The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-05-29
DROPOSALS FOR MATERIALS TO BE SUP
Il Piled TO TIE NAVY YARDS UNDER
THE DOMINANCE OF THE
BUREAU OF CONSTRUC-
.TION AND REPAIR
NAVY DEPARTNIENT.

NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR,l
Washington, d. Q, May 22d, 1868.
Sealed Proposals to furnish Timber and other Ma
terais Tor the Navy for the fiscal ending June
3oth, 1869, will be received at this Bureau until II
o'clock M, of the 9th of June next at which time
the proposals 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 .Propo-
sails or Timber, &C., for the Navy" that they may
be distinguished from other business letters.
Printed Schedules Tor such classes as parties deal
in and intend to bid for together with instructions
TO bidders, giving the forms OF PROPOSAL guaran-
tee, and of certificate of guarantors, with printed
forms OF offers, will be furnished to such
the respective Navy Yards and those OF all the yards
on application to the Bureau.
The Commandment of each Navy YarJ and the
Purchasing Paymaster for each station, will have
copy Of the schedules of the other Yards, Tor
nation only in order haG persons who intend to bid
may judge whether it is desirable make applica-
ti0n tor any OF the classes of those wards.
The proposal must be for the whole of class; and
All applications for information or for the examina
ton of samples, must be made to the commandments
OF the respective yards.
The proposals must be accompanied by certificate
from the Collector of Internal Revenue tor the dis
rict 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 manufactured OIL or
regular dealer in, the article which he offers to sup
ply. The guarantors must be certified by the As
SCISSOR 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 requr
however,
ing the right to reject the lowest bid, any which it
may deem exOrbtant.
Suretes in the fun amount will be required to sign
the contract, and their responsibility must be certi
fled to the satisfaction OF the Navy Department.
AS additional security twenty per centum will be
withheld from the am0ut of the bills until the
tract shall have been completed, and eighty per emit
UNI OF the amount of each bill approved in trplicate
te o ne saon @ be
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
| designated as follows:
| Pieces; No 8, White Oak Curved Timber; No 4,
| White Oak Plank; No 5, White Oak Boards; No 7,
Yellow Pine Logs; No s, Yellow Pine Beams; No 9,
Yellow Pine Mast Timber; No H. White Pine Logs |;
No ~. White Pine Mast Timber; No 10, White
Pine Plank, Boards; No 10 White Ash, Elm, Beech;
No Is, White Ash Oars; No IL, Hickory; No Is,
Black Walnut Mahogany, Maple, cherry; No 10,
Locust Timber; No 20, Locust Treenas; No %, Cy
| Oak Slaves and Headings; No IS, Iignuuvitse; No
80, lnsot Copper; No 81. Wrought Iron, roand and
square; No ss wrought Iron. fiat; No 2, Iron plate
Nails; No 80, Iron Cut Nails; No Al, Lead, pig; No
~, Lead, pipe, sheet; No 45, Zinc; No Al, Tin No
rom No a. screws Of brass and iro ROM; No o. i Fes
NO 81, Augurs; No 62 Tool for ship stores; No 81,
wHe safS a9a a Eo 81 M
ored Paints, dryers; No 50, rinseed Oil; M 60, Var
nish, Spirits Turpentne No g. Sperm and Lard oil
Mo- 60, Brushes; No TO- Dry ots, ior upholster ng;
| No u, Stationery; No IS, Ship Chandlery; No "A,
Acids; No rs, Resin, Pitch Crude Turpent,ne; No a.
| Betting, packing; No rs, Leather, Pump, Rigging,
| Lacing; No 80 j INK; No 81, Odkum; No 80, Bellows,
No 50 Anthrcite Coal No So. Semi Bituminous Coal
| oS, Bituminous Coal; No Ss Charcoal; No SO,
| Wood; No 90, Patented Articles.
The following the classes, by the numbers, re-
| quired at the respective Navy Yards:
KITTERY.
Nos. 12 8, 10, 10, a. 81 AZ, As, A, As, 49, 53 81
56 81 IS, 3d. 60, &c. g. 6S. &c. 70, H. a. rs, S. 81
CHARLESTOWN.
Nos. l. 7, 49, %, rs, 49, 49, "a, 49, 3d. A. 4s, "A, A.
So s. a. 56, So, SO, co. S. g. 50, H. 70, a. a. IS,
| 81, IS, 80.
| BROOKLYN
Nos 8, g. 9, IS, 15 &c. IT. Is, %, a. &c. SO 81 81
49, 49, 49, 43 A. 45, 4s, 49, So 81 49, 81 &c. 81 5S 80
60 G3 g. GO, 6s, go, 20, H. 49, H. 49, ~ rs 3d. &c. IS
PHILADELPHIA.
Nos. 1, 2, A. H. 10, 10, II, Is, 80 32 49, a. 81 80
A. 49, As, 40, 3d. 50, a. o. So, 60, SO, a. 6S O. TO- III
| 70. "A, II, 7S. IS, 81, sS. so.
| WASHINGTON
Nos. 8, IL; 10, 49, IT, 10, 49, 23 3d. 49, 49, a. &c.
49, 80. A., "A, 49, As 40 so, 81 g. S. o. Sc 81 So
So 60, 63, 81. g. Co. TO- H. 10. 75 IT, 49, So ST. 49, So
| NORFOLK.
Nos. 7, H. 49, Is, IL, II, 49, %, "a 49, a. So AZ 49,
a. so 50 So a. So, SO, 60, s., H. TO- II. 49, a. 10 rs
20, So, 81 IS, 3d. may26d1aw4w