The Portland daily press., 1864-08-19
PROPOSALS.
2 r O 2 O s a L 81
FOR
Materials for the Navy.
NAVY DEPARTMENT.

NAVY DEPARTMENT.,
Bureau Of Steam Engineering, July TO- 1864.
CsEALED PROPOSALS to furnish materials for
- the Navy for the fiscal year ending June 3Oth,
1866 will be received at the Bureau OF Steam Engi
neering, until 40 O'Clock OF the 18th day of August
next, at which time the opening will be co mmenced
Proposals. mus De endorsed Proposals for Mate
rials Tor the Navy" that they may be distinguished
from other business letters and iected to tile Chief
OF the Bureau Of Steam Engineering.
The materials and articles embraced in the classes
named are particularly described in the printed
schedules, any which will furnished TO such as
desire to offer, on application 10 the commandments
OF the respective yaros or TO the Navy Agents near
est thereto and those OF all the yards upon applica
ton TO the Bureau.
This division into classes being for theconvenience
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 VIII, In aaai
ton to the schedule OF classes of their own yards
have copy of the schedules OF the other ARCS lor
examination only, from which may be judged wheth.
or il will be desirable make application Tor any oil
the classes of those yards. All other things being
equal, preference wiii be given TO Articles Oh Amer
lean manufacture. -, - -, -, i.
any yard upon one of the printed schedules, or in
strict conformity Herewith, or they VIII not be con-
sidered. g.,
ant ofapy ward or to any Navy Agent, the form OF
offer, OF guaranty and oiner hesessary information
The contract win be awarded TO the lowest bidder
who gives proper guarantees, as required by the law
OF August TO- 1876, tse Navy Department reserving
,ha iaat 10 reject to e lowesf hid or any which mag
be deemed exorbitant.
fhe contracts win bear date the day the notifca-
ton i given and deliveries can be demanded from
that date.
suretes in the full amount will be required to sign
the contract aud their responsibility certined TO by
United states District Judge, United States Dis
trict Attorney, Collector or Navy Agent. As addi-
tionsl security twenty per centum Will be withheld
from the amount of the bills the shall
have been completed, and eighty per centum of each
bill, approved in tIiplicate by the Commandments OF
the respective ards, will be paid by the Navy Agents
lals.v.
the option OF the Government. within ten days at
ter the warrant for the shall have been passed
by the Secretary of the Treasury.
The following are the classes required at the re-
spective navy-yards.
KITTERY, MAINE
Class No l. boiler iron, & 70 No. g. pig iron; No.
g. boiler telling No. L. gum packing. &C; No. 0,
sperm oil: No linseed oil &C. NO lard Oil; No
metallic oil NO talow and soap; No 10 engineers
stores; No IL engineers tools; 40 II engineers in
struments; No II wrought iron pc c; No 10 tubes
No Is steel; IL iron nails, bolts and nuts; No Is
copper; No 10 tin &c No 20 white lead; No Il zinc
paint; No % colored paints; No % stationery; NJ
"a hrswood NO "a cotton waste, packing &c; No
IS engineers stores.
CHARLEsTowN, MASS.
Glass No boiler iron and riveis; no pig iron mo
9 boiler telling; no gum packing, rubber hose &c
no sperm oil; no lnseed oil and turpeutine; no
Z lard oil: metal ic oil no tallow and soap
no IL en- gnesrs stores ii engineers tools; no
u engineers instruments; 10 10 steam pumps; no
IA wrought iron pipe valves, &c no 10 tubes no l6
steel II iron nails bolts nuts, &C; no is copper;
no 10 tin. zinc. &C; no 20 white lead; no II zine
paint; no y co ored paints, dryers, sc; % sta.
tonery 25hickory and ash plank and butts no 26
white pine; no "a hemp and cotton packing, &c; nc
IS engineers stores, re.
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
Glass no / boiler iron; no pig iron; no 8 boiler
telling; no gum packing, rubber hose, &C; no
sperm oil; linseed oil, turpenlins, alcohol, q
no lard oil no ubricating or metallic oils; no
tallow and soap; 10 engineers stores; no IL engi
neers' tools: no u engineers Instruments: no liz
steam pumps; no Ia wrought iron pipes, waves, &C
no Is tubes; 10 steel; IL iron nails, bolts, nuts
&c; rs copper; no ID tin, zins, lead, &c; no q
white lead no 81 zinc paint; no y co ored paints
dryers sc no % stationery; no "a Ore wood no Is
hickory and ash ank and butts; no % white pine
no % black walnut and cherry; no % mahogany,
white hoiey; no 70 lanterns; no so ligEumviiai 10
81 drndgeons. pnmps. &C; no 81 sour -four. cruel.
bles. sc; 80 patented articles; 81 cotton and
hemp paekings sc; no 90 engineers stores.
PHILADELPHIA.
Glass no bsiler iron, sc; no boiler feiting. 30
4 gum packing. rabber hose, &c; no sperm oil no
linseed 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 IA
wrought on pipe, valves, &c; no 10 tubes: no 10
STEEL IL iron nsils bolts and nuts. IS copper
no 10 tin, &c; no 20 white lead; u zinc paint
no "a co.ored paints and dryers; no % stationery
no "a fire wood "a cotton and hemp packing, &c
no So engineers stores, &C.
WASHINGTON.
Class no boiler IRON C; no pig ron no boil.
er feting sc: no gum packing rub bier hose q CT no
sperm oil no 6 linseed oil and turpentine; no
lari oil; no lumber; no tallow and soap: no 10
engineers stores; IL engineers tools; u engi-
wrought iron pipe valves &c; no Is tubes; no IL
slee; no Il iron nail Dol nuts, c: no Is copper
no 10 tin, lead and zine; no 20 white lead; no q
zinc paiot; no % colored paints dryers 4 no %
stationery; no "a Ere wood no "a cotton and hemp
packing. &c; no 5 engineers stores.
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