The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-04-20
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" A1Al AAS ea4 aCAl VI IL
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 Charlestown, Massachu.
sets; Brooklyn, New York; and Gosport, Vir-
GINA, 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. 1855, viz:
Biscuit, flour, rice, dried apples, pickles SUI
gar. tea, coffee, beans, molasses. vinegar, and
whiskeY.
The biscuit shall be made wholly from
sweet superine flour, of the manufacture ofthe
year 1857 or 1858, but shall in all cases be
manufactured from flour made of tie crop i'm
mediately preceding the dates of the rsqu'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 ID bright flour barrels, as above de-
scribed, with the heads well secured; or in
air and water-tight whiskey or spirit barrels,
at the option of the bureau.
The -four shall be superine, and ofthe man
ufacture of wheat grown in the year 1857 or
1858; but shall in ali cases be manufactured
from wheat of the crop Immediately preceding
the dates of the requisition for the same; shall
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best quality, and shall be delivered in good
shipping order, free of all charge to the United
States. in the best new, well-seasoned, sound,
blight barrels, or half barrels, as the case may
1.-THE slaves and headings to be of red oak
al 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 a 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 by 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 c~ucunbers, 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 filed with white
wine vinegar of at least AZ degrees of strength,
and equal to French vinegar; the casks, veg
etables, and vinegar shall conform and be
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 ut least two
years.
The iron hoops on the barrels containing
whiskey. molasses. vinegar, and pickles to be
well painted with red lead.
The sugar shaI be according to samples at
the said navy yards, and be dry and fit for
packing.
The tea shall be of good quality young hy-
son, equal to the samples Mt said navy-yards,
and be delivered in half and quarter cheats
only.
The coffee shall be equal to the best Cuba,
according to sample.
The beans hal be of the verv 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 lie delivered ia well-seasoned red
oak barrels, with white-pine heads not less
than III inch thick; the slaves not less than.
81 inch thick; the barrels to be three-quarters
hoped, and, in addition, to have four iron
hoops, one on each bage IL inch in width and
I-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 10 the standard of the United States
Pharmaeopeia, and shall contain ne 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 slaves and white pine heads, and
shall be thoroughly ooopered and placed in
the best shipping order.
The whiskey shall be made wholly from
grain, sound and merchantable, aud be full
first ploof according to the United States Gus
tom-house standard, and shall be double rec
tilted. 1t shall be delivered in good, new.
sound, bright, three quarters hoped, w nsea
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 "a inch thick, and the heads not less til n
81 inch thick; and each barrel shall be COOP
cred, in addition, with one three-penny iron
hoop On each bi1ge ~ inch in width. and
on each chime. ~ inch in width, and 1-16th
inch thick, as per diagram The whole to be
put in good shipping order, free of charge to
the United States.
Al 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 ofall the foregoing articles to be
the same throughout the year. and bidders
may offer Tor one or more articles.
ALI the casks, barrels, and half barrels, bux-
es or packages, shall be marked with their
contents and the contractors name. Allthe
barrels and half barrels of -four, bread, and
pickles she'll have, in addition to the above.
the year when manufacture or put up marked
upon them
The samples referred to in this advertise
ment are those selected fer 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 SOC, COO lbs...per 100 lbs.