The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-04-16
Navy suppIies-Is57-'Ss
NAVY DEFAKr1ESr,

Bureau Of Provisions Clothing, March II, 1851
CEPARATE PROPOSALS, sealed and endorsed
until o'clock m on Monday the soh day Of April next for r
nSs and delivering Con receiving days notice except for bis
sand pounds reqared the United yards
assahosetsi sfookgn New York and Goport Virginia such
from the contractors the chief bureau by respective
commanding onse o. the said during the fiscal year end
Biscuit -four rice dried apples pickles sugar tea coffee beans
The biscuit shall be made wholly from suehne -four the
q" the year 1880 @ 1857 but shall in all be
featured from Hour made Of the crop immediately preceding
the acquisitions for the and shall be fully equal quality
the said shall be properly baked Thoroughly Kindred
well packed and delivered free charge states in good
heads well secured or in air and tight whkey spirit barrels
The supernne the manufacture Of wheat
in the 1856 1857 bat shall from
for the same shall be perfectly sweet and in all RESPECTS Of M S
quality and shall be delivered in good shipping order
bright barrels or half barrels the may behe
with lining hoops around each head and equal quality sample
barrel at said navy yard two half barrels be considered
barrels 'HS required auan'y 70 DC IN nall
The shall very quality and Of the crop mmed
aly preceding the dates OF the requision the
The dried apples shall quality and shall be prepared
BY drying only, shall be crop the autumn mnied
atey preceding the acquisitions Tor the same
Tue pickles shall be put ronbound casks each
Ions Of medium oucambers fifty othe gallon and the vegetables
shall weigh pounds and they only be paid each
strength and equal 10 French vinegar the casks vegetables
be
The named navyar and the contractors shall and
guaranty that they viii keep good and sound for least
The iron hoops on The barrels containing wskey mosses vinegar
and pickles TO be wen painted with red lead,
The sugar shall be according to samples at the said nayyar
be dry and III for packing
The tea shall be Of good quality young Tyson equal samples
ut said yards ant be delivered half and
The coffee shall be equal to the best Cuba according sample
The beans shall BIO Of the best quality white beans,
be OF the Immediately preceding the requon
the same o. pounds TO be taken bushel
The moasses shall be fully New
Orleans mosses and shall be delivered red oak
barrels with white pine hcads less than 4 inch thick,
NOT less than inch thick the barrels hooped
and in addition to have four hoops IL inch
In width and hinch thick, and chime
and lloh inch thick and shall be thoroughly and placed
The vinegar shall be Of the quality equal standard Of the
United States and shall contain no other thsn act
shall delivered in barrels similar In ali resncts Il, t
required for moases exception slaves and
substituted for eoak slaves and white nine heads
and shall BIO thoroughly copered and placed In the shipping
order. -
The whkey shall be made wholly from grain sound and merchant,
able and be full
Standard and shall be recled shall be delivered good
sound bright threcuarters hooped well seasoned wa
well painted the to be less than inch
not less an inch thick and each barrel shall coopcrcd
diton, with hreeInnny iron hoop each blge IL
width, ll6th inch thick chime
II inch width, and ll6th inch thick, per diagram The
States.
foregoing articles embracing casks barrels hall
barrels and boxe shall be subject such inspection
this bureau direct the inspecting officer 10 be appointed the
Navy Department All inspections the place
all cases be subject 70 hnal inspection at the place delivery
before bills arc signed therefor.
The Of all the foregoing articles the
year, and bidders may Offer for articles.
All the casks barre and half barrels boxes packages
marked with their contents and the contractors Al the barrels
and half barrels Of hour bread and pickles shall
the above the when manufactured marked
them.
samples those selected for
the ensuing fiscal year dai hare acet such ha been as
~ crhiied
cisely stated. they will probably be about