Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-01-25
Proposals fer OiI fer Light-Heuses.
,. TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
nvwtou opr THE I,IaHT-HOUsK ROARp

= January Is, 1856 ~
SEPARATE SEALED PROPOSALS WILL
- be received at this Office until O'Clock D. m
on Friday the LIST day Of February, 1856 for SUP.
plying the light house establishment with the fol
lowing lots Quantities Of oil, to be delivered
Of the c, supply vessels al
town, Massachusetts, at the option of the contrac-
tor, to be determined at the time Of accepting
the bid, In tight, well-made casks, suitable for
shipping in prime order, on or before the follow
Ing dates, respectively and also at the respective
points named on the Lakes, viz:
s,OoO (eight thousand) gallons best winter strain
ed or pressed sperm oil, and
2s,ooo (twenty,tw thousand) gallons bestsprng-
strained or pressed sperm oil, to be deliv-
cred on the 18th day Of March, 1856.
Lot No.2.
1000 fourteen thousand) gallons best winter
strained or pressed sperm oil, and
10 ,OO0 (sixteen thOusand) gallons best spring
strained or pressed sperm Gil, to be deliv-
cred on the 18th day Of May, 1856, as above.
is, 900 eighteen thousand) gallons best winter
strained or pressed sperm oil, and
IL, 900 twelve thousand) gallons best spring
strained or pre-. sed sperm oil, to be deliv-
cred as above, on the 18th day Of July, 1886.
. FOR THE LAKES.
.,.. r... Lot No.4. ....
$500 (siX thousand FIVE huudred) gallons best
winter strained or pressed sperm ell, and
$500 (six thousand i've hundred) gallons best
spring strained or pressed sperm oil, to be
delivered at Buffalo, New York, to the
proper officer authorized to receive II, on
the 18th day Of A ril, 1856, or Immediate
ly after the opening Of the Erie canal.
900 (sine hSndrsd) gallons best winter strained
or pressed sperm oil, and
go (HiRs hTndred) gallons best spring strained
sperm oil, to be delivered to the collector
and superintendent OF lights at Oswego,
New York, on the 18th day OF A pril, 1856,
or Immediately after the opening Of the
Erie canal, and
325 Uhree hundred and twenty -fve) gallons
best winter strained or pressed sperm oil,
and
3a5 rhree hundred and twenty. fve) gallons best
spring-strained or pressed sperm Oil, to be
delivered to the collector and superintend-
ent Of lights at Plattsburg, New York, on
the 18th day OF April, 1886, or Immediate
ly after the opening Of the Erie canal.
All Of the oil comprised in lot No. a. to be de-
Hvered 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 United 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 transportation Of the oil from the contractors
warehouse or other place Of deposite.
The several lots Of oil required to be delivered
alongside OF the supply vessels shall be so deliv
10 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 1t to
an authorized agent Of the light-hous establish
ment at the point Of delivery, and shall be enti-
tied to payment therefor within fifteen days from
sdch delivery.
All the oil contracted for under the foregoing
proposals to be subjected to the usua tests Of spe
cihc gravity, temperature at 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
perature OF - degrees OF Fahrenheit or lower
and the spring strained oil at temperature of 40
degrees Of Fahrenheit or lower
Proposals will be received and considered for
each lot separately, or for the whole quantity re-
quired, at the option Of the bidder; but no bid
prised in one Of the several lots designated Nos l.
2, 3, and 4. The bids must state explicitly the
lot or lots proposed for by the number or numbers
the quantity Of each kind Of oil I'm the lot OF lots
and the price per gallon for each quality Of oil.
All bids must be sealed and endorsed PROMO
sails for Oil for Light Houses and then placed
in another envelope, and directed to the Secretary
OF the Light House Board, Washington, ID. c. :,
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-
dtiOned for the faithful performance of each con-
tract to be executed within ten days after the ac-
ceptance Of the bid.
nent, reserves the right to reject any bid though
IL may be the lowest, from other considerations
than its amount
BY order Of the Light III Ouse Board:
THORNTON A. JENKINS,
Jan b-eodtF eo1. Secretary.