The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-09-07
PROPOSALS FOR TIMBER, Sc, FOR THE
NAVY.
NAVY DEPARTMENT,

NAVY DEPARTMENT,
| BuREAu Construction, EauIP'T, AND REpAIs, }
! June "a, 1850. )
| CSEALED PROPOSALS. endorsed 90 Proposals for
= Timber or Lumber, /" as the case may be, (nanng
the ward and class for which the offer is ntended)
will be received by this Bureau until o'clock p
N. Of the 18th 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 hrst
! OF July; one fourth before the first OF Sep
/ tcmber; one fourth on or before the first OF No
vember; and one fourth on or before the thirtieth
oil December 1851 In case OF failure to deliver the
articles within the times and in the proportions
specified, the bureau the several commandments
t. have the right 10 supply deficiencies by pur-
chase and the contractor and his suretics to be re-
sponsble in twice the contract price.
/ All the aforesaid timber, lumber, and other arti-
Giles must be of the very best quality, subject to the
inspection and measurement, and in all other re-
spects in conformity TO the supuations 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 ofhce.) All arti-
cles delivered required TO be, in all respects,
satisfactory TO the commandment OF the yard or sta
ton where delivered.
Bidders particularly referred to the instruc-
tions 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
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 yeiloto pine TO be hewed to a fair
edge, and to have no more sap than eighth OF
the breadth of the face from each corners the con-
tents of all sap to be excluded in the measurement
of the timber. The oak must be felled between
I 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 or hewei with-
in twenty days after ii IT Is ieed, and placed clear
al the orrpund which satlsaC 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 felled.
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
rate, and embracing the whole quantity of all the
articles in the class The of each item must be
distinctly carried out, and the aggregate of each
class correctly footed up which is material to fair
comparison OF bids.
No extension of time for deliveries under any
circumstances, will be granted; and penalties for
iuihlment will in all cases be rigidy eniorced;
bidders therefore requested TO offer for more
than they are sure they 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-
Gifted, by the cubic foot.
Approved suretics in twice the estimated amount,
will be required in the manner set forth in the con-
tract, and ten per ccntum IN addition VIII be with
held from the amount of each payment as collate-
raj security for the faithful performance Of the con-
tract. 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 commandment of the yard where the deliveries
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
Burcau) 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 sureues 10 fur
nsh the articles proposed, agreeably 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 If all propo-
sails not accompanied by such guaranty.
Bidders particularly cautioned TO endorse
their offers above required that they may be dis
tnguished from other business letters i'll order TO
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-
cf-d rejected, at the option Of this Bureau
Those only whose otiers may be accepted will be
notified, and contracts forwarded without delay.
Persons Offering are directed TO designate tn,
post Office through which they desire to be ad
dressed, and the navy agent to whom the contrac
shall be sent for execution.