The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-08-21
sROPOsALs FOR TIMBER, &c.. FOB THE
NAVY DEPARTMENT,

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NAVY.
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU CossrHuorIos, EQvIp'r, AND RxpAr,
June "a, 1850.
CEALED PROPOSALS, endorsed "Proposals for
~ Timber or Lumber +" as the case may be, (naming
the yard and class for which the offer IL intended
will be received by this Bureau until o'clock p.
m 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:
fourth of the whole quantity required at each
navy yard must be delivered on or before the first
OF July; one-fourth on or before the first of Sep
tembsr; onc-tourth on before the first of No
vember; and one-fourth on or before the thrtieth
fDecember, 1851. In Of failure TO deliver the
articles within the times and in the proportions
specified, the Bureau or the several commandants
to have the right to supply deficiencies by Pur-
chase and the contractor and his suretes to be re-
sponsible in twice the contractp price.
All the aforesaid timber, lumber, and other arti-
Gle, be of the very best quality subject TO the
inspection and measurement, and in all other re-
spects in conformity to the stpuations 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
eithcr navy yard or navy agents ofhce.) All arti-
c'es delivered are required to be, IN all respects,
satisfactory to the commandment of the yard or sta
zion where delivered.
Bidders particularly referred to the instruc-
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
wane exceeding onefourth 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 rtaf fine
gram Southern yelo,c pine, to be hewed to a fair
edge, and to have no more gap than one eighth of
the breadth of the face from each corner the
tents OF all sap to be excluded in the
OF the TIMBER. The oak must be felled between
the first Of October and the fret Of March, and
must have grown within sixty miles of the
coast; must be stripped of the bark or hewcd with
IN twenty days after 1t it is feed, and placed clear
OF 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 on oath before some judge of
the court magistrate within the township
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 cost 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
non fullment will in all cases be rigidly enforced;
bidders therefore requested to offer for
than they 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,
CIhed, by the cubic foot.
Approved suretes, in twice the estimated amount,
will be required in the forth in the con-
tract, and ten per centuin in addition will be with
held from the amount of each payment as collate-
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 trplcate, by
the commandant 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
she same with good and sufficient sureties to fur
nish 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, 1885, forbds the consideration Of all propo-
sails not accompanied by such guaranty.
Bidders are particularly cautioned 10 endorse
Their offers as above required, that they may be dis
ungulshcd from other business letters, in order to
prevent their being opened before the day ap-
pointed.
All offers not made in strict conformity with this
advertisement in every particular, will be consd
cred or rejected, at the option Of this Bureau
Those only whose offers may be accepted will b,
notified, and contracts forwarded without delay.
Per5ons offering directed TO designate tn,
post-otfice through which they desire TO be ad
dressed, and the navy agent to whom the contrac
shall be sent for execution.