The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-08-04

NAVY DEPARTMENT,


July H. Is4s
csEALED PROPOSALS, endorsed Proposals for UNI
y ber," ''lumber, the case may be- lna nsd
yard for which the offer is nIended,) WIN De 80
ne., ,n1 taushnn and Delivering at the several navy
yards, respectively. the timber, lumber anu nv ciss
required must be delivered before the nr' o Jay
one-iourth before the first Of n or ha
fore the sh of December saexcept the spruce spars re-
quired Pensacola all OF WHICH mus, 90 nas of 1i.
10 deliver the articles within the times and IN me proper
lions above specified The sba he
BILE Tor any of cost over the contract price
Of ,bs snV reyx Sesi quality subject the inspection
and customary measurement of the yard where they
n are o @ thereof The White oak timber
rough squared according to the growth of the Tree
of the side as squared All the yellow pine timber be
OF very best quality of ong Leaf ne grain, southern
sap than eighth of the breadth of the face from
each and the contents OF all be excluded in
the of the timber The oak and pine must
be ed between the LIST of October and LIST OF March, and
must have grown within sixty miles Of the sea-coas must
be stripped of the bark, hewed within days after
il eed and placed clear of the ground OF which salts
factory evidence be given by the contractor by the
production of certificates signed by two respectable wit
nesses with their deposon OATH before some judge OF
the court or magistrate within the township or county
Separate offers be made for each hayward, keep
ing each class Of articles if embracing more than one DIS
tinct the of each item be carried out and the
aggregate correctly looted up.
Bidders cautioned against Offering for more than ey
furnish extension time WILL under any
be granted and toeitnes in all cases WIN DO III
gdly enforced but offer embracing the whole Oh
any class will be considered.
The offers persons who have heretofore failed 10 enter
into after being notified OF the acceptance oil their
otur having contracted and failed TO perform, VIII De
considered only the option OF the bureau
Every offer us DO panied by written guaranty,
signed by responsible persons, whose respon
sibity be certified to by the agent,
the bureau that If the offer be accepted the
bidder WILL within five days after being notified, in
with good and sufficient surees to furnish the
articles proposed ageeaby to the terms Of this advertise
ment.
Bidders particularly cautioned endorse their bids
above required their being opened previous
the time specified and all bids conforming the
OF this advertisement particularly correctly stating the
of each tem and the final aggregate OF each class,
will be rejected informal.
The price of all manufactured or sawed lumber will
be estimated and determined by board measure :; the
square and round timber unless otherwise specified, by
the cubic foot according the rule OF adopt
ed 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 multiply this
puted square in inches by ITSELF that product by the length
in feet, and divide by IA, will give the in
bic feet For rough squared TIMBER take the mean diam
feet multiply the depth and breadth together, and
this product by the length and divide by l will give the
contents cubic feet
Bonds with approved sureties will be required in
half the amount OF the contract and per add
ZION will be deducted from all bills, be withheld coat
ninety per cent? will be paid each delivery, by
the navy agent named in the contract within thirty days
after the presentation of approved bills.
10 prevent unnecessary correspondence, bidders in
notified Immediately the bids shall have been opened
and determined.