The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-10-09
BuSEAu or CossrnUerIos, EavwnEsr, q RErAIs,
n,fohar 1914


October 2, 1874.
CEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this
- Bureau until O'Clock, +. M, of the I'd day Of
November next for furnishing and delivering at the
respective Navy Yards hereinafter mentioned the ar
uoies which are specified TO be delivered at each,
viz;
Day PAINTS, RAW LINsEED On, SPIRrs OF
TURPENTINE, SrERMAcErI On, AND
SPERMAoET CANDLES,
Al each Of the Nsvysrds at CHARLEsrows Massa-
chusetts BRooKLYE, New York. and GosroRT, Vir-
gina;
Fourteen thousand pounds White Lead
Fifteen hundred pounds Spanish Whiting
Two thousand pounds French Yellow Ochre
Twelve hundred pounds, pure dry, Lamp Black
Six hundred pounds Red Lead
Two hundred pounds Verdigis
One hundred pounds Venetian Red
Five hundred pounds Ltharge
One thousand gallons raw Lnseed Oil
Three hundred gallons Spirits of Turpenne
Twenly-iour hundred gallons winter strained SPer-
maceu Oil
Fourteen thousand pounds spermaceti Candles.
AT each of the Navy Yards near PORTSMOUTH,
New Hampshire; at PHILADELPHIA, * WAsHIKoq ON,
d. c..
Two thousand pounds White Lead
FIVE hundred pounds pure dry, Lamp Black
One hundred and fifty gallons raw Linseed Oil
thirty gallons Spirits OF Iurpentine
Two hundred and forty gallons winter strained
Spetmaceti 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 linseed oil and spirits of lurpenne, and
thirdly for the spermacet oil and candles. The Of
1ers Tor each class of articles must embrace all the
articles enumerated in the class giving the price ask
I'd per pound for the paints and candles and per gal
lnr for yhs,s lie 4
the quantities OF the several articles must also be
red out and the aggregate cost OF each class made
by the person Offering Persons offering must specify in
their offer that they will agree to furnish the prices
stated in their offer any additional quantity of any of
the articles offered, not exceeding one half, which
may be required Of them on before the first day of
july 1916, upon receiving sixty days previous notice.
No offers will be considered which are not made
comfortably to these directions.
Two persons, whose responsibility must be certi-
fled by some Navy Agent, Commandant of a 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 offering, if their bid
should be accepted.
All articles must be of the best quality, delivered
in good, well secured casks boxes or other
and the different articles and packages are to be
to such inspection and tests may be directed by the
commandments OF the respective yards, and be in all
respects TO their satisfaction, 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 or before the first day of March
next; and In case of non delivery in time. the United
States officers to have the right to purchase at the
risk and cost OF the contractors and their sureties.
Payments will be made within thirty days after
the 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 will
not be paid till the contract is completed according
TO its terms
To be published three times week, until the ID
of November, in the Msdisonian, and Spectator,
Washington, d. c. New Hampshire Gazette Morn
ing Post, and Daily Times, Boston Sun and Journal
of Commerce, New York; American Sentinel and
Public Ledger, Philade phia Republican and Sun,
Baltimore Beacon and Old Dominion, Norfolk,
Virginia.
Oct 3-3tawt2Nov.