Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-06-01
NAVY DEPARTMENT.,
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR,

NAVY DEPARTMENT.,
BUREAU OF CoNsTRUCTIoN AND REPAIR,
| WASHINGTON, D. c., May 80. 1866.
| SEALED PROPOSALS to furnish Timber and
other Materials for the navy, for the fiscal year end
until 10 o'clock A. NJ, of the 18Th of June next at
which time the proposals will be opened.
The proposals must be addressed to the Chief of
the Bureau OF Construction and Repair, Navy De-
partment. Washington and must be endorsed. Pro
posalS tof timber & S tor the Navy that they
Printed schedules for any class, together with in
struetions to bidders giving the forms of proposals.
be furnished TO such persons desire to biz, APP
picatiOn to the commandants of the respective navy
yards, and those OF all the yards application TO
the Bureau.
The Commandant of each navy yard and the Pur-
chasing Paymaster for each station will have COPY
o! the schedules OF the other yards for examination
only, IN order that persons who intend to bid may
judge whether is desirable to make application for
any Of the classes OF those yards.
The proposal mast be for the whole of class; and
all applications for information for the examina
ton of samples, must be made to the Commandments
OF the respective yards
The proposal must be accompanied by certificate
from the Collector Of Internal Revenue for the dis
trict in which the bidder resides that he has license
to 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 offers TO sup
ply. The guarantors must be certified by the As
SCISSORS 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,
which it may deem exorbtant.
sureties in the full amount viii be required to
sign the contract and their response biity must be
certified to the satisfaction ot2the Navy Department
AS additional security twenty per centum will be
withheld from the amount of the bills until the con-
tract shall have been completed, and eighty per
centum of the amount Of each bill approved in trip
licate by the Commandant of the respective yard,
will be paid by the Paymaster of the station deSig-
mated IN the contract In funds certificates at the
option of the Government within ten days after the
warrant for the same shall have been passed by the
a
The classes of this Bureau are numbered and de-
sgnated as follows:
or keelson pieces No: 3, white oak curved timber;
No 4. white oak plank; No. white oak boards; No.
o. XeoW T pine 9g n yellow p ne beams No
deck and stage plank; No. IL, white pine mast tim
Der; No II, white pine logs, plank and boards; No.
boards; No Il, ash oars No. 49, hickory butts and
bars; No. To- black walnut, maple, cherry, mohogany
boards; No. Is, locust TIMBER No. 10, white oak
slaves and headings; No. 20, black spruce No. q,
locust treonailS and wedges; No. q liglumyit@ No.
., iron-round, fat and square; No. 26, steel: No.
p, iron spikes; No Is, iron nas-wrought and cut;
No. 3d. lead; No. %, dry goods and upholstery; No.
81. hardware No. a. tools for sorcs No. IS, white
dryers, Be- No 50, yarnish, Nc; No 40, linseed oil
& s soap M brushes oh S& fb shah N4 At
No 4S, oakum; No: 40, tank iron; No. 50, ingot cop
The following are the classes, by their numbers,
required at the resp9RStfiTTfT E RRRYy yards;
Nos 9, TO- 49, Il, 49, Is, q, 28 50. 49, &c. IS. 80.
~ III - -'' CHARLESTowN.
Nos 3 s. 6. s. II, r. b. Il, 16. H. IS, 49, 20,
o. g. IS g. q, IS, 3d. 81 81 30. "a, So, 81 SO. 80. 40 Al,
A. As, At. IS.
BROOKLYN.
Nos 10, Il, 49, a, Is, 16 T. 10, 20 23 g,
%. r. %, 80 81 81 81 3! &C. 81 90 A. A. 49, Al, 49, 50.
Nos 4 s. TO- Z. 49, 20 %. rs Is, 81 80, g. 49, 81
IS, SO, 40, Al, A. IS, a. 4S. 50.
WASHINGTON.
Nos l. 6. IL Is. Is. 49, IS. 49, 90 25 g. o. rs, 30 81
81. 33, 50, 81, So, &c. 30, Il. A.. 50. 81, IS.
NORFOLK.
Nos. ], 4. 6, II, 10. je1-1aw4w