The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-07-08
PROPOSALS FOX TIMBER, &c.. FOR THE



Navy DEPARrMEsr,
BuREAU Construction. EaUIP'r, AND REPAIR,
June "a, 1850. )
C,EALED PROPOSALS, endorsed I" Proposaisfor
- Timber or Lumber, " as the may be, (naming
the yard and class for which the offer Is Intended)
will nc received by this Bureau until O'Clock p.
m of the 18th September next, Tor furnishing ana
delivering, under contract, at the several navy
wards hereinafter named, the timber, lumber, and
other articles embraced IN TINS advertisement;
One fourth of the whole quantity required at each
navy ward must be delivered on or before the nrst
of July; one fourth ON or before the hrst oil sep
tember; one fourth on or before the nrst Oh NO
yember; and one fourth on or before the thrtieth
of December 1851. In case of failure TO deliver the
articles within the times and IN the proportions
specified the bureau the several commandments
70 have the right to supply deficiencies by pur-
chase and the contractor and his sureues 10 De re-
sponsible in twice the contract price.
All the aforesaid timber, lumber, and other arh-
ces must be of the very best quality, subject to the
inspection and measurement, and IN all other re,
spects in conformity to the stipuiations contained
in the printed rules established for the inspection
and measurement of timber for the navy oil the
United States, (copies of which may be seen at
either navy yard or navy agents oftce.) All arti-
cles delivered required to be, in all respects,
satisfactory to the commandment of the yard or sta
ton where delivered.
Bidders are particularly referred to the instruc-
tions in the 'printed rules alluded to- in framing
their offerr.
The white oak timber must be rough squared,
according to the growth Of the tree; To have no
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
grain Southern yeiioD pine, To be hewed to lair
edge, and to have no more sap than one-eighth of
the breadth Of the face from each corncr the con
tents of all sap To be excluded III the measurement
OF the timber. The oak must be telled between
the first of October and the first Of March, and
must have grown within sixty miles of the
COAST must be stripped of the bark or hewed with
in twenty days after it it is felled and placed clear
oi the ground, of which satisfactory evidence must
be given by the contractor, by the production of
certificates 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 ielled.
Persons offering Tor more than one yard or class
must make separate and distinct proposals for the
supply of EACH keeping the classes Particles sepa-
rate, and embracing the whole quantity OF all the
articles in the class. The stof each item must be
distinctly carried out, and the aggregate Of each
class correctly footed up, which is material to fair
comparison Of bids.
circumstances, will be granted; and penalties for
-fuhment will in all be rigidly enforced;
bidders therefore requested to offer for more
than they are sure they can furnish within the time
specified.
The price of all manufactured sawed lumber
will be estimated and determined by board measure;
the square and round timber, unless otherwise spe
Gifted, by the cubic foot.
will be required III the manner set forth in the con
tract, and ten per centum in addition will be with
held from the amounfot each payment az coate-
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 tripcate, 10y
the commandment OF the yard where the deliveries
arc made.
Every offer must be accompanied by written
guaranty (thc responsibility Of the guarantor OF
guarantors to be certified to by navy agent OF
other official person, by some known TO the
Bureau) that, if the offer be accepted, the bidder
or bidders will, within ten days after receipt o
the contract at the post office designated, execute
the same with good and sufficient suretes TO fur
nish the articles proposed agrceably to the terms
specified in this advertisement, or 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 particularly cautioned TO endors,
their Offers above required that they may be dis.
tingushed from other business letters, in order IL
prevent their being opened before the day APP
pointed.
All offers not made in strict conformity with this
advertisement in every particular, will be consid-
cred 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 contrac
shall be sent for execution.