The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-04-06
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Navy DEPARTMENT,
bureau of Provisions and Clothing. March 10. 1858
SEPARATE PROPOSALS, sealed and en-
dorsed Proposals for Navy Supplies will
be received at this Bureau until 8 o'clock, q.
m, or Tuesday, the goth day of April next,
for furnishing and delivering Con receiving
ten days notice, except for biscuit, for which
five days notice shall be given for every TWEEN
ty thousand pounds required) at the United
! States navy yards at Oharlestown, Massachu-
sets; Brooklyn, New York; and Gosport, Vir-
ginia, such quantities ONLY of the following
articles as may be required or ordered from
the contractors by the chief of this bureau, or
by the respective commanding officers of the
said navy-yards, during the fiscal year ending
June 30. 1859, viz:
Biscuit, -four, rice, dried apples, pickles, su-
gar, tea, coffee, beans, molasses. vinegar, and
whiskey.
The biscuit shall be made wholly froih
sweet superine -four, of the manufacture ofthe
year 1857 or 1858, but shall in all cases be
manufactured from flour made of the crop i'm
mediately preceding the dates of the requ;si-
tions for the same; and shall be fully equal in
quality, and conform in size and shape, to the
samples which are deposited in the said navy
yards shall be properly baked, thoroughly
kiln-dried, well packed, and delivered free of
charge to the United States, in good, sound,
well-dried, bright flour barrels, as above de-
scribed, with the heads well secured; OF in
air and water-tight whiskey or spirit barrels,
at the option of the bureau.
The -four shall be superine, and ofthe man.
~ufaeture of wheat grown in the year 1857 or
1858; but shall in all cases be manufactured
from wheat of the crop Immediately preceding
the dates of the requisition for the same; shall
be perfectly sweet, and in all respects of the
best quality, and shall be delivered in good
shipping order, free of all charge to the Enited
States, in the best lew, well sound,
bright barrels, or half barrels, as the case may
be-the slaves and headings to be of red oak
of the best quality, strong and well hoped,
with lining hoops around each head, and equal
in qualify to sample barrel at said navy-yards;
two half barrels to be considered as q barrel,
and not more than one-sixth 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 same.
The dried apples shall be of the best quality,
and shall be prepared b. sUN-DRyING only, and
shall be of the crop of the autumn Immediate
ly preceding the dates of the acquisitions for
the same.
The pickles shall be put up in iron-bound
casks, and each cask shall contain one gallon
of onions, one gallon of peppers, and eight
gallons of medium cucumbers, fifty to the gal
Ion, and the vegetables in each shall weigh
ffty-seven pounds, and they only be paid for;
and each cask shall then be filled with white
wine vinegar of at least 40 degrees of strength,
and equal to French vinegar; the casks, veg
etables, and vinegar shall conform and b.
equal in all respects to the samples deposited
at the above named navy-yards, and the con-
Tractors shall warrant and guaranty that they
will keep good and sound for at least two
years.
The iron hoops on the barrels containing
whiskey, molasses, vinegar, and pickles to be
well painted with red lead.
The sugar shall be according to samples at
the said navy yards, and be dry and fit for
packing.
The tea shall be of good quality young n.y.
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and be delivered in half and quarter chests
only.
The coffee shall be equal to the best Cuba,
according to sample.
The beans shall be of the very best quality
white beans, and shall be of the crop imme-
diately preceding the dates of the requisition
for the same, 81 pounds to be taken as one
bushel.
The molasses shall be fully equal to the
very best quality of New Orleans molasses.
and shall be delivered in well-seasoned red
oak barrels, with w~hite-pine heads not less
than IL inch thick; the slaves not less than
81 inch thick; the barrels to be three-quarters
hooped, and, in addition, to have four iron
hoops, one on each bilgel ~ inch in width and
l-l6th inch thick, and one on each chime IL
inch in width and l-l6th inch thick. and shall
be thoroughly coopered and placed in the best
shipping condition:
equal to the standard of the United States
Pharmaccp@ia, and shall contain no other
that acetio acid; and shall be delivered in bar
rels similar in all respects to those required
for molasses, with the exception that WHITE
OAK slaves and heads shall be substituted for
red oak -sta~ss- aaa- white pine h1ads, and
shall be thoroughly coopered and placed in
the best shipping order.
The whiskey shall be made wholly from
grain, sound and merchantable, aud be full
first proof according to the United States Gus
tom-house standard, and shall be double rec
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sound, bright, three quarters hoped, W II sea-
soned white-oak barrels, with white-oak heads,
the heads to be made of three-piece heading,
and well painted the slaves not to be less
than e inch thick, and the heads not less thin
q inch thick; and each barrel shall be COOP
cred, in addition, with one three-penny iron
hoop on each bilge ~ inch in width. and
l-I6th inch thick. and one three-penny hoop
on each chime, IL inch in width, and 1-l6th
inch thick, as per diagram. The whole to be
put in good shipping order, free of charge to
the United States.
All the foregoing described articles, embra-
cling casks, barrels, half barrels, and boxes,
shall be subject to such inspection as the chief
of this bureau may direct. the inspecting Off
Ger to be appointed by the Navy Department.
All inspections to be at the place of delivery.
Biscuit may, however, be inspected at the
place of manufacture, but will in all cases be
subject to a final inspection at the place of de-
livery before bills are signed therefor.
The prices fall the foregoing articles TO be
the same throughout the year, and bidders
may offer for one or more articles.
Allthe casks, barrels, and half barrels, box
es or packages, shall be marked with their
contents and the contractors name. All the
barrels and half barrels of flour, bread, and
pickles hall have, in addition to the above,
the year when manufactured or put up marked
upon them.
The samples referred to in this advertise.
ment are those selected for the ensuing fiscal
year, AND HAVE NO REFERENCE TO Such as HAVE
BEEN PREVIOUSLY EXHIBITED.
The quantity of these articles which will
be required cannot be precisely stated. They
will probably be about
To be offered for.
Biscuit........-l 100000 lbs per 100 lbs.
Flour $500. 400 bbls. per Dbl.
Rice .........- 100000 lbs. per b..
Dried apples. 10000 BIS. 4. per ID.