Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-10-26
~ NAVY TIMBER.
NAVY Commissioners OrrIcE,

18th october, 1880.
6 EALED PROPOSALS will be received at ,h. o :
~ flee until the goth November, to furnish 100000
cubic feet OF the best quality While Oak Plank Stocks,
which shall have grown lands near 10 salt water,
wi hin the infiuencesf the air. They must sqrsre
not less than Ia inches the butt and may square
fourth les. atthe top end; they be Tree from sap.
Aud cubic feet the best quality long leaf fin.
grain, heart Southern Yellow Pine Plank Stocks to
square less than IA nor more than l6 inches at the
but and may square nefi,h less at the top end,
a'lowanc will be made for the contents Of the sap in
said plank stocks must average As feet 10 length, and
none must BIZ less than 35 feet long They must b..
felled or the trees girdled between the Goth
Of October aud the 10th Of February.
Also. as many White Oak Knees Of the following d.
men-ion' as can be obtained in getting the said
White Oak Plank Stocks, viz:
Bodies. Arms Net Siding.
nr It 10. II. in. in. +.
Lodge Knees 3 10 long 6 to 8 6 long TO IL
Dagger do. to long o to 8 long to 1
Iransom do 10 to IL losg 0 to 6 s long 9 10 II
Also, all the best quality long leaf 6ne grain, heart
Southern Yellsw Pine Timber, required for the lower
mas's and bowsprs topmass. toPgalan masts, and ib
boous, lower yards, topaiI aud opga4n, and spr,ss
yards, lower, topua't and topgallan sudlng sail and
spanker booms for two 74,, three AS and four soops
OF war Of the first class, be got out dmenisns aud
tho commanding officers OF the respective Navy Yards
Boston, New York, and Norfolk The said Mast and
Spar Timber must be delivered at the aforesaid Navy
Y ards in all the year 1881.
and Mast and Spar Timber, must be free from heart
shakes. wind shakes and all other defects; and he
cut or the trees must be grd-d within the periods be-
fore present. ed, and The certificates OF
and di>nteres,ed persons must invariably accompany
each cargo offered for delivery, prove the fact. All
the aforesaid timber must he delivered at the Navy
Yard, Portsmouth, N. ii. Cbsrlestown, Mass. Brook
Ign, N. Y. Philadelphia, Washington, and Gosport,
virginia. on before the first day OF November 1881,
Except the Mast and Spar Timber, TO be delivered BY
the 3l.t December, 1917 aud in such proportions al
each OF The Navy Yards, as the Commissions OF the
Navy may decide upon when the contracts drawn.
On delivery. the whole osthe Aforesaid timber will
be inspected and measured, according to the printed
rules or the government OF OF Timber Tor the
Navy OF the United States under the instructions of
the respective commanding officers, any other
specton and measurement the Commissioners Of the
Navy may direct
Persons making bids are required 10 forward 70 this
office the evidence of the con-ent of their surses be-
coming bound toih them for the ullnen Of the agree
ments and stipula,ions they may enter into.
Ten per cent. will be deducted from all payments
for deliveries made in addition to the bonds 10 be taken
10 secure the due performance oil the nts Of
the respective contractors unless otherwise d.
rected by the Commissioners of the Navy.
Bidders mus state their prices per cubic foot for all
Tered Tor by the nett sided inc and their prices sepa.
ratey and distinctly. Tor as many Yards az they may
offer TO furnh at They must also the number OF
knees OF each OF the sizes specified, they propose
furnish.
Any bid not made in conformity with this advertise
nenf, 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 e" mast and spar timber" 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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