The republic., 1852-06-25

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- Timber" will be received at this Bureau, un-
Ill o'clock p IN of tbe13th of July next, for fur
nishing and delivering, under contract at each OF
the several Navy Yards ut Charlestown, Massa-
chusetts, Brooklyn, New York, and Gosport, Vir-
ginia, the following described timbor, viz
WHITE OAK.
For AIlerees.
100 pieces, length, five feet six inches; thickness,
nine and one haltinches breadth, thir-
and one. half inches
l9) pieces length, five feet two inches; thickness,
eight and one half inches; breadth,
eleven and one half inches.
10 pieces, length five feet one inch; thickness,
eight inches; breadth, thirteen and
one half inches.
70 pieces, length, four feet ten inches; thickness,
seven inches; breadth, ten and one
half inches.
For Brackets.
800 peces, length six feet thickness, seven inches;
breadth, fifteen and one half inches.
% pieces, length six feet; thickness seven inch
es breadth, twelve inches.
800 pieces, length, five feet; thickness seven inch
es; BREADTH twenty inches.
90 pieces length, five feet; thickness, seven inch
es; breadth fifteen inches.
$50 pieces, length, five feet six inches; thickness,
six inches; breadth, twelve inches.
$50 pieces, length four feet six inches; thickness.
six inches; breadth, fifteen inches.
For IJGnsOns, (each piece making t,co transoms.)
80 pieces length, four fee eight inches; thickness
eight and onehalf inches; breadth,
twenty inches.
eight and half inches breadth,
fifteen inches.
IS pieces, length four feet two inches thickness,
sren inches; breadth, fourteen inches
Being about e ghty three thousand nine hundred
and fourteen feet (board measure) at each yard.
HICKORY.
Five hundred white hickory handsPkes, six
feet three inches long, three and one half inches
square at the butt and two and one half inches
square at the small end
The above white oak timber must be of the best
quallty, and have grown within sixty miles Of
water and taken from butt logs clear OF knots,
rents, sap, and all other defects, and from the
ire or heart pith 1t must be got out fair. strai ght
TO sharp corners, and without twist wind.
The handspikes must be split from the best white
hickory butts, clear of centre or heart pith, and
dressed down to the prescribed dimensions.
ihe timber Tor axeIrees must be in sin gle lengths
and from butt cuts. The timber for bracket pieces
may be delivered TO cut two lengths; and for the
transom pieces to cut four lengths, or double those
above given; bat other combinations OF ngths,
nor any timber from top pieces, will be received
for any purpose.
In the dimensions Of white oak timber half an
inch has been added TO the net thickness, and six
inches 70 the net which il 10 be worked
NJ payment Will be made for any excess beyond
the aggregate number Of feet herein stated for each
yard. II any should be received under dimensions,
the actual contents only will be paid for.
None Of the timber will be received unless ii ia
entirely to the satisfaction OF the respective
mandants OF the yards at which it is delivered.
The deliveries may be made early suits the
convenience OF the contractors, but half of each
size and kind must be delivered or before the
first day of April, 1853 and the whole on or before
the fret day of July, 1853.
Separate offers must be made for the supply at
each OF the navy yards named, and for the white
oak and for the hickory, but the offers mus be for
all of the white oak and oil Of the hickory for each
navy yard. The offer must be by thousand feet,
board measure for the white oak timber, and by
the piece for the hickory hendspikes.
Persons whose offers may be accepted will be re-
CURED TO enter into contracts which, besdes other
conditions, will expressly provide that in they
shall IN any respect fail to perform the contracts,
the same may be, at the option Of the United States
declared null and VOID, without affecting the right
OF the said United States 10 recover for defaults
which may have occurred with the stipulation
also that, If default shall be made by the contrac-
tor IA delivering all or any Of the timber contract
Cd Tor, OF the quality, within the times and the
places named, that then and in that case the con
tractor and his sureties will forfeit and pay TO the
United States, as liquidsted damages, sum Of
money equal 70 twice the contract price; which
li4uidated damages may be recovered from time to
time as they accrue.
All the aforesaid timber must he subject to in
specuon and measurement according 10 the
Printed rules established FOR the inspection and
measurement Of timber for the navy Of the United
Statss," copies Of which may be at either navy
yard ur navy agents Otlce.
NJ extension Of time for making deliveries will
te granted, and penalties for non. fulhlmeut will,
IN all cases, be rigidy enforced. Bidders are,
therefore, requested not 70 offer for than they
sure they furnish within the time specified
Approved sureties in twice the estimated amount
forth in that Instrument, and ten per centum will
BE- withheld from the amount Of each payment a.
collateral security iJr its faithful performance
Ninety per centum Of each biii, approved in tipli-
cate by the respective cOmmandants Of said navy
yards, will be paid by the navy agent the point
Of delivery within thirty days after It's presentation
20 him.
Every offer must be accompanied by a written
guaranty (the responsibility Of the guarantor or
Ruarantors to be certified 20 by navy agent
other official person, or by some one known 20 the
Bureau) that, II the offer be accepted, the bidder
bidders will, within ten days after the receipt II
the contract at the post Office designated, execute
the came, with good and sufficient sureties 20 fur
nish the articles proposed agroeably 10 the terms
rpecihcd in the contract The law Of the 10Th
August l546, iorbids the consideration Of all pro-
potals not accompanied by such guaranty.
Those only whose OfIers may be accepted will be
notified, and contracts will be forwarded without
Persons Offering arc directed 10 designate the
poet ofhce through which they desire TO be ad.
dressed aud the navy agent 10 whom the contracts
shall be cent Tor execution.
Editors authorized & publish THE advertisement
viii be specially notified by this Bureau. None
others will be paid for its insertion.
Form u CuayGniee, (to be attached 10 each oGp.)
We, the undersigned, residents Of --, in the
STATE of -, hereby guaranty, in case the fore.
g1ug bid II -- be accepted, that be (Or thcy)
vail, within ten dsys after the receipt of the con
tract o. the poet Office designated in said bid ere.
cute the same With good and sufficient sureties 20
furnish the articles proposed, in conformity With
The terns Of the Advertisement under which IL s
made. c d.
T.. =.
hereby certify that, 70 the best Of my know.
ledge and belief, the sbovc-uaued guarantors are
good and sufficient. G.. H., Navy Agent
FORM or ENDORSEMENT on ne cnuriope
trnpsntning The oGSr.
Proposals. for Timber" at the Navy Yard,
(name the yard
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Cbi,f Of Bureau Of Ordnance and photography,
Washington, ID. &.
June 5-law5w
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