The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-08-06
PROPOSALS.
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Materials for the Navy.

NAVY DEPARTMENT, -. !
Bureau # Steam Engineering, July 40 loof''
C,EALED PROPOSALS TO furnish materials for
y the Navy for the fiscal year ehding June o1ln
1866 will be received at the Bureau OF Steam Ehg.
neering until 40 O'Clock OF the l2th day OF august
next al which time the opening will be commenced
Proposals must DC endorsed Proposals ior MAZE,
rias Tor the Navy" that they may be distinguished
from other letters and di ected 10 the Chlel
OF the Bureau OF steam Engineering
The materials and articles embraced in the classes
named are particularly described IN the printed
schedules any OF which viii We iurnshed 70 such as
desire TO offer, application 10 the commandments
of the respective yarae, or to the Navy Agents
est thereto aud those of all the yards upon appliea
ton to the Bureau.
Tnis division nto classes being for Inconvenience
of dealers in each such classes only will be furnish
ed as actually required Tor bids. The Command
ant and Navy Agent Tor each station will, in addi-
ton TO the schedule OF classes of sheir own yards
have copy of the schedules of the other yards Tor
examination only, frea which may be judged wheth-
ii will BE- desirable make pplicaiion for any OF
the classes OF those yards. All other things being
equal, preference viii be given to articles Of Amer
ican m anufaciure.
any yard upon one of the printed schedules, or in
strict conformity Herewith, or they will not be con-
sdered.
Upon application to the Bureau, to the Command
of any YARD, or TO any Navy Agent, the form of
offer. OF guaranty and other necessary Information
respecting tine opo ais, will be furnished.
The contract viii be awarded to the lowest bidder
who gives proper guarantees, as required by the law
OF August TO- lS46, tie Navy department reserving
the right TO reject tue lowest bid, any which may
be deemed ezor bitant.
Tho contracts will bear date the day the notifea-
tioB is given snd deliveries can be d, manded from
that date.
Sureties in the full amount viii be required to sign
the contract and their responsibility certified TO by
| a United rates District Judge, United ates Dis
trict Attorney, Collector or Navy Agent As addi-
tonal security, twenty per centum will be withheld
from the amount OF the bills until the contracts shall
have been completed and eighty per centum OF each
bill approved in tIipieate by the Commandments OF
the respective yards will be paid by the Navy Agents
at the points OF delivery in funds or cerncatts, at
the option OF the Government. within ten days af
ter the warrant for the shall have been passed
by the Secretary OF the Treasury.
The folio wing are the classes required at the re-
spective nayy-yards
kIrrERY, MAINE
Glass No. l. boiler iron, &C No. 9, pig iron; No.
8, boiler telling: No. 4. gum paekIUg, &C; No. O.,
sperm oil Nc linseed oil sc: no I lard oil: No S
metallic oil bo 8 taliog and soap; No 10 engineers'
stores; No II engineers tools; 40 u engineers in
struments No Il wrought iron PIPE No 10 tubes /;
No Ii steel; u iron nails bolts and NUTS No Is
copper; No 10 tin SC; No - white lead; No Il zinc
paint No q colored paints; No 70 stationery; No
"a frewood; No "a cotton waste, paeking sc; No
30 engineers stores.
CHARLEsTowN. MASS.
Clas. No boiler iron and riyets no pig iron mo
boiler feltiDgt no gum packing rubber hose &C /;
no sperm oil no linssed oil and tuTpentine no
lard oil no metal ie oil NOS Iallow and soap
no 10 engineers stores; no IL engineers tools; no
" engineers instruments; NO IL steam pumpsi no
IA wrought iron pipe, valves &c; Is tubes; l6
steel II iron nails, bolts, nuts, &c; Is copper
no 10 tin, zinc, &c; no 20 white lead no II zinc
paints no % CO ored paints, dryers &C; q sta
tionery mo 25hckory and ash plank and butts no 20
white pine; no 81 hemp and cotton packing, &c; no
IS engineers stores, &c.
BROOKLYN, ny
Glass no boiler iron; no 2pig iron; no boiler
telling; no gum packing, rubber hose, &c; no 5
sperm oil; no nseed OIL turpenine, alcohol,
no lard oil no luhricailDg or metallic oils 8
tallow and soap; no 10 engineers stores no IL eng
neers' tools; no IL engineers Instruments no 10
steam pumps; no IA wrought iron pipes, waves, &c
5 tubes 10 STEEL IL iron nails, bolts, nuts
&C; no le copper; no 10 tin, zinc. lead, &c no 20
white lead; no 81 zinc paint; no 22 ored paints,
hickory and ash ank and butts; no 26 white pine ;
no % black walnut aud cherTyi no q mahogany,
81 dredgeons pumps, &c; no 80 sour -four, cruel,
bles, sc: az patented articles no 81 cotton and
hemp packings, Kos no IS engineers stores.
PHILADELPHIA,
Glass no beiler iron, &C; no boiler la,ting; no
gum packing. ri bier hose, &c; no sperm o.l no
linst ed oil and turpentine; no lard oil tai
low soap, &c; no 10 engineers stores; no ii engi-
neers' tools; no IL engineers Instruments no II
wrought on pipe, valves, Ss; 10 ID tables; no 10
IL iron nsils, bolts and nuts, is copper;
no - tin, q C; no 20 white lead 81 ziRa Eaiat
no ~ co.ored paints and dryers; 20 ststi0noTy;
no ~ fire wood no 81 cotton and hemp packing, sc;
no IS engineers stores, &c.
WASHINGTON.
Glass no boiler IRON &C no pig ifou no 8 boil
feting, q c: no gum packing rubber hose, 4 no
5 sperm oil. no linseed oil and turpentine, no
lara oil no lumber; no talow and soap; no 10
engineers stores; no ii engineers tools; IL engi
wrought iron pipe, valves, sc; no II tubes; no l6
sieel; no IL iron nail Dol 5, nuts, & IL copper
no ~ tin lead and zinc; no 20 white lead no al
zinc paints no 2 eoiored paints, dryers, no 20
stationery; no q fire wood no "a cotton and hemp
packing, &c; no 81 engineers stores.
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