Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-01-30
PROPOSALS FOR on roR LIGHTHOUSES
TIEAsU2Y DtPARINFNT,
-o Cfiic- Light Hoafe Board,


January 10, 1855
SEPARATR SEALED PR lpCsALS viii b. re-
- ceived at this offce until e'ecck pm on Thurs
day, the tT day Of February 1855 for supplying the
qoantiis o. oil to be liveTed alssgside of the
government upply vessel at Bos.on, New York city,
New BetforSi, or EdgaltOwn Massachusetts,, at the
optisn of the contractor to b. determined on the
me IF acc pting the bid, in ii hit, well made casks,
su tabs for shipping, in prime order, on or before
the eilO.ins dates p ctvsly, aud also at the
spec.ive points namsd on tbs lakes, viz:
.Fr Let No. I. -f " Frs.
5000 ght thousand) gallons best winter strained
e. pressed sperm oil, and
~ 600 ('venty-two thousand) gallens best scring.
strained or pressed sperm ell to be delivered
on the LIST day of March, 1855
LoT No.2.
14,Hio fourteen 'hou,andl gallons best winter.
strained or pressed sperm oil, aud
10000 (sixtsen thoussnd) galon best sprng strain
cd or pressed sperm oil, to I've delivered On
ths LIST dag Of May. 1856, as above
- LOT No. %
is. 0c0 eighteen thousand) gallons best winter
strained or pressed sperm I'll, and
II 900 Selye houssnd gallons best spring strained
or pressed sperm oil, to be delivered as above
on the 1t day Of June, 1855
FOR THE LAKES.
LOT No 4.
800 (seven thousand five hundred) gallons best
winter strained or pressed 81 srm oil, and
7,9VO (seven thousand five hundrsd) gallons bsst
5pIing strained or press sperm oil, to be
delivered at Buffalo, New York, to the pr.
pee officer authorized to receive IL, on the
18th day OF April. 1855, or Immediately Of
ter the opening Of th- Erie canal
$50 -four hundred and ffty) gallons best winter
strained or pressed sperm oil, and
45O -four Lu dred aud fifyl ga ons bes. spring
stIaLed or pressed sperm OIL to be delivered
to The 1lector aud uperinte ndsnt Of lights
ut Pistte burg, New York. on the 18th day
Of Api, 1855, or imm 2diately after the
opening OF the Erie canal.
All of the oil compris ed in Lot No 4 to be delv
cred at the above mentioned places for the lights
Ga The axes, must be in small iron-bound casks in
prime order, free from leakage, containing from
to the United States all the costs for transportation
damage, and leakage being at the charges and risk
OF the contractor contractors and all tests and
inspection to be made prior to the transportation
Of the Oil from the contractors warehouse or other
pa' e of der osit.
The several los Of oil requir. to be delivered
alongsd' Of the supply vessels sba be 40 delivered
when the sa vessels hal be in e adj De~s 70 re.
ceive the anne and in Gaze the supply vessels should
net be ready 70 receivs the oil the days herein
specified for the delivery, then the contracting party
sii be al liberty 70 lver il to authorized a.en,
- the 'pht house establishment a, the point OF de
livery, an shall b, entitled to payment therefor
within fifteen days of such delivery.
AL The oil contracted for under the foregoing propo
a % be subjected 10 usual tests of specific gravity
temperature at which it will remain limpid, by bur
by the person or persons to whom that duty MAY
be assigned by the Lighthouse Board, before it will
lie accepted The winter-strained oil to remain limp
III at temperature Of 81 degrees Of farenheit OF
lower. and the spriug-strained oil Of tempsratuI.
o. ~ degrees Of Farenheit or lower.
Proposals will be lived and cousi er.d for Zach
10. separately, for tha whole quantity required
the option OF the bidder bat cid will b. enter
tanned FIR less quantity than il comprised in one
Of the seveIa. lot des gnatet Nos g. ard 4. Tht
bids must state explicitly the lot lots prop sed fol-
by the number or numbers, the quantity of each
kind Of oil in the lot lots, Add the price par gal
lo2 of each quality Of oil.
All bids must be sealed, and endorsed "Proposal
for Oil Tor Light Houses" and then placed in anoth
er envelope, and directed to the Secretary Of tn,
Light House Board, Washington, d. c.
bond, with security to the satisfaction Of the de
partment in penalty equal tt onehfth the amour
OF zach contract male under the foregoing prc DO
sa,a, will he required each contractor con tioneC
the faitaful performance Of each contract to b.
executed within ten days after the accepta Of tn
bid.
The board, under the authority of the department
reserves the right to reject any bid though may b.
| the lowest, from other considerations than it,
amount.
BY order OF the LightUou Board:
THORNTON A. JENKINS,
Jan lS-3taweistFtb Secretary.