The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-04-08
NAVY SUPPLIES.
NAVY DEpARrnEgr,

Bureas Of Provisions and Clothing,
March Is, o4A.
SEPARATE PROPOSALS, sealed and endorsed
~ Proposals or Navy sippiie" viii be received at
this Bureau until 3 O'clock, +. NJ, on Monday the
I'D day OF April next for furnishing and delivering al
The United States Navy Yards at Charestown, Mass
Brooklyn, N. Y, and Gosport, Va, such quantities
OF the following articles may be required or or
dered from the Contractors by the Chief Of the Blu
reau of Provisions and Clothing, by the respective
commanding officers OF the said Navy Yards, during
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1915, for the OF
the Navy OF the United States viz :;
Flour, Biscuit, Whisky, Sugar, Tea, Coffee Cocoa,
Butter, Molasses, Beans Vinegar Pickles, Raisins,
dried Apples, and Tobacco.
The said Flour shall be Of the manufacture OF
wheat grown in the year l843, or 1914, perfectly
sweet, and IN all respects OF the best quality and
when required for shipment abroad, shall be fully
equal TO the best description Of Richmond Flour, in
all the qualities essential to its preservation in tropi
cal climatesi and shall be delivered in good, sound
bright barrels, with lining hoops at each head, and
IN good shipping ORDER free OF all charge to the United
States.
The said Biscuit shall be made wholly from swee,
superne flour, of the manufacture of the year 1913
or 1874 and shall be fully equal in quality, and con-
form IN size, to the samples which lodged in
the SAID Navy Yards: Shall be thoroughly kiln dried
well packed, and delivered free of charge the United
States, IN good, sound, well dried, bright flour bar
rels, with the heads well secured or in tight whisky
or spirit casks or barrels, when required
The said Whisky shall be made wholly from grain,
OF which at least two-third parts shall be rye-shal
be copper distilled, and full first proof according to
the United States Custom House slandard-it shall be
delivered in good, sound bright, well hooped, white
oak barrels, with white oak heads and each barrel
SHALL when required, be coopered with four good and
sufficient iron hoops, and the whole shall be put in
good shipping order, free Of all charge to the United
States
The Sugar shall be equal to the best Havana brown.
Tie Tea shall be Of good quality, Young Hyson
equal TO samples at said Navy Yards.
The Coffee shall be equal to the best Cuba Coffee.
The Cocoa shall be perfectly clean and sound, two
third parts TO be equal in quality to the best Para and
onethrd part equal in quality to the best Caracas
The Butter shall be OF first quality table Butter,
worked clear of all fluids, and be delivered in sea-
soned white oak kegs, of about eighty pounds each
The Moasses shall be the best quality New Or
leans Molasses, and the casks shall be thoroughly
coopered and placed in the best shipping condition.
The Vinegar shall be of first quality, Cider Vine
gar, and when required for shipment; shall be tho
roughly coopered, and placed in the best shipping
condition.
The Beans shall be sound and good and when re.
CURED for shipment shall be delivered in tight spirit
or whisky casks, air and water proof
The Raisins shall be best quality bunch Raisns
and when required for shipment, shall be delivered in
good, strong, substantial boxes
The Dried Apples shall be of approved quality
and when required for Shipment they shall be deliv.
cred in tight spirit casks whisky barrels or half
barrels
The Pickles shall be put in kegs not exceeding If
teen gallons each the kegs to be of seasoned white
oak or " hte ash and when required for shipment
they shall be delivered in strong salt brine vine
gar, as may be required.
The Tobacco shall be equal in quality TO the sam
piles at the said Navy Yards none of il shall be man.
uiactured during the winter months; all shall have
undergone natural sweat and be branded with the
name OF the manufacturer, year when, and the place
where il was manufactured and be delivered in
strong boxes containing about fifty and one hundred
pounds each.
All the foregoing described articles shall be sub
jec to such inspection the Chief OF the Bureau of
Provisions and Clothing may direct, and be in all res
poets perfectly satisfactory to the Inspecting Officer
said Officer to be appointed by the Navy Depart
ment All inspections to be at the place Of delivery.
Biscuit may, however, if il be the wish Of the Con-
tractor, be inspected at the place Of manufacture
to lis quality but will be subject to inspection as to
it, condition, at the place of delivery.
The quantity of these articles which will be re-
CURED cannot be precisely staed-lhey will proha-
hly be about