The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-02-10
Office Of Com'r of Public Buildings,

WASHINGTON, January 81, 1853.
GEPARATE PROPOSALS will be received al
~ this Office until IL O'Clock m. on the Oath day
of March next, for furnishing all the Bricks Gneies
or blue Rock Lime and Sand to be required in the
erection of the west wing of the Patent Office
building in this city,
The Bricks are to be of the best quality all hard
and red, Excluding pillar and arcb,) to be made
Off clay tempered by manual labor, land moulded
of the size required by the laws of the Corporation
of Washington. A sample oftwenty bricks, made
of the clay intended to be used, will be required
from each person proposing.
The Gness or Blue Rock must be sound, having
good faces and beds. 1t will be assorted of the
three sizes denominated truck stone, extra large,
and common sze building stone. sample of ten
perches of each sort will be required from each
person proposing; and which will be paid for at the
prices given by the contract.
The Lime is to be Of the best Potomac limestone,
wood burnt, delivered in common flour barrels
(unheaded) in the lime-house near the building.
The contractor will be privileged to take the empty
barrels away as they may bespared. zs IA
The Sand to pc of the best river sharp sand, and
to be delivered by the barrel Of five bushels. Sam
pies to be furnished. @ fs35,
Some persons may desire to offer for specified
number of bricks, to be delivered in given time.
Proposals will therefore also be received for any
number not less than one million.
Persons offering to furnish the foregoing mate
rails will state their prices, as follows: For the
bricks, per thousand; for the gneiss, (each sort
separately per perch of twenty five cubic feet,
barrel, stated; and for the sand, per barrel of
five bushels. In every case the delivery is to be
made at the building to an officer to be appointed
to inspect and receive; and as it ia the object OF the
Government to procure the best of materials, con-
tractors are warned that nothing will be received
which shall fall below the standard that may be
tabished. Any thing rejected must be imme-
diately removed from the premises.
The successful bidders will be required to enter
into written contracts, with bond and security to
be approved by the Commissioner, in the penalty
of sum equal to ne-tenth of the supposed amount
OF the respective contracts to guarantee the faithful
performance of the contractor. And in addition
to this deduction of ten per cent. will be made
from each monthly estimate for materials actually
delivered, which per centage is to remain in the
hands of the United States until the contract shall
be fully completed. 2za &@ tss35 ftas5, s. HI
These materialsa are to be furnished at such times
and in such quantities as the Superintendent of
the building or his assistant may require, upon ten
days. notice. And if contractor shall fail to fur
nish as may be so required, the Commissioner of
Public Buildings will thereupon be at liberty to
purchase in open market the materials 30 required
at the cost and risk of the delinquent contractor and
his sureties. g
Proposals will also be received for furnishing the
common culling white pine boards and common
WIN. Easily,
Commissioner of Public Buildings.
Jan 24-2awtd
NTAsON,s PATENT PURIFIED SPERM
Y,
and purity as light, and for lubricating purpo-
ses, whether applied to the delicate works of a
watch or the most ponderous machinery, surpasses
any oil now known.
prived of that substance, which SO seriously i'm
pedes the rapid movement of all kinds of machine
ry; and for burning it is cheaper and better
than any oleaginous substance now in use.
While it affords light superior to gas or cam
phene it is also free from the dangerous explosive
quality. of the latter, being solely sperm oil
purified.
So pure is this oil that it will not freeze at any
degree of cold known within the limits of the
United States; having thereby this, as in every
other particular, an advantage over the best
oil as now used. 81
After devoting many years in experimenting |
with the various oils, for the purpose of evercom
ing their impurities at present fabricated, the
assures the public that he has sue |
ceeded in producing the enc plus ultra" of oils. |
He offers It as superior to any known oil in tbs
and invokes the scientific of all countries to test
1t and pronounce their opinion, Satisfied that all
will agree that it is the finest oil ever offered for
sale. WILLIAM D. TOWNSEND, Phiia
Forsale by A. HATCH, jr., in the rear of Browns
Hotel; and also by wholesale at the corner of 18th
and E streets by
Dec s-smeod H. D. WALBkIDGE.
FRENCH ALMANACHS FOR 1885, -Almanach
JIG de France, par la Societe National.
Almanach Picturesque.
Almanach pour hre
Almanach Facetieux.
Almanach Orolatique asS s} ag.
Almanach de la Literature ct des Beaux- Arts. I
Aimanach de fIllustration. ht p iia9A I
Almanach Illustre du Palais de CRYSTAL,
Almanaeh Astrelogique.
Almanach Prophetique,
Almanach des Sorciers m SOS
Almanach Comique,
Aimanach Rouffon. ~
Almanaoh Lunatique. . fsaa |
Almanach des Fleurs.
Almanach des MUSES. ct des Graces.
Imported-a few copies only of each-direot from
Paris, by 81 FRANCK TAYLOR.
Feb
q EFT OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY PLAYS
volumes; each play arranged for acting. with COS.
tunes, positions, and all the stage business. a
single set for sale, price 81 SO. STE
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