The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-06-01
PROPOSALS.
DROFOSALS FOR MA IERIALS TO BE SUP
L Piled TO THE NAVY YARDS, UNDER
IBE tO1NIZANCE OF rHE BUREAU Or CON.
SThUCTlON AND REPAIR ...
n AVY UEfARrMBNT,
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR
MAanINnTnN. ID O.. MnN 30 1895

BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR .
WASHINGTON, ID c.. NAV 30, 1866 } .
Sealed Proposals TO furnish TIMBER and other
Materials for the Navy for The fiscal year ending
10 oeeo MN ~ De 9be Ss OF une neS s wncb
time the proposals. VIII lie opened.
1he proposals must be addressed to the Chief of
the Bureau OF Construction and Repair Navy De-
Iarimet t. " ashington, and must be endorsed PRO
pOsas for Timber, etc, for the Navy" that they may
be distinguished from other business letters.
lnIted sche, ules Tor any class, together with IN
ST. uctlons TO buders, giving the forms OF proposal
OF puaTan ee, aud of certificate of guarantors, will be
furnished to such persons as desire 10 bid on appi-
cation TO the cOmmandanis of the respective navy
yai DIS, and those Of all the yards on Application to
The Commandant OF each navy yard and the Pur-
chasing Fay master for each station will have a copy
OF the schedules OF the other yards for examination
only in order that persons who intend 20 bid may
judge whether desirable TO make application for
any OF the classes OF those yards.
lhe proposal must be for the whole OF a class ana
all applications for IN OrmatlOn, or for the eXamlDa
ton OF samples, must be made 10 the CommAndants
The ptoposal must be accompanied by certificate
from the Collector OF Internal Revenue tor the dis
trlc N wbicn the bidder resides, that he has
license deal IN the articles for which he proposes;
and he must 1urther show that ne is manufacturer
Of or regular dealer the articles which he off,
TO supply The guarantors must be certified by the
Assessor OF Internal Revenue for tho district in
which they reside
The con ract will be awarded to the person who
makes the lowest bu and gives the guarantee re-
qu,ied by uw, the Navy Department, however, re-
serving the right TO reject the lowest bid, any
which 1t may Oeem eXOrbitant.
| euletes in the full amount will be required TO
sign the ntIact and their responsibility must be
cert fed TO the satisfaction of the Navy Department
| AS audllOnal 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 tr1
plicate by the Commandant OF the respective yard
viii be paid by the Paymaster Of the station desig-
mated in the contract IN funds certificates at the
option OF the GOvtrDment within ten days after the
warrant for the same shall have been passed by the
| Secretary OF the TrC asufY.
1he classes of this bureau are numbtre and de-
| signated as tolOws:-
Class No l, white oak logs; No white oak keel
| or kee'sOn Iiec' g; No 3 white oak curved timber
No 4, white oak plank No. 5, white oak boards; No.
! 6, yellow Ire logs; NO T. yellow pine beams; No.
| Inc deck and stage plank No. 10, white pioe mast
tmbeI No II, white pine logs plank, and board
and boards; No. IA, ash oars; No 10, hickory butts
and bars; No. 49, black walnut, maple, cherry,
and cypress boards; No 1S locust timber, No. 49,
white oak slaves and headings; No 20, black
! spruce; No. q, locust tTee1as and wedges
! No 20 lignumvii@; No. 25, irOn-round, fiat, and
| square; No 26 steel No. n, iron spikes; No IS
non nals-wTou9ht and cut; No 3d. ieadi No. ~
tools for stores No. SO, white lead; No. 81, zinc
paints; No 3S, coloIod paints dryers. e G; No. 80
varnish, ETC.; No 40, lnseed oil; No. al glass; No
40, brushes; No a., fish oil; No. 45, tal-ow, soap
and sweet OIL; No. AZ ship chandlery No. 48
oakum; No 40 tank iron; No 5O lngot copperj No
The following are the classes, by their numbers
required at the respeStiyTgI ( aye RRyy R9yyy yards;-
Ncs 6,9 TO- Is II, 10, 25, 81 28, 80, SO, SO, IS
o. 4O H. A. 10 GdiHARLEsTowN
Nos l 2. g. 5 g. 8. O. IL II, 13, IA. 16, II, 49, 19
20 e. 2$ 25 2s "a 28 80, 81 49, 49, a4 86 81 49, SO
49, a. 49, 49, 3" 40 BROOKLYN.
Nos 5, Z 8, 10, IL. 13 ID 10 16 IL, 10, 90 49, %
26 e. 2S 3O 81 49, 33, "a, SO, 3S. 40. Al A. 49, Al
| 40, so.
| PHI ADELPHTA
Nos 8, 10. IL l2 49, 20, % 25, 2S, 81, 33, "a, 81
| 81, 3S, 80, 40, Al, AZ, 45 AZ, 48, so.
| WASHINGTON.
Nos /, g. II, 13, 10, 16 18 49, 90 25 26, 81 %, 81
81, 80, SO, 36, 81. 3S, 80, 40. Al, AZ, So g. 90.
NORF ok.
Nos ], A. 6, II, 10. 53l that