The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-06-20
PROPOSALS.
PROPOSALS. FOR MATERIALS TO BE SUR
i Piled TO THE NAVY YARDS, UNDER
TIE COO NIZANCE OF The BUREAU Or CON-
STRUCTION AND REPAIR
NAVY DEPARTMENT,

bTRUCIlON AND REPAIR.
NAVY DEPARTMENT, ]
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR
WASHINGTON ID g.. May 80, 1866
Sealed Proposals to furnish TIMBER and other
Materials for the Navy for the fiscal year ending
June 80 1867, Will be received at this Bureau until
time the D, ,oposais will be opened
The proposals must be addressed TO the Chief of
the Bureau of Construction and Repair, Navy De-
par,meLt, " Washington, and must be endorsed "Pro-
posas for Timber etc for the Navy that they may
be distinguished from other business letters
Printed sche ules Tor any class. together with IN
ST. uctlons to bidders, giving the forms OF proposal
OF guaran ee aud Of certificate of guarantors, will be
furnished to such persons desire TO hid. on apph-
cation 10 the commandants OF the respective navy
yards, and those of all the yards ON Application to
the Bureau.
The Commandant OF each navy vard and the Pur.
chasing Pay master Tor each sta' will have copy
Of the schedules OF the other Yards for examination
only in order that persons W no intend TO bid may
judge whether 1t IS desirable make application for
any OF the classes OF those yards.
The proposal must be for tho whole of class ana
all applications for IN ormaOn or for the examDa'
ton OF samples must be made 10 the Commandants
OF the respective yards.
from the Collector of Internal Revenue tor the dis
trct in which the bidder resides, that he has
license 20 deal in the articles for which he proposes;
and he must further show that he is manufacturer
OF, regular dealer IN. the articles which he or
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-
qured by law, the Navy De, artment, however,
serving the right 10 reject the lowest bid, or any
which it may Deem eXorbitant.
SuIeties in the full amount will be req tired TO
sign the contract and their responsibility must be
certified TO the satisfaction ONthe 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
cenum of the amount OF each bill, approved in trl.
plicate by the Commandant of the respective yard,
will be paid by the Paymaster of the station desig
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-
signated as tOlows:-
Glass No. l. white oak logs; No 2 white oak keel
or keelson pieces; No. g. white oak curved timber;
No. A. white oak plank; No. 8, white oak boards; No
6, yellow pine logs; No. 7, yellow pine beams; No
pine deck and stage plank; No. 10, white piae mast
lumber No. IL, white pine logs. plank, and boards;
No. u, hackmatack timber; No: 49, ASH logs, plank
and boards; No. H. ash oars; No. 10, hickory butts
and bars; No. 16, black walnut, maple, cherry,
bcsrS o ocS timber NO
spruce; No. 21, locust freonails aud wedges j
| No 23, lignumvita; No. 25, irOD-round, fiat, and
| square; No 26, steel; No q, IRON spikes No 20,
iron nalls-wrOueht and cut; No. 30, lead No. 80,
tools TOR stores; No. 49, white lead; No. 81, zinc
paints; No 38, colored paints, DRYERS ec No. 80,
kS 20 R S No. Il ow SaS soap
caEum; No 10 tank iron; No so, ingot copper; No.
The following are tine classes, bv their numbers,
required at the respeSetiyTS, iT, navy Iards;-
Nos g. TO- 49, II, 10, 25, q, 2S, 30, SO, sc, S8,
80, 40, Al, "A, 40 A. ro,,,
Nos l O. g. A. 8. 6, g. o, IL H. 13, IA 16, H. 49, 49,
90 81 % 26, 26, % 49, 80 81, 80, 49, a. &c. 81 49, &c.
| 40, Al. A, 45, a., 49,
Nos. g. T. 8, TO- IL 13 IA 10 16, II, 10, 90, 49, 25
49, o. %, 80, g. 3d. 49, a. 30, 81, 40, A. A, 49, A.
| 40, 80. -
Nos A. g. 10. IL, II 13, a. 23 25 2S, 81, 33, S4 &c.
! 81, SS, 80, 40, Al, AZ, 45 AZ, 48. 90,
| WASHINGTON
Nos. !, 8, IL 49, 10, Is 18 10 90 o. 26, a. %, 9O
81, S2, 89, 80, 81. SS, B., 40 Al, A 90, 62. 90.
Nos. /, A. Q, II, 10. 58l that