The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-07
PROPOSALS FOR TIMBER, SC. !,
FOR THE NAVY.
NAVY DEPARTMENT.

NAVY DEPARTMENT.,
Bureau Of Construction, Equipment and Repair,
June Is, l849.
CEALED proposals, endorsed Proposals for Tim
y Der on Lumber, The case may be-" (naming the
yard for which the offer is intended will be re-
ceved by this Bureau until three O'Clock, p. M of
the fifteenth of August next for furnishing and de-
iverlng under contract, at the several navy yards
hereinafter named, the timber, lumber, and other ar
uces 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. la Of fail
ure to deliver the articles within the times and in
the proportions specified the Bureau or the several
commandments TO have the right to supply defcien-
cles 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 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
wane exceeding ne-fourth the width of the face
Der must be Of the very best quality of long Leaf,
I'm grain, Southern yeLo,c pine, to be hewed to a
fair edge, and TO have no more sap than oneeighth
Of the breadth of the face from each corner; the
contents Of all sap TO be excluded in the measure
ment 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 or hewed within TWEEN
ty days after il is felled, and placed clear OF the
ground: of which satisfactory evidence must be
given by the contractor, by the production of cer-
fcates signed by two respectable witnesses, with
their deposition oath, before some judge of the
court or 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
bracing the phoie 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 an nformaty, and the bid
will not be. considered.
No extension of time for deliveries under any
contract will be granted, and penalties for non-ful-
hlment will in all cases be rgdy enforced; bidders
are, therefore, requested to offer for no more than
they are sure they furnish within the time spe-
cited.
The price of all manufactured sawed lumber
will be estimated and determined by 60 board mea-
sure" the square and round timber, unless other
wise specified, by the " cubic foot"
Approved suretes 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
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 rpllcate,
by the commandment of the yard at which the delive
res are made.
Every offer must be accompanied by written
guaranty, (the responsibility of the guarantor or
guarantors to be certified TO by navy agent other
official person, or by some one known TO the Blu
reau,) that if the offer be accepted, the bidder or
bidders will, within FIVE days after the receipt of the
at the post office designated, execute the
same with good and sufficient sureties TO furnish
the articles proposed, agreeaby the terms specl-
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, above required, that they may be dlstln-
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 are accepted will
be duly notified, and contracts forwarded without
delay.
Persons offering are directed to designate the post
office through which they desire to be addressed,
and the navy agent to whom the contract shall be
sent for execution.
FORM OF OFFER