The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-10-11

EuREAU or Construction, EQUIPMENT, & REPAIR,
October 2, 1874
CEALED PROPOSALS will be received al this
- Bureau until 3 o'clock p M. of the I'd day Of
November next for furnishing and delivering at the
respective Navy Yards hereinafter mentioned the
ticies which are specified to be delivered al each,
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Dry PAINTS, RAW LINsEED On, SPIRITS OF
TURPENTINE, SPERMACET on, AND
SPERMAoEr CANDLES,
Al each of the Navyards at CHARLEsrowN, Massa-
chusetts BRooKLYN, New York, and GosroRT, yn-
gina:
Fourteen thousand pounds White Lead
Fifteen hundred pounds Spanish Whiting
Two thousand POUNDS French Yellow Ochre
Twelve hundr, pounds, pure dry, Lamp Black
Six hundred pounds Red Lead
Two hundred pounds Verdigris
One hundred pounds Venetian Red
Five hundred pounds Lharge
One thousand gallons raw Llnseed Oil
Three hundred gallons Spirits of Turpen,ine
Twenty-four hundred gallons wner strained Sper-
maceu Oil
Fourteen thousand pounds Spermaceti Candles
At each of the Navy Yards near PORTSMOUTH,
New Hampshire; al PHILADELPHIA, Il WAsHiNGl ON,
ID. G.
Two thousand pounds White Lead
Five hundred pounds pure dry, Lamp Black
One hundred and fifty gallons raw Liseed Oil
Thirty gallons Spirits of Turpentine
Two hundred and forty gallons winter strained
Spermaceti Oil
Five hundred pounds Spermacet Candles.
The offers must be made separately for each Ma
Wy Yard, and separately first for the paints, second
ly for the nseed oil and spirits of turpentine and
thirdly for the spermaceli oil and candles The Of
fers for each class of articles must embrace all the
articles enumerated in the class giving the price ask
ed per pound for the paints and candles and per gal
lon for the oils and spirits OF turpentne the cost of
the quantities OF the several articles must also be
rled out and the aggregate cost oil each class made up
by the person offering Persons Offering must specify in
their offer that they will agree TO furnish at the prices
stated in their offer any additional quantity of any Of
the articles offered, not exceeding half, which
may be required of them before the first day of
July, 1876 upon receiving sixty days previous notice
No offers will be considered which are not made
conformably TO these directions.
Two persons, whose responsibility must be certi-
fled by some Navy Agent, Commandant of Navy
Yard, or other person known to the Chief of the Blu
Ieau, must state upon the offer their readiness to be-
come suretes for the persons of ring, if their bid
should be accepted.
All articles must be of the best quality, delivered
in good well secured casks boxes, or other packages
and the different articles and packages to be subject
to such Inspection and tests may be directed by the
commandants of the respective yards and be 10 all
respects TO their satisfaction, or they will not be
ceived. They must all be delivered on or before the
first day of May next and at least one half Of each
OF the articles on before the first day of March
next; and in case of non delivery in Tine the United
States officers 10 have the right to purchase at the
risk and cost of the contractors and their suretes.
Payments will be made within thirty days after
tie presentation to the Navy Agent of the Station,
of bills duly certified and approved, but ten per cent
will be deducted from the of all bills render
ed before the completion Of the contract, and i'll
not be paid till the contract is completed according
10 its terms.
To be published three times week. until the %
of November in the Madisonian, and Spectator,
Washington ID. c.; New Hampshire Gazette Morn
ing Post and Daily Times, Boston Sun and Journal
of Commerce, New York; American Sentinel and
Public Ledger, Philadelphia Republican and Sun,
Baltimore Beacon and Old Dominion, Norfolk,
Virginia.
Oct 3-3tawt2Nov.