Daily national Republican., 1863-08-15
PROPOSALS.
QMALL STORES, &C. FOR is6s.-04.

SMALL sroRLs, &C. FOX i'0''-oA'
NAVY DErArrMExr,)
BUREAU OF Provision. AND CLoTHIHo,
| August u, isss
nall stores, SO, viii Be received at thia once
until y O'Clock M. on the nth day Of September
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Candles named and specified in the following
classes to be delivered In such quantities a. may
Bureau, or BY the comm ands pts Of those yards,
1881, viz:
DOC, 900 lbs Sail Waier soap.
| The soap must be manufactured from coacoa-nut
sss ss, e 0 w.: TEE ss:, ss. 8.
ins twenty.nye bar, wsishlns three ID. s,eh and,
end end Il lie is'sa sspsS.ssi sSs he son.;.siof.
5000 lack Knives '' "
| 10000 spoons ..... .....
5000 Ra1ors lin single oascs)
5000 Razor Strops
10000 Scissors
100000 Needles. Sewing. Nos /, a,s, drill eyed,
| betweens $500 -. ...r-.H
10000 Ihimbies, $40 and sio In diameter
| 10000 dozen D. \. Buttons .-
| CLASS No. ..
s,ooo dozen GIT Eagle buttons, medium
5000 dozen Gilt Eagle Vest Buttons
ISSS Fine Comb. India Rubber OF Gut: Pssoh' so
CLASS Nod.
10000 Scrub Brushes -t tr5. ta. r,....I
1000 Shoe Brushes
| 1000 Shaving Brushes
| 500 Whisk Brooms
| CLASS No. 6.
5000 Hands Grass, for hats
| 1000 lbs. Beeswax, Y the cakes pure
| 10000 cakes Shaving soap, not less than two
| ounces per cake
10000 boxes Backing
1900 spools Cotton, OF Nos. 10 and IS, 900 yards
each three cords equal parts.
pound packages, equal to Marshall: best
quality, and In such proportions - nay
1000 ,bs DC ssau',sa; S .sn,0r blue b,.ol pu,. ,x
avoidlpois weight, wrappers not In:
siadsd,l per ounce in quartsr-pound
10000 pieces RIBBON, hat, best French black, u
yard. to the pieeei width ~ inch, tex.
lure 10 by 10 to ls Of an Inch.
'''''' length, one-h.if inch i Wide. .''' " '
10000 pieces 7dpe, black twlled cotton, six yards
in length, one-half Inch wide.
iaehe., weight no. les: than y. ounce
each, texture 8 by to onehalf inch.
$4,000 lbs. Mustard ssss sess American S1; RI brown
10000 lbs. Blsck Pepper, Malabar
1000 gross Bottles, oetagon, for mustard and pep
1000 gross M Cork..
1 CLASS Ho.e. ...,
| 100, 600 lbs. Stearine Cand "a.
| The candles must be "sixes," OF prime leaf lard
stearine $40 inches 10 length exclusive OF tip, six
candles to weigh not less than II ounces ol0o nor
more than Is ounces, and be paid for according to
cial usage; the melting point not to be less than
lt0 degrees Fahrenheit. The wick must be braid.
ed, and composed Of 70 cotton threads Of the best
quality Of No. ~ yarn. The candles TO be delivered
on thirty dtys' notice, In good boxes, containing
about thirty (2o) pounds each, and the box to be
marked with the contractors name and the weight
Of the candles.
Alkthe articles named In class must be included
in the offer All will be required within the nscal
year, and no excess OF any article will be received
All the foregoing articles must be ofthe best quail
ty, and coniormable In all respects 10 the samples
Inspection at the navy yard where delivered as the
Chief Of the Bureau may direct the inspecting on
.1 be y ins NAVY
dental expense to the Government, In proper yes
sells or packages and the price Of each article must
Packages in which the above articles are deIiveret
. must De marked with their contents, and the nam,
Of the contractor, and be sufficient to insure thei
. the coatrsstor must establish agencies at sucl
stations other than his residence, that no delal
ssn tis he N eantr,nt oS wns, nay n a.
comply with reputation, the Chief of the Bufes,
OF Provisions and Clothing shall be authorized Il
cheney, under the penalty to be expressed in the
contract; the record OF requisition, or duplicate
copy thereof, at the Bureau Of Provisions ant
Cio,hnG' or AZ either OF the navy yards aforesaid
shall be evidence that such requisition has been
made and received.
Two or more approved sureties, In sum equal
TO the estimated amount Of the contract, viii be
, required, and twenty per centum In addition viii
be withheld from the amount Of all payments on
account thereof collateral security to secure III
performance, and not in any event to be paid unit
un Of the amount Of all deliveries msde will b,
paid by the navy agent within ten days after war
Iants Tor the same shall have been passed BY tn,
/ Secretary OF the Treasury.
Blank iorms of proposals may be obtained on ap
0 plication to the navy agents at Portsmouth, New
Hampshire; Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Bal
c timore, and at this Bureau.
0 A record, or duplicate OF the letter informing
bidder OF the acceptance Of his proposal, will b,
deemed nOtincation thereof, within the meaniDi
OF the act OF 1886, and his bid will be made and
, cepted In conformity with this understanding.
Every offer made must be accompanied (as di
rected IN the act OF Congress making appropria
tons for the naval service for I846'47, approved
10th OF August, ISiB) by written guarantee signed
that he or they undertake. that the bidder or bid
ders will II his their bid be accepted enter into
an obligation within ten days, with good and sum
The bureau Will not be OBLIGATED to consider any
propossl unless accompanied by the guarantee re.
: CURED by law; the competency OF the guarantee
to be certified by the navy agent, district attorney
the collector Of the port, aud by satisfactory
evidence that the bidder has the license required
by the act Of Congress Of March ID, 1854.
The attention Of tidde's Is called 10 the samples and
description cfanes required, a., in the fpspteon be
fore reception Just but rigid comparison ioiA Be mad
oeten Inc articles offered and he sanpie and contract
Is alto poriieuarI deeisd 10 ne joint resoluiion o.
21h March, 1854, and TO the act Of lUh Augusf, l6l6.