Daily national Republican., 1863-10-01
PROPOSALS.
nROPOSALS FOR LUMBER.
CHEF AssIsTANT QUARTERatAsrER's OffiCE,
DEPOTOf WAsiIINuTon, i3i NORTH ST.,
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tHiEf hssiSrANr UARTERMAsrERs Offi,E,l
DEPOTO wAsIiisuToh, l3t NORTH ST., I
WASHINGTON, d. e.. Sept. 30 1853:
SEALED PRnposALs will be received at this
n'clock M, Tor delivering In the city ot Washing
iugton, d. T., at such point as the Depot Quarter.
master may drcc,, one million u,oo,Oool feet ol
Lunbcr Of the following kind and descf ptinn, VIZ:
Five hundred and my thousaad 1850, ,oOo) feet /
or one 90 inch White Fine Common Cuttings.
and half tlJa) inch White Pine Common Cuttings.
Twenty Thousand t:),OOO) feet 81 or two tl) inch
White line Common .ullings.
Scantiing, by 4, fourteen feet long, themlock.)
One hundred and ten thousand tii0,o.o icet
senntlins, by ), sixteen feet long, !hemloek)
Ono hundred and ten thousand uiO,OJU) feet
acantling, by 4, eighteen feet long, (heWlock.
All the above described to be good incrchantablc
pointed on the part Of the Government.
All the Lumber to he delivered On or before the
18th day OF oc,oCcr.. ..,s. 1899;
The full name and post ollice address vl the bid
der must appear In the proposal.
If y bid is made In the nauc oi firm, the names
considered as nc Individual proposal OF the party
PROPOSALS from disloyal parties will not he con.
s,dcr,d and an oath oi allegiance must accompany
Proposals must be a,l,li esscd to Captain Edward
L. HHrtz, Assistant Quariern,ast United states
Army, at Washington. ID. G., aud shouldbc plainly
marked "Proposal. Tor Lhm6er."
febpOnblDlllty Ol tne HuhThntOIH must
shown nv the Official certificate OF the Clerk oi the
nearest District Court, or OF the United States Dis.
tIict Attorney.
The ability OF the bidder to I'LL the contract,
should 1t be awarded to him, must be guarantees,
by two responsible persons, whose signatures are
he appended 10 the guarantee, and said guarantee
must dfronpdhy The bid.
Bidders must be present In person when the bids
are opened, or their proposals will not be consid-
cred.
Bonds In the sum OF live thousand dollars, signed
by the contractor and both Of his guarantOrs, will
be required OF the successful bidder OIL bidders upon
signing Il Q contract.
Form Of Guarantee.
We, -, OF the county Of -, and state OF -,
and =, OF the county ot -, and state OF -, do
hereby guarantee that - 10 able to fulhll the
contract In accordance with the terms of his prop
ccpted, he will at once enter into contract In ac-
cOfdanee herewith.
Should the contract be awarded him we are pre-.
pared TO become his sureties.
(To this guarant must be appended the official
certificate above mentlOned)
The right 10 reject any or all bids that may be
deemed too high Is reserved by the Depot Quarter
MASTER ~ well as the right to select from each bid
such lumber, at the price therein named, AS Is Ie-
Quifcd by the Government; and IN case OF the tail
uic OF bidder, whose proposal Is accepted, to iuf.
nIsh within the time prescribed, IN quality or
quantity, the Lumber stipulated to be delivered,
then the Assistant Qusrteimastcr to have the right
- supply such deficiency by purchase, and such
n .dder 10 he charged with the dihercncc OF cost.
Informal proposals will he rejected.
EDWARD l.. HARTZ,
ocl-7t Captain, a. q NJ, U. s. Army.