Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-05-22
PROPOSALS FOR TIMBER.
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION, &c,
WASHINGTON, Nav 6, 1854.

NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF Construction, &c,
Washington, May 6, 1854.
- EALED proposal S, endorsed proposals for
- Timber" will be received at this bureau until
o'clock p m, of the 10Th day CT June next, for the
following described whte-osk and yellow pine plank
stocks, at
Portsmouth, New Hampshire,) % 600 cubic Il white
oak and 10000 cubic feet yellow pine
Boston 10000 cubic feet white eak
New York, $4,000 cubic feet white oak, ard 80 900
cubic feet yellow pine
Philadelphia Is 600 cubic feet white oak, and 10000
cubic feet ye low pine
Washington, 900 cubic feet white oak, and $4,000
cubic feet yellow pine
Norfolk, 900 cubic feet white oak, and $4,000
bic feet yellow pine
The offers to b. for each yard, and each descrip-
ton Of timber separately, by the cubic foot
The white oak plank stocks to have grown within
20 miles Of the salt water of which satisfactory EVIL
deuce must be given 20 the commandant of the yard
where it is delivered. One half the number of logs
must be AZ feet in length none Of the remaining
half to be less than feet in length snd the whole
qnautity TO average 43 feet The small end Of one
half TO be not under IL inches square, clear of
aud the remainder not less than IA inches. To be
lined tapsring, in conformity to the growth Of the
tree, straight, or with long fair curve no sudden
crooks will be allowed; 10 wane exceeding one
fourth Of the width of the stick squared the sap
WOOD to be excluded In tie measurement
The yellow pine plank stocks must average as feet
in length, and 10 piece be less than IS feet; to be
Lined with the natural taper of the tree but sud
den crook must be allowed The small ends Dot TO
lie less than As Of the butt the small ends of one
half to be not less than l. inches square, cesr OF
wane, and the remainder not less than IL inches;
the sap wood not to exceed of the face from each
corner and to be excluded in the measurement In
both the oak and pine, reductions viii be made for
axe marks and imperfect squariDg. The whele to
De OF the best quality Of white oak, and long leaf,
hne grain yellow pine, and free from defects. To be
delivered on or before the LIST of November 1854.
tue respective navy yards above named, and subject
| to the usual inspection
Approved sureties in twice the estimated amount
of each contract will be required, and twenty per
certum in addition viii be withheld from the amount
OF each payment collateral security for its faith
tul performance. Eighty per cent. of each bill,
approved in triplcate by the respective command
ants OF said navy yards, will be paid ty the navy
agent at the point of delivery within thirty DAYS
after presentation.
Every cfer must be accompanied by a written
guar ntee, whose responsibility must be certified by
the navy agent or some responsible person known
to the bureau, that il the o-r be accepted the bid
der will, within ten days after the receipt Of the
contract at the post Office designated, execute the
same with coed and sufficient sureties to furnish
the articles proposed agreeably to the terms spec
ned in the contract; and in the absence Of such
guarancee, no bid will be considered.
Bidders particularly requested to endorse their
offers Timber deliverable in October that thew
may be distinguished from other bu.iness letter. OF
tae Office, and prevent their being prematurely
opened.
ere )ns Offering rec uestcd to de sgnste the pof
Office through which they DE- sire TO be addressed
and also the navy agent 10 whom the contracts are
| to be sent for execution.
No paper will be paid for publishing this adyer
| tsement not specially authorized by the bureau,