The North-Carolina standard., 1848-08-02
TIMBER, &c., FOR THE NAVY.
NAVY DEPARTMENT,

NAVY DEPARTMENT,
bureau of Construction, Equipment, and Repairs,
GEALED PROPOSALS, endorsed & Proposals for
timber" or {. lumber, as the case may be, (nam-
- the ward for which the offer is ntenGed.) will be
received at this bureau until three oclock,p M, OF
the 25h of August next for furnishing and delivering
Al the several navy YARDS respectively the TIMBER lum
her and other articles hereinafter specified. One
fourth part of al articles required be delivered
on or before first of july before the
first of September; and onefourth on or before the
first of November and the balance or before the SUN
of ofDecem5er, lS49except the spruce spars required
at Pensacola all of which must be delivered on or be-
fore the first of November 1S4S And in offallure
TO deliver articles within the times and in the pro-
portions above specified, the bureau shall have me
igb TO supply any deficiency, and the contractor shall
be responsible tor excess of cost over the contract
price,. ---7z ..ef
of the yerv best quality subject the inspection and
customary of the yard where they are de-
livcrabe and be in all respects to the entire satIsac
tion of the commandants thereof The white oak u m
Der must be rough squared, according to the grown Oh
a,h f,ho fce ofthe side as SQUARED All the yell
low pine timber must be of the very best quality oil
lung leaf, fine grain. southern yellow pine TO De
hewed TO fair edge and 10 have sap, than one
eighth of of the face from each corner and
the Of all to be excluded in the measure
ment of the timber The oak pine must be felled
between the Ist of October and the st of March, and
must have grown within sixty miles of the sea-coast
must be stripped of the bark, or hewed within twenty
days after it is felled and placed clear of the ground o
which satisfactory evidence must be gwen by the con-
tractor by the production of certificates signed by TWO
TeSDectebIe witnesses,
before some judge of the court, magistrate, WITHIN
the township county where the timber was telled-
Separate offers must be made for each keep
ing class of articles. If embracing more than one,
distinct the cost of each item must be carried OUT ana
the aggregate correctly footed up.
Bidders cautioned against Offering for more than
they furnish, extension of time will, under
any circumstances, be granted and orfeitures In all
will be rgidy enforced but no offer not embrac
ing the whole of any class will be considered.
The offers of persons who have heretofore failed to
enter into contract after being notified ofthe accep,
of their offer, having contracted and failed
perform, will be considered only at the option OF the
bureau
Every offer must be accompanied by written qua
ranty, signed by one or more responsible persons
whose responsibility must be certified to by the navy
agent or person known 10 the bureau, that lfhe
offer be accepted the bidder will within five days after
being notified enier into contract with good and suf-
cien sureties furnish the articles proposed, asreea
bly, to the terms of this advertisement.
Bidders particularly cautioned TO endorse the1r
bids above required prevent their being opened
previous to the time specified and all bids not
forming to the terms OF THIS advertisement particularly
correctly stating the amount Of each item, and the
hnaI aggregate OF each class, Will be rejected as IN
formal.
The price of all manufactured or sawed lumber will
be estimated and determined by '6oard measure; ); the
square and round timber, unless otherwise specified, by
the cubic foot, according to the rule OF measurement
adopted at the yards, which is follows for round
eight square timber, take the diameter of the log,
clear OF bark deduct from this diameter fourth the
remainder will be the reputed square Of the log ul
ply this puted square inches, by ITSELF that product
by the length in feet, and divide by l44 will give the
contents in cubic feet For rough squared timber,
take the mean diameter of the breadth and depth in
inches, and the length in feet multiply the mean depth
and breadth together and this product by the length
and divide by I44 will give the contents in cubic feet
Bonds with two approved sureties will be required
half the the contract and ten per cent. in
addition will be deducted from all bills to be withheld
collateral security, until the contract is fully
Peted the balances ninety per cent, will be paid
on each delivery, by the agent named in the con-
tract within thirty days after the ofaPproV
ed bills.
To prevent unnecessary correspondence, bidders
informed that those only whose offers accepted will
be notified imm ediaely after the bids shall have been
opened and determined.