Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-07-16
THE RUTLAND WEEKLY HERALD: THERsDAY 49,
NAVY SUPPLIES.-lS63l64

n Az oCIi i'lEN'--l 900 o.,
~ NAVY Department,
BgJt1u Of Provisions aHd Clothing, June Is, lS63.
SEPARATE PROPOSALS, sealed and endorsed
" Proposals for Navy Supplies" will De received
at this Bureau until s O'Clock l.. NJ, GA Welnes-
day the lst day of July next, for furnishing aud
delivering, Con receiving ten days notice. at the
United States nayy-yaris, al Charlestown MaSsa-
chusctta; brooklyn, New York and Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, viz;
Rice, dried apples sugar, tea, cotlce, beans, mo-
asses, and vinegar,
The rice shall De- uf the very best quality the
market will afford.
Tho dried apples shall be OF the hest quality, and
shall he prepared by Sutl'dryiHg only, and OF the
OF the autumn Immediately preceding the dates
of the acquisitions Tor the same and shall be de-
hyolud in packages containing not more than
three hundred pounds.
The IRON hoops ON the barrels and hall barrels
containing molasses and vinegar to be well painted
with rcd lead,
The sugar shall be dry and ht for packing, and
equal in quality TO the best Havana sugar,
The tea shall be Of good quality Oolong, equal
TO the samples at said navy yards, and be deliver
ed in half and quarter chests only,
The coffee shall be equal TO the best Cuba, ac-
oording TO sample,
The beans shall be of the very best quality
white beans, and shall be Of the crop Immediately
preceding the dates of the requsition for the same,
"a pounds TO be taken as one bushel, and no deliy
cries 10 be required until the LIST Of October next.
The molasses shall be fully equal to the very
he delivered in new, well-sedsoned red-oak barrels
and halt barrels, and with white-pine heads not
less than lis inch thick the slaves not less than
5-S-inoh thick; the barrels and half barrels 10 be
three-quarters hooPed, and, in addition, TO have
four iron hoops, one ON each bige, IL inch in
width and l-l6 inch thick, and one on each chime
| Ia inch in width and lilo inch thick, and shall
be thoroughly coopered and placed in the best
shipping condition, one half the quantity TO be in
half barrels # required by the Bureau.
The vine gar shall be of the first quality, equal
to the standard of the United States Pharmaoo-
p,eia, and shall contain no other than aeeuo acid
and shall be delivered in barrels and half barrels
similar in all respects TO those required for molasses
with the exception that l0hite. OAK slaves and
heads shall be substituted for red-oak slaves and
whte-pne heads, and shall be thoroughly cooper
ed and placed in the best shipping order; one-half
! TO be in half barrels.
casks barrels, half barrels, and boxes, shall be
subject to such inspection the chief Of the Blu
reau of Provisions and Clothing may direct the
Inspecting officer to be appointed by the Navy De-
partment All inspections to be at the place oil de-
/ livery. j,
The prices OF all the foregoing articles to be tn,
same throughout the year, and bidders may one
for one or more articles and his okcr WifI De &c
cepted tor that yard for which his proposal may b
| lowest and where more than one article Is award
cd TO bidder the articles will be embraced in on
or more contracts, at the option Of the Bureau
All the casks, barrels, half barrels, boxes, o
! packages shall be marked with their contents an'
| the contractors name.
CThe samples referred TO in this advertisement
are those selected for the ensuing fiscal year, an
hare reference 10 such as haze been Preotoatye En-
hijitcd)
The quantities named in the following list, q
the places therein indicated, such quantities onl
being received from time to time as may be requl
| cd or ordered by the Chief Of this Bureau, or b
the respective commanding ohoers oil the sal
navy yards during the fiscal year ending June
! 1861, viz