The Portland daily press., 1870-07-16
TO LET.
DROPCSALS FOR MATERIALS TO BE SUP
l. Piled TO THE NAVY YARDS UNDER
THE COGNIZANCE OF THE BUREAU OF
CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR.

THE COGNIZANCE OF THE BUREAU OF
CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR.
NAVY DEPARTMENT, J
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR,
WAsHINGroND. G., July A. 1870.
Sealed proposals to furnish Timber and other ina
terials for the Navy for the fiscal year ending june
80 ISL win be received at this Bureau until p o.
the proposals will be opened.
The proposals must be addressed to the Chief of
Bureau OF Construction and Rel air, Navy Depart
ment, Washington, and must be indorsed "Propo-
sails for Timber, &c, for the Navy" that they may
be distinguished from other business letters.
- Printed schedules for such classes as parties deal
IN and intend to bin for, together with instructions
to bidders, giving the forms proposals OF guaran
tee, and of certificate of guarantors, with printed
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 tor each station, will have copy
of the schedules Of the other yards, for examination
only, in order that pet sons who intend to bid may
judge whether it is desirable to make application tor
any of the classes Of those yards.
The proposals must be for the whole OF Glass; and
all applications for information for the examina-
tion OF samples, must be made to the c0mmandants
OF the respective yards.
The proposal must be accompanied by certificate
from the Collector of internal Revenue Tor the dis
trict in which the bidder resides, that he has lie
cense to deal in the articles for which he proposes;
and. by direction or the Department. bids or offers
aciu bereceUed only from parties ,cho bona fde
dealers in, or naan.facturers of, the articies they
offer to furnish. The guarantors must be certified
by the Assessor OF Internal Revenue for the district
in which they reside.
The contract will be awarded 10 the person who
qured by law, the Navy Departnen however, re-
serv ng 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 certi
fled to the satisfaction OF The Navy Department.
As additional security twenty per centum will be
withheld from the amount of the bills uut the
tracts shall have been completed, and eighty per
centum of the amount of each Dil approved in trip
q " n fhp fUo yyordS
will bs paid by the Paymaster of the station desg-
mated in ibe contract within ten days after the war
Secretary OF the II easury. taE
The classes of this Bureau are numbered and des-
ienated as follows:
No. 1, White Oak Logs; No. 8, White Oak Curved
Timber; No. 4, White Oak Plank n o. Z, YelowPine
Logs; No 8. Yellow Pine Beams; No. 9. YelowP. ne
Wit White T%sfT Fine Mast ri mbs IL Ws ad rRi H0 ;e fS S
Boards; No. 10, White Ash, Elm, Beech; No. 16,
While Ash Oars: No. II, Hickory; No is, Black
Spruce; No. q, White Oak Slaves and Htadings; !;
No. %, Lgnumvliae; No; 80, Ignot Copper; No. g.
Iron, nat; No 34 Iron, plate; No 3d. Steel; No. 81.
Iron Spikes; No; SO, Icon Wrought Nails; No. SO,
zDe No H. n No. s. sossr 9a So No cefs
Hinges Bolts, OF brass and iron No. a., Screws. OF
eaass u s. and IRON No. 50, Files; No 5l Ausers; No.
yard and Shops; No. 81, Hardware; No. Sc, White
Lead No 57 ZINC Paints; No. So, Colored Paints,
0ryers; NO. o9, Lnseeu Oj No. OO, tarnlsh, Spirits
Turpentine; No. 63. Sperm and Lard Oh; No. CA,
Ta'Iow, Soap; No. 6s, Glass; No; g. Brushes; No.
20, Dry Goods for Upholstering No. Il, Stationery
NJ 7S Ship Chandlery No; u Acids; No. q, Resin,
Pitch, Crude Turpentne; No. II, Betting, Pa. king
No :s Leather; pump rigging, lacing; No. so, Junk
The following are the classes, by the numbers, re-
quired at the respective navy-yards.
KITTERY.
Nos. 8, 13 10, 16, IT, 49, %. 49, 49, 35 49, A. A., 49,
80, ST. ST. "a, &c, So. 60 e3 6s, g. IL 73, H. 76 49,
CHARLEsTOWN.
Nos.7 1s 15. 49, 49, 22 a. 25 49, 49, 81, S5, 81. So,
49, 49, 49, A. 4S, 49, co. 81 So, 53 "A, S. 81 5S 80 CO.
6a, 81, 6S, 60, 70, II, 53 a IS, q, rs, Ss.
BROOKLYN.
Nos. o. 49, 49, 49, II, IS, %, a. 25 32 49, a. 81,
49, a. 49, A. 49, 49, So 81 81, SO, ST. So 81 S. 3d. co.
63, Ga, 6s, 60, 20, II, 72, "a, rs, n, 80, So.
PHILADELPHIA.
Nos 4,7 9, 10, Is, 49, 80, 80, 4s. II.
WASHINGTON.
Nos. 81, II, 12 49, II, 49, 20, %, 49, 80 3D. SO, 34
35, 81, 39, 40, "A, 49, 49, 49, 80, 5s 81 5 So co.
63, Ga, es, Gs, 7o, II, 7s, "a, u, 7s, IS.
NORFOLK. ..--
Nos. IS. i, 1e, %. 25 s2 49, 49, 49, A. 49, 49, 5O
MARE ISLAND.
Nos. - 49, g. 49, s. s5, s. 80 a. 49, a, 49, 40, 5o
81 50, a. Sc, o. 5s co, 81, es, So 20, H. a. n ss
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