Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-01-13
Proposals for OH for Light.Hou..,
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Office BishtsHouse Board.

TREAsrRr DEPARTMENT.
-'H-f'- Office HghtHouse Board
CEPARATE sealed proposals will Re we'd NJ
- this Office until O'Clock p. m, on Monuay n.
9th day of January, 1854, for suTplyins he light.
house establishment with the following lets or
quantities Of OIL TO BE- delivered aongside Of IN.
government supply weasel at Boston. New York city
New Bedford, or Edsartcwn, Massachusetts,, al The
option Of the contractor TO he determined On at the
the time of pting the bid, in tight, weIl-msde
casks suitable for chipping. in prime order, or
before the following dates rs<peciis ely, and aso nj
the respective points named on the lakes, viz:
LOT NO. L.
III coo (elereR Uousdnd) gallons best wintersraned
or pressed sperm oil, and
- eco 0oenty- mine aoMsdndD gallons best spring
strained or pressed sperm GIL 10 he delir-
cred on the 18th day Of March, 1854, as
LOT NO.
$1,000 (t,centyfovr 1tossdnGO gallons best winter
strain-d pressed sperm oil, and
1900 strteen o1sandD ga lions best spring strained
or pressed sperm oil. to be delivered on the
18th day Of May, 1854 as above.
FOR TIE LAKES
LOT No. 3.
$500 (sir thousand fire hundred gallons bsst win
ter-strsined or pressed sperm OIL ard
$500 (sir thousand fire Hundred gallons best 81 rim
strained or pressed perm oil, 10 b. deliver.
ed at Buffalo, New York, to the prpicr Off
Ger authorized 10 receive II, on The 18TH day
efArril, 1881 or immediately after The open-
l. LOCO llteen ksds gallons bot winter strained
or pressed sperm OIL aud
600 (sistsen hundTel gallon best spring strained
sperm oil, to b- delivered te the collector
and superintendent of lights at Oswego,
go New York, on the 18th day OF April. 1854,
or immediately after the opening Of tn,
Erie canal, and
SEQ (fpe hundred gallons best strained OF
pressed sperm Gil and
500 lfrc hundred gallons best srrng strained or
pressed sperm oil, to he delivered to tie col
lector snd superintendent Of lights at Platts-
burg, New York, on the 18th day Of April
1854, crimmediately after the opening OF the
Erie canal.
All of the oil Comprised III OF No. 3 to be- deliver
ed at the aforementioned plssei for the lights on
the lakes, must be in small ronbound casks in
prime order. free from leakage, containing from 80
to SO gallons each. and free from all Expense 90 the
United States; all the costs of trspsportaon dam
and leakage being the charges and risk Of the
contractor or contractors and all tests and inspe~-
ton TO be made prior tn the transportat Of the
oil from the contractors warehouse, plsc.
! Of deposit
The several lots of oil required to be delivered
alongse of the supply vessels shall he delivered
when the said vessels shall be in r-adnes. 10 receive
the came; ant in case tie supply sells should not
be ready to receive the oil the days herein spci
fed for its delivery then the contracting party will
De a. liberty TO deliver 1t TO arthorIE-d agent Of
the lighthouse establishment at the point II dpiv-
cry and shall he entitled payment therefor With
in fifteen days from such delivery.
All the oil contracted for under the foregoing pro-
posa,s to be subjected TO The usual tests of specc
gravity, temperature at which il will remain limrid,
by burning and such other means may be thous ht
proper by the person or srsons to whom that duty
may be assigned by thu L&h uouse Beard, before IL
will he accepted The winterstrained oil 10 rrm.in
impid at temperature OF 50 degrees of Fahrenheit
or lower. and the spring strained oil at a tempers.
ture Of 10 degrees of Fahrenheit or lower
Proposals will be received and considered for each
lot separately, or for the whole quantity required
at the option of the bidder; but no bid viii be tn.
tertained for less quantity than is comprised in
one OF the several lots Designated Nos. l. 2 ard
The bids must state explicitly the lot lots proposed
for by the number EumberS the qran:ity OF 20 en-
kind Of oil in the lot lots, aud the price per gallon
| fer each quality of oil.
All bids mast be sealed, and endorsed PrnposIIs
FIR OIL for Light Houses ard then placed in aaoih
rr envelope, and directed TO the Secretsr- CT the
Lisht House BOARD. Washington, DC
bond with security to the satisfaction of the de-
! partnent In a penalty equal to one-ffth OF the
amount of Zach contract made under the foregoing
proposals. viii be required Of each contractor condi-
toned for the faithful performance OF each con.
! tract.
The board, under the authority Of the department
reserves the right to reject sny bid though il may
be the lowest, from other considerations Ihan it's
| amount.
| By order OF the Light House BOARD:
| THORNTON A. JENKINS.
| dec 2l-eotillJ ar9th. 1854 Secretary.