The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1859-04-16
IAVY SUPPLIES-185oD6O
NAVY DEPARTMENT.
Bureau of Provisions and Clothing.

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NAVY DEPARTMENT
Bureau of Provisions and Clothing
CEPARATE PROPOSALS, sealed and endorsed
- '.Proposals for Navy Supplies,' will be received
at this bureau until 9 o'clock. a. m on Wednesday.
the 10th day April next for furnishing deliver
ing Con receiving ten days notice. except for biscuit,
for which five days notice shall be given for every
States navy yards at Charleston, Massachusetts,
Brooklyn New York; and Gosport, Virginia; such
quantities only of the following articles as may be
required ordered from the contractors by the chief
Of this bureau, by the respecting commanding Off
of the said navy yards, during the fiscal year,
ending June 30 1860, viz
Biscuit -four. rice dried apples, pickles, sugar. tea
coffee, beans, molasses, vinegar and whlskey.
The biscuit shall be made wholly from sweet super
fine flour, of the manufacture of the year 1858 or
1859 but shall in all cases be manufactured from
-four made of the crop Immediately proceeding the
dates Of the requsitions for the and shall be
fully eduat uhality, and conform in size and shape
to the samples which deposited iii the said navy
wards shall be properly baked, thoroughly ndred
well packed and delivered free Of charge to the
United States in good, sound, well-dred bright flour
barrels, with the heads well secured, or IN air and
tight whskey spirit barrels at the option OF
the bureau.
The flour shall be equal to the best Richmond and
Baltimore brands, and of the manufacture of wheat
grown in the year 1858 1859 but shall in all cases
be manufactured from pure, sound fresh ground
wheat of the crop Immediately preceding the dates of
the requiston for the shall be perfectly sweet
and in all respects the best quality and shall be
delivered in good shipping order, free Of all charge
to the United States in the best new, we'll seasoned
sound bright barrels or half barrels the may
bethe slaves and headings to be of red oak of the
best quality, strong and we'll hooped, with lining
hoops around each head and equal in quality to sam
pie barrel said navy yards two half barrels to be
considered as barrel, and not more than OneSlXth
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
qusitions for the same.
The dried apples shall be of the best quality, and
shall be prepared by sundrying only and OF the crop
of the autumn Immediately preceding the dates of the
acquisitions for the same and shall be delivered in
packages containing not more than three hundred
pounds.
The pickles shall be put up in iron-boind casks,
and each cask shall contain gallon of onions,
gallon of peppers and eight gallons of medium Gu
cuml,ers, fifty to the gallon and the vegetables in
each shall weigh ftyseven pounds, and they only be
paid for and each cask shall then be filled with white
wine vinegar of at least ~ degrees of strength and
equal to French vinegar the casks, vegetables and
vinegar, shall conform and be equal in all respects to
the samples deposited in The above named yards
and the contractors shall warrant and guaranty that
they will keep good and sound for at least two years
The iron hoops on the barrels containing whskcy,
moasses 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 hyson equal
to the samples at said navy and be delivered in
half and quarter chests only.
The coffee shall be equal to the best Cuba accord
ing to sample.
The beans shall be of the very best quality white
beans, and shall be of the crop Immediately prect ding
the dates of the requison for the "a pounds to
be taken as one bushel.
The molasses shall be fully equal to the very best
quality Of New Orleans moasses and shall be deliver
ed in new we'll seasoned red oak barrels with white
pine heads not less than i inch thick the slaves not
less than inch thick the barrels to be threequarers
hoopcd, and in addition to have four iron hoops
each biige, inch in width and l6thinch thick,
and on each chime II inch in width and l-l6th
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 Pharmacopea and
shall contain other than acetic acid and shall be
delivered in barrels similar in all respects to those
required for molasses with the exception that achte
oak and heads shall be substituted for redoak
slaves and whlte-pne heads and shall! be thoroughly
coopered and placed in the best shipping order.
} The whiskey shall be made wholly from grain,
sound and merehantabe, and be full first proof accord
ing the United States cusom-hotse standard, and
shall be double rectifed. 1t shall be delivered in
good new sound br chit three-ouarters hooped we'll
Seasoned white OAK barrels, with white oak heads, the
heads to be made Of three-pie heading, and we'll
painted : the slaves not to be less than s-nch thick
and the heads not less than finch thick and each
barrel shall be coopered, in addition with one three
penny iron hoop or each bge Il inch in width and
chime, inch in width, and 1I6th inch thick, per
diagram The whole to be put up in good shipping
order, free of all charge to the United States.
All the foregoing described articles embracing
casks, barrels, habarrels and boxes, shall be sub
ect such inspection the chief of this bureau
direct, the inspecting officer to be appointed by the
Navy Department. All inspections to be at the place
of delivery before bills are signed therefor:
The prices of all the foregoing articles to be the
same throu ghout the year. and bidders may offer for
one or more articles
All the casks barrels, and half-barrels, boxes or
the contractors name. All the barrels and half
barrels of -four, bread and pickles shall have, in ad
ditlon to the above the year when manufactured or
put up, marked upon them.
The samples referred to in this advertisement are
those selected for the ensuing fiscal year, and hare
reference to such hare been preriously exhibited.
The quantity of these articles which will be
qured cannot be precisely stated They will proba-
bly, be about
To be offered for.
Biscuit $500, 900 TBS. per 100 lbs.
Flour 1.4OO bbls per Dbl.
Rice OOo0 Tbs per tb.
Dried apples 10000 lbs. per fb
Pickles 10000 lbs per h.
Sugar 235 900 lbs per tb.
Tea $4,000 TBS. per 1b.
Coffee $4,000 lbs per fb
Beans 1000 bush. per bush.
| Molasses 10000 gals. per gal
| Vinegar $4,000 gals. per gal.
| Whiskey $4,000 gals pergal
The quantities of any all may be increased or
diminished the service may hereafter require The
will therefore be made not for specific quail
titles but for such quantities the service may re-
uure be delivered at those yyards respectively
Contractors not residing at the places where delv-
cries required, must establish agencies at such
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