The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-11-06
PROP0SALs.
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PROPOSALS
SEPARATE SEALED PROPOSALS
FOR MAIL LOCKS AND KEYS.
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, I
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Sept. II, 1873. (


sEpApaTE sr,rUn Dpopou.e
WIN Do received at this department until II
o'clock noon, the FIFTEENTH DAY OF DE-
oEmbhh' 1875 ior 1urnis hing under separate
.oi''ia''S' Two inherent KINGS OF paoiocKs ana
hefs one ior Inc sole ana exclusive use OF regis
'e'eA ""o"9" m"ts, anu 'lie o'ner ior the sole
ana exclusive use OF street tefter oores.
Every proposalmust be accompanied with du
plicate samples of the locks and keys thereby
offered to be furnished /; one of each kind Of
sample lock to be riveted up and finished, and
another to be open or unriveted SO that its in.
ternal structure and arrangement may readily
be examined Each sample should be plainly
marked with the bidders name and if the
same, or any part thereof, be covered by a pa
tent, the name of the patentee must be attached
thereto 1t must also be such as shall be war.
rented to not infringe on any patented invention
VI WHICH 'he oioaer Is not the patentee or as
S's"ee'
The Internal plan or arrangement of the locks
ohered' ana the particular form OF the keys re-
quisiteto open them' must not be like any now or
i'i'hei'o Ill pubic OF private USE and must not
n"ve .peeh eAlloi'eo' described or exposed in
Guy i,,ane. 'enuiis 10 Impair their security ana
"'et"ine'' 'oi Inc 'i'iis "no IL VIII De an I'M
poi 'ohs'ueiauoh III iaVor OF any lock ana
'.eu IT. "eihs "'heIwise Suitable IL
shaii nave peeh invented specially Tor the pur-
' "' - 10 'e'u
Locks suitable for the registered mails, or for
the street letter boxes should not exceed eight
ounces each in weight, and should possess a high
degree of security, strength AMI durability.
Every such lock, while it must be secure from
hpin1 OOanpi n b1y tic
peculiar key, (uness designedly broken by ex.
IRENE and obvious Violence) must be devoid of
any intricacy in opening with The proper key,
and be capable of being securely shut without
the use of the key. The shape or size of the
locks for registered mails should be such as to
make them dstinguishable at glance from the
locks OF the street letter bores and both should,
by their external shape, be instantly distinguish.
able from the mail locks now in use.
The Registered Mail Locks should be made of
hard and tough brass, excepting the shackle and
rivets, which must be iron, the latter we'll
shouldered, couatersunk, and headed at both
ends. The shell or case of such locks must not
have sharp angles, and must be free from
knobs, escutcheons, or other appendices likely
to be compressed, battered or knocked out of
order by the peculiarly hard usage OF the service
Each lock Is to have outside upon its face, in
letters suiiclently large and distinct, "U s. Re-
gtstertd Man," and also such number, Tin
figures, each, not less than 5-l6 of an inch long,)
as may be ordered different number not ex-
ceeohg Tour places OF figures in any case, being
fequreu Oh each lock- Such words and figures
are 10 pe SUNK by stamping II the shell be made
OF wrought OF sheet prass' or TO be raised if the
sheii oe i,ioe oi cast me al All the locks for