The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-06-05
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU or CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR,
WAgVTNGTON- II G. Junp X 1Sgo


SEALED PROPOSALS to furnish Timber and
other Materials for the Navy for the fiscal year end
ing JUNE 30, 1870, will be received at this Bureau
until 12 O'Clock NJ, of the 9th of July 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
'PRoPOSALS FOR TIMBER ETC, FOR THE
NAVY" that they may be distinguished from other
business letters
Printed schedules for such classes as parties deal
in and intend to bid for together with Instructions
to bidders giving the forms of proposal of guarantee
and of certificate of guarantors, with printed forms
Of Offers will be furnished to such persons as desire
to bid, on application to the Commandants of the
respective navy yards, and those of all the yards on
application to the Bureau. .}
The Commandant OF each navy yard and the pur-
chasing paymaster fer 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 tits desirable TO make application for
any of the classes of those yards. .
The proposal must he for the whole OF a class and
all applications for information or for the examina-
tion of samples must be made to the Commandants
of the respective yards
The proposal must be accompanied by a certin-
cate from the Collector of Internal Revenue for the
district in which the bidder resides that he has a
license to deal in the articles for which he proposes:
and he must further show that he is manufacturer
Of, or regular dealer in. the articles which he
offers to supply. The guarantors must be certified
by the Assessor 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-
CURED by law, the Navy Department, however re-
serving the right to reject the lowest bid, or any
which it may deem eXorbitant.
Sureties in the full amount will be required to
sign the contract and their responsibility must be
certified to the satisfaction of the Navy Depart
ment.
As additional security twenty per cen,um will be
withheld from the amount of the bills until the con-
tract Shall nave been completed, and eighty per
centum OF the amount of each BILL approved in
trplcate by the Commandant OF the respective yards
will be paid by the Paymaster Of the station desg-
mated in the contract within ten days after the war
rant for the same shall have been passed by the
Secretary of the Treasury. -l
The classes OF this Bureau are numbered and de-
signated as follows:-
No l. White Oak Logs; No. O. White Oak Keel
Pieces; No. 3. White Oak Curved Timber; No d,
White Oak Plank; No. 5, White Oak Boards; No.
I, Yellow Pine Logs; No. S, Yellow Pine Beams;
No. 9, Yellow Pine Mast Timber; No. H. White
Pine Logs; No II, White Pine Mast Timber; No.
49, White Pine Plank Boards; No. IS, White Ash,
Elm, Beech; No. 49, White Ash Oars; No. Il,
Hickory; No. IS, Black Walnut, Mahogany,
Maple, Cherry; No. 19, Locust Timber; No. 20,
Locust Treenals; No. 20, Cypress Cedar; No. 90,
Headings; No. 25, Lgnumvit@; No. 80, Ingot
Copper; No 82, Wrought Iron, round and square;
No. 38, Wrought Iron nat; No. "a, Iron plate;
No. 85, Steel No. 81, Iron Spikes No. 9S, Iron
Wrought Nails; No. 80, Iron Cut Nails; No. IL,
Lead pig; No. A. Lead, pipe, sheet; No. 43,
Zinc; No. A, Tin; No. 49, SOLDER No. 4s, Locks,
Hinges Bolts of brass and iron; No. 49, Screws OF
brass and iron; No. so, Files; No 81, Augers; No.
52 Tools for ship stores; No. 50, Tools for in
yard and shops No 54 Hardware; No. &c. White
Lead; No. 81, Zinc Paints; No. 5s, Coored Paints,
dryers; No. 59 Lnseed Oil; No. co. Varnish, Spirits
Turpentine; No. 63, Sperm and Lard on; No "a, Tai
low Soap; No. 65, Fish OIL; No 6s, Glass; NO.
&c. Brushes; No. 20, Dry Goods for uphostering; No.
n Stationery No 78 Ship Chandlery; No "a, Acids;
No 7b Rosin. Pitch Crude Turpsntine No. II, Belt
inc. packing: No rs, Leather Pump, Rigging,
Iacing, NO. so. Junk; No. 81, Oakum; No. so, Bel
ows. No IS. Charcoal; No. SO, Wood; No. 80, Pa
tented Articles.
The following are the classes by the numbers, re-
ouired at the respective navy yards;-
H'''0 KITTERY.
Nos 49, 10 AZ, 49, 80, 49, So, 81, 5s so, II, IL IS.
CHARLEST0WN.
Nos 49, 49, 49, o. s2 33, 3I, 49, 3s, &c. AZ, 49, 49, 49,
bO 3d. 81 3d. bs So so, 6s 90, 20, H. 49, "A, 76 IT. 49,
BROOKLYN. 800
Nos. g. o. 18, h. 1G, Is, %, "a 82, 80, a. 49, l8,
49, 49, So, d. 90, 81 3d. 90, co. g. g. Os &c. H. 70 "A,
TO- so, S. -
PHILADELPHIA
Nos. 2, 4, Z, s, 1s, 15 %, 80, 80, 35, 49, 49, 4s,
40, 80, 81 3d. o. 5s, Co. SO, S4, 6s, 50, H. 49, a. IL
rs, IS.
WASHINGTON.
Nos 8, o, 18, IL, II, 1s, 80, a. 81 49, ~, 49, a. 4
As, 40, 90 81 49, a. 5s bl, bs, 80, 90, SO, a. Os ss
20, H. 70, II, 49, ss, 49,
NOs g. Z, o. IL, IS, 10, 49, %, %, 80, 80, 30, 4s,
49, 80 52 69 54, 6s, 90, 60, SO, Co. TO H. 7a, T5 n
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