The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-04-03
FLAX AND COTTON CANv Ass-COPPER
AND IRON.

BUREAU OF Con-, EauIp., & REPAIn,
29th March, l943.
PROPOSALS will be received at this Bureau, I'M
Il til O'Clock, p. m, of the Both April next, for
at the Navy Yards Brooklyn, New York, and Cos
port, Virginia, respectively, the following quantities
of Flax and Cotton Canvass, viz:
At Brooklyn, Ne,p York
$50 bolts Flax Canvass, No 3-each bolt to con-
tain 40 yards, be 20 inches wide, and weigh 35
SO bolts Cotton Canvass, No. 6--each bolt to con-
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 90 inches wide, and weigh %
pounds.
100 bolts Cotton Canvass, No. l0--each bolt TO
tain so yards be 20 inches wide, and weigh 26
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
25 bolts Cotton Canvass, No 2-each bolt to con-
tain SO 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 lO-each bolt to con-
tain SO yards be 20 inches wide, and weigh &c
pounds
The flax to be Of the best quality caier
roAed fax, manufactured in the best style Of work.
manship, the flax to be well hatcheed and free from
tow, the yarn be freed from mucilage by boiling it
in weak lie before it is wovcn-and woven without
starch sizngyarns to be double threaded, slight
ly twisted each bolt to have blue thread woven
throughout SO inch from the sewage
The cotton to be of the best quality Of ma
terials and workmanship, each bolt to have blue
thread woven throughout at the following distances
from, he selvaue viz No . q inch z I S-S
inch No. &, 3S inch and Nos. and TO- 7-s inch.
Said canvass must conform to the samples Of the
at the respective Navy Yards be subject to such
tests and inspection the Chief of said Bureau may
direct 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
til o'clock p. m, of 3Oth April next for furnish
ing and delivering at the respective Navy Yards at
Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Charles,own, 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, fiat, and square iron,
that may be ordered by the respective Commanding
Officers of said Navy Yards and Naval Station, by
the Navy Agents. respectively, during the year ls43
for the of the Navy Of the United States. Per-
to the respective Commandments and Navy Agents for
the particular sizes and description that will be
CURED These articles, also, to be subject TO such
tests and inspection the Chief Of said Bureau may
direct authorize, and be entirely to his satsiac-
ton, satisfactory to the respective Commandments
All deliveries must be at the risk and expense OF
the Contractors and the articles must conform to the
spulations and conditions Of the contracts 10 be
tered into.
To be published three times week in the follow
ing papers only, viz Msdisonian and Intelgencer,
| District of Columbia Morning Post, Boston; Jour
nal of Commerce and Morning Post New York
American Sentinel and Public Ledger, Philadelphia
Republican, Baltimore Richmond Enquirer, Virgi-
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