The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-09
OFFICE OF CHIEF QUARTERMASTER, FIRST
ODISTRICT, DEPARTMENT OF THE EAST,
CORNER OF HOUSTON AND GREENE STREETS.

DISTRICT, DEPARTMENT. OF THE EAST,
CORNER OF HOUSTON AND GREENE STREETS.
NEW YORK CITY June 25 1869.
Sealed proposals. in duplicate, with copy OF this
advertisement attached to each, invited and will
be received at this office, until o'clock p. NJ July
26 1869, for supplying the Quartermaster's Depart
ment Of this district with nineteen hundred and
ninety-one cords Of merchantable hard WOOD d2s
cubic feet), and seven thousand and thrtytwo 032)
tons (2240 pounds), best ANTHRACITE COAL, egg,
stove and nut Sizes to be delivered at such times at
the places hereinafter named, as may be required
prior to October 81, 1869, as folows:-
Fort Columbus, N. Y. H., 25O tons stove and 1850
tons egg Coal
Fort Wood, N. Y. H., 1877 tons egg Coal
Fort Hamilton, N Y. H., 1921 cords Wood, 357 tons
stove and 957 tons egg Coal
Fort Wadswortb, N. Y. H., 27 tons nut, 112 tons
stove, and $50 tons egg Coal.
willets Point 142 cords Wood, 727 tons stove, 15O
tons egg, and so tons nut Coal.
Dayds Island, 2s1 tons egg Coal.
Fort Adams, r. l., 1856 cords Wood, 462 tons egg
Coal
Fort Trumbuil, Conn, 40 tons egg and 20 tons nut
Coal.
West Point, N. Y, 2s1 cords Wood, and 900 tons
egg Coal.
Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y, $50 cords Wood an
229 tons egg Coal
Watertown, Arsenal Mass, 81 cords Wood and 162
tons egg Coal.
Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, 24O cords Wood.
Fort Independence, Boston HarboE 62 cords Wooo
and 1856 tons egg Coal.
Fort Preble Me-, 1923 cords Wood and 1856 tons egg
Coal.
Fort Sullivan, Me-, $50 cords Wood.
The Wood is to be delivered on the wharves OF the
respective posts aud the Coal in the yards places
provided for its reception at each post, and paid
for according to the weight as certified to by the
Acting Assistant Quartermaster at the place Of de-
livery.
Bidders must state separately the price at which
they win deliver the Wood and Coal called for at
each of the above-named places
Each bid must be accompanied by guarantee
signed by two responsible persons, that in case the
bid is accepted, and contract entered into, they
will become surety in a sum equal TO one-fourth Oi
the OF the contract for the faithful perform
| ance OF the same.
No bid will be entertained that is not made in
| accordance with this advertisements
The Government reserves the right TO reject any
or all bids regarded as dsadvantageous 10 the De-
partment or to accept such portion OF any bid not
less than for one post that may be deemed OF ad-
/ vantage to the public interests.
Bids may be made and will be entertained for de-
livering the Coal and Wood at any one or more OF
| the places named herein
Bidders have the privilege Of being present at the
| opening OF the bids
| Proposals must be addressed to the undersigned
and indorsed proposals for Wood or Coal" (as the
Y case may be) to whom application should be made
| for additional particulars.
BY order of Brevet Major General Rufus ingalls,,
Assistant Quartermaster-G General United States
Army, and Chief Quartermaster Department OF the
East. WIN. II. HOWELL,
Brevet Major and A. Q. NJ U. s. A.,
Chief Quartermaster First District
62s Department Of the East