Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-05-17


Do jumpers do do 5000
Rlae flannel IN the piece $4,000
Barnsley sheetDg frocks 5000
Canvas duck trowfers. 5000
Bafnsey shestrg in the piece yards 25,0D0
Canvas duck, in the piece. 1000
Blue Cloth Cans 1000
Calf-ssIu shoes pa;rS o,uoo
Kipskn shses high pairs 5000
Woolen airs 5.VOO
Do socks, No. and 2..........-..,.. pairs 5000
Mattresses, with two covers TO each....... 800
India nankin pieces 700
Blauksts-. osOVo
Black silk handkerchiefs. 10000
Blue cotton and wool cloth trowsers......... 1000
Do do In the piecs..yds 1900
The cotton and wool cloth must be American man
uacured q inches wide inside OF list, which list
must consist each edge If not less than u white
Voollen threads woven in the whole length OF the
piece; must weigh not less than 9 ounces per I'd,
TO contain in each piece about 2s yaIDs; the warp
must be cotton pure Indigo blue, yarn dyed and the
filling wool pure Indigo blue, wool dyed. The trow-
sers must be made of material as thus described:
The blue cloth Of which the pea and round jackets
and trowsers are to he made must be American man.
ufactured, made Of clean wool. pure Indigo dyed and
dyed in the wool -
The flannel must be all wool, American manufac-
tured wool dyed, pure Indigo blue, and twilled
must be in pieces of SO yards in length, q inches
wide, weighing ounces per yard, with list on each
edge of white woollen threads woven in the whole
length of the piece. To be packed in bales of TO
pieces, the pieces to be rolled separately scoa any
cloth boards Each bale to contsin SEQ yards, and
1861 lbs. hapnel.
The over and undershirts and drawers aud jump
ers must he made of flannel as thus described.
The Bsrnsley sheetng must he free Of cotton, 30
inches in width, and about 46 yards in each piece
The canvas duck must be free of cotton, so inches
in width, and arout SO yards in the piece.
The shoes 10 be stamped with the contractors
name, number of shoe, and year when made; the
sizes TO be In the following proportion for each GO
pairs, unless otherwise ordered, viz Of No. D. L.
OF No. g. IL of No. Z, IL of No. g. Of No g. of No.
10, of No. IL. They to conform IN all respects
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good, strong boxes 90 pairs in each. The name of
the contractor, contents, and the year when made,
marked each box. The caf-skin and the kip
skin shoes to be packed in seq, rate boxes.
The woollen socks must be woven or knit-No.
to weigh not less than ,63S grains; No. to weigh
not less than 1,SOS grains, and if knit be ribbed
| The mattresses must weigh 10 pounds, including
| ticking.
| The narkin must be of the best India nsnkin, as
per sample at the yards in regard to length weight
and texture
be So by IS inches in SIZE texture by to Il inch.
The black silk handkerchiefs must be 81 5 by 81 -
inch, and weigh OF. and 12 or. Troy; fixture, IA
| By % to IA inch.
schedule of the two sizes for each 100 pieces of
made up clothing. and for all clothing materials,
will be found with the samples at the respective
navy yards; and all the above articles, includi z
the necessary buttons, rings, &c, are TO be iully
equal the quality, texture, and finish of material
| pattern and workmanship, to said samples.
| The number or quantity which will be required
|
stated; it is even possible that OF none may
1 be required A contract will, therefore, be made
not TO- specific number or quantity of any article,
but only for such number or quantity of each the
service may require to be delivered at those navy
yards respectively. The price must Ge uniform at all
| the stations.
All the above articles must be subject TO such in
spec.iOn at the place of delivery the Chief of this
| bureau may direct; and no article VIII be receiTed
that is not fully equal TO the sample or pattern both
in material and workmanship, and which does not
conform in all other respects TO the spuations and
provisions of the contract to be made.
| The whole must be delivered at the risk and ex-
pense of the contractor, in good, tight substantial
and dry packing boxes or bales: each box and bale
to be marked with the contractors name, and the
year and month when manufac ured or put up: the
| whole to be in COED shipping order, free of all
charges TO the United States aud to the entire sat
sfaction of the inspecting officers said officers to be
sppointsd by the Navy Department.
The offers must distinguish the prices for each
ticle mentioned, and must be calculated to cover
every expense attending the fulflment of the con.
tract, including the necessary metal and navy but
tons.
In of failure the part of the contractors to
furnish and deliver the several articles which may
be oriered from the m, IN proper fla.e ana Of pops,
quality, the Chief of the Bureau of Provisions and
Clothing shall be authorized to purchase or direct
purchases to be made of what may be required to
supply the deficiency, under the penalty to be OK
pressed in the contract; the record of tuisiton
or duplicate COPY thereof at the Bureau of Proyi-
siOns and Clothing, or at either OF the navy yards
aforesaid shall be evidence that such requistiop has
| been made and ret eived.
Two or more approved suretieS In sum equal to
the estimated amount Of the respective CONTRACT S
will be required, and ten per centum will be With
| held from the amount of sll payments on account
thereof collateral security, and not In event
to be paid until it is in all respects complied wit
and ninety per centum of the amount of all deliver
| les made will be paid by the navy agent within
thirty days after tplicate bills, duly authenticated
| shall have been presented to him.
| Bidders whose proposals accented land none
others} will be forthwith notified and as early as
practicable a contract will be transmitted to them
for execution, which contract must be returned to
| the bureau within five days, exclusive of tie time
required for the regular transmission of the mail.
A record or duplicate Of the letter informing q
bidder of the acceptance of his proposal, will be
| deemed notification thereof within the meaning OF
the act of ls4e and his will be made and accepted in
conformity with this understanding.
| Every offer made must be accompanied las di-
rected in the act of Congress making appropriations
for the naval service for 1916 AZ, approved IOth
August, 1S46) by written guarantee, signed by one
or more responsible persons to the effect that he or
! they undertake the bidder bidders WILL if his or
their bid be accepted enter into obligation with
| in five days, with good and sufficient sureties to
furnish the supplies proposed. The bureau will O;
DO obligated to consider any proposal unless
panied by the guarantee required by law; the COM
potency OF the guarantee to be certified by the navy
agent district attorney, officer of the general
government known TO the bureau.
Blank forms OF proposals may be obtained on ap
| plication to the Navy Agents at Portsmouth New
| Hampshire; Boston, New York, Philadelnhia. Bal
tmore Washington, Norfolk, Pensacola, and at this
bureau.
The attention of bidders is called to the samples
and description Of articles required as, in the in
spection for reception, just but rigid COMPARE on
| viii be made between the articles offered and IN.
sample and contract, receiving none that fall be-
low them; and their attention is also particularly
directed to the annexed joint resolution in addition
| to the act Of the 10th August, 1916.
Extract from the act Of Congress oppropei A,,ou,
TO- 1874. 80
SEC o. And be further enacted, That from ana
after the passage of this act every proposal for
supplies invited by the Secretary of the Navy under
the navy, approved March third, eighteen hundred
and forty three, shall be accompanied by written
guarantee, signed by one or more responsible per-
cons 10 the effect that he or they undertake that
the bidder or bidders wi if his or their bid be &C