Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-01-29
Proposal. for OIL for Light-Beu,e..
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, }
OFFICE OF TIE LIeHT-HousE BOARD,

January 10, 1856 y
| S,EPARATE SEALED PROPOSALS Will
| - be received at this Office until O'Clock u m
on Friday the lst day Of February, 1856, for sup.
plying the light house establishment with the fol.
lowing lots or quantities Of oil to be delivered
| alongside OF the Government supply vessels al
Boston, New ERIK city, New Bedford or Edgar
town Massachusetts,, at the option of the contfsc
tor, TO be determined on at the time Of accepting
the bid, In tight, well-made casks, suitable for
shiPping, In prime order on OF before the follow
ing adtes respectively and also at the respective
points named on the Lakes, viz:
-..--F Lot MOL
e,ooo (eight thousand) gallons best winter strain
ed or pressed sperm oil, and
22,ooO twenty-five thousand) gallons best spring
strained or pressed sperm oil, TO be deliv'
cred on the 18th day of March, 1855.
Lot No.2.
Ii 900 fourteen thousand) gallons best winter
strained or pressed sperm oil, and
IL, 600 Sixteen thousand) gallons best SPRING
strained or pressed sperm oil, to be deliv-
cred on the 18th day Of May, 1856, as above.
Lot No 8. ~
1s, 900 eighteen thousaDd) gallons best winter
strained or pressed sperm oil, and
IL, 600 twelve thousandl gallons best spring
strained or pre- sed sperm oil, to be deliv-
cred asabovs, on the 18th day Of July, 1856.
FOR THE LAKES.
Lot No.4.
$500 (six thousand five huldred) gallons best
winter strained pressed sperm ell, and
$500 (six thousand Ave hundred) gallons best
spring strained or pressed sperm oil, to be
delivered at Buffalo, New York, to the
proper officer authorized to receive IL, on
the 18th day OF April, 1856, or Immediate
ly after the opening Of the Erie canal.
800 (ntns hHndrsd) gallons best winter strained
or pressed sperm oil, and
900 (ntns hundred) gallons best spring strained
sperm oil, TO be delivered to the collector
and superintendent Of lights at Oswego,
New York, on the 18th Hay Of April, 1856,
or Immediately after the opening Of the
Erie canal, and
325 Uhree hundred and twenty -6ve) gallons
best winter strained or pressed sperm oil
and
325 (three hundred and twenty ave) gallons best
spring stTained or pressed sperm oil, TO be
delivered 20 the collector and superintend-
ent Of lights at Plattsburg, New York, on
the 18TH day o; April, 1856, or immediate
ly after the opening Of the Erie canal
All Of tbs oil comprised in lot No 4, to be de-
livered at the above mentioned places for the
lights on the lakes, must be IN small iron bound
casks in prime order free from leakage, contain
ing from thirty to fifty gallons each, and free from
all expense to the nited States; all the cost Of
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 trans portation Of the oil from the contractor
warehouse or other place Of deposite.
The several lots OF oil req Tired to be delivered
alongside Of the supply vessels shall be so deliv
cred when the said vessels shall be in readiness
to receive the same; and In case the supply ves-
sells should not be ready to receive the oil on the
days herein specified for its delivery, then the
contracting party will be at liberty to deliver II to
an authorized agent Of the light house establish
ment at the point OF delivery, and shall be enti-
tied to payment therefor within fifteen days from
such delivery.
All the oil contracted for under the foregoing
proposals to be subjected to the usua. tests Of spe
cihc gravity, temperature al which 1t will remain
limpid, by burning and such other means as may
be thought proper DO the person or persons to
whom that duty may be assigned by the Light
House Board, before 1t will be accepted. The
winter-strained oil to remain limped at tenn
perdture Of ~ degrees Of Fahrenheit or lower,
and the spring strained oil al temperature Of 40
degrees Of L fahrenheit or lower
Proposals will be received and considered for
each lot separately, for the whole quantity re-
CURED, at the option Of the bidder; but no bid
will be entertained for less quantity than Is COM
prlsed In one of the several lots designated Nos
2, 3, and 4. The bids must state explicitly tho
lot or lots proposed for by the number Numbers,
the quantity Of each kind OF oil In the lot lots
and the price per gallon for each quality Of oil.
All bids must be sealed and endorsed "P,opo-
soils for Oil for Light Houses" and then placed
in another envelope, and directed to the Secretary
OF the Light House Beard, Washington, ID. G..
postage paid.
A bond, with security to the satisfaction Of the
Department, In penalty equal to one fifth of the
amount Of each contract made under the foregoing
proposals, will be required Of each contractor con
Ationed for the faithful performance Of each con-
tract, to be executed within ten days after the dc-
ceptance Of the bid
The Board, under the authority Of the Depart
ment, reserves the right to reject any bid though
than It's amount.
BY order Of the Light ouse Board:
THORNTON A. JENKINS,
jan 16-eodtPeb Secretary.