF numbers,
on wire rods, each containing hundred key s. and
are to pc dellyeredt 70 an agent OF the Department.
ssme from the mandatory TO this Department,
and approved Is conformable to the adopted sample
before they shall BE- paid for.
this advertisement, the Postmaster General will
make a selection for contract, unless he should
decline kecep.nE any q the proposals and pies
presented. Therefore the right reject any and all
decision N the several proposals and various
samples submitted will be made on before the
second day # February, lo74, and within thirty day
thereafter the bidder bidders whose pro pOsals
nay nav nav been accepted must enter into contract
The cont acts which may be maize will be for the
Term d four years from and after the first day Of
The contractor for Registered Mail Locks and
keys VIII be required By c95trsct 70 furnish said
as may be 'rdered by the Postmaster General, and
of such To- ss and si1 hundred OF such keys, II so
ordered, within three months after the receipt Of
Their quantities Of such locks and keys as the
same may be ordered. On entering into this con-
penalty Of ten thousand dollars, with sufficient
s1Ieles, StFined ~ the P1stmastsI where they
ance OF such contract.
Ter Boxes viii be reauire to furnish sucS IocS. AMI
keys IN such Quantities, and at such times, may
agree. and be able. to furnish twelve Thousand Of
such ltcks and SIX Thousand Of such keys, IL
order and 70 furnish thereafter any further quaint
ties OF such locks and KEYS as the same may be or
must execute bord in th. penalty Of twenty thou.
sand dollars, with two sufficient sureties, Certified
conditioned for the full and faithful performance Of
Both contracts will contain provision binding
The contractor to guard, with due privacy, integrity
and KEYS, in the finished and unfinished state They
vii also contain the provision thst, in of any
Postmaster General TO annu the Contract ali locks
and Keys, finished or unfinished, and all such pat
terms, drawings, gauges and dies in possession Of
successfully forge or counterfeit such locks and
come the property Of the United States for the use
q the Post Office Department; and, thereupon, the
resort the remedy Of the bond to demand and re-,
Selve the same from the contractor: who shall
Promptly surrender the same, on the order, in
writing, Of the Postmaster General, without com.
fcr the same; also. thai ths 5ssnssisr sesss
shall IN that case have the full and absolute right
furnish similar locks and Keys, Without any charge
or claim whstever for the use, thereby involved
bhteht oA ueiaultfng contractor.
Every proposal must specify Internationally, the
price Of each Lock and Key offered to be furnished
" oftwo thousand dol ars, executed BY the bidder
and two sufficient suretes, Certified by the post
nas,er Of the place where they reside conditioned
Tor the bidders entering into contract, with bond
ard security as hereinbefore specified, in case his
eral - ~ NoH
Blank forms Of proposals, and ACCOMPANYING bond
and ate viii be furnished application the
second Assistant Postmaster General, aud all bid
ders are requested 70 conform thereto in submitting
proposals under this advertisement
Every proposal should be esclOsed In a sealed en-
yedlSgel ineorsed PROPOSALS. FOR MAIL
IOShSAND KEYS" and be addressed 70 the $40
OND ASSISTANT POsTMASTER GENERkI
wSshinston, ID. q. " SesG 81 mail rae postags mass
ee dE.g pr,P1id. JNO. A. J. CREswELL,
sePE< laNow Postmaster General.