Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-10-22
NAVY TIMBER.
NAVY COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,

SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this o :
~ flee until the Goth November, to furnish $50 600
cubic feet of the best quality White Oak Plank Stocks
winch shall have grown lands near TO salt water, or
wi hin the influence of the air. They must square
not less than Ii inches the butt and may square one
fourth less at the top ends they must be free from sap
Aud 100000 cubic feet of the best quality long ea ine
grain, heart Southern Yellow Pine Plank Stocks, TO
square not less than Ii than I6 inches at the
ontt and may square onefi,h less at the top end,
allowance will be made for the contents of the sap in
the inspection and measurement for payment All the
said plank stocks must Average As feet in length, and
none must be less than 30 feet long They must be
ieed, or the trees must be girded between the goth
OF October and the goth of February.
Also as many White Oak Knees of the following d.
mensions. az can be obtained in getting out the said
White Oak Plank Stocks, viz:
Bodies. firms. .Nest Siding
1t. in. H. in. i'm.
Lodge Knees to long to long to IL
Jaeger do. to long to long to
Transom do 10 to IL oog 6 0 to long 9 to II
Standard do. IL to Is long to 6 long to IL
Also, all the best quality long leaf fine grain, heart
Southern Yellew Pine Timber required for the lower
masts and bowsprs topmass topg allant mass and lib
booms lower yards, topsaiI and topgaan and sprtsa
yards lower, topmas and topgallant stodding sail aud
spanker booms for two 74s three AS, and four soops
OF war OF the first class TO be got out to dimensions and
specifications Of the same which may be obtained of
the commanding officers Of the respective Navy Yards
Boston, New York, and Norfolk The said Mast and
Spar Timber must be delivered at the NAVY
Yards in all the year 1881.
The whole OF the said Oak and Pine Plank Socks
"'"sN hud spar INNER, must be Tree from heart
shakes, wnd shakes, and all other defects aud must he
cut or the trees must be girdled within the periods be-
fore present. ed and the certificates of two
and disnteresed persons must invariably accompany
each cargo offered for delivery prove the fact All
the aforesaid timber must be delivered at the Navy
ard, Portsmouth, N. III. Charestown, Mass. Brook
lyn, N. Y. Philadelphia, Washington, and Gosport
virginia, on or before the FIRST day Of November 1881
Except the Mast and Spar Timber to be delivered by
the 3lst December 1919 and in such proportions al
each OF the Navy Yards, the Commissioners of the
Navy may decide upon when the contracts are drawn
On delivery, the whole of the aforesaid timber will
De inspected and measured, according the printed
rules Tor the of Inspectors of Timber for the
Navy OF the United States under the instructions of
the respective commanding officers any other in
spection and ement the Commissioners of the
Navy may direct
Persons making bids, required forward TO this
office the evidence of the of their surete be
coming bound tDh them for the lulhment of the agree
ments and stipulations they may enter into
Ten per cent. will be deducted from all payments
Tor deliveries made addition the bonds TO be taken
10 secure the due performance of the engagements Of
the respective contractors unless otherwise cay M
rected by the Commissioners of the Navy.
Bidders must state their prices per cubic foot for all
the timber but the white oak knees which are to he Of
Tered Tor by the nett sided inch and their prices sepa-
rstely and distinctly, for many Yards as they may
offer to furnish at They also state the number of
knees OF each oil the sizes specified they propose to
furnish.
Any bid not made in conformity with this advertise
ment, will not be considered
Each bid must be sealed and endorsed, offer for
white oak. or yellow pine plank stocks' or "whi,e
oak knees, or {" mast and spar tmber'' as the case
may be, and with the designation of the Navy Yard at
which the timber is TO be furnished.
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