The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-29
FOR TIMBER FOR THE
NAVY.


WHITE OAK-FOr .Arletrecs.
100 pieces length FIVE feet eight inches thickness
So ten inches; breadth, fourteen inches
1870 pieces length five feet four inches; thickness,
nine inches; breadth, twelve inches
ness, eight and one half inches; breadth,
fourteen inches
rs pieces, length five feet; thickness, seven and
one-half inches; breadth, eleven inches
l+h re For Brackets. d
800 pieces length six feet two inches; thickness
seven inches, breadth, sixteen inches
- 60 pieces. length six feet; thickness, seven
p inches; breadth. twelve and one half inches
$40 pieces, length five feet two inches; thickness
-Eg seven inches; breadth, twenty inches
60 pieces, length five feet two inches; thickness
seven inches; breadth, sixteen inches
$50 pieces length five feet eight inches; thick
ness, six and one-half inches; breadth,
thirteen inches
$50 pieces, length four feet eight inches; thick
ness, six and one half inches; breadth, six
For Tfa,soms, (each piece making t,oo transoms.)
80 pieces, length four feet eight inches; thick
ness, eight and one half inches; breadth,
twenty inches 273
Is pieces, length four feet eight inches; thick
ness, eight and ne-haif inches; BREADTH
stlg sixteen inches hIH >laa19
38 pieces, length four feet two inches; thickness
seven inchee; breadth, fourteen inches
u (Beng about ninety one thousand eight hundred
and fifty two feet (board or inch measure) at each
yard.) d ~ --Fg tt.lg sg.efs5 gi8
HICKORY.
Five hundred white hickory handspikes, six feet
three inches long, three and one half inches square
at the butt, and two and onehalf inches square at
the small end.
The above white oak timber must be of the beet
quality, and have grown within sixty miles of sea
water, and taken from butt logs. clear Of knots,
rents, sap, and all other defects, and from the
centre or heart pith. 1t must be got out fair
straight, to sharp corners, and without twist or
wind. G98ss7E a ss5g9a @r
The handspikes must be split from the best white
hickory butts, clear Of centre or heart pith, and
Creased down to the prescribed dimensions.
The timber for axletrees must be in single
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; 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, additions
have been made to the net dimensions TO which it
is to be worked; and no payment will be made for
any excess beyond the aggregate number of feet
herein stated for each yard. II any should be re-
ceived under prescribed Dimensions, the actual
contents only will be paid for.
None of the timber will be received unless it is
entirely the satisfaction Of the respective COM
mandants of the yards at which it is delivered.
The deliveries may be made as early as suits the
convenience of the contractors, but the whole must
be delivered on or before the first day of July,
1854. af5
Separate offers must be made for the supply at
each Of the navy yards named, and for the white
all Of the white oak and all of the hickory for each
navy yard. The offer must be by the 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
required to enter into contracts which, besides
other conditions, will expressly provide that, in.
contracts, the same may be, at the option of the
United States, declared null and void, without af-
fecting the right of the said United States to re-
cover for defaults which may have occurred with
the stipulation also that, if default shall be made
by the contractor in delivering all or any of the
timber contracted for, Of the quality. within the
times and at the places named, that then and in
that case the contractor and his sureties will for
felt and pay to the United States, as lquidated
damages, sum of money equal to twice the con-
tract price, which lquidated damages may be re-
covered from time to time as they accrue.
All the aforesaid timber must be subject to in
spection and measurement, according to the
sprinted rules established for the inspection and
measurement of timber for the navy of the United
States," copies of which may be seen at either
navy yard or navy agents ONCE:
NO ezls".o .ms J or am mflSim.n, ,n;n i0;
ali cases be rigidIy enforced. Bidders are therefore
requested not TO Offer for more than they are sure
they can furnish tuithtn me tame specited.
Approved sureties in twice the estimated amount
of each contract will be required in the manner
set forth in that instrument. and twenty per cen
tum will be withheld from the amount of each
payment as collateral security for it's faithful per
formance. Eighty per centum of each bill, ap-
proved in triplicate by the respective comman-,l
dants Of said navy yards will be paid BY the navy
agent at the.pont of delivery. within thirty days
after its presentation to him, duly approved
Every offer must be accompanied by written
guarantee (tbc responsibility of the guarantor or
Ruarantors TO be certified to by navy agent or
other official person, 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 exc
cute the same, with good and sufficient sureties, to
furnish the articles proposed agrccably to the
terms specified in the contract The law Of the
10th August, 1896 orbids the consideration OF all
proposals not accompanied by such guarantee.
Those only whose offers may be accepted will
be notified, and contracts will be forwarded without
delay. a a7f,
post Office through which they desire to be nd
dressed. and the navy agent to whom the contracts
shall be sent for execution.
Editors authorized to publish this advertisement
will be specially notified by this bureau. None
others will be paid for its Insertion
Form Of guarantee Ito be attached to each o0sr)
We, the undersigned, residents of in the
State Of hereby guarantee, in case the fore
will, within ten days after the receipt Of the
tract at 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. c; p
hereby certify that, to the best of my know
ledge and belief, the above named guarantors are
good and sufficient.
G. H., Navy Agent
Form of endorsement the envelope Transmitting the
offer. .su
"proposals for Timber" at the Navy Yard,
(name the yard.) lHH
To
Chief of Bureau of Ordnance and photography,
Washington, d, c,
July 26-2aw4w
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