The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-08-16
PROPOSALS FOR TIMBER ron THE
& NAVY.
NAVY DxpAnrmRnr.

NAVY DEPARrMEsr,
BuREAu or oaDsascE AND HyDaocRAPHy.
Et |"ss# Juno 4, 1852.
SEALED PROPOSALS, endorsed t. Proposals for
y Timber" will be received at this Bureau, IN
iii o'clock p. m OF the 18th of July next, Tor fur
aishing and delivering, under contract, at each oil
chusetts, Brooklyn, New York, and Gosport, Vir.
GINA the following described timber, viz:
H WHITE OAK.
For Aristrses.
20 pieces, length, five feet six inches; thickness
nine and one. halfnches; breadth, thir-
teen aud one half inches.
100 pieces, length, five feet two inches; thickness
eight and one half inches; breadth
eleven and one half inches
IS pieces, length five feet one inch; thickness
eight inches; breadth, thirteen and
one,half inches.
seven inches; breadth, ten and one.
halfinches. ..| 90
For Brackets.
800 pieces length, six feet; thickness, inches
breadth, fifteen and one-half inches.
60 pieces, length, six feet; thickness, seven inch
es; breadth, twelve inches.
800 pieces, length, five ieet thickness seven inch
es; breadth, twenty inches.
pieces length, five feet; thickness seven inch
es; BREADTH fifteen inches.
100 pieces length, five ieet six inches; thickness
six inches; breadth, twelve inches.
80 pieces, length four feet six inches; thickness
SIX Inches; breadth, nftsen lnches.
For Tfansonss, leach piece making ttoo transoms.)
- pieces. length, four feet eight nches thickness
eight and onc-half inches; breadth,
twenty inches.
Is pieces length, four feet eightinches; thickness,
eight and one half inches; breadth,
fifteen inches.
IS pieces, length four feet two inches; thickness,
seven inches; breadth, fourteen inches.
Being about eighty.thrse thousand nine hundred
and fourteen feet (Doas u nieasure) 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
quality, and have grown within sixty miles Of sea
rents, sap, and oil other defects, and from the
ire heart pith 1t must be got out fair, straight,
to sharp corners and without twist or 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.
The timber for axletrees must be in gle lengths,
and from butt cuts. The timber for bracket pieces
may be delivered to cut two lengths; and for the
above given; but no other combinations of lengths,
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 to the lengths to which it is TO be worked
No payment will be made for any excess beyond
the aggregate number Of feet herein stated for each
yard. any should be received under dimensions,
the actual contents only will be paid for.
None of the timber will be received unless it is
entirely TO the satisfaction of the respective COM
mandants of the yards at which it is delivered.
The deliver les may be made early as suits the
convenience of the contractors, but half Of each
size and kind must be delivered on or before the
first day OF April, 1852 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 must be for
all Of the white oak and all 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 handspikes
Persons whose offers may be accepted will be re-
CURED to enter into contracts which, besides other
conditions, will expressly provide that, in case they
shall in any respect fail to perform the contracts,
the may be- at the option of the United States,
declared null and void, without affecting the right
of the said United States to recover for defaults
which may have occurred, with the stipulation
also that. If default shall be made by the contrac
tor in delivering all or 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-
tractor and his sureties will forfeit and pay to the
United States, 40 liquidated damages, sum of
money equal to twice the contract price; which
Iiquidated damages may be recovered from time to
time as they accrue.
All the aforesaid timber must he subject. to in
spection and measurement. according to the
"Printed rules established for the inspection and
measurement OF TIMBER Tor the navy OF the united
States' copies Of which may be at either navy
yard or navy agents office.
No extension of time for making deliveries will
be granted, and penalties for non fulflmcnt will,
in all cases, be rigidy enforced. Bidders are,
therefore, requested not to offer for more than they
they can 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 tho amount of each payment as
collateral security for it's faithful performance.
Ninety per centum of each bill, approved in trip-
cate by the respective commandants of said navy
yards, will be paid by the navy agent at the point
of delivery within thirty days after its presentation
to him.
Every offer must be accompanied by written
guaranty (the responsibility Of the guarantor 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 the receipt Of
the contract at the post office designated, execute
the same, with good and sufficient suretes to fur.
nish the articles proposed agreeably to the terms
specified in the contract. The law of the 10th
August 1916, forbids the consider alton Of all pro-
posals not accompanied by such guaranty.
Those only whose offers may be accepted will be
notified, and contracts will be forwarded without
delay
Persons offering are directed to designate the
post office through which they desire " he ud
dressed, and the navy agent to whom the contracts
shall be sent for execution.
Editors authorized t. publish this advertisement
viii De speCldily notIled ny tnl5 NOne
others will be paid for it's insertion.
Form Of Guarantee, Ito be attached to each ofsr.)
We, the undersigned, residents of -, in the
State of -, hereby guaranty, in case the fore
going bid Of be accepted, that he Tor they)
will, within ten days after the receipt Of the con
tract the post Office designated in said bid, exc
cute 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. G. d.
E..
hereby certify that, to the best of my know
ledge and belief, the above named guarantors are
good and sufficient e. H., Navy Agent.
FORM OF ENDORSEMENT on the envelope
Transmitting the Offer:
Proposals for Timber" at the Navy Yard,
(nnme the yartt.).
To --
Chief of Bureau Of Ordnance and photography,
Washington, D. T..
June 5-law5w
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