The Portland daily press., 1864-08-09
PROPOSALS.
p r OPO SAILS.
PROPOSALS FOR TIMBER AND MATERI
i AIS FOR TIE NAVY.
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
Bureau Of Con straction and Repair,
T,,s,s 3D 1874


Bureau Of Con truction and Repair,
June &c. 1854.
Sealed Proposals 10 furnish Timber and Materials
for the Navy, for the fiscal year ending June 80
1865 will be received the Bureau OF Construction
and Repair until 10 O'Clock of he lst day OF Au-
gust next, at which time the opening will be COM
Proposals must be endorsed Proposals for Tim.
Der and materials the Navy" that they may be
uish he'd from other business letters, and d.
rected to the Chief of the Bureau of Construction
and Repair.
Tho materials and articles embraced in the classes
named particularly described in the print ed
schedules, any OF which will We furnished TO such as
desire to oherSpn Application to the eommandants
OF the respective yarcs or to the Navy Agents near
est thereto and those of all the yards upon appca-
ton TO the Bureau
of dealers in EACH such classes only will be furnish
ed as actually required ior bids. The Command
ant and Navy Agent Tor each station WILL in addi-
ton to the schedule OF classes of their own yards,
have copy of the schedules OF the other yards for
examination only, from which may be judged wheth-
er it will be desirable to make for any OF
equal preference viii be given to articles OF Amer
lean m lnufacture.
Offers must be made for the whole of the class at
sny yard, upon of the printed schedules, or in
strict conformity Herewith, or they will not be con-
sidered.
Upon application to the Bureau. to the Command
ant OF any yard, or to any Navy Agent the form Of
offer, OF guaranty. and other necessary Information
respecting tue y opo ais, will be furnished
The contract will be awarded to the lowest bidder
who gives proper guarantees required by the law
of August 10, lsi6, tie Navy department reservng
the rigat reject tie lowest bid, any which may
The cont acts will bear date the day the notifca-
tion is given and deliveries can be d. manded from
that date.
SuIeties 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-
tional 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 tIiplicate BY the Commandments OF
the spective ards Viii be paid BY the Navy Agents
the points of delivery, in funds or certificates, at
the option OF the Government. within ten days al
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.
Glass No !, White oak Logs; No g. White Oak
Keel and keeison Pieces; No 3. White Oak Curve
Timber and Knees; No White Oak Plank: No 6,
Yellow Pine Logs; No I, yellow Pine Beams; 20 s,
Yellow Pine Masts and Spar Timber; No II, White
Pine Plank and Boards; No II. White Pine
aad White OAK Deck Plank: No 10, Ash Logs aud
Plank; No IA. Ash Oars; 40 Is. hickory Butts; No
IL, Cedar Boards; No Is, Locust; No 10, White Oak
Slaves and Heading; Ao9 Black spruce; NO %,
Lignumviia; No 25, Iron. round, fat and square;
No 20, Steel; No 81 Iron spikes 10 %. Iron ais,
wrought and Gu No 30, Lead; No 81 Tan and Zinc
No 80, Hardware: No "a, Tools for Stores; No 80
White Lead No 81, Zinc Paints; No 38, Colored
Paints dryer; No %, rurpentine, Ysrnish; No 40,
Lnseed Oh; No Al, Glass; No A. Fish Oil; No As,
Tallow, Soap; No Al, ship Chandlery.
CHARLEsrowN.
Class No l. White Oak Logs; No 2. White Oak
Keel Pieces: No3, White OAK Curved Timber; No
4 White Oak Plank; No 6, yellow Pine Logs; No
TO- w bite Pine Masts and cpar TIMBER No IL. W bite
Piae Logs Flank an Boards; No II, White Pine
Deck and S age Plank; No Is, Ash Logs and Plank !;
No IA. Ash oars; NO l6, BLACK Walnut and Cherry
No Is, Locust; No 10, White Oak Slaves and Head
ings; No 20, Black Spruce; No23, LiRnumyita; No
Is, Iron; NO 49, steel; NO q, Iron Spikes; No %,
Iror Nails wrought. and cut; No 80, Lead; No 81
N n ardyE ara- n
Tools fer Store, GoI No So White Lead; NO 81, Zinc
Paints; No 81, Go ored Paintsi No 49,. Turpeniine
and Varnish; Nc Az, Linseed Oil; No 81, Glass; No
a. Whale OIL; No as, Tsllow, Soap and Sweet Oil
No ~, Ship Chandery.
BROOKLYN
Glass No l, White Oak Logs; No 2 White Oak Keel
Pieces, No 3, White Oak Curved Timber; No 4,
White Oak Plank; NO Yellow Pine Logs; No I,
Yellow Pine Beamsi No 9, Yellow Pine Mast and
Spar Timber; So9 White Oak Boards and Plank /;
No II, White Pine Timber and Logs; No 10, Ash
Plank: No IA Ash oarsI No is, hickory Bars and
Hand spikes; No le. Black Walnut and Cherry; No
II, Cedar; No Is, Locust; No 10, White Oak Slaves
and lea ing; No ~, Black Spruce; No ~ Mahog
any; No Is, Ignumyita; No rs Iron, round, dat
and square; No 20 Steel; No "a. Iron Spikes; No
%, Iron Nails, wrought and cut; No 30, Lead; No
81. Zinc lin; No %, Hardware; No 81, Tools for
Stores; No 36. White Lead; No 81, Zinc Paint; No
Ins eeIi o M a. Gsssi No
Fish OIL; No 40, Iallow; no AZ, Ship Chandlery.
PHILADELPHIA.
Class No 1. White Oak Logs; no 2, White Oak Keel
Pieces; No y. White Oak Curved Timber; No 4,
White Oak Plank No 10, White Pine Mast and Spar
Timber; No IL, W hite Pine Plank and Boards; No
H. White Pine Deck Plank ana Stage Plank; NO Ia,
Ash Logs and tlank; No IA, Ash Oars; No 10, SLACK
Walnut, Cherry, Mahogany; No l6. Cypress and
Cedar; No Is, Locust Treenails No 20 Black Spruce
No 49, Iignumviia; No 10, Iron, round fiat, square
No25 Steel; No ~. Iron spikes; No IS. Iron Nails,
wrought, cut; No 80, Lead; No 81, Zinc. Tin, and
Solder; No SO, HARDWARE; No 81, Tools for Stores
No IS White Lead; No 81 Zinc Paints; No 3s, Col.
orded Paints. dryers. sc; No 49, warmth; No 40,
Linseed OIL; No Al Glass No Al, Fish Oil; No As,
Tsllow, Soap Sweet Oil; No Az ship Chandlery No
As, oakum; No so. Ingot Copper.
WASHINGTON
Glass No 3, White Oak Knee Pieces; No H. White
Pine rlank and Boards; No IL Ash Plank; No a.
Ash Oars; No 49, Black Walnut. Cherry, ana Ma
hogany; No IL Cyress; No 20, Spruce Pine Spas;
No Y. Poplar; No 25. Iron, round fiat and square
No 26 Steel; No q, Spikes; No g. Nails; No 30
Lead; No 81 Zinc. Tin, and Solder; No 3S, Hard.
ware; No "a, Tools for stores; No So, White Lead
No 81, Zinc Paint; No 3S Colored Paints: NO 80,
Turpentine and VarIish; No 40, Linseed Oil No Al
Glass; No IS, Talow, Soap. sc; No47 Ship Char d.
lery; No As, uakum; No 40, Tank Iron No co. In
got Copper; No 81 Poles; Ne 81. Bellows.
NoTE-rhe Copper ref rred in Glass No 90 and
to be delivered il, must be equal TO the kinds
therein specified and be sub CT to the inspection OF
the yard as required BY the schedules.
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