The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1847-02-06
WHITE OAK AND YELLOW PINE
TIMBER AND LUMBER, FOR THE NAVY

Navy DEPARTMENT,
bureau Of Construction, Equipment and Repair,
January Is, lS47.
SEALEp PROPOSALS will be received at this
~ Bureau until o'cL ok, p. NJ. OF the 18th Feb.
rnary next, for furnishing and delivering Timber
and Lumber tor the Navy, IA follows:
Al he Navy Yard, al Portsmouth, NJ H.
10000 cubic feet of White oak and 900 cubic feet
OF yellow pine timber
ut The Nary Yard, at Charttso,pn DTass
$1,000 cubic feet of white oak timber,
% 600 cubic feet of yellow pine timber
0o'ooo superficial feet of onc-inch Whitley sHS
20, 900 supe rficial fret Of on n nd a. omar. =,
ter inch white pine plank e.
90 COO super fetal feet Of one ard half -
inch white pine plank Sg ?
$4,000 superficial feet of two.inch white 9EGE
pine plank, SEe
plank, hest No 2
10000 superficial feet of, three.inch white min,
plank, best No 3, for stage plank, I, lie g.
iect long. and to average ~ inches wide
AZ The Nary Ya-d, at Brookiyn NJ y
5,0OO cube feet of white oak timber,
25,0OO cubic feet of yellow pine timber,
$4,000 superficial feet of ghth iuch cypress
boar d.,
10000 superficial feet of one nd a -quarterncb CIV
press plank, aud
Is tons of = ,240 lbs. each large size lignumyi,n
AZ the Macy Yard, at Phicdeiphia
5000 cubic feet of white ak timber,
lo,OOJ cubic feet of yellow pine timber.
At The Nary Yard, at Gosport Ya
S0,0nO cnbic feet of white oak timtcr,
% OOo cubic feet Of yellow pine timber.
ut The Nduy Yard, at Pensacola
10 ,o00 cubic feet of white oak timber
10 900 cubic feet Of yellow rinc timber
AMI yellow pine timber, for topmasts viz:
SIX stcfs large enough to work 6 4 feet long anc
49, inches diameter,
Six sticks large enough to work 81 feet long and
~ inches diameter,
Fine sticks urge enough to work 40 feet long and
IA inches diameter,
Nine sticks large enough to work 46 feet LONG and
IA inches diameter,
The offers to state. price per cubic foot at the n
bovc dimensions
All the timber, excepting that for topmasts a,
Pensacola, must acreage FORTY five feet and none Il,
be eFs than SO feet in length one-haf OF the guam
uty at each Yard must square not less than twelve
riches, and ono half not less than fourteen inches
at the top end of the sticks The white oak tiIober
must be rouqh- squared, accordin to the growth
OF the tree, and the yellow pine hcwed to "A fair
edge The white oak must have no wanc exceed.
ing one fourth the width of the lace of the side as
squared, nor the yellow pine have more san than
"uc'eighth OF the breadth of the face ON each
corner; but the contents OF all sap will be excluded
In the measure ment OF the timber The timber
must he cllcd between the LIST of October and the
LIST April The pine must be OF the best oralitv of
leaf, fine grain sound AMI fresh, southern yellow
pine, aud all the timber must be free from heart or
wind shakes, bad knots, short crooks aud all other
dcircts and that, and all the other articls must
be OF quality to the entire satisfaction of the com
nandants of the respective Yards where they are
to be delivered, and be subject t. inspection and
measurement oi persons TO be dc. ign:,tcd by hem
Contractors may deliver "a soc n as suits their
convenience but at least third of the quantity
Of each of the articles must b. delivered by each
contractor for them before the first day of
March, 1913, aud the whole ON or before the first
day of July, 1913.
Separate offers will be received for the pine tim
her for 'opmasts at Pensacola for the cypress
boz rds and plank and for the gnumvitec at thu, Ma
Wy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, and for not
less than three thousand cubic feet of the white on
and ycllo pine timber The offers for each NAVY
Yard must he separate and di.tinct
Persons offering are desired to offer for no more
than they e certain of being able to deliver with
IN the times above specified extension of time
Will "nd1 any CIRCUMSTANCES, be granted, and for
FIXTURES will be rioidly enforced.
The department reserves to itself he privilege of
reJccting offers made by persons who have hereto
lore Jailed TO complete contracts, fit should deem
1t advisable for the public interests.
Every offer made must be acc onpanictl as direct
ed in the act of Congress king opra ons for
the naval service FIR 1867 approved 10th Au.
gust, 1916, by written guaranty, signed by one
or more responsible persons. 10 the effect that he or
they undertake that the bidder or bidders will if
h or their bid be accepted, enter into an obliga.
ton within five days, with good and sufficient
5uretics, TO furnish the supplies proposed No pro-
posal will be considered unless accompanied by
such guaranty.
estimated amount OF the respective contracts will
be required, and ten per ccntum i'm addition will
NC wl.hheio rom the amount of each payment to
he made, as collateral security for the due and
faithful performance Of the respective contracts
winch Will on no account be paid until TIE ontracts
arc complied with in al respects After ccduclinr
ten per cent. pa ynent will be made by the United
States within thirty days after tripiicsie bills dulv
certified and approved, shall be presented to Tie
To be published once a week for four weeks in
me following papers, viz Union and National In
teliigencer. Wa hington. d. c.; Eastern Argus,
Portland, Me-; Augusta Age, Me-. New Hamp.
shire Patriot, Conco'd, ~ H.; Morning Post, Daily
Times, and Boston Courier, Boston, Mass F.; Jour
nal OF Commerce, Morning Ncws, and Evening
POST N =; Pennsylvanian, Public Ledger, aud
Keystone, Philadelphia, Pa. Republican anC Sun
baltimore, N; D.; Beacon, Norflk, Va. New FRA,
Portsmouth, Va. Standard. Raleigh, N G Mer.
curry, Charleston, s. C.. ;ConstitutiOnaIist Augusta
Ga. and Register, Mobi G, Ala
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