The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-06-18
NAVY DEPARTMENT.
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR,
WASHINGTON, ID. O.. June 8. 1S6a


WASHINGTON, ID. c., June 8, 1869.
SEALED PROPOSALS to furnish Timber and
other Materials for the Navy for the fiscal year end
ing JUNE so, 1870, will be received at this Bureau
until ~ 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 pnr-
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 it is 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 examna-
ton 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
license to deal in the articles for which he pr0poses;
and he must further show that he is manufacturer
OF, or q 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-
quired 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 viii 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 cenJum 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
tripcate by the Commandsnt 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.
The classes of this Bureau are numbered and de-
signated as folows:-
No. /, White Oak Logs; No. 2, White Oak Keel
Pieces; No. g. White Oak Curved Timber; No. 4,
White Oak Plank; No. 8, White Oak Boards; No.
Z, Yellow Pine Logs; No. s, Yellow Pine Beams;
No. 9, Yellow Pine Mast Timber; No. II, White
Pine Logs No. 12, White Pine Mast Timber; No.
49, White Pine Plank Boards; No. Is, White Ash,
Elm Beech No. 1e, White Ash Oars; No. II,
Hickory; No. IS, Black Walnut Mahogany,
Maple Cherry No. 49, Locust Timber; No. 20,
Locust Treenails No. e9, Cypress Cedar; No. 2s,
Black Spruce; No. "a, White Oak Slaves and
Headings; No. 95, Lignumvite; No 30, Ingot
Copper; No. 82, Wrought Iron, round and square;
No. 49, Wrought Iron, fiat; No. "a, Iron, plate;
No. 49, Steel; No. 81, Iron Spikes; No. Ss, Iron
Wrought Nails No. &c. Iron Cut Nails; No. II,
Lead, pig; No. az, Lead pipe, sheet; No. AZ,
Zinc; No. a, Tin; Ne. 49, Solder; No. 4s, Locks,
Of and iror No A QprQw of
brass and iron; No. 80, Files; No. 81, Augers; No.
3d. Tools for ship stores; No. SO, Tools for use in
yard and shops; No. d. Hardware; No. 90 White
Lead; No. 81, Zinc Paints; No. S. C0lored Paints,
dryers No 80, Linseed Oh; No. 90, Varnish, Spirits
Turpentine; No. 63, Sperm and Lard OIL No. o. Tai
low, Soap; No. 65, Fish Oil; No. 6s Glass; No.
&c. Brushes; No. 20, Dry Goods for upholstering No
H. Stationery No T9, Ship Chandlery No. "a, Acids;
No. T5 Rosin, Pitch, Crude Turpentne; No. IT, Belt
ing, packing; No. rs, Leather, Pump, Rigging,
Lacing; No. so, junk No. 81, Oakum; No. 81, Bel
ows; No. IS, Charcoal; No. 50, Wood; No. 30, Pa
tented Articles
The following are the classes by the numbers, re-
quired as the respective navy yards-
KITTERY
Nos T. g. 15 ~, 49, 49, 6s &c. 81 IS, 90 H. "a, 7s.
CHARLESTOWN.
Nos 49, 49, 49, 24 92 49, s4 SO, SO, &c. A. 49, As, 40,
bO 3d. o. &c. bs b9 co. 6s, Co. TO- II, IS a. 10 q, 3D.
BROOKLYN
Nos 8, T. 49, 15, 49, 1s, 2s "a, 3s, SO, o. 81 40,
4s 49, So a. &c. 81 IS, So co. So, "a, 6s 60, H. 1s ~
| 70, so, S.
| PHILADELPHIA.
Nos. 2, 4, T. s, IS, 10, 2s 90, sa, sb, 80, 49, as,
49, So 81 5s b4 5s co. 6s "a, 6s, 6s, II, TS, "a, n
rs, S.. .o,,,
| WASHINGTON.
Nos. g. o. 49, lb IT, IS, 80, "a, 81 80, AZ, 4s a. As
4s 4s SO, d. BE- s. o. 81 IS, 50, CO. So, 81, 6s, 80
| 10 II, Ts, II, rs, ss, so.
| NORFOLK
Nos. 8, Z, Q, 12, IS, 49, is, 2s, 25 80, SO, &c. As
| Y G5s4t