Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-01-23
Proposals.. for OIL for Light-House..
TREASURY DEPAR TMENT,

OFFICE OF THE LIGHT-HoUsE BOARD,
January 10, 1856
S,EPARATE SEALED PROPOSALS WILL
- be rece sed at this office until O'Clock p. m
Friday, the LIST day or February, 1850, for sup
plying the light house establishment with the fol-
Towing lots or Quantities OF oil, TO be delivered
alongside Of the Government supply vessels at
Boston New York city, New Bedford or Edgar
town, Massachusetts, at the option Of the conrac-
tor, TO be determined on 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:
LotN
oooo (elSht thousand) gallons best winter strain
49, 90 ed or pressed sperm oil, and
$4,000 (twenty-t two thousand) gallons best spring
strained or pressed sperm oil, to be deliv-
cred on the 18th day Of March, 1856.
... Lot No >
H,OOO (fourteen thOusand) gallons best winter
. strained or pressed sperm oil, and
10000 Sixteen thousand) gallons best spring
strained or pressed sperm oil to be deliv-
cred on the 18th day Of May, 1855, as above
Lot No. ). r...
1900 eighteen thousaDd) gallons best winter
strained or pressed sperm oil, and
1900 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.
Lot No. 4.
$500 (,ix thousand five huadred) gallons best
winter strained or pressed sperm oil, and
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 April, 1856, or immediate
ly after the opening Of the Erie canal
900 (HiHe hUHdTsd) gallons best winter strained
or pressed sperm oil, and
900 (rIHe hpadred) gallons best spring strained
sperm oil, to be delivered to the collector
aud superintendent Of lights at Oswego
New York, on the 18th day Of April, lS56
or Immediately after the opening Of the
Erie canal, and
325 (three hundred and twenty fye) gallons
best winter strained or pressed sperm Oil ,
and
325 (three hundred and twenty, Hve) gallons best
spring strained or pressed sperm oil, to be
delivered to the collector and supeTintend-
eRt Of lights at PlattSburg, New York, OH
the 18th day OF April, 1856, or immediate
ly after the opening Of the Erie canal.
All of the oil comprised In lot No /, to he 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 United States; all the cost Of
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 or other place Of deposite.
The several lots Of oil required 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 Ia case the supply YES
sells should not be ready to receive the oil on the
days herein specified for It's delivery, then the
contracting party will be at liberty u deliver II
an authorized agent Of the light house establish
nent a. 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
citic gravity, temperature at which II will remain
limpid, by burning and such other means as may
he thought proper b. the person or persons TO
whom that duty may be assigred by the Light
House Board, before it will be accepted. The
winter strained oil TO remain limpcd OF tenn
perature OF - degrees OF Fahrenheit or lower,
aud the SPRING strained oil al temperature OF 10
degrees OF + ahrenh or lower
Proposals will be received and considered for
each lot separately, or for the whole quantity re-
CURED, at the option OF the bidder; but no bid
will be entertained for less quantity than IL COM
prised I'm Of the several lots designated Nos.
2, }, 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 gallon for each quality OF oil.
All bids must be sealed and endorsed fP,opo-
sails f,r OIL f,T Light Houses, ~ and then placed
in another envelope, and directed TO the Secretary
Of the Light-Hous Board, Washington, ID. c =,
postage paid
A bond, with security to he satisfaction Of the
Department, In penalty equal to one-fifth Of the
amount Of each contract made under the foregoing
proposals, will be uired 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.
The Board, unGer the authority Of The Depart
nnsnt reserves the right TO reject any bid, though
II may be the lowest, ftom other considerations
than It's amount
BY order Of the Light House Board:
THORNTON A. JENKINS,
jan l6-eodtFeb Secretary