The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-07-11
PROPOSALS. FOR TIMBER, &C., FOR THE
NAVY.
NAVY DEPARrMKsT,

NAVY DEpARrMEsr,
BuREAu CONSTRUCTIONS, EoUIP'T, AND REPAIR, !
June "a, 1850. )
CEALED PROPOSALS, endorsed % Proposals for
~ Tmbsr or LambeT, !" as the case may be, (naming
the yard and class for which the offer is intended
Will be received by this Bureau until o'clock p.
an Of the 18th September next, for furnishing and
uehvering, under contract, at the several navy
yards hereinafter named, the timber, lumber and
other articles embraced in this advertisement:
One fourth of the whole quantity required at each
navy yard must be delivered on or before the first
of July; one fourth or before the first of Sep
TENDER; one fourth on before the first of No
vember; and one-fourth before the thirtieth
of December, 1851. In Of failure to deliver the
articles within the times and in the proportions
specified, the bureau the several comma ndants
10 have the right TO supply deficiencies by pur-
chase and the contractor and his sureties be re-
tponsible in twice the contract price.
All the aforesaid timber, lumber, and other arti-
Giles must be OF the very best quality subject the
inspection and measurement, and in all other re-
spects IN conformity to the stipulations contained
In the printed rules established for the inspection
and measurement Of timber for the navy Of the
United States, (copes of which may be seen at
either navy yard or navy agents oitice.) All arh-
cies delivered are required to be, in all respects
satisfactory to the commandment of the yard or sta
ton where delivered.
Bidders are partic ularly referred TO the nstruc-
tons in the "printed rules" alluded TO, in framing
their offers.
The white oak timber must be rough squared,
according TO the growth of the tree; to have no
exceeding fourth Of the width of the face
If the side as squared. All the yellow pine timber
must be of the very best quality of long eV fine
grain Southern yeiloo pine to be hewed TO fair
edge, and To have no more sap than one-eighth OF
tie breadth of the face from each corner the con-
tnts of all sap to be excluded III the measurement
OF the timber. The oak must be ielled between
the first of October and the first Of March, and
lnust have grown within sixty miles of the
COAST must be stripped of the bark or hewed with
il twenty days after il it is feed, and placed clear
IL he of uyb fiaf, mn
lie given by the contractor, by the production of
certificates signed by two respectable Witnesses
with their deposition on oath before some Judge of
the court or magistrate within the township or
county where the timber was iclled.
Persons offering for more than one yard or class
must make separate and distinct proposals for the
supply of EACH keeping the classes OF articles sepa
tate, and embracing the whole quantity of all the
articles in the class. The cost OF each item must be
distinctly carried out and the aggregate of each
class correctly footed up, which Is material to affair
comparison of bids.
No extension of time for deliveries, under any
circumstances will be granted; and penalties for
non-tu!tilmcnt will in all cases be rigidly cnorced
lidders therefore requested to offer for more
tnan they sure they can furnish within the time
Specified.
The price of all manufactured or sawed lumber
viii be estimated and determined by board
The square and round timber, unless otherwise spe
sihed, by the cubic foot.
Approved sureties, in twice the estimated amount,
will be required in the manner set forth in the con-
held from the amount of each payment as coate-
raj security for the faithful performance of the
Mact. Ninety per centum of each delivery will be
paid by the navy agent within thirty days after
Vbc presentation of approved bills, in triplicate, by
the conmandant of the yard where the deliveries
made.
Every offer must be accompanied by written
guaranty (the responsibility of the guarantor or
ictIarantors TO be certified TO by navy agent
,ther official person, or by some one known to the
Dureau) that, if the offer be accepted, the bidder
bidders will, within ten days after receipt of
The contract at the post office designated execute
The same with good and sufficient suretes TO fur
Ilsh the articles proposed, agreeably to the terms
,pccihed in this advertisement, which may be
embodied in the contract The law Of 10Th Au-
gust, 1896 forbids the consideration Of all propo-
,als not accompanied by such guaranty.
Bidders particularly cautioned 10 endorse
their offers above required, that they may be dis
tnguished from other business letters, in order to
revent their being opened before the day APP
All not made in strict conformity with this
3vcriscnent in every particular, will be consid-
,red rejected, at the option OF this Bureau
Those only whose offcrs may be accepted will be
Notified, and contracts forwarded without delay.
Persons offering are directed to designate the
rostoffice through which they desire TO be adj
dressed, and the navy agent to whom the contract
shall be sent for execution.