The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-08-03
PROPOSALS.
2 L Q p O s a L 5:
FOR
Materials for the Navy.
NAVY DEPARTMENT,


Bureaucf Steam, Engineering July ~ loof''
CEALED PROPOSALS to furnish materials i1r
y the NAVY for the fiscal year ending June oo.n'
1865 will be received at the Bureau of steam Engi
neeripg until 40 O clock OF the 18th day OF August
next at which time the opening VIII De ominsnceo'
Proposals must DC endorsed fIoposaiis ior Ma.e
from other business letters and decied to the Chief
OF the bureau of Steam Engineering
The materials and articles embraced in the classes
named are particularly described in the prin ed
sched niles any OF which will furnished to such
desire to offer, application TO the commandments
OF the respective yards or 10 the Navy Agents near
est thereto anu those OF al lie yards UPON applca
This diyisioninto classes being for the
of dealers ia each, such classes only will be furnish
ed s actually required Tor bids. The Command
ant and Navy Agent Tor each station will, in add
ton to the schedule classes of their own yards
have copy of the schedules OF the other yards for
examination only, from which may be judged wheth-
il will be desirable to make application for any OF
the classes OF those yards. All other things being
equal, preference viii be given to articles OF Amer
lean manufacture.
Offers must be made for the whole of the class at
any yard, upon one 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 the opo ais, will be furnished
The contract will be awarded TO the lowest bidder
who gives proper guarantees as required by the law
OF August 10. 1916, q Navy Department reserying
the right to reject toe lowest bid or any which may
be deemed exorbtant.
The contracts will bear date the day the notifca-
ton is given and deliveries can be d. manded from
that date.
Sureties in the full amount will be required to sign
the contract and their responsibility certified 10 by
a United States District Judge, United States Die
trict Attorney, Collector or Navy Agent. As addi
tional security, twenty per centnm will be withheld
from the amount ofthe bills until the contracts shall
have been completed and eighty per centum ofeach
bill approved IN triplicate by the Commandments OF
the espectve yards, will be paid by the Navy Agents
] ar N deliVpry funds certificates.
the option OF the Government. within ten days at
the warrant for the same shall have been passed
| by the Secretary of the Treasury.
| The following the classes required at the re-
spective nayy-yards.
KITTERY, MAINE.
Glass No. /, boiler iron, &c No. 2, pig iron; No
8, boiler telling: No. 4. gum packing &C., No Q,
sperm oil; No linseed Oil &c; No lard oil; No s
metallic oil bo tallow and soaps No 10 engineers
stores; No IL engineers tools; NO II engineers in
struments No Ia wrought iron pipe C; No 10 tubes
No Is steel; N IL iron nails, b0is and nuts: No is
copper; No 10 tin &c; No ~ white Lead No q zinc
paint; No p c0lored paints; No 20 stationery; No
/ "a nrewood No "a cotton waste, packing &c; No
IS engineers stores.
CHARLEsTowN, MASS.
Glass No boiler iron and rivets; no pig iron mo
/ boiler telling; NO gum packing, rubber hose &c
no sperm oil; no inseed oil and turpentine' no
/ lard oil; no metal ic oil nos tallow and soap
no ~ engineers stores no ii engineers tools; no
| ~ engineers instruments; DO IL steam pumps; no
4 wrought ron PIPE valves &c no 10 tubes is no l6
-
no 10 tin, zinc &cl no 70 white lead; no Il zinc
paint; no ~ co ored paints, dryers, &c; no - sta,
tionery 25hickory and ash plank and butts 2e
white pine; no "a hemp and cotton packing, &ci NO
/ IS engineers stores, &C.
BROOKLYN, Ny.
Glass no boiler iron; 10 pig iron; no 8 boiler
telling; no gum packing, rubber hose, &c; no
sperm oil no linssed OIL turpensine, alcohol, &
no lard oil; no lubricating or metallic oils; no 9
tallow and soaps no 10 engineers stores, IL engi.
neers' tools; no IL engiueers Instruments; no Is
steam pumps; no IA wrought iron pipes, &C
no 10 tubes l6 steel no IL iron nails, bolts, nuts
sc; no is copper. no ID tin, zinc, lead, &c; no %
white lead; no q zina ps.ntl no 20 ored paints
dryers. sc; % stationeTyi "a FIRE wood no Is
hickory and ash ank and butts; NO 26 white pine
no % black walnut and cherry; Is mahogany
white holley; no 30 lanterns; 80 ligDumvita: no
81 dradg eons. pumps, &C; no 81 sour -four, cruci-
bles. &c; SO patented articles no 81 cotton and
'hemp packings, &e no IS engineers stores.
PHILADELPHIA.
Glass no bsilcr iron. &c; no boiler telling; no
gum packing. rabber hose. &c; no sperm OH no
nseed oil and turpentne no lard oil no Q tai
low soap, sc; no 10 engineer stores; ii engi-
neers' tools; no IL engineers instraments no IA
wrought on pipe, valves, &C; no Is tubes no IL
steel no IL iron nsils bolts aud nuts; is copper
no 10 tin, &C; no 20 white lead 81 zinc paint
NO % co.ored pAinta and dryers; no % stationery
no "a fire wood; no "a cotton and hemp packing h
no So engineers stores, Sc
WASHINGTON.
Glass no ] boiler iron, q C; no pig IRON no boil.
cr feIting, SC no gum packing rubber hose, &c nc
sperm oil no linseed oil and turpentine; no
Lara oil no lumber; no talow and soap; no lo
engineers stores; no III engineers tools no IL engi
neeis Instruments NO IL steam pumps; no II
wrought iron pipe. valves, &c; no Is tubes; IL
sieel no II iron nail Dol nuts, no Is copper
no 10 tin, lead aud zinc; no 20 white lead; no q
zinc paint no % colored paints, dryers q no 2s
stationery no "A lire wood; no 81 cotton and hemp
packing. &c; no IS engineers stores.
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