Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-06-20
EsROP0sALs FOR MATERIALS TO RE
4 SUPPLIED TO THE NAVY YARDS. UN-
DER THE CQGNIIAECE OF THE BUREAU
OF CONSTRUCT AND REPAIR.
NAVY DEPARTMENT.,
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR,

BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR,
WASHlNCT' N, d. c., May 80. 1866
SEALED PROPOSALS to furnish Timber and
other Materials for the navy for the fiscal year end
ing June 30. 1867, will be received at this Bureau
until 10 O'Clock A NJ, of the 18th of June next at
which time the proposals will be opened.
The proposals must DO addressed to the Chief of
the Bureau OF Construction and Repair, Navy De-
paTtment, Washington, and must be endorsed, "Pro-
posais for Timber, &c. for the Navy" that they
may be distinguished from other business letters.
Printed schedules for any class together with in
structons to bidders. giving the forms of proposal
Of guarantee, and of certificate of guarantorS, will
be furnished to such persons as desire to biz APPS
phCatlon to the commandGnts Of the respective navy
yards. and those OF all tho yards on application to
the Bureau
Tho Commandant of each navy yard and the Pur-
chasing faymaStcr for each station will have copy
OF the schedules Of the other yards for examination
only, In order that persons who intend to bid may
judge whether it is desirable to make application for
any Of the classes of those yards.
The proposal must be for the whole of class and
all applications TOR information or for the examna-
ton of samples must be made to the Commandments
of the respective yards.
The proposal must be ACCOMPANIED by a 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 which he proposes; and be
must further show that he is manufacturer Of or
regular dealer III the articles which he offers sup
SCISSORS Of Inter Revenue for the district in which
they resia~
The contract will be awarded to the person who
CURED by law. the Navy Department, however. re-
serving the right to reject tie lowest bid or any
winch IL may deem G1OrDltant,
Sureties in the full amount will be required to
sign the contract. and their responsibility must be
certified to tho satisfaction ofthe Navy Departm ent
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 i'll trip
licate by the Commandant of the respective yard,
will be paid by the Paymaster of the station desig
mated in the contract funds or certificates at the
option of the Government within ten days after the
warrant Tor the same shall have been passed BIZ the
SECRETARY of the Treasury,
The classes of this Bureau are numbered and de-
Glass No. J. white oak logs; No. 2, white oak keel
or keelsQn pieces; No; 3, white oak curved timber;
8, yellow pine logs No. Z yellow pine beams; No. s.
yellow pine mast and spar timber No: 9. white pine
Der; No IL, white pine logs, plank and boards No.
r. hacZmataek TIMBER Nc. IS. ash logs plank and
boards; No. i, ash oars No. IS, hickory butts and
white wood and yeneers; No. II, cedar and cypress
boards No. Is. locust timber; No. IS, white oak
slaves and headings; No. 20, black spruce; No. q,
locust treenails and wedges; No % lignumvtse; No
% iron-rnund, fiat and square; No. 26 steel; No.
q iron spikes; No; Is, iron nails-wrought and cut;
No; 30, Lead No. 32 dry goods and upholstery No.
3d. hardware; No. 81 tools for stores: No. 81, white
lead; No. 81, zinc paints; No 80, colored paints,
dryers, &C. No 49, yarnish, &c.; No 40 linseed oil;
No. Il, glass; No. AZ. brushes; No. H. fish oil; No. As
tallow. soap, and sweet OIL No. Al. ship chandery;
No. 4S, oakum; No. 40. tank ron No. So ingot cop
per; No. 81, poles; No. So, bellows.
The following are the classes, by their numbers,
required at the Fesp1RsfIlfffI E RRFyYy yards;
Nos. 10. 49, II, 49, Is, q, 49, 49, 49, &c. 49, &c.
CHARLEsTowN.
Nos. J. q 3, s. s. II. T. l3. A. 49, IT, 49, 49, 90
q q @ e. q, 3d. 30, 81, 81 49, 81, Sc, 81, 49, 80. 40 H.
A. IS, AZ, IS.
BROOKLYN.
DC Nos 70 3 I9 j. 49, o. a IS 16 II 49, 90 p
PHILADELPHIA.
Nos. g. TO- H. y. IS, 90 % Is. Is. 81 49, a. &c. 81
%, o. ~ H. q, ~ N! Il Il 2Si
Nos. l, g. II, 10. 49, 10. IS. 49, 90 25 26 Il 2 80 81
81. SO, IS, 81, So, 80. 40, Il, AZ, So 81, IS.
NORFOLK.
Nos. l, d. 6. II, l9. ie1-1aw4w