The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-08-18
PROPOSALS.
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Materials for the Navy. E
N avY DEPARTMENT,

Navy DEPARTMENT., F
Bureaa Of Steam n ny sReersh o, July 10, 1854.
C,EALED PROPOSALS. to furnish materials for
y the Nav for the fiscal year enaing June S9th,
1865 will be received at The Bureau of cam lnei.
neefing, until ~ oc.ock OF the 18th day of August
nexi, at which time thea pening will be commenced.
tropo. ais mus 10 endorseu Proposals for Mate
riais Tor the Navy. that they may be oistingushtd
from other busines letters, and dected TO The Chief
OF the Bureau OF Steam Engineering.
The materials and articles embraced in the classes
named are particularly described in the prn ed
schedules any oi which will furnished 10 such
desire to offer, On application to the Ccmmandants
OF me Respective ARDS, or 10 the Navy Agents near
est thereto and those OF all the yaids upon appiica
ton TO the Bureau.
This division into classes being for the convenience
OF dealers la each such classes only will be III nisl-
ed as are actually required Tor bids. The Command
ant anu Navy Agons each station viii, in addi-
ton TO the schedule OF classes of ,heir own saras
examination only from which may be judged whetn-
it will desirable TO make licaiion for any oil
the classes OF those yards. All other things oe'hg
equal, reference win be given 10 Articles OF Amer
lean IN anu facture.
Offers must lie mate for the whole of the class at
any yard upon one ofthe printed schedules or IN
strict conformity Herewith they Will not be con-
sdered.
aui OF any yard, or to any Navy Agent the form OF
offer O, Guaranty, and other es-ary i'll nation
respecting tne opo' ais, will Be furnished
The con ract win be awarded to tile lowest bidder
who gives proper guarantees required BY the law
OF Angus 10, lSi8, 1 g Navy Department reser,inx
the zig to reiect tie lowest bid any which may
be deemed eAoi biiant
The cont. acts wiz tear date the day the notifca-
tiou is given anu deliveries be d handed from
that date.
Sureties in the full will be required to sign
tie contract, aud their responsibility cerDed TO by
United y iates District Judge. United 5 ates Dis
trict Attorney, Collector or Navy Agent. AS add-
tional security, twenty per ceDtum will be Withheld.
from the amount the oils until the contracts shall
have been completed, ano eighty per centum each
bill approved Ia duplicate BY tte eonmandants Of
the speciiye ards i be paid by the Navy Agents
the points OF delivery, la funds cernncstss at
the Opt IN o ths Govern ment. within ten days al
tue warrant for the shall have passed
by the Secretary of tine Treasury.
The folio wing are tho classes required at the re-
spectiye nayy-yards s@ Eev
,l9l KIrTERY, MAINE
Glass No i. boiler iron, &C No. 2, pig iron; No.
5, boiler letting No. 4. gum pack. e. &C. No. o,
sperm OF No linseed OH sc; o lard oil; No :
metslic oil: 10 tai o. and soup; NO 10 engineer
sto es; No IL engineers tools; II epgiBte, $ in
struments; No Ia wrought iron pc No Il tubes
No Ii steel n IL iron nails Dol and Butsi No is
copper No 10 til &c; No ~ white lead; NO II zinc
paint; No q colored paint. No 20 stationery; NJ
"a fr'wood; No "a cotton waste, PACKING &C; No
IS engineers stores
CHARLESTOwN, MASS.
Glass No boiler iron and rivets no pig iron mo
no sperm oil; no linseed oil and turpentine; no
lard oil; no metal ic OH; no 9 laliow and soap
no ID engineers stores; IL engineers' tools
" engineer Instruments; no IL steam pumps; no
IA wr ought iron pipe waves &C; 10 tubes; 10
steel IL iron nails. bots, uts &C; no Is copper;
no 10 tin. zinc &c; no 20 white lead; no III zinc
paint; y CO ored paints, dryers, &c no 2s sta
tionery no 25hickory ana ash plank and butts 70
white pine; NO "a hemp and cotton packing, &C; no
35engineers' stores, &c.
BROOKLYN, NY.
Class no / boiler IRON o pig iron; no 8 boiler
telling; 10 gum packing, rubber hose, &c;
NO lard oil; no s in5ricatipg metallic Oils;
taow AID soap; no 10 engineers stores; no II engi;
neers tools no IL engine vs. instruments; no 13
steam pumps; no IA wrought iron pipes, va yes. Il
10 tubes: Is steel: IL iron nails, bolts, nuta
&C; no IS copper; 10 tin, ziuc. lead, sc; no %
white lead; no q zinc paint no ~ co ored paints
hickory aud ash ank aud butts no 26 VIII To zine
no "a black walnut aed cherry: no 2S mahogany
whit hoiey; no % lanterns; no 30 lislumviiG; no
81 drudgeons; pumps: &C; no 80 sou, -four. cruel,
hemp psckings, sc; no IS engineers stores.
PHILADELPHIA
Class no beiler iron, &C; no boiler telling: no
gum packing. r ahper hose sc; no sperm d no
lins,ed oil and turpentine; no lard oil; no tai.
low soap, &C. 10 en- gineers' stores; no III enei-
neers' tools; IL engiaeers' instruments; no IA
wrought on pipe, waves &C; no Is tables; no IL
stee IL iron nsils DO IS ard IS copper
NO % eo.ored ints and dryer no % slati merry
"a DIRE wood NO 81 cotton and hemp packing &C
no IS engineers stores, &c.
WASHINGTON.
Glass no boiler iron. c; no pig ron no boil.
or feiting .&c no gum packing rubbs hose. 4
lar oil; no lumber; no tailow and soap; no lC
enginee s. stores; Ii engineers tools; IL ens
nee 8 Instruments; NO IL steam pumps; NO II
wrought iron pipe, valves. &C: no ID tubs; DO IL
eel; no II iron nail Dol 9. nuts, IS copper
no 10 tin. Lead aud zinc; 20 white lead no 81
zinc paiat; no % colored pants, DRYERS, q no q
ststionsrs no "a tre wood 10 "a cotton and hemp
packing. &c; no % engineers stores.
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