The Portland daily press., 1869-06-15
Proposals for Materials to be Sup
piled to the Navy-Yn ards under ilae cog
Mizance 0fthe Bureau of COnsrruc-
tion and Repair.
NAVY DEPARTMENT.

! NAVY DEPAkTMENT.
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR,
WASHINGTON, ID. G, June B, 1869.
GEALED PROPOSALS to furnish Timber and 9TH
ing J UNE 80, 1870, will be received at this Bureau
until IL 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, &c.. FOR THE
NAVY that they may be distinguished from other
business letters.
Printed schedules for such classes as parties deal
ia and intend to bid tor together with instructions
to bidders giving the forms proposal or guaran-
tee, and OF certificate OF gnarantors, with printed
forms OF offers will be furnished to such persons
ants of the respective Navy Yards and those of all
the yards on application to the Bureau.
Tns Ion commandment OF each navy-ysrd and the
copy of the schedules of the other yards.
bid may judge whether it is desirable to make ap
plloation TOR any OF the classes OF those yards.
The proposal must be Tor the whole Ola class and
all applications tor Information or for the examina-
ton of samples, must be made to the Commandments
of the respective yards.
The proposal must be accompanied by certia-
cate from the Collector of Internal Revenue for the
district in which the bidder resides that he has liz
cense to deal in the articles for which he proposes
and he must further show that he is manufacture
er Of or regular dealer in, the articles which he
offersto supply. The guarantors must be certified
by the Assessor Of internal Revenue for the district
The contract will be awarded to the person who
makeshe lowest bid and gives the guarantee reauir
ca by law. the Navy Department, however, reserv-
ing the right to reject the lowest bid any which
1T may deem ex0rbitant.
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 centum win be
withheld from the amount Of the bills until the con-
tract shall have been completed, and eighty per
centum OF the amountof each BILL approved in trip
ncate by the Commandant of the respective yards
will I1a I.xrfI
mated in the contract within ten days after the war
rant for the shall have been passed by the Sec
rotary of the Treasury.
The classes of this Bureau are numbered and des-
ignated as follows
No 1, White Oak Logs; No 2, White Oak Keel
Pls s No :, White Oak Curved Timber; No 4.
Yellow Pine Logs; Nos, Yellow Pine Beams; No.
9, Yellow Pine Mast Timber; No II, White Pine
Pine Plank, Boards; No IL, white Ash, Elm, Beech
No 10, White Ash Oars No17, Hickory; No is Black
Walnut, Mahogany, Maple, Cherry, No 10, Locust
Cedar; No %, Black Spruce; No "a, White Oaii,
Slaves and Headings; NO %, Lignumvitae; No 80,
Ingot Copper; No SO, Wrought Iron, round and
square; No 49,, Wrought Iron, fat; No "a, Iron,
plate; No IS, Steel No 81 IronaSpkcs No 81, Iron
Wrought Nails; No 80, Iron Cut Nails, No Al, Lead
RE- Nc AZ Lead, pPe; sheet No 4s Zinc No a Tin
and Iron; No 40, Screws OF Brass and Iron; No go
Files; No 81 Augers; No 90, Tools for ship stores
ware; No SO White lead; 81, Zinc Paints; No S.,
Colored Paints. dryers; No 50, Linseed on; No co.
Varnish, Spirits Turpentine; No 63, Sperm and
Lard Oil; No "a, Tallow, Soap; No G5, Fish Oil; No
6S, Glass; No SO, Brushes No TO- Dry Goods for up
holstering; No II, Stationery; No 70, Ship Chand-
lery; No a. Acids; No 70, Rosin, Pitch, Crude Tur-
pentine: No77, Betting, Packing; No 49, Leather
Pump, Rigging, Lacing; No so, Junk; No 81, Oak,
UNI; No 81, Bellows No IS, Charcoal; No SO, Wood
No 90, Patented Articles.
The following arc the classes, by the numbers, le-
qui red at the respective navy yards.
KITTERY.
Nos. 7s 49, Is, ~, 43, 40, 49, S. 81, 3d. So II, a.
rs.
CHARLESTOWN.
Mes. 49, 15 49, %, 80, SO, 81, So, 80, 49, 49, 49, 49,
g, So 3d. a. &C. IS, 90, 60, g. So I'd, 75 "a
BROOKLYN
Nos 3, 8, 8. 10, 10, 16, 1s. 49, a. 49, 49, a. 81 AZ
Az, 49, %, d. sc, 81, 5s 3d. GO, 63 g. 49, &C. IL "a
10, so, So. -
PHILADELPHIA.
Nos Ia 10, %, 81 80, IS, 80. 4s, as, 49, So
d. g. 81, 50, Co. 6j g. 6s, 3d. II, rs, a. H. 7s 49,
WASHINGTON.
Nos 8, 0, 10, Is, II, IS, &c. "a, 81 49, 49, as A. 49,
49, 49, So 81 S. o. &c. 81 bS 49, 60, 6s, g. 6s 81, TO-
- - - - 90 = NORFOLK.
Nos s. 10 70, 10, IS, %, 20, 80, SO, 50, As, 40
81, 90, 50, 81, 81 90, GO, G3, 3d. TO- IL, TO- IL rs,
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