The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-01-08
PROPOSALS FoRNAVY TIMBER

PROPOSALS FOR NAVY TIMBER.
NAVY DEpARTmENr,
Bureau or Construction, Equipment, and Repair,
9Th December, 1915.
SEALED PROPOSALS, endorsed Proposals
~ for Timber, will be received at his Bureau un-
I'll O'Clock, F. NJ, of the 10Th of January next
for furnishing and delivering, on or before the st
July, 1916. the following quantities and kinds of
Timber, viz
At The Nary Yard, Gosport Vfrginia.
80 900 cubic feet of white oak plank stocks. none
less than 80 feet in length to avcra &C 45 feet and
no less than IA inches square at the top end
so 900 cubic feet fine grain long leaf southern
yellow pine plank stocks4nonc less than 40 feet i'm
cngth, to average 40 feet, and not less than l6 inch
Is square at the top end.
5000 cubic feet of white pine plank stocks none
less than 80 feet in length and to average 40 feet
and not less than l6 inches square at the top end
ITO but-cuts of white oak timber, to I've fec from
all defects and to he measured clear of all heart
shakes and sap, viz:
20 pieces % feet long, is inches widc and II inch
thick.
30 pieces 20 feet long, l6 inches wide, and inch
Cs thick.
35pieccs is feet long, l6 inches wide, and inch
thick.
30 pieces - feet long, 10 inches wide. and inch
thick.
The following spruce pine sticks, spars, and
poles;
I The diameter of the
30 sticks of 40 to so feet long, top ends to be one
80 sticks of 81 to 50 feet long, inch for every S
80 sticks of 80 to GO feet long, feet of the len eth
~ sticks oil 60 to 90 feet long Prices to be stated
20 sticks of Go to 10 feet long, per stick of the
different lengths.
so spars OF inches diamcter,0
% spars of inches diameter,
10 skars OF I inches diameter, Us i" " '''e"
IS soars OF 6 inches diameter per inch.
100 Spars of inches diameter,
10 poles of net less than 30 feet long the price
per pole.
100 pieces of yellow locust, not less than fee.
long and not less than inches in diameter at the
small end.
To be deliuered at the Navy Yard Portsmouth, NJ III
1920 cubic bic feet of white of light description
1 J po"k soSs GSspor fe9 Vrsna
The offers for the plank stocks white oak and
locust pieces, must be for the cubic foot.
Separate proposals must be made for each Yard
and for the white oak, the yellow pinc 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 in all re
spccs to the entire satisfaction of the Commandants
of said Navy Yards, respectively, and subject tu
such inspection and measurement as they may di-
rect.
Bonds to one. half the amount of the contracts
winch may be made, with two good and sufficient
sure:es will be required for their faithful cxccu
ton, in addition TO deduction OF 10 per cent from
all bills which may be approved and paid before
the completion of tho contracts, which will BE- re
tanned until they arc fully completed in all respects
according to their terms.
Ofc's must be made in strict conformity vial
the terms OF this advertisement.
II contracts are not executed within five days af
ter thcy have been received by the persons whose
offrs have been accepted, the Bureau will conside.
Itself at liberty to offer it to the next lowest rcspnn
sible bidder.
To be published once week for four weeks in
the following papers, viz:
Union and mtcligencer, Washington, d. C.
Eastern Argus, at Portland, Age, at Augusta, Me
! Ne" Hampshire Patriot, at Concord, n. II. Morn
| ing Post, Boston, Mass; Journ,l of Commerce
| Morning News, Evening POST New York Penn.
| sylVanion, Philadelphia, Pa. Republican, Balt
more, Md. Beacon, at Norfolk. New Era at Ports
mouth, Virginia; Standard, at Raleigh, y. C.
The papers containing the above advertisement
| VIII be forwarded to the Bureau, evidence o
! publication Dec S-M4w