The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-04-14
FLAX AND COTTON CANvAss-COPPER
AND IRON.

BUREAU Con-, EauIr., s. REPAIR,
29th March, lS43.
PROPOSALS will be received at this Bureau, un-
i til 3 o'clock, p. m, of the 30th April next, for
furnishing and delivering by the LIST September next,
at the Navy Yards Brooklyn, New York, and Cos
port Virginia, respectively the following quantities
Of Flax and Cotton Canvass, viz:
At Brooklyn, Netc 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 con-
tain SO yards. be 20 inches wide, and weigh "a
pounds.
50 bolts Cotton Canvass, No. each bot to con-
tain SO yards, be 20 inches wide, and weigh %
pounds.
100 bolts Cotton Canvass, No. l0-each bolt TO con-
tain so yards, be 10 inches wide, and weigh &c
pounds.
And at Gosport, Virginia.
100 bolts Flax Canvass, No. 3-each bolt to contain
40 yards, be 20 inches wide, and weigh IS
pounds.
Is bolts Cotton Canvass, No. 2-each bolt to CON
tain 50 yards, be 20 inches wide, and weigh AZ
pounds.
25 bolts Cotton Canvass, No. 3-each bolt to con-
tain so yards, be 20 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 26
pounds.
The fax canvass TO be of the best quality ,oaer
rotied flax manufactured in the best style Of work
msnshp the flax TO be well hatcheled and free from
tow the yarn be freed from mucilage by boiling il
in weak lie before IL is woven-and woven without
starch or szing-yans TO be double threaded, slight
Nv twisted; each bolt to have a blue thread woven
throughout So inch from the sclyagc.
The cotton canvass TO be a the best quality Of ma
terials and workmanship, each bolt to have a blue
0bnt.f af he fol
from the selvage, viz No. q rs inch No 3, So
inch No. 6, | 3-S inch and Nos and TO- 10 inch.
Said canvass must conform to the samples Of the
same at the respective Navy Yards be subject 10 such
tests and inspection as the Chief Of said Bureau may
direct or authorize and be in all respects to his
tire satisfaction, to the satisfaction Of the Com
mandsuts Of the said Navy Yards, respectively.
Proposals WILL also, be received at this Bureau
til O'Clock, q. m Of Goth April nert for furnish
ing and delivering at the respective Navy Yards at
Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Cbarlestown, Massa-
chusetts Brooklyn, New York Philadelphia Wash
ing. District Of Columbia Gosport, Virginia and
the Baltimore Naval Station, such quantities Of
Bolt and sbce, copper, and
Round, fat, and square iron,
tina, NAV be ordered by the respective Commanding
Oeicers of said Navy Yards and Naval Station, 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 referred
10 the respective Commandments and Navy Agents for
the particular sizes and description that will be re-
CURED These articles, also, to be subject to such
tests and inspection the Chief Of said Bureau may
direct or authorize and be entirely IN his satisfao-
ton or satisfactory to the respective Commandments,
All deliveries must be at the risk and expense oil
the Contractor; and the articles must conform to the
.pulatons and conditions Of the contracts 70 be Gu
tered into.
To be published three times week IN The follow
;no paper. orIu viz: Hadisonian and InteiIgencef,
D,.trie, Of Columbia Morning Post, Boston Jour
| nal of Commerce and Morning Post, New iork )
American sentinel and Public Ledger, Philadelphia ;
psn,,hl,o,n. baltimore; Richmond Enquirer, Vrg'-
| mia.
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