The daily union., 1856-01-29
Proposals for OIL for Lighthouses.
TREASURY DErAnrAEsr,
DIlrr I.lanI -ulIina Hmm


TREAsuHr DsrArrassr
Once Light nouss Board,
January 10, 1850.
SEPARATE SEALED PRoPo yALs will b. received al this Of
SaS 1S a 2 G s raas as =, & asS q Of.
quantities. OIL Of government
supply aoA,ou e Bsdiold Edgar
aaea o al ne as o. accepting The bid ia ush ws,de casks
suitable of shipping, ia order before the following
re.peeuvy also respective points named
l-sOoo (eisl thousand gallon.
pressed sperm osi, ahd -. :. ...., -.
22OOo (tweniy.two thousano) gallons best fpIng
srained or pressed sperm oi, 70 be delivered
- on the 10Th DAY Of Maeh, leo.
100 1.isasa snoassaa1 gallons @ best sprIug strained
isir eS day Of Nay, 1885, SO as above
Lot Noasooo (eghieeA tnoasand gaoas Ossl ~ne's aed
pressed spctn oi, aud 80. !. !,
. $4,000 (weve tousand) gaions best spring strained
pressed sperm oil 10 be delivered as above,
the i5tn day Of July le5o. ....
FOR the LAKES. H4...
Not No Assoc x Thousand hundred gallons best winter
M strained % eos,sa spsi Oh, a"s aas .s,,
al Bunao, New Yoik, TO ,hs propol olhesr
authnrzsd receive IL, on the 10Th day OF
April, 1856, or immediately a'sr The opsnins
800 (n~s Ia,.dredJ gallons best winter strained or
49, pfessed sperm, OIL and
sperm oil, 10 q dslly4redlo The collector and
YorA, I5h day April 1855, or ila
mediatey after The opening OF Ine Erie canal,
aas tthfse hundred and twenty Gysl gallons best
wnter-stralned OF pressed sperm OIL, aud
3a5 (,lree huudred and twenty-hve) gallons best
spring strained or pressea sperm on, 10 be do,
Ivsred to the collector and superintendent Of
sa.s AZ pia'tsbaIs, New York On the. the Sth 81,
openibg Erie canal
Al of,he oil comprised No 70 be delivered At the above
mentioned lights the lakes nast be IN small iron
thirty y gallons from all the United
all damage, and leakage, being
charges OF tha contractor coactofs and all tests
the soaaeiot warehouse Or other place o. aspss,.e, =
delivered alongside OF
vessels shall shall be IN
readiness The and IN case the sup should
oil herein specified Tor
delivery, then viii be at liberty 10 deliver
auozrd of the light house ahihnrnt at the point
delivery and sha ened payment therefor within heen
from such delivery. .E..g.a.s-#
for foregoing proposals be sub
ected 10 the usual specific temperature at which II
will re,n npd by burning aud sucn other means as may be
thought the 10 whom that duty
strained mpd temperature OF 5s degrees Of
Fahrenheit OIL al Temperature
~ degrees Of Fahrenheit or lower. st
considered for each lot separately
The whole required, the open of hs bdde but
bid will entertained Than comprised IN
designated Nos 8, and =. lhe bids
explicitly the lot proposed for by the number
quantity each kind Of oil In the lot and The
per gallon each quality oi Oil. a.
All bids be- sealed and endorsed "Propod for OIL for
Light Hou placed aud directed 10
Of Light House Board Washington, d. Co. postage
paid. &. 8 Is.
bond, with security the saisfscion Of The department in
penalty m of The amount Of each contract made
der proposals, VIII be sqaed OF eah conaciof
each
eeued within after acceptance OF the bid.
department, reserves The
right reject bid though be the lowest from other Goa
alterations Than
by order OF The Light House Board
THORNTON A. JENKINS,
Jan I6-eodtlstFeb as- ss# secretary.