The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-19
PROPOSALS.
A NrHRACIrE COAL FOR THE NAVY
NAVY DEP ARTMENr,
BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT AND RKoRUrrINa,
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Sealed Proposals for furnishing AHthrScrte o,aI
for the Navy to be del yored during tbs fiscal year
Lli eau until 10 A M SON July, 1866
These proposals must be IndoIsed PROPOSALS for
Anthracite oai iOr steamer" /" that they may Ds
dis Ingushed 1, ON oiher business lette1s.
The offer must be for tue delvery oil 4O,oCO tons Of
~ o coal must be Of the best Buck Mountain or
sck Heath, or Of a kind equal to tn,m in al
respects Tor tre purpose intended which equa ItT
will be determined bY Board appoint BY the
Secretary OF the Navy after the reception OF the
Dids.
The name of the coal proposed to be furnished
must be stated IN the offer.
IL Is 10 be delivered IN Jumps OF suitable size for
naval steamers, clean OF uniform quality, seleoted
frCm impurities, unm xed, OF VIII ch the COZ
tractor vii be required to furnish snch eyld sce as
ton as TO quality and quantity as the Department
may diieoE The eoa must IN an re- poets be sats:
factory to the inspector inspectors o be appointed
BY The Bureau who will have the right OF peremp-
The Goa l. to be delivered on board vessels, at
such pace In the p0 { or PhIladelph a as may be
designated BY the Bureau, ana in such quantities.
and at such times as, in the opinion OF the Bureau,
the eAieencies OF the service require, com
mencing toe vessel Is reported ready to receive
thousand tons per day, TO be distributed 10 each
vessel as ay lie directed, until the LOADING is cen.
pleteO
OF II 000J tons OF the same quality of coal to 90 de-
lvered In the port oil New York. ON board vessels, a.
In tne case OF failure to deliver the coal in proper
an p0ca e @ MY We io IN he
tract the night to purchase forthwith, at the
tractors RISK and expense, that which may seem
necessary 10 supply the deficiency.
Aiy denurIaPe other charges ia which the
Navy Department may be subjected from DELAYS In
the prompt delivery of the coal by the contractors.
Will b. deducted from their bIs.
The price must be ioi the delivered on board
vessels the terms and conditions above stated at
the contractors risk ana expense, and without extra
charge OF any kind.
| by o wTItten guarantee, signed by one more
sponsibe persons the effect that theV undertake
that the bidder bdders will, IL his or their bid be
accepted enter INTO obhgauon at such time ~ may
be Tetcnted by the Bureau, with good and sufH =
cent securities, 20 furnish the supplies pro posed
| No proposition viii be considered un accom-
panied by such guarantee; and the Department ro-
the right to REJECT all the ofes, considered
| 10 be TO the interest OF The service 70 do so.
| Two or more sureuts each, IN sum equal to the
the contract aud their pensibiiy viii ceTnhsd
by the Assessor OF Internal Revenue OF the DISTRICT
AS aodltional and collateral security. tweptY per
cent will De withheld fr I'M the amount of all pay
ments, winch reservation not to be paid except By
authority OF the Secretary OF the Navy until tue coE-
tract shall have been IN ali respects complied tn;
and the rem aining eighty per cent other amount
that may lie due upon each bill will, when proper
certificate is furnished b. the ms pertor and The bill
approved by the Bureau, paI1 by such agents
as the contractor may name. within ten davs after
the warrants tor the same shall have been passed bT
| the secretary Of the Treasury.
1t will be stu ulatea IN he contract that ii default
be made in the dehvery OF coal, IN the quantity
quality, and at the place and time directed by
Bureau. then and in that case the optIaotor and
his su1etles will Iorfe paw TO the United States
as lquldated damages, sum of money not exceed
ing twice the contract price which may be recovered
from time to time, ACCORDING to the act or acts OF
| Congress in that case provided.
Bidders whose propose shall be accepted. aud
none other, viii be notified aud, early "a praoi-
cable, a contract will lie Transmitted to them which
| they will be required to execute within ten days
after its receipt AT the post office or navy agency
named by them.
The form of offer, guarantee. and certificate Is
A''O' FORM OF OFFER
Tor WEI Of Stale OF -- hereby agree to
thra0t tfn CAal fnr afanVn MAJ Qt fhA
rate OF - per ton OF 2240 pounds amounting to
- dollars, the whole in conformity with the pre-
visions ana terms OF toe advertisement of the 30th
day Oh June, 1856, from the Navy Department, and
hereuntO appended.
request TO he informed at -, and that the con-
tract may be forwarded to -, for signatures and
certificates.
tPlace) t
FORM OF bUARANFEE
We the unOersgned residents OF -. in the
State Oh and of -, in tine State OF -.
and SSS IN With Sa
gong bid of - be accepted, - will, within
ten days af er the receipt of the contract al -.
tor the delivery OF the anthracite coal proposed,
compliance with the terms Of the advei tisemenl os
the 30th OF June, 1866 hereto appended, and under
which IT was made; and in case tine said - shall
fail to enter into Ihe contract aforesaid we guaraa
Tee TO mae good the difference between the offsr
OF tie said -, and that which may be 40
cepted; ,S,uon cn
(Place.D E.F.
(Date) 49, l. -.
TJRS
OFFICE OF THE ASSESSOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE,
FOR THE - DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF -. J
Be IT known, that on this - day OF -, A.
D., 18-, at my office above nameo ----- and
!, -, The gual antoIs named IN the foregoing
guarantee, and known to me as sucb, seyeraly ap-
peared ana made oath that they are worth, respeo-
lively, above all Indebtedness the sans SGT against
their several names as follows, VIZ =
/
And hereby certify that by the books ana records
in this office appears that aId parties at the Lass
| annual assessment of internal revenue in this TO-
venue district to wit, on tho ---- day of --, A.
ID 1S-, were as essed upon property ana income Of
| the following value, VIZ, Ihe said -- -,
| 8 the said - -, -
Witness my hand - q. II Assessor. l6 29l4t
PROPOSALS. FOR SALE OF WOOD.
| HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF WASHINGTON !
| OFBICE OF CHIEF QUARTERMAsT I
WASHINGTON, ID o., July Ia, 1866
, | Sealed Proposals iuVIed this OHl08