The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-04-15
FLAX AND COTTON CANvAsS-COPPER
AND IRON.

BUREAU OF Cox, EQUIP, 4 REPAIR,
29th March, lS43.
PROPOSALS. will be received at this Bureau, un-
i til O'Clock, p. m, of the Goth April next for
at the Navy Yards Brooklyn, New York, and Cos
port Virginia. respectively, the following quantities
Of Flax and Cotton Canvass, viz;
Al brooklyn, New York.
$50 bolts Flax Canvass, No 3-each bolt to con-
tain 40 yards, be 20 inches wide, and weigh IS
SO bolts Cotton Canvass, No 6--each bolt TO
tain SO yards, be 20 inches wide, and weigh "a
pounds.
so bolts Cotton Canvass, No. 9-each bot to con-
tain so yards, be 20 inches wide, and weigh %
pounds
100 bolts Cotton Canvass, M. 10-each bolt 10 con-
tain 50 yards be % inches wide, and weigh %
pounds.
And at Gosport, Virginia.
100 bolts Flax Canvass No. 3-each bolt to contain
40 yards, be ~ inches wide, and weigh IS
pounds.
Is bolts Cotton Canvass, No. 2--cach bolt to con-
tain so yards, be 20 inches wide, and weigh ~
pounds.
25 bolts Cotton Canvass, No. 3-cach bolt to con
tain SO yards, be ~ inches wide, and weigh 40
pounds.
30 bolts Cotton Canvass, No l0-each bolt to con-
tain 50 yards, be 20 inches wide, and weigh PC
pounds.
The flax canvass to be Of the best quality waier
rofied flax, manufactured In the best style Of work
manship the flax 10 be well batchelled and free from
tow the yarn be freed from mucilage by boiling IL
IN weak lie before Il is ~oyen-apd woven without
starch sizing-ysrns TO be double threaded slight
w twisted; each bolt to have a blue thread woven
throughout 5S inch from the selysge.
The cotton canvass to be Of the hes, quality Of ma
terisls and workmanship, each bolt to have a blue
thread woven throughout al the following distances
from the sslyagc viz; No. 2 7s inch No. 3, SO
inch No 6, I IS inch and Nos. and TO- rs inch.
SAID canvass must conform TO the samples Of the
the respective Navy Yards he subject TO such
tests and inspection the Chief OF said Bureau may
direct or authorize and be IN all respects TO his en-
tire satisfaction or to the satisfaction OF the Com
mandants Of the said Navy Yards, respectively.
Proposals will, also, be received at this Bureau un
I'll o'clock p m, OF Both April next, for furnish
ing and delivering at the respective Navy Yards at
Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Chsrlesown, Massa-
chusetts BROOKLYN, New York Philadelphia Wash
ing, District Of Columbia Gosport, Virginia; and
the Baltimore Naval Station, such quantities Of
Bolt and sheet copper, and
Round, fat, and square iron
tina, NAV be ordered by the respective Commanding
Officers OF said Navy fsds and Naval Station or by
the Navy Agents respectively during the year lst3,
for the use OF the Navy Of the United States Per-
sons offering TO furnish copper and iron are referred
10 the respective COMMANDMENTS ana Navy Agents Tor
the particular sizes and description that will be re-
ouired These articles, also, to be subject TO such
tests and inspection as the Chief OF said Bureau may
direct or authorize and be entirely IN hrs satisisc-
ton, or satisfactory to the respective Commsndant
All deliveries must be at the risk and expense OF
the Contractor and the articles must conform to The
stpulatons and conditions Of the contracts TO be en-
tered into.
To be published three times week N the follow
ing papers only, viz Msdsonran ana ineingsncor'
District Of Columbia Morning Post Boston; Jour
| nal OF Commerce aud Morning Post, New York ;
American Sentinel and Public Ledger, Philadelphia
Republican, Baltimore; Richmond Enquirer, Nirgi-
| MIA.
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