The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-02-17
NAVY SLOP CLOTHING FOR 1872.

NAVY COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
FEBRUARY 3: 1912.
CEALED PROPOSALS endorsed Proposals for
- Stop Clothing, will be received at this Office
Ill 3 o'clock, p. M of the first Of March next for
furnishing and delivering Con receiving forty five days
notice. at each or either Of the Navy Yards, Charles
town, Mass, Brooklyn, ~ Y, and Gosgor Va,
such quantities of any all of the following named
articles of Slop Clothing the may be ordered during
the year 1912 by the cominandant commanding Of
ficers of the sad navy yards respectively, viz
Drab Pea Jackets
Blue Pea Jackets
Blue Cloth Jackets
Blue Cloth Trousers
Flannel Shirts
Long Flannel Drawers
White Linen Frocks
White German Linen lrowsers
Duck Frocks
Duck Trowsers
WoolIen Stockings
Woollen Socks
Thick sewed Leather Shoes
Sewed Leather Pumps
Woollen Blankets
Black Silk Handkeichiefs
White German Linen, GA wide, for frocks
trowsers. .st
All the wooIen goods 10 be made fronrmatelials
of American manufacture. All the articles are TO be
fully equal the samples which may be deposited in
the Navy Yards near Boston New York, Phadel-
phia and Norfolk and at the Baltimore naval station, at
which places schedules, showing the sizes of the de
rent articles Of clothing, may also be seen. Where
the articles to be of more than size two thirds
of the number furnished to be of the largest size
and third OF the smallest size, excepting the shoes
and stockings which must he Of a sorted sizes and
which Will be specified IN the contracts to be made.
All the aforesaid articles must be subject to such
inspection and survey as the Commissioners Of the
Navy may direct or authorize; and no portion of the
said articles will be received that is not fully equal to
the samples patterns, both in material and work
manship and which does not conform in all other re-
spects TO the stipu atoms and provisions Of the
tracts to be made.
uohs of articles enumerated must be mean or ave-
rage prices, without regard to the sizes and must
be calculated to cover every expense attending the
fufment of the contracts, including the necessary
metal and naval buttons
The whole must be delivered at the risk and ex
pensc of the actors in goodnight substantial and
dry packing boxes or hogsheads, and in good shipping
order free of charge to the United States and TO the
entire satisfaction OF the respective commandments or
commanding officers of said yards of delivery.
Separate proposals must be made--frSt for all the
shoes and pumps; second for all the Stockings and
socks Hird, for all the blankets and fourih for all
the other articles instinct contracts tri be made Tor
each class @.t ,si
In case of failure the part of the contractors To
furnish and deliver the several articles which may be
ordered from them, in proper time and o} proper qua
ty the officers agents of the Navy shall be auho-
1zed TO purchase what may be required to supply the
deficiencies; and any Of cost over the urices
agreed to he paid by contract shall be charged to and
paid by the respective contractors
Bonds IN onethird the estimated amount of the res
pectve contracts viii be required with two approved
suretes, and ten per centum IN addition will be with
held from the amount of each delivery made as COLA
teral security for the faithful performance of the res
pectiye contracts, which will on no account be paid
until the contracts are complied with in all respects
and IS to be forfeited TO the and benefit Of the
United States IN the event Of failures to complete the
deliveries in conformity with the orders that NAV be
made. After making the deduction of ten per centum
payment OF the balance will be made by the United
States within thirty days after the said slop clothing
shall have been inspected approved and received and
bills Tor the same duly authenticated by certificates
ofnspection and survey, bthe receipts of the respec-
i've navy storekeepers at said navy yards and by the
approval OF the respective commandments or command
ing officers OF sad navy yards, Shall be presented to
Inc Navy Agent by whom payment is TO be made.
The Board of Navy Commissioners reserve the right.
to REJECT all offers from persons who have heretofore
Jailed TO fulfil their contracts with the Department
IS@To be published three times week in the
National lntelligcncer, Madisonan, Globe, Army and
Navy Chronicle, d. G. Boston, Atlas and Boston
Morning Post, III Massachusetts,; Express and Com
lnerclal Advertiser, New York Amecan Sentinel
and North American, PcnnsyN wanna Baltimore Sun .
and Baltimore American, Mary land; and Norfolk
and Portsmouth Herald, Virginia
feb l0-3tawtMl.