The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-07-26
PERSONAL.
DRoPosALs FOR NAVAL MATERIAL.
NAVY DEPARTMENT,

NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT AND RECRUITING,
SEALED PROPOSALS to furnish material for the
Navy for the fiscal year ending June 3d. 1ST1 will be
received at this Bureau until 10 O'Clock A. NJ OF the
5th Of August next, at which time the proposals will
The proposals must be addressed to the "Chief of
the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, Navy
Department, Washington" and must be indorsed
proposals for Materials for the Navy" that they
may be distinguished from other business letters.
Printed schedules for any class, together with in
structions to bidders, giving the forms Of proposal
OF guarantee and of certificates Of guarantors, will
be furnished to such persons as desire to bid on ap
pication to the commandantS of the respective
navy yards and those OF all the yards on application
to the Bureau.
chasing Paymaster of each station will have copy
OF the schedules OF the other yards. for examination
judge whether it is desirable to make application for
any of the classes of those yards.
The proposals must be for the whole of a class,
animation of samples must be made to the Com
mandants Of the respective yards.
The proposals must be accompanied by a certif-
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 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 dstrictn which
The contract will be awarded to the person who
makes the lowest bid and gives the guarantee re-
qured by law, the Navy Department, however,
reserving the right to reject the lowest bid any
Sureties in the full amount will be required to
sign the contract, and their responsibility must be
certified to the satisfaction of the Navy Department
As additional security, twenty per centum will be
withheld from the amount OF the bills until the con-
tract shall have been completed, and eighty per
centum of the amount of each bill, approved in
trplicate by the Commandant of the respective
yards, will be paid by the Paymaster OF the station
designated In the contract in funds certificates
at the option of the Government, within ten days
after the warrant for the same shall have been
passed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
The classes of this Bureau are numbered and de-
sigpated as follows:-
No. FLAX Canvas, etc. No. 13-Soap and Tallow.
No. 2-Cotton Canvas etc. No. 14-Ox hides for rope.
No. 3-CottOn Hammock No. 15-Brushes.
Bag and Cot STAFF No. 16-Ship Cnandlery.
No. 4-Iron and Steel. No. 17-Tar and Tar Oil.
No. 5-Galley Iron. No. 1S-Stationery.
No. 7-Chain Iron. No. 19-Dry Goods.
No. S-Hardware. No. 20-Flrewood and
No. 9-Cooking Utensils. coal.
No. 11-Tin and Zinc. No. 21-Sand.
No. 12--Leather.
CHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD.
Glasses Nos. 2, 8, 4, s. 9, IL, 1S, H. Is, 16, II,
BROOKLYN NEW YORK.
Classes Nos. l, 2, B. s. Q, 12 l3, IS, 16, H. IS 10,
20, 21. -
Glasses Nos p 8, r. i 1S iNaT3I u 1s, 5s' 2o
Glasses Nos. O. 4, g. Z s. H. 12 l3, 16, II, IS, 90
NORFOLK.
Glasses Nos. O. s, o. IL, H. 49, 49, Ii, IL 49, 19 90
PORTSMOUTH, N. ii.
Classes Nos. 2, s, ~, 1S, 16, II, Is, l9, 20,
21. 7l2 tu4w