The North-Carolina standard., 1847-02-10
,wa1TEoAK ANDYELLowPINE

TIMBER AND LUMBER, FOR THE NAVY.
ed q .enilo'st a7c NAVY DEP ARTMENT. Il
D"' A"s e0e y - "",fNiY = January Is, lS47. "
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received s," S.i, at this
next for furnishing and delivering Timber and Lumber
for the Navy, as follows; A. a-ua,;g :! -EIf-
= q .attie Ndpy yard, at Portsmouth. W H.
20 900 cubic feet ofwhe oak, and CUBIC iee'
yellow pine timber s< 10 g9yjy.3 .riH
do'a9 .at the Wavy Yard at ChdrlestOacn, Mass nj
30 900 cubic feet of white oak timber, g., GAO r. - W
$1,000 sopefdsial fss'of one inch white pine s a
o., %. boards, s'-.aei' -. -
20 900 superfic isl feet oneanda=quarter inch 60
20 600 hts superRclaI R:niI feet ga; of
so 900 superficial feet two inch white pine ssgg
plank, .z.-..i. .. - - a. -, ~. ! . e.
5000 superficial feet OF three-lncn "nte pine PHA'
10000 superficial feet of three-inch white pine plank,
best No 3, for stage plank to be 30teet long, ana
to average II inches wide II. .4.-.--7 .-.
1T the Many Yard, at Brooklyn, ~ y
Is 600 cubic feet of white oak timber, - . - ~.
25 900 cubic feet of yellow pine timber,
$4,000 superficial feet of seVen'e'gnth-ihcn
boards, . .. s.. ....-.T .-+ ~. ,
900 superficial feet of quarternch cypress
Is tons Of 2,24O lbs. each. large size hgnumVl@'
,a fit the Nary Yard,. at PhiAadeLph'd. a. ...
IL 600 cubic feet of white oak timber, .->5 .-
Is. 900 cubic feet of yellow pine timber -. j-.
| 1T the .Napy Yard, at Gosport, Pd
80 900 cubic feet of white oak timber, ---.-
| 20, 900 cubic feet of yellow pine timber.
.at the Mary Yard, at Pensacola.
10 900 cubic feet of white oak timber,
| lO, ,OOO cubic feet of yellow pine timber,
And yellow pine timber, for topmass, viz:
Six sticks large enough to work 81 feet long and lS
i sticks large enough to work 81 feet long and 19 l2
inches diameter,
Nine sticks large enough TO wor 40 feet long and IA IL
| inches diameter, ...
Nine sticks large enough to work 4s feet long and IA
| l-2 inches diameter,
The offers to state price per cubic foot at the above
dimensions. --
All the timber excepting that for topmasfs at Pensa-
COLA Average forty five feet and none TO be less
than 80 feet length one half OF the quantity at eac
Yard must square less than twelve inches, and one
half not less Than fourteen inches at the top end OF the
stick The white oak timber must be rough
according the growth of the tree and the yellow pine
hewed fair edge The white oak must have no wane
exceed fourth of the width o the face OF The side
as squared, the yellow pine have more sap than
eighth of the breadth of the face from each corner;
but the contents OF all sap will be excluded in the mea
surement of the timber. The timber must be feled be-
tween the 1st of October and the 1st of April The
pine be of the best quality, OF leaf, fine grain
sound and fresh, southern yellow pine. and all the tim
Der be free from heart wind shakes, bad knots
articles. must be of quality TO the entire salts
faction of The conmandants of the respective Yards
where they be delivered, and be subject to
specton and persons to be designated by
them. -.., ~
Contractors may deliver as suits their
nence, but at least Onerd of quantity of each o
the articles must be delivered by each contractor for
them before the first day OF March lS4S, and the
whole or before the first day of July, 1913.
Separate offers will be received for the pine timber
for opmasts at Pensacola for the cypress boards and
plank and for the lignumye The Navy Yard Charles
town, Massachusetts, and for notices. than three thou
saad cubic feet of the white oak and yellow pine tim
ber The offers for each Navy Yard must be separate
and distinct. -.... .-..-t B.
Persons offering are desired to offer for more than
~ dali
times above specified. extension of time will und1
any circumstances, be granted, and foreiures will be
| rigidy enforced. -s -. . r ...-.. .. .....
The department reserves 10 itself the privilege Of re-
ectns offers made by persons who have heretofore JAILED
TO complete contracts, if it should deem it advisable fol
| the public interests. ..
! Every offer made must be accompanied as directed
in the act of Congress making appropriations for the Ma
val service for 1857 approved 10Th August 1916, by
written guaranty signed by more responsible per
sons, the effect that he they undertake that the bid
der bidders WILL if his their bid be accepted ente
into obligation within FIVE days, with good and suf
cent sureies TO furnish the supplies proposed No pro
posal will be considered unless accompanied by suct
guaranty. -. .-.-. ... ..,
Bonds with approved sureties in one half the es
mated amount of the respective contracts will be requr
ed and ten per centum in addition will be withheld
from the amount of each payment to be made, colla
era security for The due and faithful performance OF thu
respective contracts, which will be paic
until the contracts complied with in all respects
After deductIng ten per cent? payment will be made
by the United States within thirty DAYS frpfca
bills duly certified and approved, shall be presented tc
| the navy agent
To be published week for four weeks in the fol
lowing papers. viz Union and National Istelligencer
Washington, D. c. Eastern Argus, Portland, Me-; Au
gusta Age, Me-; New Hampshire Patriot, Concord N
H Morning Post, Daily Times, and Boston Courier
Boston, Mass; Journal OF Commerce, Morning News
and Evening Post n Y; Pennsylvania, Public Led
ger, and Keystone, Philadelphia, Pa; Republican
Sun, Baltimore, NJ. D.; Beacon, Norfolk, Va; New
Era, Portsmouth, Va; Standard, Raleigh N. c.; Mer
curry, Charleston. S C; COnstitutonast, Augusta, Ga.
and Register, Mobile, Ala. z "f'.F - q.
| January 27, 1S47. ...... 6Ss st.
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