Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-01-07
for OH for LighI-Hoase,.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Office Lighthouse Board (
SyEPARATE sealed proposals will be received M
- his ONCE until o'clock p. M, on Moud7y. the
9th day Of January, 1854, for tupplying the light
house establishment with the following lots or
quantities Of OIL TO be delivered slongside Of the
government supply vessel at Boston, New York city
New Bedford, or Edgartown. Massachusetts,, at the
option Of the contractor TO be determined at the
the time Of accepting the bid, in tight, well made
casks, suita bic for shipping In prime order or
before the following dates respectively ans also al
the respective points named on the lakes, viz:
LOT No. i.
III 900 (eepen housdnd) gallons best wipterstrained
or pressed sperm oil. and
% 600 (f,oenty-niRs Uousdnd) gallons best spring
strained pressed sperm oil, 70 he deliv-
cred on the 18th day Of March, 1854,
above.
LOT NO 2
q, 900 (centy.four uhoagaas) gallons best winter.
strained or pressed sperm oil, and
1900 (s,teen houscndD gallons best spring strained
or pressed sperm oil. to be Delivers on the
18th day of May, 1854, as above.
FOR THE LAKES.
LOT NO. 3.
e,5o0 (siB thousand FIRE hundred gallons best win
ter-strsised or pressed sperm oil. and
$500 (sr thousand fue tudroo) gallons best spring
strained or pressed sperm oil, to be- deliver
ed at Buffalo, New York, TO the pr, per off,
authorized 70 receive it. on the 18th day
of April, 1854, or immediately after the OPEN
ing Of the Erie canal.
10
or pressed spsrm OIL and
800 (strtcen huRdreof) gaOEs best spring<transd
sperm oil, to he delivered to the collector
and superintendent of lights at osweso,
New York, on the 18th day Of April, 1854,
or immediately after the opening Of the
Erie canal, and
800 fire hundrodD gallons best winter strained or
pressed sperm oil, and
500 Cfue handyed) gallons best spring strained or
pressed sperm oil, to be delivered 10 the COL
lectcr and superintendent of lights st Plstts-
burg, New York, on the 18th day Of April,
1854, or immediately after the opening OF the
Erie canal.
All Of the oil comprised in lot No 8, to be deliver
ed at the abovem sntioned places for the lights on
the lakes, must be in small iron-bound casks, in
prime order, free from leakage, containing from 80
TO 50 gallons EACH and free from al expense TO the
United States; all the costs of transportation dam
and leakage, being at the charges and risk Of the
contractor or contractors. and all tests and inspee
ton to be made prior to the transportation of the
oil from the contractors warehouse, sr other place
of deposit
The several lots of oil required to be delivered
alongside OF the supply vessels shall b. delivered
when the said vessels shall be readiness 10 receive
the same and in the supply vessels should not
be ready to receive the oil the days herein speci
isd for its delivery, then tn. contracting party will
be AZ liberty to deliver Ii to authorized agent Of
the light house establishment at the point of deliv.
cry and shall be entitled 10 payment therefor with
in fifteen days from such delivery.
All the oil contracted for under the foregoing pro-
posas TO be subjected to the usual tests of specific
gravity, temperature at which IL will remain hmpid,
by burning and such other means may he thong hit
proper by the person or persons to whom that duty
may be assigned by the Ligh House Boar' before it
will be accepted. The winterstrained oil TO remain
limpd at temperature of 80 degrees of Fahrenheit
or lower, and the springstrainei oil at d tempera-
ture Of 40 degrees of Fahrenheit or lower.
Proposals will be received and considered for each
lot separstey, or for the whole quantity required
at the option of the bidder; but bid will be en-
tertained for less euautity than is comprised in
one of the several lots designated Nos. l. and s.
The bids must state explicitly the lot lots proposed
for by the number or numbers the quantity OF each
kind Of oil in the lot lots and the price FER gallon
for each quality Of oil.
All bids mutt be sealed, and endorsed I" Proposals
far OIL for Light Houses" and then placed in anoth
er envelope, ard directed TO the Secretary Ct the
Light House Board, Washington, DC
bond, with security to the satisfaction Of the de-
partmert In penalty equal TO one-ffth of the
amount Of each contract made under the foregoing
proposals. will be required Of each contractor cond
TONED for the faithful performance Of each con-
tract.
The bosrd, under the authority of the department
reserves the right TO reject any bid though it may
be the lowest, from other considerations than it's
amount.
By order of The Light House Board
THORNTON A. JENKINS,
dec 21-eoSillJan