The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-10-23

BUREAU or Constructions, EQUIPMENT, q RErAiR,
October O. 1874.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this
~ Bureau until 3 o'clock r NJ. of the I'd day OF
November next for furnishing and delivering at the
respective Navy Yards hereinafter mentioned the
teies which are specified 10 be delivered at each
| viz
Day PAINTS, RAW LISsEED On, SPIRrTs or
| TuRPENTINE, SpERmACETi Oh, AND
| SPERNAoETI CANDLES,
| AT each of the Navyards at CnARLEsTowN, Massa-
chusetts BRooKLYN, New York, and GosroRT Vlr-
| gina
Fourteen thousand pounds White Lead
| Fifteen hundred pounds Spanish Whiting
| Two thousand pounds French Yellow Ochre
Twelve hundred pounds, pure dfy, Lamp Black
SIX hundred pounds Red Lead
Two hundred pounds Verdigris
One hundred pounds Venetian Red
Five hundred pounds Liiharge
One thousand gallons raw Lnseed Oil
| Three hundred gallons Spirits Of Turpen,ine
Twenty-four hundred gallons winter strained Sper-
macet Oil
| Fourteen thousand pounds Spermaceti Candles.
| AT each of the Navy Yards near PORTSMOUTH,
New Hampshire; at PHILADELPHIA, & WAsnINGl ON,
| DC
| Two thousand pounds White Lead
| FIVE hundred pounds, pure dry, Lamp Black
! One hundred and fifty gallons Linseed Oil
ihHty gallons Spirits oil lurpentne
Two hundred and forty gallons winter strained
Spefmaceti Oil
| Five hundred pounds Spermaceti 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 turpenne and
lhirdly for the spermacei oil and candles. The Of
fers for 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
lon Tor the oils and spirits of tuPentine the cost of
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 at 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 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-
fed by some Navy Agent Commandant of Navy
Yard, or other person known to the Chief OF the Blu
eau, must state upon the offer their readiness to be-
come suretes for the persons off ring, if their bid
| should be accepted.
| All articles must be of the best quality delivered
In good, well secured casks boxes other packap
and the different articles and packages be subject
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 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 cont actors 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 amount of all bills render
ed before the completion of the contract, and will
not be paid till the contract is completed according
| 10 its terms
TO be published three times week, until the I'd
of November, in the Madisonan, 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,
Virginia
| Oct 3-3tawt2Nov.