The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1847-01-23
-, WHITEoAK AND YELLOW PINE
'iM"ER AND LUMBER, FOR TIE NAVY

NAVY DfPARTMeNr.
"s'snu q Construction, Equipment and Repair.
January 10, lssT.
SEALkp PROPOSALS viii be receives, at this
bureau until o'cl exp. NJ. of the 10Th Feb.
rnnTy next, for fnrnishing aud delivering Timber
and Lumber for the Navy, a. follows;
III he Macy Yard. at Portsmouth,. ". H.
goooO cubic feet of bite oak and Is 900 cubic feet
of yellow pine timber
IN the Macy Yard at Chorlesto,pn 1yass
$4,000 cubic feet of whitc oak timber,
pa ono cubic feet of yellow pine timber
$4,000 superficial feet of one-iuch white) T3s
%, 900 supe riicia feet of one-nnd. n. o,nr
ter inch white pine plank. -
2o,O00 superficial feet of one ard "A half : = -
inch white pine plank. =
$4,000 superficial feet of two. Inch white . =
pine plank, No
COCO s,opTrfcisl feet of three.inch white piay
10000 superficial feet of thrce-inch white nine
plant Tna, H. bes, No 8, for stage plank. to lie 81
THE Nary Yd-d, at Brooklyn ~ Y
10000 cube feet of white oak timber
25 900 cubic feet Of yellow pine timber
$1,000 superficial feet of seven eighth inch cvnress
bnards,
1000 superficial feet of nc. a nd ~,
ptess plank. and
Is tons Of > .94O lbs each l,,,c s;zc l;r,,,,,,;,
:. ana ~ Mr Nary Yard, al PHILADELPHIA.
IS 900 cuhic feet Of white oat timher
10 Oo0 cubic feet of yellow pine Gt,ltcr.
~ fhe Nary Yard, at Gosport, w. FL
SO 0o0 cubic feet of white oak TIM err.
~ ooo cubic tcct ct yellow pine iinbrr
~ Me Macy Yard al Pensacola.
oubo cubic feet Of white oak tip,ber,
10 OnO cubic feet Of yellow pine Timber
8, An yellow pine timber, for ,opmasts, viz:
six suchs large enough to work feet long a nd
49, inches dametcr
Six sticks large CROUCH To work 81 feet long an
l9z inches diameter,
Kline sticks l1rse enough to work 10 feet long and
IA inches diameter,
Nine sticks large enough to work 40 feet long and
Ia inches diameter,
The offers to state price per cubic foot at the n
bove Dimensions
, All the timber, excepting that for tortnasts, at
iensacoa a, must average iortv-fve feet and to
DC less than SO feet in length one-half OF the guam
hty at each Yard must square not less than twelve
inches, and one half no, less than f,nr;ncu inchcs
at the top end of the sticks The white oak timber
must be rough.squared, according to the growth
ot the tree, and the yellow pine hewcd to fair
edge The white oak must have no wnnc exceed
ing one -four TN the width of the face of the side as
squared, nor the yellow pine have more sap than
onc-clsh,h of the breadth of the face from each
corner; but the contents Of all sap will be excluded
in the measurement of the timber. The timber
must be cllcd between The let of October and the
,st Anr The pine must be of the best a. aliry, Of
leat, me grain sound amt fresh, southcrn yellow
pine, and all the timber be free from heart or
wind shakes, BAD knots, short crooks aud all other
detects: and that, and all the other articl,s must
be oil quality To the entire satisfaction of the com
niaadants of the respective Yards where they are
to be delivered, and he subject t. Inspection and
measurement of persons To be d. sgnatCd bv them
Contractors may OLIVER "a socn as suits their
convt nencc hut AT least third of the quantity
OF each OF the articles must br delivered by each
contractor tor them on or before the first day of
March lS4S, and the whole OH or before the first
day of Jolly, 1913.
Separate offers will be received for the pine tim
Der Tor 'opmasts at Pensacola for the cypress
rdS and plank and for The lignuulvi ;e at th,. Ma
| ny Yard CharlestJwn, Massachusetts, and for not
less than three thousa nd cuhc feet of the white oo
and yello pine timber The offers for each NAVY
Ia'd must be separate and di.tinct.
PERSONS Offering arc desired to offer for no more
IMAM they feel certain of being able to deliver with
IN INC tunes above SPcch ID, as no extension of time
VIII under any CIRCUMSTANCES. be granted, and for
| tcturcs will be rgidly enforced.
The department reserves TO itself the privilege of
rcIccting offers made by persons WHO have hereto
tore Jailed to complete contracts, if il should deem
1t advisable for the public interests
Every offer made must lie accompanied AS direct
ed IN the act OF Congress making Appropriations Tor
| the naval service FIR lSl6'7, approved 10Th Au-
| gust 1915, by n written guaranty, signed bv one
or more responsible persons, 10 the effect that he
| they undertake. that the bidder or bidders W H. If
his or their lid be accepted, enter into obiaa-
ton within five days, with good and sufficient
suretics To furnish the supplies proposed. No pro
posal will be considered unless accompanied by
such guaranty.
Bonds with two approved s,rctics in one half the
estimated amount OF the respective contracts will
ne required, and ten per centum in addition will
be Withheld from the amount of each payment Il,
| he made, as collateral security for the due and
faithful performance of the respective contracts
which vii! onno account be paid until the contracts
are complied with in al respects. Alter dcductipp
ten per cent. payment will be made by the United
States within thirty days after ripiicaie bills duiv
certified and approved, shall be presented To tue
To be published week for four weeks in
me following papers, viz; Union and Ma tional IN
telligencer, wa ,hngton. ID. c., Eastern Argus,
portLnd, Me-; Augusta Age, Me-. New Hamp.
shire Patriot, CONGO d, ". H.; Morning Post Daily
Fimcs and Boston Courier, Boston, Mass. Jour
nal OF Commerce, Morning News and Evening
Post N. :; Penney lvanian, Public Ledger, ana
Keystone, Philadelphia, Pa. Republican anc Sun,
baltimore, NJ D. Beacon, Norf,ik, Va. New ra,
Portsmouth, Va /; Standard, Raleigh, n Mer-
curry, Charleston, s &. Cons,itutiOnaist Augusta
Ga. and Register, Mobi e. Ala
Jan l6-lawIw
| MRS. $. CROCKER takes this method To
W Inform the citizens OF Portsmouth, tina, she