The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1841-12-25
TIMBER FOR THE NAVY.
For The Medium Steamer.

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i Wy Agent, New York, for the following hest
quality White OK Timber which shall have grown
on land within the Influence of salt water, viz
30 floor timbers, 100 first iuttocks 100 third fut-
tocks to side l0s inches, and TO mould from to 10
inches and to shape as per mouds which will be
furnished About 3 600 cubic feet.
l2500 cubic feet of plank stock.
Also the following best quality long leaf, fine grain
Southern Yeiioic Pine, viz:
81 beams, Is to y teetong sided Is inches, mould
ed II inches. nett size 2by 10 inches, TO spring
inches in 27 feet, about c. #. l,005
81 beams, IL TO ~ feet long, sided Il inches,
moulded 10 inches, nett size 10 by inches, TO
spring as above, SIT
, beams, 81 feet long, IS by Is inches, to
spring y inches 400
Timber to make 2 800 running feet ofcdges,
6 by inches square, (nctt size) 40
Timber TO make 800 running feet earrings,
by inches square, nett SIZE. 4l0
2 pieces % feet long, AZ by "a inches,
(sraighD l3l
Plank stock for plank water ways &c 6,l75.
c. feet 9,170
100 White Oak deck knees, l2l hackmetack deck
knees.
Proposals for the White Oak to be received until
3ls December To be delivered on or before the LIST
of March next. For the Yellow Pine and Knees un
til the 18th January. To be delivered on or before
the LIST April next, all at the Navy Yard Brooklyn
New York. subject to its inspection and measurement
price per cubic foot delivered
Any further information from the Constructor, at
the Yard.
ROBERT C. WETMORE, Navy Agent
Navy Agents Office IS Water street, Dec s, 1871.
dec 2l-dJanl
- NOTICE.
PROPOSALS. win be received at the Office of the
i Commssary General of Purchases, in Phiade-
pha to furnish the following materials and articles
for the United States Army, for the year 1912, viz
Blue cloth GA WIDE dyed in indigo and in the wool
Sky blue twilled Cloth GA wide
Unbleached Cotton Shifting, 7-o wide
Bleached do do do
Flannel of Cotton and Wool 7-S wide
Cotton Flannel, ga wide
Unbleachod Cotton Drilling, ga and rs wide
Bleached do "a wide
Uniform Caps for Dragons, Artillery and Infantry
Pompoons, for Artillery and Infantry
Hair Plumes, for Dragons
Bands and Tassels, do
Aguilletes, Artillery and Infantry
Worsted Sashes do do and Dragons
Shoulder Straps, do do
Do (brass) for Dragons
Epaulettes, Non. Comd, Staf, Artillery, and In
fanry
Woollcn half Stockings
Laced Bootees
Leather Stocks
Blankets, ID feet long, feet wide, weight
pounds
Metal Cap Equipments, for Dragons Ar'y' and
Telling Axes
Hatchets
Spades
Drums, complete with Sticks, Sings and Cases
Worsted Binding and Cord of all kinds
Common Tents
Wall Tents and flies
Hospital Tents
Painting and Swapping knapsocks
Casks and Cooperage, for one year from list April
next
(The quantity and number of these articles will be
determined hereaiter)
The whole are to be of domestic manufactured ma
terials Patterns of all the required Wooen and Cot
ton Cloths and articles are deposited in the Commits
sarv Generals Office, in tt is city, for examination.
Sample of the w oollen and Cotton Cloths will be
sent to any manufacturer application to this Office,
by mail and such information given as may be desired
The Booees are to be of eight sizes, and the Caps
of fire sizes The sizes and proportions OF sizes will
be stated in the contracts.
On the samples and patterns exhibited the contracts
will he founded and inspections made, and no art Gle
will be received that is inferior to the material or
workmanship to- or does not correspond in every re-
snect with the pattern which contract is founded
The supplies are to be delivered at the United
States Arsenal, near Philadelphia for inspection, in
equal monthly portions, and the contracts are TO be.
fulfilled on or before the LIST day Of July, 1912
.'he proposals must be in writing, sealed, and en-
dorsed Proposals" and must reach the Office of the
Commissary General of Purchases, before the
nth day of January, 1912. No proposals will be re-
ceived after O'Clock of that day.
Security will be required for the fulflment of con-
tracts -
J. WASHINGTON TYSON, '
Commissary General of Purchases.
Commssay Generals Office,
Philadelphia, December II, ISL dec 2l-Jl7
OAK PILES,
w ANTED for the repairs ofIhe Potomac Bridge
w the following white oak Piles, viz.
90, lam