The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-02-04
White Oak and Yellow Pine Timber Lumber, for
the Navy.

NAVY DEPARTMENT.
Bureau Of Construction, Equipment, and Repair,
SEALED PROPOSALS win be received al tRis bureau
- until O'Clock, p of the 18th February next for fur
follows;
At the Nary Yard at Portsmouth, NJ H.
10000 cubic feet white oak and $1,000 cubic feet of vel
low pine timber.
At the Navy Yard at Charlesto,cn, Mass
30 600 cubic feet of white oak timber,
$4,000 cubic feet OF yellow pine timber,
10000 superficial feet of one-nch white pine 5s5
10000 superficial feet Of oneand-a- quarter-inch
10000 superficial feet Of oneanda-half inch ID ;,
% 400 white pine plank, 55E=
5000 superficial feet of three-nch white pine plank,
10000 superficial feet of hreench white pine plank best
No 3, 70, stage plank to be 80 feet long, and to
At the Nary Yard, at Brooklyn, N. Y
1900 cubic feet OF white oak timber.
25,O00 cubic feet of yellow pine timber.
5000 superficial feet of eveneigtlnch cypress boards.
10000 superficial feet of one-anda-q.rter-inch cypress
IONS q Ii tie he N Va, y Yard ai P Pa
5000 cubic feet of while oak timber.
1000 cubic feet Of yellow pine tim Der.
At the Nary Yard al Gospor, Ia.
$4,000 cubic feet Of white oak timber.
10000 cubic feet of yellow pine timber
At the Nary Yard at Pensacola.
10 900 cubic feet OF white oak timber.
900 cubic feet of yellow pine timber.
And yellow pine timber for topnasts, viz,
Six sticks large enough work o. feet long and i9h inches
Six sticks large enough 81 feet long and l9A inches
diameter.
Nine sticks large enough to long and IA inches
diameter.
Nine sticks large enough work as feet long and i inches
diameter.
The offers price per cubic foot at the above d
All the timber excepting that for topmasts at Pensacola
acreage oryve feet and be less than b feet
in lengths one,haf Of the quantity a, each yard must
than fourteen inches at the top end OF the sticks The
white oas timber must be fogg"iea % ~, 70 Se
edge. The white oak must have wane exceeding one
yellow pine have more sap than eeighth of the breadth
OF the face from each but the contents OF all sap
timber must be ielled between the LIST OF October and the
Isl Of April The pine must be of the best quality, of long
leaf, fine gran sound and ires southern yellow pine, and
all The timber must from heart wind shakes bad
knots short crooks and all other defects and that and all
ton OF the commandants OF the respective yards where hey
10 be delivered, and be subject to Inspection and
measurement OF persons TO be designated 10y them
Contractors may deliver suits their
nience but onehird the quantity of each OF the
before first day of October two-thds before
the first day OF March, siS aud the whole before the
Separate oilers viii be received for the pine timber
for opmasts at Pensacola or the cypress boards and
New York; for the white pune boards and plank
for the nayyyard, Charesown, and for not
low pine timber The offers for each navy-yari must be
separate and distinct.
feel of being able deliver within the times above
specified, extension OF time Will under any c!rcum
Stances be granted and loreitues viii be rgdy enforced
The department 10 itself the privilege OF reject
ing offers made by persons who have heretofore failed TO
complete contracts At II should deem advisable Tor the
public interests
Every offer made must be accompanied, as directed in
the of Congress making appropriations for the naval
service Tor 1857 approved 10Th August, 1910, by writ
guaranty, signed by responsible persons, 10
the effect he they undertake that the bidder bid
ders WILL If his their bid be accepted, enter into ob
CATION within five days with good and sufficient surctes
furnish the supplies proposed No proposal will be con-
sidered unless accompanied by such guaranty.
Bonds with approved snreties in one half the es-
mated amount the respective contracts viii be required
and ten per in addition VIII be withheld from the
amount each be made collateral security
for the and faithful performance OF the respective
tracts which will account be paid until the contracts
complied with all respects Aier deducting ten per
cent payment Will be made by the United States within
thirty days after rpicde bills duly certified and approved
shall be presented to the navy agent
To be published once week for four weeks in the fol-
lowing papers, Union and National lnteligencer
Washington, d. G. Eastern Argus Portland, Me. Angus
Ia Age, Me. New Hampshire Patriot, Concord N. ii. ;
Morning Post, Daily Times, and Boston Courier Boston,
Mass Journal of Commerce., Morning News, and Evening
Post N Y Pennsylvanan Public Ledger, and Keystone,
Philadelphia, Pa. Republican and sun, Baltimore, Md.
Beacon Norfolk, Va; New Era Portsmouth, Va. Stand
ard, Raleigh, n. C.. Mercury, Charleon c. Constit-
tiohaist, Augusta, Ga. and Register, Mobile, Ala.
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