The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-08-07
pRoPosALs FOR TIMBER FOR THE
NAVY.

PROPOSALS FOR TIMBER FOX THE
NAVY.
NAVY DEpARrMENT,
BURsAU or ORDSANoE AND HYDRoeRAPHY.
June 4, 1857.
SEALED PROPOSALS, endorsed Proposals for
- Timber" will be received at this Bureau, I'M
Ill o'clock p. OF the 18th Of July next TOR fur.
nishing and delivering under contract, at each OF
the several Navy Yards at Charlestown, Massa-
chu5etts, Brooklyn, New York, and Gosport, Vir-
ginia. the following described timber. viz:
WHITE OAK.
For Arletrees.
100 pieces. length five feet six inches; thickness
nine and one. halfinches; breadth, thir-
teen and one halt inches
1870 pieces, length, i've feet two inches; thickness
eight and one half inches; breadth
eleven and one half inches.
IS pieces, length five feet inch; thickness
eight inches; breadth, thirteen and
one half inches.
IS pieces, length, four feet ten nches thickness
seven inches; breadth, ten and one
halfinches.
For Brackets.
800 pieces length six feet; thick ness, inches
breadth, fifteen and one half inches.
60 pieces len 9Th six feet; thickness, seven inch
es; BREADTH twelve inches.
800 pieces, length, five iee; thickness, seven inch
CO; breadth, twenty inches.
90 pieces length, five feet; thickness, seven inch
es; breadth. fifteen inches.
$50 pisces, length, five ct six inches; thickness,
six inches; breadth. twelve inches.
$50 pieces, length four feet six inches; thickness
six inches; breadth, fifteen inches.
For I|ansons', (sach piece making t,oo transoms.)
50 pieces. length, four fee eight inches; thickness
eight and one-half inches; BREADTH
twenty inches
10 pieces, length, four feet thickness
eight and one half inches; breadth,
fifteen inches.
80 pieces, length, four feet two inches thickness
seven inches; breadth, fourteen inches
Being about eighty three thousand nine hundred
and fourteen feet (board measure) at each yard.
HICKORY.
Five hundred white hickory handspikes, 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
quanty, and have grown within sixty miles Of sea
water, and taken from butt logs, clear Of knots,
rents, sap. and all other detects and from the cen.
tire or heart pth II must be got out fair, strai gh,
10 sharp corners, and without twist or wind.
The handspkes must be split from the best white
hickory butts, clear of centre or heart pith, and
dressed down to the prescribed dimensions
The timber for xetree- must be in Jingle gths,
and from butt cuts. The timber for bracket pieces
transom pieces to cot four Lengths, double those
above given; but other combinations of len gths
Nor any timber from top pieces, will be received
for any purpose.
In the dime nsions Of white oak timber half an
inch has been added TO the net thickness, and six
inches TO the net lengths to which it s TO be worked.
NJ paymen, will be made for any excess beyond
tue aggregate number OF feet herein stated for each
yard. II any should be received under dimensions,
the actual contents only will be paid for.
\ Of the timber will be received unless IL is
cnir"iy to the satisfaction of the respective COM
mandants of the yards at which it is delivered.
The deliveries may be made as carly suits the
OF the Contractors but one half Of each
size and kind must be delivered on or before the
fist day Of April, 1853, and the whole on 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 must be for
al! of the mite oak nd all of the hickory for each
navy yard. The Offer must BE- by thousand feet,
bo .rd ineasure, for the white oak timber, and by
the piece for the hickory handspikes.
Persons whose offers may be accepted will be re-
red To enter into contracts which, besides other
conditions. will expressly provide that in case they
snail in any respect fail to perform the contracts,
declared null and void, without affecting the right
OF the said United States to recover for defaults
winch may have occurred, with the stipulation
al.o that if default shall be made by the
tor delivering all any of the timber contract
ed for, OF the quality, within the times and at the
places named, that then and in that case the con-
traitor and hIs suretes will forfeit and pay to the
United States, as lquidated damages, a sum Of
money equal to twice the contract prices which
liquiiated damages may be recovered from time to
time az they accrue.
All the Aforesaid timber must he subject to in .
spcction and measurement, according to the
"Prnted rules established for the inspection and
measurement of timber for the navy Of the United
Statrs, copies Of which may be seen at either navy
yard or navy agents office.
No extension Of time for making deliveries will
be granted, and penalties for non fulfl.nent Will,
in all cases, be rigdy enforced. Bidders are,
therefore, requested not to offer for more tn they
they furnish within the time specified.
Approved sureties in twice the estimated amount
of each contract will be required in the manner set
. forth in that instrument, and ten per ccntum will
be withheld from the amount of each payment as
collateral security for its faithful performance.
Ninety per centum of each bill. approved in tripli
cate by the respective commnndants Of said navy
yards, will be paid by the navy agent at the point
of delivery within thirty days after its presentation
t. him.
Every offer must be accompanied by a written
guaranty (the responsibility of the ,guarantor or
guarantors to be certified to by navy agent or
other official persnn, or by some one known to the
Bureau) that if the offer be accepted, the bidder
or bidders will, within ten days after the receipt Of
the contract the post office designated execute
the zane, with good and sufficient sure,es to fur
nj the articles proposed agreeably to the terms
specihed in the contract The law of the 10th
August 1896 for bids the consider alton Of all pro-
posals not accompanied by such guaranty
Thoe only whose offers may be accepted will be
notified, and contracts will be 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 contracts
shail be sent for execution.
Editors authorized t publish this advertisement
will be specially notified by this Bureau. None
others will be paid for it's insertion.
Form Of Guarantee, Ito be attached TO each o6er.)
We, the under signed, residents Of -, in the
State of -, hereby guaranty, in case the fore
going bid of - be accepted, that he Cor they)
will, within ten days after the receipt of the
tract at the post office designated in said bid,
the same with good and sufficient sureties, to
furnish the articles proposed, in conformity with
the terms Of the advertisement under which it is
made. &. d.
hereby certify that, to the best Of my know
ledge and belief, the above med guara ntors are
good and sufficient. G. H., Navy Agent.
FORM OF ENDORSEMENT on the envelope
transmitting the ofer:
Proposals for Timber at the Navy Yard,
(nsme the yard.)
To
Chief Of Bureau Of Ordnance and Hydrography,
Warrington, d. &.
June 5-law5w
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