Year: 1863

ORDNANCE OFFICE, WAR DEPARTMENT,


WAsHIserox January 27th, ls63 I


Proposals will be receiv ed this office until Pm
the 9th of February, 1853 for furnishing "a 10
and inch cast iron cannon, to be made in conform
ny with drawings TO be supplied by the Ordnance
Department, and with the following specifications:
One 10 inch trial gun is TO be made of cold
blast charcoal ron to be cast hollow and cooled from
the interior, aud 10 have tenacty OF metal OF
less than 1900 pounds per square inch. to be deter
head Of n she sps am cx;aa from me sinking
same heat. and from metal of the quality that
from which the gun 10 east This cylinder i to be
cast on erd in dry sand mouds and Is to be 2inches
high. with an eptical base of "a inches greater and
l6 inches lesser axis The specimens are to be cut
from the gun head, a. q slab; inche. thick from
from the axis OF the cylinder and the lesser axis Of
furnish the ammunition. and prove the trial gun,
which must be ready for trial as possible and
tract. No contract will be given, nor will the trial
gun be paid for. unless 1t shall endure proof Of 1000
rounds with service charges of powder of which 200
rounds will be with solid shot. and so rounds with
shells The testing Is to be done free of charge to the
contractor, but he will be required furnish proper
facilities for testing such convenient ground stor
age for ammunition butt in which the projectiles
will be embedded and saved and the requisite force
for handling and firing the guns All the cannon
TO be made OF the same quality Of iron that Of the
trial gun and the Ordnance Department is to have
the right TO test the iron during the process Of bri
cation OF the cannon TOR which purpose the founder
IL to Furnish free Of charge, at least specimen
from the head Of each cannon. and slabs cylin.
ders, rs before described, at the option Of the De-
psrtment not to exceed for every ten cannon.
Each cannon Is to endure the regular proof and in
spection for guns of the same cAlibre; and
to be received or paid for but such approved
after inspection and proof which will be received at
the foundry where made Bidders will state the
bers and cabers of the cannon they propose to fur
nish on the foregoing specifications and conditions;
the place where they to be made the time OF
mencing delivery and the rate of delivery per month
thereafter and the price per pound per gun. for
the finished cannon. No bids will be entertained
unless from founders actually engaged In the busi-
ness, evidence of which must accompany the bid.


Failure to deliver At the specified time will subject
the contractor 10 forfeiture Of the amount to be de-
hvered ut that time Each party obtaining contract
will be required TO enter into bonds with proper su-
reties for its faithful fhmcnt and transfer Of the
contract to another party will Its entire forfeit
ure. Bidders viii be required to file with their bids
bond in the penal sum of not less than $4,000
signed BY not less than two persons conditioned that
II the bid Is accepted. the bidder shall comply with
his proposal, and faithfully and fully perform what
he proposes TO undertake. The bond must be ac-
knowledged before judge of q court Of record and
the bondsmen must be certified by the Judge of
District Court of the United States or An Ordnance
officer in charge of United States arsenal, to be
each worth the penal sum Of the bond and above
all liabilities The right Is reserved reject all pro-
posals If the prices deemed too high il for any
cause II Is not deemed for the public interest to oc-
cept them:


Proposals win be sealed and addressed to General
J. w. Ripley, Chief of Ordinance. Washington, ID. c."
and will be endorsed Proposals for heavy cannon"


j. RIPLEY.


Brigadier General Chief Of Ordnance.


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