Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-05-17
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NAVY DEPARTMENT.
Bureau of Provisions and Clothing.
Anvil oath 1874

NAVY DEPARTMENT.
Bureau of Provisions and Clothing.
- April 2stb, 1854.
DRoPosALs, sealed and endorsed Proposals for
small srores'' will be received ut this bureau
until o'clack p. m, Friday, the 26th May next,
for furnishing and delivering Ton receiving ten day
notice. at the United States navy yards at Charles
town, Massachusetts,; Brooklyn, New York; and
Gospurt Virginia. such quantities only of the follow
ipg articles may be required or ordered from the
contractor By the chief of this bureau by the
spective commanding officers OF the said navy yards
during the fiscal year endin S0th June, 1855, viz
Boxes, shaving, inches Buttons, navy coat
in diameter Buttons, dead eye
Brushes, shaving Blse6ing, boxes of
Brushes, scrubtiug Beeswax. IN u Id. cakes,
Brushes, shoe to be pure
Brushes. clothes Combs, coarse
Buttons, navy rest Combs, fne
Buttons navy medium
Cotton spools Of No II and l6, 200 yds EACH cord
equal parts
Grass for hats
HANDKERCHIEF cotton, fast colors 81 80 inches the
weight not less than OF. each, texture $40 to
Hsndkerchiefs fancy silk, fast colors, size 2s q
inches, to weigh not less than o., 14O grains
per piece, texture x IL to inch
Jack.knives
Looking.glasses .--.-
Needles, Nos 1, 2, 3, 4, and s, drlleyed betweens
Raxors, in single cases
Ribbon hat best French black, IL to the piece
width Il inch, texture IA 81 to 70 inch
Soap, shaving in cakes each cake not more nor less
SILK sewing, blue black, wrapper not to exceed
to the pound
Sci sors
Spoons
Thread, black and white, Marshall's best quality
Tape white linen, yards in length, u inch wide,
texture K 9, to "a inch
Tape, black twill ID cotton, yards in length "a inch
wide '--
Thimbles, 8 10 9.10 diameter
Mustard seed American brown
Pepper, black, Maabar
Pepper, red, American -
Bottles, octagon for mustard and pepper
Corks for bottles, best quality
Mustard seed and pepper in the rdW state, and bottles
and corks are to be delivered at Neso York only.
All the articles must be of good quality and con-
formabe in all respects to the samples a OF Which
haze been recently selected and neo) deposited at said
navy yards and in this bureau, and subject to such
inspection at the navy yard where delivered as the
chief of this bureau direct and be entirely salts
factory to the inspecting Officer said officer to be ap
pointed by the Navy Department. Ali the articles
to be delivered free of all incidental expense to the
government in proper vessels or packages, and the
price of each and every article must be the same at
the respective places of delivery. Every separate
package in which one more dozen of the above
articles packed and the boxes, bales or barrels
in which the may be delivered shall be marked
with their contents the of the contractor and
| the month and year when put up; and, when de-
| sired, in good substantial shipping order.
The contractor must establish agencies at such
stations other than his residence that delay may
arise in furnishing what may be required; and wher
| the contractor agent fails promptly to comply
with requisticn, the chief of the Bureau of Pro
visions and Clothing shall be authorized to direct
purchases to be made to supply the deficiency, under
the penalty to be expressed in the contract; the
record of reQuisiton, duplicate copy thereof a
the Bureau OF Provisions and Clothing, at either
of the navy yards aforesaid shall be evidence tina
such reQusitiou has been made and received
Two or more approved sureties, in sum equal t.
the estimated amount of the contract, will be Re
CURED and ten per centum in additien will be with
| held from the amount Of all payments on account
thereof collateral security. to secure its perform
snce and not in any event to be paid until it is il
all respects complied with; ninety per centum of thu
amount of ali deliveries made will be paid by tht
navy agent within thirty days after bills, duly au
thenticated shalt have been presented to him.
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