The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-11-18
PROPOSALS FOR wRAPPING-PAPER,
TWINE, AND sEALING-NNAX.
Posr oFrIoE DEPARrmENr, Oct. 10, 1855

PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Oct. 10, 1851.
CtEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this
- Department until the Goth day of November
next at ~ O'Clock at noon, for furnishing wrapping
or envelope paper, twine and scaling wax for the
of certain post offices Of the United States for
four years from the 3lst day of December next
The said articles classified and described as
follows:
Glass No. /.
Item l. Patent sized Manila wrapping or en-
velope paper, each sheet to be at least % by 80
inches in SIZE and to weigh not less than 80 pounds
to the ream.
Item .. Manila wrapping or envelope paper
each sheet to be at least 81 by 20 inches In size, and
TO weigh not less than 20 pounds to the ream.
Each roam of the aforesaid paper to contain $50
perfect sheets,
CLASS No. =.
Item /. Buff or yellow wrapping envelope pa
per- each sheet TO be at least 2l by % inches in
size, and TO weigh not less than 21 pounds to the
ream.
Item q Buff or yellow wrapping or envelope pa
per, each sheet to be at least 10 by "a inches in
size, and to weigh not less than "a pounds TO the
rearn.
Each rcam of the aforesaid paper to contain $50
perfect sheets.
CLASS No. 3.
Item /. Cotton Irvine with five threads, slack
twisted or soft laid.
Item Q. Cotton Irvine or twist with eight threads,
to be of medium or moderate twist.
Item 3. Cotton Irvine, to be composed oil Tour
strands well twisted, and three well spun threads
to each strand.
All to be delivered in balls spools contain
ing not less than half pound nor more than two
pounds each, as directed by the Department. and
to be similar to the cotton Irvine now used in the
larger post offices.
Glass No. a.
Coarse hemp Irvine, about one-eighth of an inch
in diameter, to be well twisted and manufactured,
and to be delivered in balls or hanks not weighing
over one pound each.
CLASS No. 5.
Scarlet sealng-wax of fair quality for ordinary
use.
CLASS No. 6.
1t is also in contemplation, by the Postmaster
General to require foreign mail bags and those
passing between distributing offices to be sealed if
it can be done at a moderate expense; and with
that view proposals for quantity of an inferior ar
tlcle OF sealing wax are invited. In such wax
the color will not lie deemed material. Contracts
for such inferior wax may or may not be deter
mined on.
Samples of each article above specified Except
the inferior sealing -wax) may be at the APP
pointmcnt Office Of the Post Office Department,
Washington, ID. C., and ut the Post Oihces at
Boston, New York, and Philadelphia; but these
are not adopted as exact samples. Each bidder
will furnish with his proposal the sample on which
his contract will be based in his bid shall be
accepted; and the Department reserves the right
to contract for articles not corresponding with the
samples above referred to-
The quantities for years supply are, from
the best estimates that can be made, as stated
below.
The States and Territories divided into four
districts, and in each district depois established,
| (being the same established for the dstrbu-
ton of banks,) where all the articles contracted for
by virtue of the proposals hereby advertised for
are to be received, inspected, and deposited. All
articles equal to the samples referred to in the
contract will be rejected.
Estimated quantities TO be supplied at each depot for
one year.