Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-04-23
MISCELLANEOUS.
SSMALL STORES" CANDLES" &c.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
"SMALL srof fEss6',s CANDLES" &C.,
NAVY DEPARTMENT.
Bureau of Provision and Clothing:
Proposals. sealed and endorsed .:9S.r fsi s%:n
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titles only of the following attic excepting the
ssp..s pr"pJsa ssu and contracts Will be m.de
may be red uired ordered from the contractor by
the If t hs ID the
fiscal y5ar ending S,th June, lsSl. VIZ: ,..;,
shaving c6 oeT or Su nea p peisn nabber
Brushes, shoe Grass for hats
Brushes, clothes Jack knives
buttons, navy medium Razor Straps
B Bnstons S 9syy e e9st S ossSss
Beeswax, IN h4'b. cakes,
Cotton, sp0oIs Of Nos l2 and l6, 800 yards each,
Ranokerchefs. cotton, fast coors. 81 by so inches
weight not less than2 or each, texture by to
Needles, sewing, Nos. /, IS, and a. drlll-eyed. be
Ribbon, hat, best French black, 70 yards to the
piece; width IA inch
Soap, shaving Ia cakes; each cake not less than
silT, sewing, blue black wrapper not to exceed
Thread, black and white, Marshalrs or Barbour's
best quallty, and In such proportions as may be
Taps. white linen, yards in length. z inrh wide
Tape, black, twilied cotton, yards In length, n
ThimbIes, g. 10 and g. 10 diameter.
pounds. and sac, additional quantity as may be
required.
oil and Ps hs best aasy
sslt-watr SOAP and be deiversd on sixty days
hoopsd at each end at the expense OF the contract
to Ss o of
Keyes's chemical saltwater soap, and such further
quantity as may be required.
cAsu1rs-sspnrnt. bill 5os,aaQo pounds. and such
further quantity dsSntay0tfequtred.
The Candles must be "sitss,ssSf prime leaf lard
stearne al0 inches in lem th, sskSire Of tip,
snd b for nSP
the actual weigh without reference to commercial
ts sGf 3 to be Is 5hs I'D
and composed of IL cotton threads of ths bsst quail
xty DAYS notice In good boxes. containing about
pounds each, and the box to be MAJ ked with the
| contractors name and the weight OF the candles.
MUSTARD SEED, BLACK PEPPER, 80.
uss IF the Navy w. to be delivered at New YORK
| only.
e0.h n,
Pepper, black, Maabar.
Bottles. octagor, for mustard and pepper.
Corks, for bottles.
All the foregoing articles must be of the best
pies deposited at said Navy ards and In this Blu
Ieau, aud subj ct to suon Inspection at the Navy
may direct the inspecting officer to be appointed by
All me articles to be delivered free of any Incl
sells or packages, and tia price of each aItie must
he fha mo at he optIv MI nf al
Packages in which the above articles are delivered
oe he ana ne bse
temporary safs-keeplng
stations other than his residence tn 5. no delay may
arise i'll furnishing what may be required; and nen
W se sS SfPR
visions aud Clothing shall be authorized t. dire ct
der the penalty to be expressed in the contract the
record Of reaulstion, or duplicate copy thereof
either of the Navy Yards aforesaid, sh,!l be evil
ceived.
Two or more approved sureties in gum equal to
the estimated amount OF the contract Will be re-
CURED, and twenty per centum in addition will be
count thereof as collateral security, to ITS
1t all respects compii led wlth eighty per! cen
b v fs 81 al Sbe th mads wa se
bills, duly authenticated, shall have been presented
Bans forms of proposals may Be Obtained on ap
Il
timOfe. Norfolk and at this Bureau
record, or duplicate ofthe letter informlng,
bidder of the acceptance of his proposal, will be
| deemed NOTIFICATION thereof within the meaning
copied in conformity with this understanding.
Every offer made must be accompanied AS di
e ss21ss af M %
August, 1856 by written guaranteed signed by one
more responsible persons, to the effect that he
they undertake that the bidder or bidders wi If
his or their bid be accepted enter into obligation
within ten days, with good and sufficient sureties
| t. furnish the supplies proposed. The Bureau will
not be obligated to consider any proposal unlasS
accompanied by the guarantee required by law; the
competency OF the guarantee to he certified by the
navy agent district attorney or the collector of the
port.
The attention Of biddsrS is cnlled TO the samples
ami descriptions Of articles rsTHirsd as, the
SPecfion b.fOTs recpiOH jnN bHt rigM comparison
triU be dde betIrrsH the articles offered amt the
pies and contract. tint fail beiOr than
and their attention IS also particularly drtctcd to the
JOINT resolution Of March n, 1854, amt TO the act Of
the l0th August. 1876. ap l7-law4w