Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-04-18
Navy supplies-1sS7-'5s.
i. NAVY DEPARINENI, !

every
at the United States at
setts Brooklyn New York; and Gosport Virginia soc1
quantities only Of following articles as may &c
or ordered from the contractors by the chief Of
or bv the respective commanding officers OF the sad navy
yards during the fiscal year ending June so 1883
Biscuit -four. rice, dried apples pckeis sugar. tea conee
beans moasses vinegar. and whiskey z.
The biscuit shall be made wholly from sweet euper6ne
-four of the manufacture of the year 1885 or 1851 but shs
in ali cases be manufactured from -four made Of the crop
Immediately preceding the dates of the requisflons M the
;d and bshs h BE fully
said navyyards shall be property baked; fi.
dried. wepacked and delivered free OF charge to he
ted States in good sound wedried, bright Hour barr eis
above described with the heads well secured or 10 ar
and watertgh viii key spirit barrels at the option Of
The flour shall be superfne and of the manufacture Of
wheat in the 1856 or but shall in all
cedng the dates of the requson for the same shall be
perfectly sweet! and in a respects O the best qu"y ana
snail 81 I'LL be delivered S in good Shipping order free OF all
bright barrels or half barrels as the case may be.the
slaves and headings to be of red oak Of the best
strong and wei! hooped with lining hoops around each
head and equal in quality sample barrel at said navy
yards half barrels to be considered a barrel and
than onesxth the required quantity to be in half
barrels -
The rice shall be Of the very best quality and of the crop
Immediately preceding the dates of the acquisitions for the
Tie dried apples shall be of the best quality and shall be
oy only ana s1a oe o. .ae crop ane
The pickles shall be put up bound casks and each
pers, and eight gallons of medium cucumbes, fifty to the
gallon and the vegetables in each shall weigh fyseven
pounds and they only be paid % and each cask shall then
be filed with white wine vinegar Of least AZ degrees If
strength and equal to French vnegar the casks vegea-
bes and vinegar shall CONFORM and be equal In all respects
to the samples deposited at the abovenamed navyyards
and the Contractors shall warrant and guaranty that they
The iron hoops on the barrels containing whiskey moas.
se vinegar and pickles be well painted with red lead
The shall be according to samples at the said navy
yards; and be dry and fit for packing;
The shall be ogood quality young hyson equal to the
samples at said navy yards aud be delivered in half aud
The coffee shall be equal to tho best Cuba according to
s"Tp Tps beans a. be xsrx quality beans,
and shall BE- Of the crop mmed atey preceding the dates Of
the requisition for the 81 pounds to be taken
The moascs shall be fully equal the very best quality
of New Orleans molasses and shall be delivered in wesea.
rs inch thick: the than 5inch thick the
barrels to be hooped and in to have
l-l6h thick and one On each chime ~ inch width
and inch thick and shall be thoroughly coopered and
placed in the best shipping condition.
The vinegar shall be of the first quality. equal to the
standard of the United States Phaicap@a and shall con-
tain than acec acid; and shall be delivered bar
els similar in all respects those required for moasses
with the exception that che oak slaves and heads sh. be
substituted for rd'ak slaves and white pine heads and
shall be thoroughly coopered and placed in the best ship
The Whiskey shall be made wholly from grain. sound
and merchantabe and be full first proof according to the
United States custom house standard and sha! be rected
1t shall be delivered in good new sound bright three
VIII teak heads, the heads to be made of lhreepiece head
ing and well painted The slaves not to be less than nch
barrel shall b. cpered, in addition, with three penny
iron hoop each bge 1z-nch in width and l:lsh-inch
wid:i and l-isrhnch thick as per Diagram The whole
tobe in good shipping ore free q" to the Uni
ted States
All the foregoing described articles embracing casks,
barrels half barrels and boxes shall be subec to such in
specnn the chief of this bureau may direct 'he
ing officer to be appointed by the Navy Department All
inspections to be at the place OF delivery Biscuit may
however be inspected the place of manufacture but will
in all be subcc to final inspection at the place Of
delivery before bills are signed therefor. -
Tue prices of all the foregoing articles to be the
throughout the year, and bidders offer for or mole
art c.es.
All the casks barrels an half barrels boxes pack
ages shall be marked with their the conrac-
tors name All the half barrels of four Bread
and pickles shall have, in addition to the above the year
The samples referred in this advertisement those
selected for the ensuing fiscal md Aare reference to
such g. as hare ben p,ee.ously sshid,ted a :,
To be offered for
Biscuit, 100000 lbs per 100 lbs
| Flour, l,4oo bbls, per bb:.
| RICE, 25o.oOo lbs, per 10.
Dried apples l5o,'oo lbs, per ID.
| Pickles, 1ar,0oO lbs. per 10.
Sugar, 2Sa 81 oon @ 6, i6s,s per 70.
C.fee, $4,000 lbs. per ID.
Beans 1910 bush. per bush.
| Moasscs, 10000 gals per gal. i
| Vinegar, 22,O00 gals per ga
| Whskey, 50Oo0 gals per ga.
The quantities of any all may increased dmnished
tie service may hereafter require. The conacs will
therefore be made not for specific quantities but for such
quantities the service require to be at those
| navy-yard respectively.
Contractors residing at the places where deli cries
required establish agencies at such places that
delay may arise in furnishing what may be required when
contractor nj fails promptly TO comply with a reqnson
be- , direct purchasss to be made to supply the
deficiency under the penalty To be expressed in the cnract
and
aforesaid, shall be evidence that such requston