The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-05-04
FLAX AND COTTON CANvASS-COPPER
AND IRON.

BUREAU OF Cox, EQUTr., & REPAIR,
29th March, lS43.
PROPOSALS will be received at this Bureau UNI
i til O'Clock p. m, of the 30th April next, for
furnishing and delivering, by the lst September next,
at the Navy Yards Brooklyn, New York, and Cos
port, Virginia, respectively, the following quantities
Of Flax and Cotton Canvass, viz:
Al Brooklyn, Mem York.
$50 bolts Flax Canvass, No 3-each bolt TO con-
tain 40 yards, be 20 inches wide, and weigh IS
pounds.
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 50 yards, be 20 inches WIDE and weigh %
pounds.
100 bolts Cotton Canvass, No. lO-each bolt TO
tain 50 yards, be % inches wide, and weigh 20
pounds.
And at Gosport, Tirginid.
100 bolts Flax Canvass, No. 3-each bolt to contain
40 yards, be 20 inches wide, and weigh IS
pounds.
25 bolts Cotton Canvass, No. 2-each bolt to con-
tain 50 yards, be 20 inches wide, aud weigh AZ
pounds.
25 bolts Cotton Canvass, No 3-each bolt TO
tain 50 yards, be 20 inches wide, and weigh 40
pounds.
30 bolts Cotton Canvass, No l0-each bolt 10 con-
tain 50 yards, be 20 inches wide, and weigh 90
pounds.
lnc max canvass 10 De OF ltie utSN VlhllN bWtf
rotfed fax, manufactured in the best style Of work
manshp, the fax to be well hatchelcd and free from
tow the yarn 10 be freed from mucilage by boiling II
IN weak lie before II IS woven-and woven without
starch or szing-yarns to be double threaded slight
ly twisted; each bolt 10 have blue thread woven
throughout SIS inch from the selyage.
The cotton canvass TO be Of the best quality Of ma
tcrials and workmanship, each bolt 10 have blue
thread woven throughout at the following distances
from the solyage viz No. 2, rs inch No. 3 So
4 u = ....l .nIN NJ. pd - inch
Said canvass must conform to the samples Of the
same the respective Navy Yards be subject 10 such
tests and inspection the Chief Of said Bureau may
direct or authorize and be IN all respects to his
tire satisfaction or to the satisfaction of the Com
mandants Of the said Navy Yards, respectively.
Proposals wilt also, be received at this Bureau
Ill O'Clock, D. m, of 3Oth April next, for furnish
ing and delivering al the respective Navy Yards at
Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Chsrlcstown, Massa-
cbusetts BROOKLYN, New York Philadelphia Wash
ing District Of Columbia Gospou, Virginia and
the Baltimore Naval Station, such quantities Of
Bolt and sheet copper, and
Round, fiat and square iron,
that NAV be ordered by the respective Commanding
Officers of said Navy Yards and Naval Station, or by
the Navy Agents respectively, during the year lS43,
for the use Of the Navy Of the United States. Per-
sons offering to furnish copper and iron are referred
TO the respective Commandans and Ner, Ng~|- -
the particular sizes and description That VIII be re-
oured These articles, also, 70 be subject TO such
,ss and inspection as the Chief Of said Bureau may
aoc, ar au,horize and be entirely t0 his satsisc-
ton or satisfactory to the respective Commandment
All deliveries must be at the risk and expense OF
the Contractor and the articles must conform TO the
s,pnlatons and conditions Of the contracts TO be en-
tered into.
To he published three times a week in the follow
inc papers onIy viz Madisonian and lnielligencer,
District Of Columbia Morning Post Boston Jour
nal of Commerce aud Morning Post, New iork'
American Sentinel and Public Ledger, Philadelphia
Republican, Baltimore Richmond Enquirer '"EF
MIA
March 3O-3tawt30th April