The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-01-01
PROPOSALS FOR STATIONERY
Posr OFrlcr DErAnrMrNr


December 2, lslL
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received spJ
- Post Office Department until the 9th n.t,5,
at 3 o'clock p. M, for furnishing the followin5 ~
scription of Stationery for the period Of three
from the LIST day of January, 1872:
Best handmade Folio Post Paper plain. satin
finish.
Same, fent- lined, common distance
Beat handmade Quarto Post Paper, satin finish
and of linen, laid and woye.
Best handmade Quarto Post. plain white. s,t,,
finish laid and wove.
Same, feint-lined, common distance, laid and wan,
Best handmade Quaro Post Paper blue ..,,,
finish, laid and wove.
Same, fent. lined, common distance laid and vo,
Best machine -made Folio Post, PLAIN.
Same, Quarto Post, plain
Best handmade Foolscap, plain, satin finish anl
Of linen, laid and wove.
Best hand made foolscaP, plain, satin finish laid
and wove
Same, faint-lined, common distance, laid and WOW
Best machine-made Foolscap, plain white
Same, feint-lined, common distance
Best Drawing Paper y by 40 inches per sheer
Tracing Paper Is BY "A
Same 20 by 50 Z"
Best super-royal buff Envel.pe Paper, smooth suf
face.
Best super-roya white do do l1
PAPER FOR BLANK BOOKS, VIZ
Best hand made Super.ro royal
Do do Royal
Best handmade Dem
Do do Medium.
Do do Foolscap
QUILLS.
Best Opaque No. 50, per thousand, weight not H..
than 8 OF. per hundred.
Best clarified Quills, do do do
Metallic Pens, per dozen, Perrys and Gol,
best.
Red Office Tape. price per dozen for each number,
Cut-gIass Inkstantds, large size per dozen.
Do do small do
Ink, Maynard and Noyes, black, in quart bottle.
per dozen.
Do do do in pint Do
Waters, per pound.
These articles are all to be OF the very lest quality
which can be had from the best manufacturers
A sample or specimen of each article of Stationery
must accompany the proposal of each bidder and III,
contract will be given to that who in the Judy.
ment of the Postmaster General ohefs the best artl-
c'es at the lowest price. The samples fthe success
full bidder will be retained BY the Department and a
the articles delivered under his contract will be CON.
pared with them, and rejected if inferior.
If at any time articles of inferior quality be tlt,
nshed, the Department will proceed to purchase others
for lis immediate use, charging the contractor With
any difference of cost over the contract price.
No bid will be considered which contemplate more
than one price for any article.
Each proposal must be accompanied by ample test
monias of the ability of the bidder to fulfil the con
tract.
Failure to deliver articles promptly when ordered
to evade the true meaning of the contract vii bc
considered sufficient for its forfeiture and Ut
ten per cent. each payment which will be retained
for that purpose.
The Proposals to be addressed to the Postmaster
General, and to be endorsed Proposals for Station
cry" Dec 9--titd
nRY DOCK, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
~ Proposals for Timber for building the ColEEr
DAM will be received at the Navy Agents Office, New
York, until the 9th day Of December, 1871, agreeaty
to the following
SCHEDULE OF TIMBER.
36i Piles of Yellow Pine timber, l6inches square
average length As feet-for main Dam.
1914 Piles of Yellow Pine timber IA inches square
average length 80 feet for main Dam.
ass Piles of Yellow Pine timber, ~ inches square
average length IS eet-for side Dams.
725 Piles of Yellow Pine timber II inches square
average length SO fcet-for Sheet Piling.
4 Sets of Walins Pieces, for main Dam, of White
Oak foot square-total length 1876 feet.
2 sets of Waling Pieces for Side Dams, Of White
Oak, foot s inches square-total length 1910 feet
50 cap timbers of White Pine Is feet long and IL
inches square. rtG
I4,l34 feet board measure, of 3 inch white pine
plank.
All the above timber for Piles to be of good sound
yellow hard pine, free from large knots and shakes
and suitable for growing and driving as sheet Ping
Two Of the opposite edges of each pile 10 be sawed
or hewed straight and parallel and third side to be
sawed or hewed straight and square with the other
two. The fourth face to be hewed or sawed nearly
parallel with the opposite side SO as not to deyQlc
more than inch in the width OF the pile. The
dimensions to be as follows: The first named 36l
piles to be Of lengths varying from AZ to As feet and
to average least 40 feet the thickness, measured
on the parallel edges to be not less than IA nor great
er than lG inches, to average about lo,--and the
width not less than Is inches.
The second lot (of l9l Pes) to vary in length from
"a to 49, averaging not less than sc feet the thick
the parallel edges not less than II nor more
than IA inches and the width not less than 4
inches.
The third lot (of i5s Pes) to vary in length from
81 to 40 averaging IS feet; the thickness on the para-
lei edges not less than than - to average
- inches and the width not less than II inches
The fourth lot (of 725 Piles to vary in length from
33 'S, aging SO feet the thickness the para
lei edges to be not less than IL than l3, TO
average ~ inches and the width not less than IL
inches
The string railing pieces for the main Dam to be
of good sound, straight white oak timber hewcd or
sawed 2 inches square, and in length varying from
% to 80 feet.
The whole amount furnished to be 1916 lncal
feet
The railing pieces for the side dams to he II by :
inches, hewed sawed square, of good, sound,
straight white oak timber and in lengths varying from
% to 80 feet the whole amount to be 1910 llncol
feet
The 50 sdp8 to be ofgood sound White Pine timber
free from shakes and large knots hcwed or sawed
straight, IL inches square and - feet long,
The Plank to b., Of White Pine, sound straight
and square edged, free from large nots ) inches IN
thickness and in lengths not less than % feet amount
II ABA board measure.
All the aboveimbcr and plank TO delivered on such
wharf or wharfs, within the U. S, Navy Yard New
York as may be designated, and subject to the inspec
ton and approval of such person may be selected W
the engineer; one-tourth Of the yellow or hard Pine
to be delivered before the 2ih day of January ~
one fourth before the 25th Of February and The IL
La1T InT.x H., No. Ma
Der for the main and side dams and sheet pns ID He
delivered in the following order, viz
LIST The Timber for the Main Dam
ID g" q Z" Side Dams
3D.. Sheet PIN Pilings.
The Oak Waling pieces to be delivered on or before
the first day of April, and the White Pine timber pnl