The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-05-25
stationery, Printing, and Binding.
Navy DEPARTMENT, May ~, 1886.
HEpA n TIE SEALED PROPOSAL LIS

Navy DErARraEHr, May "a, 1886.
CEPARATEs SEALED PROPOSALS.
- will be received at the Office Of the Secretary OF
the Navy, until o'clock, p. M, OF Monday, The
22d day of June aext for furnishing all the station
cry and executing all the printing and binding that
may be required by the Navy Department and its
several bureaus for the year commencing LIST July,
1886, and ending on the Both June, ls47.
Ali the articles furnished and work executed,
must be of the best quality, delivered without delay
when ordered and the satisfaction of the head Of
the Office for which they are required. II be re
CURED each bidder for stationery must furnish with
his proposal a sample Of each article bid for. .
To insure uniformity in the proposals, blank
forms will be furnished to those disposed TO bid and
bid will be considered, not fully conforming TO the
advertisement and in which each and every article
is not bid for, and in which more than one price is
named for any one article.
Bond, in sufficient amount, with two or more APP
proved sureties for the faithful execution of the con-
tract will be required Of the person persons
tracing, The authorized name or names Of the
suretes that will be given, also satisfactory testl-
monials to fulfil a contract must accompany the bid
otherwise il will not be considered. ID
The department reserves to itself the right of or
denng greater or less quantity Of each and every
article contracted for, as the public service may
qulre
sTArIosERY.
Paper Of linen stock.
10 reams folio post paper, blue or white, ruled
weighing IT lbs. per ream
10 reams Owen & Hurlbert's superior blue laid
foolacap, ruled
30 reams Southworths extra superfne Congress
foolscap, wove, blue or white, ruled, not to
weigh less than IL lbs. per ream
40 reams Southworth's Congress extra superfns
quarto post paper, blue or white, ruled, OF
Of any other manufacture Of equal quality
not TO weigh less than ~ lbs. per ream
20 resms Jessup's first class quarto post woye or
laid hlaeo rxuhIf Mad Iha
20 reams Platner, Smith & Co.'S extra superfne
blue wove quarter post paper, ruled, weigh
ing 81 lbs. per ream
40 reams best yellow or buff enveloPing paper,
fiat
20 reams best white enveloping paper, smooth
surface, fiat, 90 by rs inches
5 reams note paper, gilt edged
70 an copying or tissue so paper qss,'0 post
reams best French quarto post paper, ruled
200 sheets best tracing paper, 40 by 81 inches
10 reams blotting paper, royal
200 sheets best drawing paper from medium to
antiquarian
500 sheets OF parchment best prepared IA by Is
100 dozen cards steel pens, (the department to have
the liberty ofselecting from all the differ
ent kinds manufactured, English or Ameri-
can, in the market,) IL on a card
! gross Damascus pens, in boxes with one dozen
holders, per gross
gross of any of Jos. GilIou's pens lin boxes)
the department may select
- cards engineers pens
II cards photographic pens
dozen quart bottles Maynard & Noyes black
ink
dozen quart bottles Hoover's black ink
do do blue ink
3 do do best London copying ink
pint jugs, Arnold's or Tery's
4 dozen gill bottles Arnod's red ink
500 swan quilts, best quality
1000 quilts No. 80, opaque or clarified
$50 crow or brandt quilts
IS dozen red tape No IS TO No. IS
6 dozen silk taste
dozen penknives, blades, Rodgers & Sons
best, or Wharncliffe
dozen erasers, ivory handles, in cases, Rodg-
ers& Sons manufacture
2 dozen pair Of shears and scissors
3 dozen ivory folders, inches
dozen Carrington's parallel rulers
dozen sand-boxes, cocoa wood
dozen understands, do
dozen pounce-boxes, do
] do do ivory
dozen wafer stamps, ivory handles
"a dozen black lead pencils, Monroe's best, grad
dozen best American drawing pencils, grad
dozen Cohens red lead pencils
2 dozen sable brushes, assorted
2 dozen camel's hair brushes, assorted
-~ dozen cut glass inkstands, 81 inches square,
Q dozen sticks best India ink
30 pounds best superfne scarlet sealing-wax
20 pounds second quality do do
Is pounds best quality waters
10 pounds gum Arabic
pounds pounce
10 pounds best cotton Irvine
10 pounds best fax Irvine
1000 large Office waters for department seal
"a paper weights Of brass, composition, or lead
60 quarts black sand
5000 copies of Navy Register in BREWER type, about,
lao pages, on folio post, 6vo., mostly rule
and figure work, with blue printed covers
folding, stitching and paper included !
40 copies of Navy Register, same matter overrun
into quarto form, to be half bound
10 copies Navy Register to be nterleaved and
feint-lined, half bound, with spring backs,
and marginal induces !
Circulars, paper included
IS reams quarto post, writing paper, l, 2, 3, or
4pages
SO reams foolscap, writing paper, l. 2, 3, or 4
Blanks, paper included
80 reams demi, folio post, foolscap, or quarto
post ~
Bookwork, exclusive of paper, viz:
Composition per 1000 ems
Presswork, per token
BINDING.
10 volumes of newspapers, daily, per yearly vol.
10 do do weekly, tri, or semi
weekly, per yearly vol. 5'|' "
so volumes Of books, l2mo, 6vo., 4to., or folio,
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