The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-07-25
PROPOSALS. FOR TIMBER, So, FOR THE


! NAVY DEPARTMENT.,
BunxAu Constructors, EauIp'r, AND REsAR, I
June "a, 1880.
| SEALED PROPOSALS, endorsed I" Proposals. for
- Timber Lumber, !" 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.
IN. of the llth September next, for furnishing and
delivering, 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 on before the first of Sep
| tember; one-fourth on or before the first of No
| yember; and one-fourth on or before the thrtieth
OF December, 1851 In Of failure to deliver tho
articles within the times and in the proportions
specified, the bureau the several commandants
" have the right to supply deficiencies by pur-
chase, and the contractor and his sureties to be
| sponsible in twice the contract price.
All the aforesaid timber, lumber, and other art.
cles must be of the very best quality, subject to the
inspection and measurement, and In all other re-
spects in conformity to the sipuations contained
In the printed rules established for the inspection
and measurement of timber for the navy of the
United States, (copies OF which may be seen At
either navy yard or navy agents otice.) All arti
ces delivered required to be, in all respects,
satisfactory to the commandant of the yard or sta
ton where delivered.
Bidders particularly referred to the instruc.
tons in the "printed rules" alluded to- in framing
their offers.
ne Wnlte OAK timber must De rough BQudreQ,
according to the growth Of the tree; TO have
wane exceeding one fourth Of the width of the face
OF the side as squared. All the yellow pine timber
must be of the very best quality of long Leaf fine
srain Southern yeloD pine, to be hewed to fair
edge, and to have no more sap than one eighth of
he breadth of the face from each corner the con-
tents of all sap to be excluded in the measurement
OF the timber. The oak must be felled between
the first of October and the first Of March, and
must have grown within sixty miles of the sea
coast; must be stripped of the bark hewed with
in twenty days after it it is1elled, and placed clear
of the ground, of which satisfac tory evidence must
be 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 felIed.
Persons offering for more than yard or class
must make separate and distinct proposals for the
supply of each, keeping the classes Of articles sepa
rate, 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 material to fair
comparison OF bids.
No extension of time for deliveries, under any
circumstances, will be granted and penalties for
non -fulhlment will in all cases be rigidly enforced;
bidders therefore requested to offer for no
than they are sure they can furnish within the time
specified
The price Of all manufactured or sawed lumber
will be estimated and determined by board measure;
the square and round timber, unless otherwise spe-
CITED, by the cubic foot.
Approved sureties, in twice the estimated amount
will be required in the manner set forth in the
tract, and ten per centum in addition will be with
held from the amount of each payment as colate
raj security for the faithful performance of the
tract. Ninety per centum of each delivery will be
paid by the navy agent within thirty days after
the presentation of approved bills, in triplicate, by
the commandment of the yard where the deliveries
are made.
Every offer must be accompanied by written
guaranty (the responsibility of the guarantor or
guarantors to be certified to by navy agent or
other official person, or by some one known to the
Bureau) that, if the offer be accepted, the bidder
or bidders will, within ten days after receipt of
the contract at the post office designated, execute
the same with good and sufficient sureties TO fur
nsh the articles proposed, agreeably to the terms
specified in this advertisement which may be
embodied in the contract. The law of 10th Au-
gust, 1916, forbids the consideration Of all propo-
sails not accompanied by such guaranty.
Bidders are particularly cautioned TO endorse
their offers as above required that they may be dis
tngushed from other business letters, in order to
prevent their being opcned before the day APP
pointed
All offers not made in strict conformity with this
advertisement in every particular, will be consid
ered or rejected, at the option OF this Bureau.
Those only whose offers may be accepted will be
notified, and contracts forwarded without delay.
Persons offering directed to designate the
post office through which they desire to be ad-
dressed, and the navy agent to whom the contract
shall be sent for execution.