The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-17
PROPOSALS.
A N1HPAo1TE COAL FOR THE NAVY,
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT AND REoRUITINa,{

NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT AND REORUITTNG,i
Sealed Proposals for furnishing Anthracite Coal
the fiscal esr ending soth june. 1866 will be re-
ceived at this bureau until 10 o'clock A. NJ, 28d
January, 1866.
These proposals. must be endorsed Proposals for
Anthracite Coal for Steamers" that they may be
distinguished from other business letters.
ne oner must be for the delivery Of COCO tons, OF
2240 pounds.
The coal must be of the best Buck Mountain or
Black Heath or of kind equal to them in all re.
spects for The purpose intended, which equality will
be determined by Board appointed by the Secre-
@5y oil lne Navy aIter tne reception OF the bIds.
must be stated in the Offer
1t sto be delivered IN Jumps of suitable size for
naval steamers, clean, OF uniform qUantY, selected
free from impurities, Unn ixed, of which the con-
tractor will be required to furnish such evidence as
VIII be satisfactory, and be subject to such tnspec-
ton ns TO quality and quantity the Department
may direct The coal must, in all respects, be salts
factory TO the inspector or inspectors to be appointed
by the bureau who will have the right OF peIemptory
The coal is TO be delivered on board vessels, at
such place in the port Of New York may be desiR
mated by the Bureau, ana IN such quantities and at
such times as. in the opinion Of the Bureau, the
when the vessel is reported ready TO receive cargo;
furnishing, demanded not ICES than 1000 tons per
day, TO be distributed TO each vessel, may be di
rected, until the loading is completed.
In the case OF failure TO deliver the coal in proper
time and place, the Bureau will reserve in at the con.
tract u e right to purchase forthwith at the con-
tractors risk and expense. that which may seem
necessary TO supply the deficiency,
ANY demurrage or other charges to which the
Navy Department may be subjected from delay in
the prompt livery OF the coal by the contractors
Will be deducted from their bills.
The price must be for the coal delivered on board
vessels, the terms and conditions above stated.
at the contractors risk and expense, and without
extra Cd arge of any kind.
The offer as required by law must be accompa.
MED by written guarantee, signed bv one or more
responsible persons, the effect that they under
take that the bidder bidders will if his their
h.stI NnIls trrno
may be prescribed by the Bureau, with good and
sufficient securities, to furnish the supplies pro-
posed.
paDieo by such guarantees and the Department re-
the right to reject all the offers If considered
| to be 10 the interest of the service to do so.
Two or more suretes each in sum equal to the
amount specified 10 be paid will be required to
certified by United States District Judge United
States District Attorney, Collector or Navy Agent.
AS additional and collateral security, twenty per
cent. will be withheld from the amount of all pay
ments which reservation is not to be paid, except
contract shall have been IN all respects complied
with; and the remaining eighty per cent. or other
amount that nay be due upon each bill, will, when
| the bill approved by the Bureau, be paid by such
navy agents as the contractor NAV name, within ten
days after the warrants for the same shall have been
| passed by the Secretary OF the Treasury.
Ii will be stipulated IN the contract that If default
| be made in The delivery of the coal-in the guam
| hty or the quality, and at the place and time d1-
rected by the BuTeau-then, and in that case, the
contractor ana LIS surebeS viii forelt and pay to
| the United States as hquidated damages, sum OF
| money not exceeding twice the contract price,
which may be recovered from time to time, accord
ing TO the act or acts of Congress in that pro-
| vided.
Bidders whose proposals shall be accepted and
none other, will be notified. and, as early prac-
hcable, a contract will be transmitted to them,
which they Will be required to execute within ten
DAYS after its receipt at the post Office navy agency
| named by them.
lhe form of offer, guarantee, and certificate is here
| FORM OF OFFER.
| Tor wei of -, state of -, hereby agree to
! furnIs h and denver - thousand tons Of an
thraeite coal for steamers use, at -, at the rate
| OF - per ton OF 2240 pounds, amounting to -
dollars, the whole in tormItY with the PROVISIONS
and terms OF the advertisement OF the 26th Gay OF
December, 1866, from the Navy Department, and
Should my (or ourl offer .be accepted. Tor WEI
request to be informed at -, and that the :
tract may be Forwarded to - for signatures and
certificates.
(PlaceD (signed) ABB.
| FORM OF GUARANTEE.
| We, the undersigned residents -, in the
| State Of, and OF -, in the State Of,
here by jointly and severally covenant with the
United States, and guarantee that in case the fore
| going bid of - be accepted, - will, within
| ten Gays after the receipt of the contract at -
execute the same, with good and sufficient sureles
for the delivery of the anthracite coal proposed in
comp lance with the terms OF the advertisement OF
the 26h Dec ber 1866, hereto appended, and under
! which it was made; and IN case The said - shall
ta1 to enter into The contract aforesaid, we Ruaran
tee 10 make good the difference between the offer OF
| the sald -, and that which may be accepted.
| Witness, (SignedL G. d.
| (Placel Eff.
| (Date)
hereby certify that, to the best of my knowledge
ar behet the above. named guarantors - and
- are good and sufficient.
| tSignedh G. H.
To be signed by the United States District ,udge
United States District Attorney, Collector. or Navy