Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-10-27
PROPOSALS.
PROPOSALS. FOG MAIL LOCKS AND KEYS
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
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8 parate Sealed Proposals will be received AZ m
| D.parttns ~ until II O'Clock noon the FIFTEENTH
separate contracts, two drereut Kinds Of pa5iocks
ana one for the sole and exclusive of rsziS
~ HToEsh nl9'h, and the other for the sole and
| Every proposal must be accom- panied with dupIi-
be furnished; Of each kind If sample lock to be
riTeted mp and finished, and another to be open or
| M Mt may readily he examined Each sample should
Be plainly marx with the bidders name and if the
same, or any part thereof, be covered BY patent,
the meme Of the paentee must be attached thereto
II must also be such as shall be warranted to not in
| der Il not the ERtentee or assignee.
| The internal plan arrange ment Of the locks
size TO op-n Them, must not be like any now or hth-
been or p sad n mot have
tending to impsi their security and usefulness for
the nails and it will be portant consideration
in favor Of any lock and key submitted III being
otherwise suitable, it shall have been invented spe,
Locks suit able for the registered malls or for the
street letter bsxes should not exceed eight ounces
sa and R 9G9 . dSfrfs
While II must be secure from being opened by any
siRnedly broken By extreme ana Obvious violence }
hiust De devoid q any intricacy IN opening with the
without the use OF the kev The shape size Of the
9cIs i9T fssisrsd mails should be such as to make
the street letter b0IeS, and both should, by their ex
leIna shape, be instantly distnguishsble from the
Tne Registered Mail Locks should be made Of
AAAN auu stuEu brAS-s excepting the slaCkla ami
riyets, which must be iron, the after well shout
dertd, counteTsuuk, and h AIDED at both ends. The
she'll or case of .uch locks mnst not have sharp
angles, and must be free from knobs, escutcasSn5,
OF other appcndeges likely t. be Compressed, bat
usage Of the service. Each lack is to have outide
nroh It's face, in letters sufficiently large and dis
Der, in figures, ach les than SIS of an inch
long As ma be ordered, different number not ex-
quired on each lock such words ayd licnres axe 10
be sunk b. stamping, if the shell b, male Of wrought
or n Itf o .-I-..N
cas-; metal. All the locks fer Tcgi tered m ais ar 10
De uniformly alike, excepting the numbers msrked
hardened iron and nickel-pia;ej, are TO b. also
alike 50 that any ole Of all the keys which may be
any one and all oftte locks. The keys shJ uld hsve
shank nearly two inches long between the bit aud
DOW, ard the bow should be solid, with a small hole
through IT, and have stamped on one sid the word ,
~, > h.efsi.Jsd A1ji,' AID upon the opposite side
an inch oBgl Gs be ordered; every Key Il have
adiherent number, Of which none will exceed four
The ICES foT the Street Letter Boxes are to be
made Of hard anu tough brass, and the key hole of
each lock should be In the love- SaTt Of the all Of
We sntl q Eise' Mheh tne IOSh Is hAhgihs ny Us
sh1ckiei and should be sheltered by sufficient tut.
ting out Of the upper ard lower rim around that part
4 the wall. The interior mechanism Of the lock
should BE- Ia position somewhat rem tic from tho
eyhf,e ana be operated easliy by ltS Key MHlch
ength and sufficient strength aud stiffness. The
bow q the key should be soil, with a Sun all hole
through II, and is to have U. 5. LetIsT CIrTier'
stamped on one side, aud such figures and letters
-lAiip ru on the opposite SIDE as be ordered.
The face Of each lock is to have upon il IT, s. SRI
LettsT B0Z in either raised sunk letters and any
other letters besides not exceeding three, that may
be ordered All the locks and KEYS Of the sam letter
OF letters to be adapted to each other and no lock
70 be opened by any key not marked with the same
The locks # each kind contracted formust be de-
hyered according to order, at the Post Oics Depart
ment at the risk and expense OF the contractor pat
up in pasteboard boxes Of five locks each, AMI
than hundred locks each The Keys to such locks
are to be strung by the natural series Of numbers
are to be delivered to an agent Of the Department
specially authorized to receive them and convey the
where both the locks and keys 10 be Inspected
and approved as conformabie to the adopted sample
before they shall be paid for.
From the sample locks and keys submitted under
this advertisement: the Postmaster General will
deem IL proper for the interests Of the service, to
presented Fh1rere the light u REJECT a% sny and ali
the proposals and samples is hereby reserved to him.
samples submitted will be made ON or before the
second day q February, l4 aud within thirty days
may have been accepted must enter into contract
| with bond and security a. hereinafter specified.
| The contracts which may be made will be for the
term Of four years from and after the nrst day Of
= The contractor for Registered Mail Locks and
Keys VII be required by contract 70 furnish said
locks and keys in s@ch quaatii and at such times,
must agree and be able, TO Furnish three thousand
Of such locks and six hundred Of such keys, If so
ordered, within three months after the raCe Of of
/ such order, and to furnish thereafter any fur
| Their quantities of such locks and keys As the
same may be ordered. On entering into this con-
/ tract the contractor must execute q bond in the
penalty OF ten thousa and dollars, with two sufficient
suTrtles, certified BY the postmaster where they
reside conditioned for the full and faithful perform
The contractor for locks and keys for Street Let
terboNe- Will be required to furnish such locks and
be ordered by the Postm ma General. and must
agree. aud be allie. to furnish twelve thousand OF
dered within six mOnths after the receipt Of such
ORDER and TO furnish thereafter any further quaint
dered On entering into this contract the contractor
must execute bond in the penalty Of twenty thou
by tne pcsimaster q the place where they reside,l
conditioned Tor the full and faithful performance Of
| Both contracts will contain a provision binding
the contractor TO guard, with due privacy integrity
and KEYS in the finished and unfinished state. They
will also contain the provision that in of any
Postmaster General to annui the Contract, ali locks
and keys, finished unfinished, aad all such pat
the contractor, as may enable others 10 make OF
successfully forge or counterfeit such locks and
come the property Of the United States for the
Of the Poet ONCE Department; and, thereupon, the
resort TO the remedy Of the bond, 10 demand and re-
ceiye the same from the contractor. wao shall
/ promptly surrender the same, the order, In
| writing, of the Postmaster General, without com
pensstion, or any claim 70 con gensstion whatever
shall, in tina: case, have the full and absolute right
70 employ any othsr person or persons 70 make ant
or claim whatever for the use, thereby involved, o.
any patent Of the defaultlng contractor a.
price Of each Lock and Key offered to be furnished
and must be aeconpapied with bond in the penal
and two sufficient sureties, (certihed By the post
, 81 The place where they reside co9dtSnsd
and security, as hereinbefore specified in his
E proposal shall be accepted by the Postmaster Gen
Blank forms Of proposals. ana ACCOMPANYING bond
| Second Assistant Postmaster General, and all bid