The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-12-29
PROPOSALS FOR NAVY rIMBER

NAVY DEPARTMENT. }
Bureau OF Construction, Equipment, and Repair
9th December, IS55
SEALED PROPOSALS, endorsed Proposars
~ Jor Timber, will be received at his Bureau un-
M O'Clock, t. NJ, of the 10Th OF January next
Tor furnishing and delivering on or before the lst
July; 1916, the following quantities and kinds of
Timber, viz
at The Nary Yard, Gosport VTrginia
10000 cubic feet of white oak plank stocks, none
less than 80 feet in length to average IS feet and
no less than IA inches square at the top end
5O,OOO cubic feet fine grain, long leaf southern
yellow pine plank stocks mono less than 40 feet in
engh TO average I5 feet, and not less than Is inch
Is square at the top end.
o,OOO cubic feet of white pine plank stocks, none
less than 80 feet in length and I, average 40 feet
and not less than Is inches square at the top end
no but-cus Of white oaiI timber, to be fee from
shakes and sap, viz:
20 pieces % feet long, is inches wide, and II inch
thick.
90 pieces 30 feet long, l6 inches wide, and inch
thick.
35pieces is feet long, 10 inches wide, and o inch
thick.
80 pieces u feet long, Is inches wide, and inch
thick.
The following spruce pine sticks spars, and
poles:
The diameter of the
90 sticks of 45 to so feet long top ends to be one
30 sticks of 81 to 55 feet long inch for every S
80 sticks of % To co feet long, feet of the length
% sticks OF 60 to 65 feet long, Prices to be stated
70 sticks of 90 10 20 feet long, per stick of the
different lengths.
so spars OF 9 inches diameter,
90 spars of inches diameter, n
10 skars OF Z inches diameter, l|es W DC St"Ieu
80 spars OF inches diameter, Pe' I"0h
lpO spars oil inches diameter,
10 poles OF not less than 30 feet long the prize
per !c.
100 pieces of yellow locust not less than feet
long and not less than IL inches in diameter at the
small end.
To be deliuered at he Navy Yard Portsmouth, ~ IL
1000 cubic feet of white OF light description;
OK plank stocks, length and sizes
lOOOO cubic feet OF yellow those rComre5 nj
the ctlers for the plank stocks, white oak and
locust pieces, must be for the cubic foot
separate proposals must be made for each Yard,
ana Tor the white oak, the yellow pine the white
pine and spruce and for the locust timber. The
whole must be of the Best quality and cut before
the first day Of April next and must be i'm MI re
spccts to the entire satisfaction of the Communicates
oil Sald Navy Yards, respectively, and subject TO
rect. " "
Bonds to one half the amount of the contracts
Which may be made, with two good and sufficient
surcHcS, vii! b. required for their faithful cx,cn
lion, in addition to deduction of 10 Der cont from
all bills which may be approved and DoiI hcf,r,
the completion of the contracts, which will be re-
according to their terms
=, oiic's must be made in strict conformity with
the terms OF this advertisement.
IT contracts are not executed within five dovs E
ter they nave been received BY the persons whose
oilers have been accepted the Bureau will considc~
lt5eli at liberty to offer it to the lowest rcspon
10 be published once a week for four weeks in
the following papers, viz:
l, Union and Intclligencer, Washington, d. C. :;
Eastern Argus, at Portland, Age at Augusta Nc
New Hampshire Patriot at Concord, N II HIorn
ing r"St' i'oson Mass; Journal of Commerce
E mGInnlng NG%si Evening Post. New York; Penn
syiVan!an, Philadelphia, Pa. Republican,, BaIG-
more, Md. Beacon, at Norfolk New Era, at port
mouth, virginia; STANDARD, at Raleigh, n. c.
m. ING ,Peis containing the above advertisement
VIII DC forwarded to the Bureau, evidence of
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