The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-01-28

Bureau of Construction, Equipment, and k ,ep,
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this bureau
- until o'clock, of the 18th February next for fur
nishng and delivering timber and lumber for the navy as
follows:
AtMe Nary Yard at Portsmouth, Nh
900 cubic feet of white oak and 1900 cubic feet of yell
Atthe Nary Yard at Charlestoun, Mass.
80 coo cubic feet of white oak timber
2J,0 cubic feet of yellow pine timber,
$4,000 superficial feet OF one-nch white pine %
boards 5efS9
10000 superficial feet of one-anda-quarter inch
10000 superficial feet Of one-apd-a-haf inch - ;.
$4,000 superficial feet Of two-inch white pine gEgg
plank, 10 90 e
5000 superficial feet of three-nch white pine plank,
10000 superficial feet of threench white pine plank bes.
No 3, for stage plank, to be 80 feet long, and to
average IL inches wide.
Al the Navy Yard at Brooklyn, N, Y.
Is, 200 cubic feet of white oak timber.
5000 cubic feet OF yellow pine TIMBER.
10000 superficial feet of neutrality-suspicious. cypress
Is tons OF 22iO lbs. each, large size lignumvitn.
At the Navy Yard at Philadelphia.
5000 cubic feet of white oak timber.
5000 cubic ieetof yellow pine tim Der -
at the Nary Yard at Gosport, Va
SO, 900 cubic feet of white oak timber.
'''' At the Navy Yard al Pensacola,
10 600 cubic feet of white oak timber.
10, 900 cubic feet of yellow pine timber
And yellow pine timber, for topmasts viz:
Six sticks large enough to work 81 feet long and 9a inches
Six sticks large enough to work 81 long and l9s inches
Nine sticks large enough work 40 long and liz inches
Nine sticks large enough to work 46 long and AZ inches
diameter. .
The offers price per cubic foot AT the above d
All the timber, excepting that for topmass, Pensacola
must acreage oryive feet, and none to be less than 30 feet
square not less Than Twelve inches and one-hali less
than fourteen inches al the top end of the sticks The
white oak timber must be rolgsluaed, according 10 e
the and the yellow heWed To Il lalr
edge. The white oak must have no wane exceeding one
fourth the width of the face of sie squared, the
yellow pine sap than one-eigh of the breadth
of the face from each corner but the contents OF AL sap
timber be eled between the LIST of October and the
LIST OF April The pine must be the best quality of long
leaf grain, sound and tresh southern yellow pine, and
all the timber be free from heart wind shakes, bad
knots short crooks, and all other defects and that, and all
the other articles, mSs be OF quality TO the entire sasac
the commandments of the respective yards where they
are be delivered, and be subject to inspection and
measurement of persons to be designated by them.
Contractors may deliver suits their conve
nence, bu at least onhid of the quantity OF each OF the
articles must be delivered by each contractor Tor them ON or
before the first day of October next wohirds or before
the first day of March, Ss and the whole before the
Separate offers will be received for the pine timber
for topmasts at Pensacola for the cypress boards and
plank and for the lignuvite at the yard Brooklyn
New York; for the white pine boards and plank
for the maynard, Charesown, Massachusetts and for not
less than three thousand cubic feet OF the white oak and yell
low pine timber The offers for each navy-yard must be
separate and distinct
Persons offering desired to offer for no more than they
feel certain OF being able deliver within the times above
specified extension oil time WILL under any ctrcuD-
stances be granted and foreitres will be gidy enforced
The department itself the privilege OF REJECT
ing offers made by persons who have heretofore failed to
complete contracts If it should deem it advisable for the
public interests.
Every offer made must DO accompanied as directed in
the act of Congress making appropriations Tor The naval
service for 1857 approved 10Th August, lSio 10y writ
guaranty signed by responsible persons, 10
the effect that he they undertake thar the bidder or bid
ders WILL If his their bid be accepted, enter into ob
gation within days, with good and sufficient suretie
to furnish the supplies proposed NO proposal VIII he CON
sidercd unless accompanied by such guaranty.
Bonds with approved sureties in one half the est
mated oil the respective contracts w be required,
and per in addition viii be withheld from the
of each payment be made collateral security
for the due and faithful performance OF the respective con-
tracts, which viii account be paid until the contracts
complied with in all respects After dednoung ten per
cent payment will be made by the United States within
thirty days after tplca bills duly certified and approved
shall be presented 10 the navy agent
To be published once week Tor four weeks IN the fol-
lowing papers, viz; Union and National lnteligcncer,
Washington, ID. c.. Eastern Argus Portland Me Angus
ia Age Me New Hampshire Patriot, Concord, N. IL.
Morning Post, Daily Times, and Boston Courier Boston,
Mass Journal OF Commerce, Morning News, and Evening
Post N Y. Pennsylvania, Public Ledger, and Keystone.
Philadelphia, Pal Republican and Sun, baltimore, Md.
Beacon, Norfolk, Va. New Era, Portsmouth, Va Stand
ard Raleigh N. c.; Mercury, Charleston, C.. Constitu-
tionast Augusta, Ga and Register, Mobile, Ala.
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