The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-08-09

Navy DEPARTMENT.

NAVY DEPARTMENT,
Bureau OF Construction, Equipment. and Repairs.
July IL, ls4s.
SEALED PROPOSALS. endorsed Proposals for Tim
yard for which the offer is inended will be received al
this bureau until three O'clock OF The 26th Of August
hereinafter specified Oneour,h part OF all the articles
or before the September, oneouh
or before the first Of Novembsr and The balance On or be-
CURED Pensacola, all Of which must be delivered on or
70 s s ' 81 wa he and in the
tons above specified the bureau shall have the right TO
supply deficiency and the shall be RESPONSE
Bile Tor any of cost the contract price.
All the timber lumber. and other articles must be
and customary measurement OF the yard where they
deliverable and be in all respects 10 the entire sasac
must be rough squared according the growth Of the
TO have exceeding the width OF the face
OF the very best quality of ''ong leaf, grain, southern
yellow pine :; TO be hewed to fair edge, and have
each and the OF all sap be excluded
the measurement of the timber. The oak and pine
must have grown within sixty miles of the sea-coast
be stripped Of the bark hewed within twenty days after
production Of certificate. signed BY respectable wit
nesses, with their deposon OATH before judge OF
whore the timber felled.
Separate offers be made for each navyyard keep
ing each class of articles embracing than one dis
tinct the cost OF each item must be carried out and the
Bidders cautioned against offering for than they
furnish, extension OF time will. under ccum-
Stances be granted and orfeitures in all will be III
gdy enforced but no offer not embracing the whole oil
any one class will be considered
The offers ofpersons who have heretofore failed TO enter
into contract after being notified OF the acceptance OIL her
Offer having contracted and failed to perform, Will be
considered only at the option OF the bureau
Every offer must be accompanied by written guaranty
signed by responsible whose respon
sibiy certified by the agent, some
the bureau that the offer be accepted, the
bidder will, within five days after being notified, enter IN
with good and sufficient surees TO furnish the
articles proposed agreeaby the of this advertise
Bidders are particularly cautioned endorse their bids
above required their being opened previous to
of this advertisement, particularly in correctly stating the
of each item and the nal aggregate OF each Glass;
Will be rejected as informal
The price of all manufactured sawed lumber will
square and round timber, unless otherwise specified by
the cubic foot according to the rule OF measurement adopt
ed the yards which is follows; for round eight
timber take the diameter of the log clear OF
will be the repued square of the log multiply this
puted square in inches by ITSELF that product by the length
in feet, and divide by l4, will give the in
bic feet For rough squared timber, take the diam
OF the breadth and depth inches and the length in
1eet multiply the depth and breadth together, and
this product by the length and divide by 4 will give the
cubic feet.
Bonds with approved sureties will be required in
half the amount OF the contract, and per add
ton will be deducted from all bills be withheld coat
teal security, until the is fully completed the bal
ance, ninety per cent? will be paid each delivery by
the agent named in the within thirty days
after the presentation of approved bills.
To prevent correspondence bidders in
formed that those only whose offers accepted will be
notified Immediately after the bids shall have been opened
and determined