The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-07-31
PROPOSALS FOR TIMBER, &c.,
FOR THE NAVY. a
NAVY DEPARTMENT.,

NAVY DEPARTMENT.,
Bureau Of Construction EquiPms'a s~d Repair,
June IL, l649.
CyEALED proposals, endorsed "Proposais for Tim
- Der or Lumber the case may be-" (naming the
yard for which the offer is intended will be re-
ceiyed by this Bureau until three O'clock p. M, of
the fifteenth of August next, for furnishing and de-
vering under contract, at the several navy yards
hereinafter named the TIMBER lumber, and other
cles embraced in this advertisement One-fourth
of the whole quantity required at each navy yard,
must be delivered on or before the LIST July; one
fourth on or before the LIST September one-fourth
on or before the LIST November; and one-fourth on
or before the 30th December, 1850. In case OF fail
ure 10 deliver the articles within the times and In
the proportions specified, the Bureau the several
commandants to have the right to supply dehcien-
cies by purchase, and the contractor and his sure
ties TO be responsible in twice the contract price.
All the timber, lumber, and other articles must be
of the very best quality and subject to the inspection
and measurement established for the government OF
the several navy yards, printed rules OF which may
be obtained on application TO the different COM
mandants or navy agents. All said timber, lumber,
and other articles must be entirely satisfactory 10
the respective commandments
The white oak timber must be rough squared
according to the growth of the tree, to have no
waDe exceeding one-fourth the width Of the face
Of the side as squared. All the yellow pine um-
Der must be of the very best quality of long leaf
fins grain, Southern yelioio pine, to be hewed TO a
fair edge, and 10 have more sap than one-eighth
Of the breadth of the face from each corner; the
contents Of all sap TO be excluded in the measure
men of the timber. The oak must be felled between
the LIST of October and the LIST of March, and must
have grown within sixty miles of the sea coast (;
| must be stripped of the bark hewed within twen-
ty days after it is feed, and placed clear OF the
| ground: of which satisfactory evidence must be
given by the contractor by the production OF cert-
fcates signed by Two respectable witnesses, with
their deposition on OATH before some judge OF the
| court magistrate within the township or county
where the timber was felled.
| Persons offering for more than one yard, must
make separate and distinct proposals for the supply Of
EACH keeping the classes of articles separate, and en-
bracing the ichole quantity of all the articles IN the
class The cost Of each item must be distinctly
carried out and the aggregate of each class correct
ly footed up, which is material to fair comparison
| of bids. An erroneous extension or an erroneous
aggregate will constitute nformalty, and the bid
| will not be considered.
| No extension of time for deliveries under any
contract will be granted, and penalties Tor non-u-
ilment will in all cases be rgidly enforced; bidders
are, therefore, requested to offer for no more than
they they can furnish within the time spe-
| Cited
The price of all manufactured or sawed lumber
will be estimated and determined by "board nea-
sure" the square and round timber, unless other
wise specified, by the cubic foot"
Approved sureties in twice the estimated amount,
in the manner set forth in the form of the contract,
will be required, and ten per centum, IN addition,
will be withheld from the amount of each payment
as collateral security for the faithful performance OF
the contract. Ninety per centum of each delivery
will be paid by the navy agent within thirty days
after the presentation Of approved bills, in trpcate
by the commandant of the yard at which the deive-
res are made.
Every offer must be accompanied by written
guaranty, Qhe responsibility Of the guarantor or
guaantors to be certified TO by navy agent other
official person, or by some one known to the Bu-
reau that if the offer be accepted, the bidder or
bidders will, within five days after the receipt OF the
contract at the post Office designated, execute the
same with good and sufficient sureties, to furnish
the articles proposed, agreeaby the terms speci-
fed in this advertisement and which may be en-
bodied in the contract. The law Of 10th August,
1886, forbids the consideration of all proposals not
accompanied by such guaranty.
Bidders are particularly cautioned TO endorse their
offers, as above required, that they may be dstin-
guished from other business letters, in order to
prevent their being opened before the proper time.
All offers not made In strict conformity with this
advertisement, In every particular will be rejected
as informal Those whose offers accepted viii
be duly notified, ai'u GUM -
Persons offering are directed TO designate the pos
office through which they desire to be addressed
and the navy agent to whom the contract shall be
sent for execution.
FORM OF OFFER.
WASHINGTON, --, lo49.
SIN: | hereby agree TO furnish and deliver at tn,
navy yard at -, in conformity with the
requirements of the advertisement from The Bureau
Of Construction, Equipment, and Repair, Of tn,
18th June, le49, the several articles Of -, emu
merated IN (class y or classes - and -
for that yard, to wit:
, Glass NO. -
- cubic feet white oak plank stocks, al
cents per cubic foot s. =
, - sided inches Of white oak boat knees
at - cents per sided inch =
s. =