The Portland daily press., 1868-06-04
DROPOSALS FOR MArERI4 AIS TO BE SUP
lie Piled To TIE NAVY YARDS UNDER
THE DOMINANCE OF THE
BUREAU OF CONSTRUC-
TION AND REPAIR.
iiON AMI hEfAlh.
NAVY DEPARTING

NAVY DEPARTING T, \
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR,}
Washington, ID. q, May 22d, 1868. J
Sealed Proposals TO furnish TIMBER and other Ma
terias Tor the Navy for the fiscal year ending June
3eh 1862 will be rec lived at this Bureau until IL
O'Clock NJ of the 9th of June next, at which time
the propo ais will be opened
The proposals must be addressed to the Chief of the
Bureau o. Construction and Repair, Navy Depart
ment. Washington, and must be endorsed ''Prorau
sails for Timber, &C., for the Navy that they NAV
be distinguished from other business letters
Prmted Schedules or such classes as par les deal
in and intend TO bid tor, together with instructions
10 bidders, giving the forms Of PROPOSAL guaran
tee, and of certificate of guaiantors, with printed
forms OF offers, will be furnished such persons as
desire 10 bid, on application to the Commandments OF
theresrecite Navy Yards and those of all the yards
application to the Bureau.
The Commandment of each Navy Yard and the
Purchasing Paymaster Tor each station, will have
copy of the schedules Of the other Yards tor
nat0n only in order tbs persons who intend to bid
may judge whether it is desirable TO nal e applica-
ton tor any OF the classes of those Yards.
The proposal must be for the whole of q class; and
all applications for Information or for the examina-
ton of samples, must be made to the cOmmandants
of the respective yards
The pr aposas must be accompanied by a Certificate
from the Collector Of Internal Revenue Tor the dis
trct in which the bidder resides, that he has license
to deal in the articles Tor which he proposes and he
must further show that he is manufacturer of, or
regular e,ier in, the article VIII oh he offers to sup
ply The guaranto,s must be certified by the AS
SCISSOR of internal Revenue for the district in which
they reside.
The contract will be awarded TO the ieson who
makes the lowest bid and gives the guar tee requr-
ed by law, the Navy Department, however, restrv-
ing the right to reject the lowest bid, any which
may deem exorbitant.
Sureties in the full amount will be required to sign
the contract, and their responsibility must be eert
fled 10 the satisfaction OF the Navy department
As additional security twenty per ceutum will be
withheld rom the amout of the bill until the
tract sha have been compei ed, and eighty per c. MT
OF the of each bi I, approved in tripcaie
by the Comnandant OF the respective yards, will be
paid by the Paymaster OF the station designated in
the cont act. within ten days after the warrant for
the same shall havo been passed by the Secretary OF
the Treasury.
The classes OF This Bureau are numbered and
No, /, White Oak Logs; No. White Oak Keel
Pieces; No 3, White Oak Curved Timber; No 4,
White Oaku2 lank; No 5, White Oak Boards; No z,
Yellow Piaefogs; No s, Yellow Pine Beams No 0,
Yellow Pine Mast Timber; No II, White Pine Logs;
Pine Plank, Boards; No Is White Ash, elm, Beech ;
No IS, White Ash Oars; No II, Hickory; No IL,
Black Walnut, Mahogany, Maple, cherry; No 49,
press, Cedar; No %, Black Spruce; No "a re Viii
Oak Slaves and Headings; No 20, Lignunvita; No
80, lnsot Copper; No 81. Wrought Iron, ,roand and
square; No So wrought Iron, fat; No "a, Iron plate
No 30 Steel; No 81, Iron Spike; No 3s Iron Wrought
Nails; No SO, Iron Cut Nails; No Al, Lead, pig; No
%. SOLDER No As, Locks Hinges, Bots OF brass and
iron No 40. Screws, of brass and iron; No So Files
No 81, Augurs; No 81, Tool tor ship stores; No 81,
No 56, white Lead; No 81, Zine PAINS; No 81. Dol,
ored Paints, dryers; No SO, fiuseed Oil; M co. Var
nish. Spirits Turpentine; No 63, Sperm and Lard oil
No69, Brushes; No 20, Dry Goods, ior uphoster ng
No q Stationery; No 70, Ship Chandlery; No q!
Acis; No rs. ko il, Pitch Crude Turoentine No ~.
Betting, packing; No IS, Leather, Pump, Rigging
I.acing; No 81 Junk; No 81. oakum; No 80, Bellows
No 50 Anthrctc Goals No Sc Semi Btumnous Coal ga
Ma 81, Rituminous Coal; No So Charcoal; No SO,
Wood; No 90, Patented Articles.
The following are the classes, by the NUM- ers, re-
quirel at the respective Navy Yards:
KITTERY.
Nos. f2 s. 49, 10, "a, "a. Az 49, "A, 49, 49, 80, o.
S. 81 S. So co. S. 81 g. 3d. TO- II, "a, ~, 49, 81, 49,
CHARLESTOwN.
Nos L. 49, 49, o. 80. 80, 81 35. 80, ~. 49, "A, a.
49, 80 S. a. &c. So, &c. 60, g. S. 3d. II, 70, H. IT. 49,
BROOKLYN.
Nos IS, IS. 16, ~, 49, p. ~, 80. 33 ~, 81.
49, 49, AZ As Al As, 49, 49, so, 81, 49, o. 3D. 81, 81, 3d.
So 63 a. Co. Gs 3d. H. 49, H. TO- II, ~, Rs IS, SO,
80. ,,n,
Nos ~. Is, IS. H. 49, So 80, 49, a. 81, SO,
A. 49, As 49, 50. 3d. 3D. 81, SO, co. 63 g. 6s. Co. TO- III.
70. "A, a, rs: 49, 81, IS. 80.
WASHINGTON
Nos l. g. :, r. 49, IS, II, IS. 49, 20 3d. 3D. 49, 81 &c.
80, 49, A. A. As, As, 49, so, 81 81 49, 54 66 81, s.
3d. go, g. 0 Co. Co. 20, H. rs. TO- IT, 49, So 81 49, 3d.
NORFOLK
Nos Z, III. 10. 15, IT, H. 49, 90 a. 49, a. SO, 49,
a. %, So 53, "a, 50, SO, GO, g. IT, 10, H. "a 20 49,
So, Sc, 81. SO, 80. may 26dlaw4w