The Portland daily press., 1864-08-04
PROPOSALS.
2 r O 2 O s a L S!
FOR
Materials for the Navy.
NAVY DEPARTMENT,

NAVY DEPARTMENT.,
Bureau " Steam hHo iaeerihg, July ~, loo3l
SsEALED PROPOSALS TO furnish materials for
~ the Navy Tor the fiscal year ending June 5otn,
1865 will be received at the Bureau OF Steam Engl
neering until 40 O'Clock OF the i2tn day OF August
next. az which time the opening will be commenced
Proposals musI De endorsed Proposals for Mate
rials for the Navy that they may be distinguished
from other business letters and directed to the Chief
oil the Bureau of Steam Engineering.
The materials and articles embraced in the classes
named are particularly described in the printed
schedules any OF which will De furnished to such as
desire TO Offer on Application TO the Commandants
the respective yards, or to the Navy Agents near
est thereto, and those of all the yards upon sppca-
This classes being for the convenience
of dealers ia each such classes only will be iu ns
ed as actually required for bids The Command
ant and Navy Agent Tor each station will, in add
ton TO the schedule OF classes of heir own Yards
have copy of the schedules of the other yards for
examination only, from which may be judged wheth-
er 1t VIII be desirable TO make application Tor any of
the classes of those yards. All other things beng
equal preference viii be given TO articles OF Amer
ican manufacture.
Offers must be made for the whole of the class at
any yard, upon one OF the printed schedules or in
street conformity Herewith or they will not be
Upon application TO the Bureau, to the Command
ant OF any yard or TO any Navy Agent, the form OF
oher, OF guaranty and other necessary information
respecting the opo ais, will be furnished.
The contract will be awarded to the lowest bidder
who gives proper guarantees as required by the law
Of August 10, 1916, e Navy Department reserying
The Tignt to reject tAe lowest bid, any which may
be deemed eXoTbi.ant.
! The contracts will bear date the day the notihca-
tioa is given and deliveries be d. manded from
/ that daIe.
sureies in the full amount will be required to sign
the contract, aud their responsibility cortined by
United states District Judge, United States Dis
! trei Attorney, Collector or Navy Agent. As addi-
tlonEI security twenty per oentum will be withheld
from the amount the bills until the contracts shall
| have been completed, and eighty per cen;nm of each
bill, approved IN tTiplcate BY the Commandments OF
respective yards viii be paid by the Navy Agents
at the points OF delivery, in funds cerhhcaes
the option OF the Government. within ten days af-
ter the warrant for the same shall have been passed
/ by the Secretary of the Treasury.
The following are the classes required at the re-
spective navy-yards.
! kIrTERY, MAINE.
Glass No. l. boiler iron, &c No. 2, pig iron; Nc.
g. boiler telling: No. 4. gum packing, &C: No. 8,
/ sperm OIL No nseed oil sc; no lard oil No s
metallic oil no taliow and soap; No 10 engineers
stores; No II engineers tools; NO u engineers in
struments; No Il wrought iron PIPE No 10 tubes
No ID steel; No Il iron nails, bolts and nuts; No Is
copper; No 10 tin &c; No 70 white Lead No Il zinc
paint; No q colored paints No 20 stationery; No
! "a frewood; No "a cotton waste, packing sc; No
20 engineers stores.
CHARLESTowN MASS.
Glass No boiler iron and rvets; no Q pig iron mo
boiler telling: no gum packing. rubber hose &c
no 8 sperm Oil; no linsetd oil and turpentine; no
lard oil; no metal 10 Oh no 9 tallow and soap:
no IL engineers stores no ii engineers tools; no
/ IL engineers instruments; no IL steam pumps; no
IA wrought iron pipe valves, sc; 10 tubes: IL
Steel. no IL iron mans u0stS Is
no 10 tin. zinc, sc; no 20 white lead; no II zinc
psint; y co ored paints, dryers &c; no % sta.
iionery mo 25hickory aud ash plank and butts no 70
white pines no 81 hemp and cotton packing, &c no
/ IS engineers stores, &C.
BROOKLYN, NY.
Class no boiler iron DO pig from no 8 boiler
! telling; no gum packing, rubber hose, &C. no
sperm oil; linseed oil, turpeniine. alcohol &C;
no lard oil; no lubrcatiDg or metallic oils no
tsow and soap; no 10 engineers stores no IL engi-
neers' tools; no IL engineers instruments; no lS
steam pumps no Ii wrought iron pipes waves SC
no ID tubes; l6 steel II iron nails bolts nuts
&c; no is copper; no 10 tin, zinc lead sc; no 20
white lead no q zinc paint % co ored paints
dryers &C; no IS stationery "a Il re wood No Is
hickory and ash ank and butts: no % white pine
| no u black walnut and cherry no Is mahogany
white holley; no 20 lanterns; no 80 ignumyite; no
| III drudgeons. pumps, &C. 81 sour -four cruel
bles sc; no 80 patented articles; 81 cotton and
hemp psckngs &C; no 80 engineers stores.
PHILADELPHIA.
Glass no ! bser iron &c; no boiler telling; no
gum packing. rabber hose &c; no sperm oil no
.inseed oil and turpentine! no lard oil no tai
low soap, &c; no 10 engineers stores; no IL engi-
neers tools; no IL engineers instruments: no Ii
wrought on pipe, valves, &c; Is tubes; no 10
steel; IL iron nails bolts and nuts: is copper
no 10 tin. Ses no % white lead; no q zinc paint;
no % eo.ored pAibts apd dryers; % stationery
no "a fire wood no 81 cotton and hemp packing &
no IS engineers stores, SO.
WASHINGTON.
Glass no boiler iron, &c; no pig from no boil.
er felting. no gum packing ,rGbber hose &C;
8 sperm oil; no inEeed oil and turpentne; ~ Z
lara oil no lumber; no tallow and soap; no 10
engineers stores no IL engineers tools; IL engi-
meets instruments; no 10 steam pumps; no IL
wrought iron pipe, valves, &c, no is tnbee. 10 l6
aeei; DO IL iron pail Dol s. nuts sc; no IS copper
no 10 tin, lead aud zinc; no ~ white lead; no q
1inc pAint; NO q colored paints, dryers, no %
stationery; no a hrs wood nc q cotton and hemp
/ packing &C; 10 80 engineers stores,
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