Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-12-30
Proposals for OH for L,ght-nouses,
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

TREASURY DEPARTMENT. !
Office Lighthouse Board. i
g EPARATE sealed proposals. will be received at
- this Office until O'Clock p. M. on Monday. the
9th day Of January, 1871. for ruppying The liSht
house establishment with the following lots or
quantities of oil, to be delivered alongside of the
government supply vessel at Boston, New York city,
New Bedford. Elgartown, Massachusetts, at the
option of the contractor to be determined Mt the
the time of acc. ping the bid in fight well-matc
casks suita bic for shipping, in prime order, or
before the following dates respectively, and also,
the respective points named on the lakes, viz:
LOT NO. !.
IL 900 slertn Houson gallons best winter strained
or pressed sperm oil, and
90 600 (trrsnty NM McnsaHdJ gallons best spring
strained pressed spprm oil, to be dev.
cred on the 10th day of March, 1854. as
above.
LOT NO q
81 600 H,cenf four Monsnnd) gallons best winter
strained or pressed sperm oil, and
5000 (s'efn h"HsoP) gallons hest spriDcstrainel
pressed sperm oil to be delivered on the
10th day of May, ISL, above.
FOR TIE LAKES.
LOT no. g.
$500 (siJ thousand FIRE hupdrfd) gallons best win.
terstrained or pressed sperm oil, and
$500 (sirDtousand Grs hundrrn gallons best spring
strained or pressed sperm OIL to he deliver
Ell ut Buffalo, New York, TO the proper Off
Ger authorized to receive it on the 18th day
Of April, 1854 or Immediately after the open
ing of the Erie canal
l,oo (S1reen hnHdeo) gallons best winter strained
OF pressed sperm oil, and
900 (sirten huita') gslos best spring
sperm oil, TO lee delivered TO the collector
and superintendent of lights at OSwcso,
New York, on the 18th day % April. 1854,
or Immediately after the opening of the
Erie canal, and
500 tire hun5,.dD gallons hrst winter-.rainetl or
pressed sperm oil, and
$40 fire hundTrd) gallons best spring strained Or
pressed sperm oil. to lie delivered to tn" col
1ector and superintendent Of lights nj Platts-
burg, New York. on the 18th day Of April
1854, orinmediately after the opening of the
Erie canal.
All Of the oil comprised in LOT No. 8 to be deliver
ed at the abovr mentioned places for tn. lights on
the lakes. must he in small ircn-b0unI casks. in
prime order free from leakage, containing from sc
to 80 gallons each anu free from MI expense To- the
United States; all the costs of transportation, dam
aye and leakage, being at the charges and risk of the
contractor or contractors. AMI all tests and insyec-
ton to be made prior t" the transportation of Tia.
OIL from the contractor warehouse, sr other llnce
Of deposit.
The several lots Of oil required TO De delivered
snnIsi'e of the supply vessels shall bc .rliverr!
WHEN the said vessels shall tn in reainesS 10 receive
the same: and i'll the supply Sris should not
he ready to receive the oil the days herein spcci
fcd'for It's delivery. then the contracting party will
he NJ liberty to deliver II to All Authorized agent of
the light house establishment at the point Of eiiy-
cry and shall be entitled to par meut therefor with.
in fifteen days frGm such delivery.
All the oil contracted for under the foregoing pro-
posaIs 10 De subjected 10 the usual tests OF specific
gravity, Temperature" at which il will remain limpid
by burning and such other means as may he thought
proper by the person or partons to whom that duty
may be assigned by the Iigh House Board. before il
will be accepted. The winterstrsined oil to remain
mpid at temperature of 81 degrees of Fahrenheit
or lower. and the spring strained oil mt 8 tempera-
ture of 10 degrees of Fahrenheit or lever
Proposals will be received and considered for each
lot separately, for the who's. quantity required
at the option Of the bidder; but TO lid will lie en-
tertaned for less quantity than is comprised in
one OF the several lots designated Nos. IL, and B.
The bids mist state explicitly the lot otsproposed
for by the number or numbers, the quantity of each
kind ofoi in the lot lots aud the price per gallon
for each quality of oil
Ali bids mast re sealed, and endorsed Proposals
far OIL for Lgh Houses" and then placed in auoth
er envelope, rnd directed to the Secretary Ct the
Light House 'toard. Washington, DC
bond, with security to the satisfaction of the ie
partment in penalty equal 10 one-fifth of the
amount of rach contract made under the foreron.
proposals, will be required Cf each contractor cnndi
toned for the faithful performance of each con-
tract.
The board, under the authority Of the department
reserves the right to reject any hid though il NAV
be the lowest, from other considerations than its
amount ....
By order of the Light House Board:
THORNTON A. JENKINS,
Dec observation-disclosures Secretary
A CARD.-AH of our accounts will be rendered
IA on or before the u in tant, and We respect
fully request that their respective amounts will be
settled cash before the LIST day of the new wear
Customers cannot imagine the pleasure We take in
plea 'ing heir wants; when their accounts ar.
paid on presentation it is both sagrecabIe to then,
and to US u be sending for Tie ,,ayment,
D. We have on hand very large stock of Dress Silks
OF all kinds, which wewiil sslI very cheap
large stock Of French Muusscline Deuines, to be
sold very cheap.
large hot of French Merinos to be sold very
chsup.
large stock of various kinds of goods too uu.
merous TO mention, which guaranty to sell shear.
~ than can De hal elseW here.