The Portland daily press., 1864-02-26
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
PEoros1Ls FOR MATERIALS ron TnE
NAVY DEPARTMENT..
BUREAU or STEAM knetsEERINg.

BUREAU or STEAM knatsryRTwa
SEALED PROPOSALS to furnisbs ms,ds,a;. ~, asoi,
the Navy for the lseal year endins 49, 90 ,o' vi
Will, VIII pe ~ a. me bgrean Of cam Engineering
which tune the openin will be commenced "
Proposals must be endorsed " Proposals Ior Nate
rals for the Navy that they may be distin g,,Ss ~
from other business letters. and directed 10 lie
Chief of the Bareau OF steam Engineering
Inc materials and articles embraced in the classes
named are particularly described In the printed
schedules; any OF which viii be furnished to such .s
desired to offer, application to tie commardanfs
~ .ne respective yards or 10 the navy agent
n.reto ana those OF all the yards upon application
70 inc Bureau This division ca scs eng foithe
conveh.ence OF the dealers in ach only
Viii oe furnished as are actually required for bids
The commandant and navy agent for each station
Will IN ADDITION to the schedule of classes of their
otta oWn ysros nave copy of the schedules of the
vsnsI yarus LOT examination only, from which may
be judged whether 1t will be desirable 10 make an
pheation ior any fthe classes of those yards All
otheI thin2s being equal preference will be given
10 tieles of American manufacture
ON rs must be made for the whole OF the class st
any {aIu upon one OF the printed schedules, or Ia
sidered. W S'"
Upon application to the Bureau, to the CommaI d.
ant OF any yard, or to any Navy Agent The form
OF ohsr OF guaranty and other necessary infor ma
uon respecting the proposals will be furnished
he contract viii be awarded 10 the lowest BIDDER
who gives proper gnaraniies a required by the law
or 10th Angus, 1916, the Navy Department reseTV-
ing the right to reject the lowest bid. ii deemed ex
orbitant.
The contracts will bear date the day the ro,isca.
ton is given. and deliveries can b. demanded.
sure,ies IN the full amount viii be required TO
sign the contract aud their rcsponsi lity certified
to by United Stat district judge United States
district attorney. collector, or navy agent AS ad-
dtional securities twenty per centum will be with
held from the of the bills " iii ihe Contract
shsii nave been completed and eighty per centum
OF each bi'l approved in tripicate by the COM
mahdants OF the respective yards, i'll be paid by
the navy agents at the points of delivery in funds or
csr'heate- at the option Of the 6 Government within
been pa. sed by ths Secretary OF the treasury.
me following are lie classes required at the re-
specuve navy-yards:
kITTERY. MAINE
Nc ciis' is No 1 Boiler Iron &c No Metallic Oh;
cmiRLssTowN.
Glass No. !. Boiler Iron end Riyets; No. . PIC.
IRON NO =, Gum Packing, Rubbe Hose, sc. No
8. Sperm OIL; No 8. Linseed OIL ard Turpentine.
No. |! Lard Oil; No g Tallow and Soap; No TO-
Engineer - Stores; No u, snginesIs' ioosi No.
Iron Nails, Bolts, and Nuts; No. Is. Copper; No le.
Tin aud Lead; No. 20, White Lead; No. y, Zinc
Faint; Faint NO p. colored Paints. Dryers No. 2s
BROOKLYN.
= NO ], Boiler Iron; No. g. Boiler FelHng; No 4,
Gum Packing. Rubter Hose, Sc No s, fntrcs.
ting Oils: No 9 Linssed on. Turp nine ard Alec
10 Eng gneers' stores; No IL. Engineers Tools: Nc
~ Enginsess' Instruments No. IA wrousht-Iren
Up aiNe>, &c no. 10. Sttelf No. IL, Iron
Nails, Bolts, and Nuts, &c; No. IS. Copper: No 10
Tin. Zinc, &c.; No. 20. White Iced; No 22, Colored
Paints Dryers; No. %, 'ationery mo. 25. hickory
and Asa Flank and Butts: No. 26. White Pine; NJ. .
20, Lanterns; No 30. Lngnumu a.
PHILADELPHIA
Class No. ], Boiler lion, he No g. Boiler Fe ting.
No 4. Gum Packing. Rubber Hose. &c: No x.
sperm OIL; No. g. Linseed oil and Turpt ntine: No
!, Lard ut; No. 9, Tallcw and Soar; No. 10, fngi-
neers Stores; No. IL, Engineer Tools; No IL,
Engineers Instruments No. H. Wrought-Iron
pipe, Valves, Sc; No. l6 Steel; No. II. Iron Nails.
Bolts and Nuts; No. Is. Copper: No. 49, Tin; Sc
No 20. White Lead; No. 81 Zinc Paint; Ne ~.
Colored Paints and Dryers; No. %, Stationery.
WASHINGTON.
Class No. /. Boiler Iron, &C.; No. II, Bolts
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