The national Republican., 1861-07-23
Navy supplies-ls8l-e
NAVY DEPARTMENT,

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CBPARATE PROPOSALS, sealed and endorsed
~ Proposals for Navy Supplies" will be re-
ceived at this Bureau until 9 o'clock A. NJ. on
Wednesday, the cath day of July next, for fur,
nishipg and delivering ION receiving ten days
notice, except for biscuit for which hye days
notice shall be given for every twenty Thousand
pounds required) a, the United states navy
Yard, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, such quaut'-
ties only OF the following articles as may be re-
qnired or ordered from the contractors BY II"
chief Of this bureau, or by the commanding on
Ger Of the said Navy Yard, during the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1862, viz: ...
Biscuit, flour, rice, dried apples, pickles. su-
gar, tea, beans, nolasses, vinegar, and whisky.
The biscuit shall be made wholly from sweet
supsr6ne -four, Of the manufacture of the year
1860 or 1891, but shall in all cases be msnufac.
tured from -four made Of the crop Immediately
preceding the dates Of the acquisitions 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 Yard; shall he
properly baked, thoroughly kn-dried, well
packed and delivered free Of charge to the United
States, In good, sound well-dried, bright -four
barrels, with the heads well secured.
The -four shall be equal 10 the best Richmond
and Baltimore brands and Of the manufacture Of
wheat grown in the year 1850 or 1861 but shall
In all cases be manufactured from pure, sound,
Ireou-gIOuuu Wneht, Oi tno CEOp lmWeulhtely
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
United States, In the best new, well. seasoned,
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 we'll hooped, with
lining hoops around each head, and equal in
quality to sample barrel at the said Navy Yard
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and not more than one-siIth Of 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.dryins only, and of
the crop Of the autumn Immediately preceding
the dates Of the acquisitions for tho same; and
shall be delivered in packages containing not
moro than three hundred pounds.
The pickles shall be put up in iron bound
cask,, the iron hoops to be inch wide and LIE
inch thick, and each cssk shall contain one gal
Ion Of onions, one gallon Of peppers and eight
gallons Of N sdium cucumbers, fifty to the gallon,
and the vegetables in each shall weigh fifty
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 and the contractors
bu2A wofIuut duu guaranty tHdt tnty Will Keep
good and sound for at least two years.
The iron hoops on the barrels containing whis-
Ky, molasses, vinegar, and pickles, to be well
painted with red lead
The sugar shall be dry and ft for packing,
and equal In quality to the best Havana brown.
The tea sbsll be of good quality young hyson,
and be delivered In half or quarter chests on y.
The beans shall be Of the very best quality
white beans, and shall be of the crop immedi-
AfA IS tL~- S.,,
the same, 81 pounds to be taken as one bushel.
The nolasses shall be fully equal to the very
best quality Of New Orleans molasses, and shall
be delivered In new, sll-seasoned red oak bar
rsls, with white pine heads not less than ] inch
thick; the slaves not less than inch thick the
barrels to be three-quarters hooped, and, in ad-
dition, to have four iron hoops one on each
bilgs, IL inch in width aud l-l6th inch thick,
and one on each chime ~ inch in width, and
l.l6th inch thick and shall be thoroughly
ooopered and placed in the best shipping condi-
ton.
The vinegar shall be Of the first quality, equal
to the standard of the United States Pharmaco-
peia, and shall contain no other than acetic
acid and shall be delivered in barrels similar in
all respects to those required for molasses with
the exception that phae oak slaves and heads
shall be substituted for red oak slaves and white
pine heads, and shall be thoroughly coopered
The whisky shall be made wholly from grain,
sound and merchantabe, and be full first proof,
according to the United States custom house
standard, and shall be double rectiied II
shall be delivered in good, new, sound, bright,
three-quarters hooped, well-seasoned white oak
barrels, with white oak heads the heads to be
made OF three-piece beading, and we'll painted !;
the slaves not to be less than ( inch thick, and
the heads not less than inch thick; and each
hQrrQl ahQll cnnnarpH in o1I
three-penny iron hoop on each bilge, inch in
width and l-l6th inch thick and one three
penny hoop on each chime, l. inch in width
and l-l6th iuch thick, as per diagram the whole
to be yput in good shipping order, free of all
charge to the United States.
b, All the foregoing described articles, embracing
casks, barrels, half-barrels, and boxes, shall he
subject to such inspection I'D the chief of the
Bureau of Provisions and Clothing may direct,
the inspecting officer to be appointed by the
Navy Department All inspections to be at the
place OF delivery. Biscuit may, however, be in
spected at the place of manufacture, but will in
all eases be subject to a final inspection at the
place of delivery before the bills are signed
therefor.
~ The prices of all the foregoing articles to be
the same throughout the year, and bidders may
Offer for one or more articles, and his offer will
be accepted for that article for which his propo-
sal may be lowest.
no All the casks, barrels and half barrels, boxes
or packages, shall be marked with their contents
and the contractors name All the barrels and
hsif-barrels Of -four, bread and pickles. shall
have, In addition to the above, the year when
manufactured or put up marked upon them.
The quantity OF these articles which will be
required cannot be precisely stated. The con-
tracts Will therefore be made, not for specific
quantities. but for such quantities as the service
may require to be delivered.
Contrsctors not residing at the place where
deliveries are required, must establish agencies
st such place, that no delay may arise in fur.
nishing what may be required and when con-