The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-25
PROPOSALS.
| NrHRACITE- UOAL FOR THE NAVY.
a1l-A NAVY DBPARrMENr,
BUREAU OF EoUIPMENr AND RECRU1rrNG,

bUfhSAO OF EQUIPMENT AND hKCRUrTTN0,f
Sealed Proposals for furnishing Anthracite Coal
for the Navy to be delyeted during the fiscal gear
bur eau until 10 A, NJ. Both July, 1866 q
These proposals must be Endorsed Proposals for
distinguished from other business letters.
The offer must be for the delivery OF 10000 tons Of
IL Q coal must be of the best Buck Mountain or
Black Heath, or of kind equal to them IN all
respects, for the purpose intended, which equality
will be determined by Board appointed by the
Secretary OF the Navy after the reception Of tho
bids.
The name Of the coal proposed to be furnished
must be stated IN the offer.
1t 10 be delivered in Jumps OF suitable size Tor
naval steamers clean, OF uniform quality, selected
Tree from impurtties, unmxed, OF which the con-
tractor will be required to furnish such evdsBce as
will be satisfactory, and DO subject to such nspec
ton as to quality and quantity as the Department
may direct. The coal must IN all respects, be saIs-
factory to the inspector inspectors be appointed
by the Bureau, who will have the right OF peremp'
The coal is to be delivered on board vessels, at
such place in the port OF Philadelphia as may bc
| designated BY the Bureau, ana in such quantities
and ut such times as, in the opinion OF the Bureau
| the exigencies OF the service may require, COM
mencing when the vessel Is reported ready to receive
cargo; furnishing, II demanded, not less than one
| thousand tons per day, to be Distributed 10 each
vessel ay be directed. until the loading is
Proposals will be likewise received tor the delivery
of 0O0I tons OF the same quality Of coal TO DC de-
lvered in the port OF New York. ON board vessels as
In the case OF failure to deliver the coal in proper
| ",
time and place, the Bureau viii reserve in the con-
the Sht to purchase s6Ht sb a. aS ,aS s com
necessary TO supply the Deficiency.
Any demurTaRe or other charges to which the
| Navy Department may be subjected from delays in
the prompt delivery of the coal by the contractors,
| will be deducted from their bIls. ..... -
| The price must be ior the coal delivered on board
vessels the terms and conditions above stated at
the contractors risk and expense and without extra
The offer, as required by law, must be accompanied
by written guarantee, signed by one or more re-
sponsibe persons 10 the effect that they undertake
that the bidder bidders will II his or their bid be
accepted enter INTO obhgauon, at such time a. may
be rescrbed by the Bureau, with good and sufi =
cent securities, 10 furnish the supplies proposed.
No proposition will be considered unl less accom-.
panied by such guar anteei and the Department re-
serves the right to reject all the offers considered
to be to the interest OF the service TO do so. ~
1wo more sureues each, IN a sum equal to the
amount specified to be paid will be required to sign
the contract and their possibility will be certified
by the Assessor of Internal Revenue of the District
| AS additional and collateral security, twenty per
cent will be withheld fir Jm the amount of all pay
ments which reservation not to be paid except by
authority of the Secretary OF the Navy until the con-
tract shall have been all respects complied with;
and the remaining eighty per cent? or other amount
seqtcste Is furnished BY the inspector and The bin
approved by the Bureau be pad by such navy agents
as the contractor may name within ten DAYS after
the warrants for the same shall have been passed by
1t will be stipulated the contract that if default
be made in the delivery of coal, in the quantity or
quality, and at the place and time directed by the
Bureau then and in that case, the contractor and
as liqudated damages, sum of money not exceed
ing twice the contract price, which may be recovered
from tlme to tune, according to the act or acts OF
/, Congress in that case provided. .rr,g.d
! Bidders whose propose shall be accepted and
other, will be notified and, as early as practi-
cable contIac gtll be transmitted to them which
| they will be required TO execute within ten days
after its receipt at the post office or navy agency
The form Of offer, guarantee, and certificate is
: FORM OF OFFER a @
Tor wei of --, State of -, hereby agree to
iulnlsh and deliver - thousand tons of I -so
rate OF - per ton of 2240 pounds, amounting to
- dollars the whole in conformity with the pro-
visions and terms of the advertisement OF the Both
e day o. June, 1866 from the Navy Department, and
IL. Should my Tor our) offer be accepted 1 Tor we)
f request to he informed at -, and that the con.
tract may be forwarded to -, for signatures and
. certificates.
tPace.) .'. .
(Date.) (Signedl ,a A. d.
!. FORM OF GUARANTEE.
We, the undersigned residents OF --, in tho
hereby jointly and severally covenant with the
United States and guarantee that in case the fore
J. going bid of - be accepted - will, within
ten days after the receipt of the contract AT,
execute the same, with good and sufficient surehes
compliance with the terms of the advertisement OF
the 80th of june 1856. hereto appended, and under
fail to enter into the contract aforesaid we guaran-
of the said -, and that which may be ac-
Witness tSignedI r.r G. D.
(Place.) .. .....- T.. #.
(Date.)
FORM OF CERTIFICATE AS TO GUARAN
TORS
OFFICE OF THE ASSESSOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE,
FOR THE - DISTRICT OBJ THE STATE OF -.
Be II known that this - day OF - A
D., 18-, at my Office above nRmeo, - and
the gualantOIs named in the foregoing
guarantee and known to me as such, severally ap
peared and made oath that they are worth, respec
lively above all Indebtedness, the sums set against
their several names as follows, VIZ =
. s.,
And hereby certify that by the books and records
in this Office II appears that said parties at the as
annual assessment of internal revenue in this re-
venue district, to wit, on the - day OF -, A
D.. lS- were assessed upon property and income O
the following value viz, The sald - -
g said
: Witness my hand:- g. H Assessor. l6 29l4t
DROPOsALS FOR FURNISHING IRON Al
| + THE WASHINGTON NAVY YARD.
PAYMAsTER's OFFICE, u. s. NAVY,
No. 260 STREET, WAsHINGToN. D. c.. !
,e July II, 1856.
6 Separate Sealed Proposals, TO be endorsed "PIO
j posals for Chain and Bar Iron" will be received al
}, this Office until SATURDAY, July 28, 1866, at Il
O'Clock M. for the following artie es, which are
e quIred for immediate use at the Wa hngton Navy
e Yard viZ;-
e 100000 two hundred tbousand) pounds Chain
| Links. II inch diameter and 10 inches long.
y 10000 ninety thousandl pounds Chain Links, IL