Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-10-15

For Muster Office.
200 pounds e-penny iron cut brad
head nails per pou.l
200 90 S-penny do do do do do
200 do 10penny do do do do do
$50 do 12-peRny do do do do do
edozen 1Ainch iron axle sash pulleys per dozen
1000 pounds cast-ron sash weights per pound
~ do Pinch finishing nails do
5 do best six-strand sash cord do
II 5inch hand-rail screws each
3 gross 1-inch iron screws per gross
3 do 1I2-inch do do do
2 9nch brass fush-bolts for doors each
Pinch brass do do do
pairs 81 by 5192-inch iron butt hinges per pair
II do 5 by 5inch do do do
12 41I-inch mortise locks best quality,
mineral knobs each
26-inch do do do do do
81 boxes J. G. tin per box
"A pounds India tin per pound
For Maya, inc.
100 pounds 20penny copper cut nails per pound
90 pounds 1Gpenny copper cut nails do
4pairs brass hooks and hinges, 1Sinch,
Per pattern per pair
brass neck bolts 12inch each
brass hRsps and staples Ie- pattern per set
+lnch brass padlocks each
CLASS No. 10.
For Muster Office
so bushels hair per bushel
D barrels plaster of paris per barrel
For printed schedules and forms of offer, bidders
referred to the navy agent New York or to he
bureau Of yards and docks.
1t is to be provided in the contract and to be dis
uncily understood by the bidders, that the amount
and number OF articles enumerated i'll classes head
Ell = MlscelaneOuS," are specified as the probnjie
quantity which may be required, well to fix
data tor determining the lowest bid but the con
tractor Is to furnish less Of the said enme-
rated articles and IN such quantities and at such times
as the bureau or c0HnlGnddnt may require, Cand
questions sent through the post office shall BE- deem
ed sufficient notice. during the fiscal year endin.
3Oh June, 1894, and, If so requested, until further
contracts shall be made for the ensuing fiscal year
OF lS5i-55; and, whether the quantities required
be more or less than those specified, the prices shall
remain the same.
All the articles must be of the best quality deliv-
cred in good order, free Of all and every extra
charge or expense, and subject the inspection
count, weight, or measurement Of the said navy
yard, and be III all respects satisfactory to the
lnandant thereof
Contractors for classes headed :'MisceIlaneo,Is -
who do not reside the place where the articles
are to be delivered, will be required to in their
proposals an agent at the city or principal place
near the yard OF delivery, who may be called upon
to deliver articles when they shall be required.
The deliveries of all building materials may be
commenced forthwith, and must be mmenced
within sixty days after the date of the contract, aud
! continued from time tn time, the opinion of
the commandment of the yard the of the servce
may require, (and acquisitions through the post
ONCE shall be deemed sufficient notce,) and must be
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| They will be measured, inspected, counted, or
weighed, by the rules adopted bv the governments at
the Navy Yards for instructions regarding which,
ana Tor more particular description of all mate
rialS, reference is made te the commandant the
! yard. When all other things equal, preference
will be gwen, in awarding the contracts. to the
tIces of the growth. DrOu!Ic On and manufacture of
| the United States.
Approved suretie., in the full amount of the con-
! ira I, will he required, and twenty per ccntum, as
! additional security, deducted from each payment
no SI,nnl ,at-a boa,
| celled unless otherwise authorized by the depart
| ment.
| On classes headed Miscellaneous, to he dclv-
cred as required during the fiscal year, the twenty
| per centum retained may, at the discretion the
coiinaIdint, he paid quarterly the first OF Janu-
airy, April, July, and October, when the deliveries
have b.en satisfactory; TIE balance (eighty per
,ccnt.) will be paid by the navy agent at New York
within thirty days after Representation of bills in
| tnpllcate, duly vouched and approved No part of
the per cen um reserved is to be paid until all
iectcd articles offered under the contract shall have
removed from the yard, unless specially authorized
| by the department.
1t will be stipulated in the contract that if default
shall ne made by parties OF the first part in deliver
ing all or any of the articles nentiOntd of the quail
and ut all times and places above provided, then
and In that case the said parties will forfeit and pay
10 the United States, rs liqudated damages, a sum
OF money evual to twice the amount of the contract
price herein agreed upon the price to he paid for
the articles in case of the actual delivery thereof,
winch llquidatcd damages may be recovered from
time TO time As they accrue.
| The suTeties must sign the contract and make
acavit that they, In the aggregate, are worth over
! and above their debts and liabilities the full amount
OF the contract.
Each offer must he signed by the person or persons
making II, and by the giiarantors, according to the
form annexed; and their residence, naming the town
! and State, must be distinctly stated.
III TO be provided in the contract that the bureau
shall Lave the power Of annuIlng the contract,
! WHnout loss or damage TO the government in case
congress shall not make sufficient appropriations for
The articles named for the completion of the
works estimated for, and on which this advertise
ment is based.
Persons whose offers shall he accented will he
notihed by letter through the post Office which no
lee siiaii De considered sufficient; and if they do
uot enter INTO contract for the subtle, soecified
within hiteen days from The date OF notice from this
bureau u the acceptance OF their bid, a contract
Will he made with other person or persons and
the guarantors OF such defaulting bidder will be held
responsible tor all denGuenries.
All offers not made in strict conformiiy with this
advertisement will, at the option of the bureau, be
rejected. Those only whose offers may be accepted
will be notified, and contracts will BIZ ready for ex