Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-12-23
Proposals for OIL for Light-Hous.s.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Office Light House Board.
q EPARATE sealed proposals will be received AT
y this office until o'clock p. m. on Monday, the
9th day of January, 1854. for supplying the light
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 Bedf I'D or Edgartown, Massachusetts, at the
option of tho contractor to te deter mined on ut the
the time Of accepting the hid in ti1ht well-made
casks, suitable for shipping, in prime order OF
before the following dates respectively, and also, at
the respective points named on the lakes, viz:
LOT NO. 1.
II 900 (eeren thousand gallons best wintcr-straiucd
or pressed sperm oil, and
5000 (f~cnty'nins houSand) gallons best spring
strained OF pressed sperm oil, to Re deliv
cred on the 18th dsy Of March, 1854, as
LOT NO. 2.
$4,000 (tcenty:four thousand gallons best winter
strained or pressed sperm oil, and
5000 (safesn honsan gallons best spring-strained
or pressed sperm oil. to be delivered on the
10th day of May, 1854, above.
FOR THE LAKES
LOT NO. 3.
$500 (s1r thousand fus hundred gallons best win
ter-strained or pressed sperm oil, and
$500 (sT Ho,tsdnd fire hundred gallons best spring
strained or pressed sperm OIL to be deliver
ed at Buffalo. New York, to the proper Off
Ger authorized to receive it, on the 18th day
Of April, 1854, or Immediately after the open
1900 (Sirtecn huGdys gallons best winter strained
or pressed sperm oil, and
1000 (sirte, hundrstD galiozs best spring-etraned
sperm oil, to lie delivered to the collector
and superintendent of lights at Oswego
New York, on the 18th day Of April, 1854
or Immediately after the opening Of the
Erie canal, and
500 (fre hundred gallons best winter-strained o-
pressed sperm oil, and
500 lire hunGrs1D gallons best spring strained OF
pressed sperm oil, to be delivered to the col
lector and superintendent of lights at Platts
burg, New York. on the 18th day of April
1904, or Immediately after the opening of the
Erie canal.
All of the oil comprised in lot No g. to be deliver
ed at the aforementioned places for the lights on
the lake,, must be in SIN IL iron -bouni casks in
prime order, free from leakage containing from sc
to 80 gallons EACH and free from all expense to tho
United States: all the costs of transportation dam
and leakage, being at the charges and risk Of the
contractor contractors. and all tests and inspec
ton to be made prior to the transportation of the
oil from the contract tors warehouse or other place
OF deposit.
The several lots of oil required to be delivered
alongside of tho supply vessels shall BIZ delivered
when the said vessels shall be in readiness to receive
the same and in the supply vessels should not
be ready to receive the oil the days herein spec
fed for its delivery then the contracting party will
be mt liberty to deliver it to authorized agent OF
the lighthouse establishment at the point of deliv
cry and shall be entitled to payment therefor with
in fifteen days from such del very.
All the oil contracted for under the foregoing pro-
posals to be uhjected to the usual tests of specific
gravity temperature at which it will remain limpid
by burning and such other means may he thought
proper by the person or persons to whom that duty
may be assigned by the Ligh House Board, before il
will he accepted. The wnter-straned oil to remain
lmpid at temperature of 80 degrees of Fahrenheit
or lower. and the spring-straned oil at tempera
ture of 40 degrees of Fahrenheit or lower
Proposals will be received and considered for each
lot separately, for the whole quantity required
at the option of the bidder; but bid will be en-
tertained for less quantity than is comprised in
Of the ssve-a lots designated Nos. l. ?, and g.
The bids must state explicitly the lot lots proposed
for by the number numbers, the quantity of each
kind Of oil in the lot lots and the price per gallon
for each quality of oil.
All bids must be sealed, and endorsed " Proposals.
tor OIL for Idght Houses, and then placed in anoth
er envelope, and directed to tie Secretary of tn,
Light House Board, Washington, DC
bond. with security to the satisfaction of the de
partment in penalty equal to one-ffth of tn,
amount of each contract made under the foresoin,
proposals. will be required of each contractor canai
toned for the faithful performance of each con
tract.
The board, under the authority Of the departmen
reserves the right te reject any bid though it ma,
he the lowest, from other considerations than it
amount.
BY order Of the Light House Board:
THORNTON A. JENKINS,
dec 2l-eOtilIJan9th,lS 1854 Secretary.