The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-06-21
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR,
IA AauINnnnN ID q Mau 90 1893

NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR.
WAsHINGToN, ID c., May 80, 1866.
Sealed Proposals TO furnish TIMBER and other
Materials for the Navy for the fiscal year ending
June &c. 1867 will be received at this Bureau until
lO O'Clock A nj. Of the 28'h of June next, at which
time the proposals will be opened. ,,,.-.
. Ihe proposals must be addressed to the Chief of
the Bureau Of Construction and Repair, Navy De-
parimeut, ashngton, and must be endorsed "Pro-
pOsas for Timber, etc, for the Navy that they may
be distinguished from other business letters.
Printed schedules Tor any class, together with m
ST. ucti0ns to bidders giving the forms OF proposal
OF ee, and of certificate of guarantors, will be
furnished to such persons as desire TO bid, on apph-
Cau0n 10 ihe commanuants OF tne respective navy
yards, and those of all the yards ON application to
the Bureau.
The Commandant OF each navy yard and the Pur-
chasing Pay master for each station Will have copy
OF the schedules OF the other yards for examination
only, in order that persons who intend 60 bid may
judge whether 1t Is desirable make application for
any OF the classes OF those yards.
The proposal must be for the whole OF class and
all applications for ormation, or for the examna.
ton Of samples, must be made 70 the Commandants
OF The respective yards.
The PROPOSAL must be accompanied by certificate
from the Collector OF Internal Revenue Tor the dis
trict in whicn the bidder resides, that he has
license deal in the articles for which he proposes
and he must further show that he is manufacturer
Of or regular dealer the articles which he ofer rs
TO supply. The guarantors must be certified by the
Assessor OF Internal Revenue for the district in
which they reside.
The contract will be awarded to the person who
| makes the lowest bid and gives the guarantee re-
quired by law, the Navy Department, however, re.
serving the right 10 reject the lowest bid, any
which it may ueem eXorbitant.
buIeties in the full amount viii be required to
sign the contract and their responsibility must be
certified to the satisfaction of the Navy Department
| As additional security twenty per centum will be
withheld from the amount of the bills until the
contract shall have been completed, and eighty per
Centum OF the amount Of each bill, approved in trl
plcate by the Commandsnt of the respective yard,
will be paid by the Paymaster of the station desg-
mated in the contract IN funds or certificates at the
option Of the Government, within ten days after the
warrant for the same shall have been passed by the
Secretary OF the Treasury.
| The classes of this bureau are numbered and de-
Class No, l, white oak logs; No @ white oak keel
or keelson pieces; No. s. White oak curved timber;
No, A. white oak plank; No g. white oak boards; No.
! g. yellow pine logs; No. 7, yellow pine beams NO.
| g. yellow pine mast and spar timber; No. o. white
| pine deck and stage plank; No. 10, white pine mast
hmbeI No. IL, white pine logs. plank, and boards;
| No. II, hackmatack TIMBER No. l3, ASH logs plank,
and bars; 10. is, black walnut maple, cherry,
| mahogany, white wood, and veneers; No II, cedar
and cypress boards; No. 49, locust timber, No: 10,
| white oak slaves and headings; No. 20, black
| spruce; No. 81, locust treepails and wedges;
| No 20 lignumvita; No. 25. iron-round, fiat, and
| non Dalls-wrouPht and cut; No. 80, lead; No. 81,
dlygoods and upholstery; No. 81. hardware No. "a.
Tor M sto5ss s No. Yt White Lead NO. S 30 zc
varnish, ETC.; No 40, lnseed oil; No Al glass; No.
AZ, brushes; No, AZ, fish on; No 40. allow, soap
| Oakum; No 40 tank iron; No 60 lngot copper; No
| 50, poles; No 90, bellows
The following the classes, bv their numbers
| required at the respective navy yards:-
| KlTIERY
Nos 6, o 10, 10, H. 49, 25, %, IS, 49, S8, 86, 88
90 ~ ~ ~ CHARLEsTowN
Nos l. @ 8, A. g. 6, g. 8 IL 10, 13, IA &c. II, IS, 10
90, d. % %, 26, 81 2S 3d. 81 49, S3 34 &c. 81 3S 80
| 40, Al, A, 40, AZ, as.
| BROOKLYN.
Nos. s. Z 8, 10, H. 10 IA 10 16, H. 49, 20, 23, 25
26 o. %, 30 81 80, 49, S4 &c. 49, 40, Al, A. As, AZ
! 40, so.
| PHI ADELPHTA
Nos 4 8, TO- IL IL 10, 20, % 25 2S 81, 33, "a, SO
| 81, 3S, 80, 40, IL, AZ, 45 AZ, AS 90.
| WASHINGTON.
Nos. 6, H. 13. 15 10 49, 19 20, 25 26 27, %, 80
| NORFOLK.
| Nos l a. II 10 531 th4t