Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-01-26
PROPOSALS FOR OIL FOR LIGHT HOUSES.
TBEAsuRY DEPARTMENT., ,---
- Office Light House Board.

-; --...s..i-. TREAsuRY DEPARfNINf, e. r.
-. -,.-- s4. ofice Light House Board,
CRPARATE SEALED PROPOSALS vim be- 70.
- ceived at this Office until o'clock pm on Thurs-
dsy the rst day OF February 1885, for supplying the
lighthouse establishment With the following lots or
quantities OF oil, to be- lvered alsngside of the
government supply vessel at Boston, New York city,
New Bedford, or Edgaitown. Massachusetts, at the
option Of the contractor to be determined on at the
time Of accepting the bid, in Il yht well made casks
the following dates respectively and alee at the re-
spective points named on the lakes, Wis:
P sv-.. e~ Lor No. l. r .~
5000 eight thousand) gallons best wnterstrsined
~ or pressed sperm oil, and
$4,000 Ctwenty-two thousand) gallsns best spring
- strained or pressed sperm ell to be delivered
on the LIST day Of March, 1855 .f
LOT No. 2. t.4 ~
1900 Qourteen thousand) gallons best winter.
strained or pressed sperm oil, and
10000 (sixteen thousand) gallons best spring strain
ed or pressed sperm oil, to he delivered on
the LIST day of May, 1856, as above
LOT Nos.
$1,000 eighteen thousand) gallons best winter
strained or pressed sperm Gil, and
$4,000 Twelve thousand) gallons best spring strained
- or pressed sperm oil, to be delivered as above
on the LIST day Of June, 1855. ...
FOR THE LAKES. .
LOT NOD ...
1900 (seven thowand i've hurdred) gallons best
winter strained or pressed sperm oil, and
500 (seven thousand five hundredl gallons best
spring strained or pressed sperm oil, to be
delivered at Buffalo, New York, to the Pre-.
per officer authorized to receive 1t, on the
18th day of April, 1856, or Immediately af
ter the opening Of the Erie canal
$50 Cfour hundred and f'ty) gallons best winter
strained or pressed sperm oil, and
40 -four hundred and ffty) gallons best spring
strained or pressed sperm OIL to lie delivered
to the collector and superintendent of lights
at Plattsburg, New York, on the 18th day
Of April, 1855, or imm .diately after the
opening OF the Erie cansl
All Of the oil comprited in Lot No. to be deliv.
cred at the above mentioned places for the light;
on the lakes must be In small iron bound casks in
prime order, free from leakage, containing from
thirty to fifty gallons EACH and free from all expense
to the United States all the costs for transportation,
damage, and leakage being at the charges and risk
of the contractor or contractors, and all tests and
inspection to be made prior to the transportation
OF the oil from the contractors warehouse, other
place of deposit ...
The several lots of oil required to be delivered
alongside Of the supply vessels shall be delivered
ceve the same and In case the supply vessels should
not be ready to receive the oil the days herein
specified for the delivery, then the party
VIII be ut liberty to deliver 1t to an authorized agent
OF the light house establishment at the point OF de-
livery, and shall be entitled to payment therefor,
within fifteen days Of such delivery.
All he Oil contracted for under the foregoing propo-
sails to be subjected to usual tests of specific gravity,
temperature at which it will remain lmpid, by bur-
ming nd such other means may be thought proper
by the person or persons to whom that duty may
be assigned by the Lighthouse Board, before it will
be accepted. The wintsr-strained oil to remain limp
Id at a temperature of 81 degrees Of Farenheit or
lower, and the spring-strained oil at temperature
Of 40 degrees of Fsrenheit or lower. ..
Proposals will be ived and considered for each
lot separately, OF for the whole quantity required
at the option Of the bidder, but bid will be enter
tanned for less quantity than il comprised in one
Of the several lots des grated Nos l. e g. and 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 per gal
Ion of each quality of oil.
All bids must be- sealed, and endorsed proposals
for Oil for Light Houses and then placed in auoth-
er envelope, and directed to the Secretary Of the
Light House Board, Washington, d. G.
bond, with security to the satisfaction of the de-
partment in penalty equal to one-nfth the amount
Of each contrsct made under the foregoing propo-
SAILS will be required Of each contractor conditioned
for the faithful performance Of each contract to be
executed within ten days after the acceptance of the
bid.
The board, under the authority Of the department,
reserves the right to reject any bid though itmay be
the lowest, from other considerations than its
amount. -.a-
BY order of the Light House Board:
THORNTON A. JENKINS,
jan 1S-3tawtlstFeb Secretary.