The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-07-18
RoPosALs FOR NAVAL MATERIAL.
NAVY DEPAHTMENT,
BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT AND RECRUITING,

BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT AND RECRUTTING,S
SEALED PROPOSALS to furnish material for the
Navy for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1871, will be
received at this Bureau until 10 O'Clock A M. Of the
5th Of August next, at which time the proposals Will
be opened.
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-
plication to the commandants Of the respective
navy yards and those of all the yards on application
The Commandant Of each navy yard and the pur-
chasing Paymaster OF each station will have copy
Of the Schedules OF the other yards. examination
only, in order that persons who intend to bid may
Judge whether 1t is desirable to make application for
any OF the classes Of those yards.
The proposals must be for the whole Of class,
and all applications for information or for the ex-
animation OF samples must be made to the Com
mandants Of the respective yards.
The proposals must be accompanied by certif-
cate from the Collector OF Internal Revenue for the
district in which the bidder resides that he has a
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 district In which
The contract will be awarded to the person who
makes the lowest bid and gives the guarantee re-
reserving the right to reject the lowest bid any
sureties ia % the fu 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
tract shall have been completed, and eighty per
centum OF the amount of each bill, approved in
triplicate by the Commandant OF the respective
yards, will be paid by the Paymaster of the station
designated in the contract in funds or 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-
sgpated as follows:--
No. FLAX Canvas etc. No. 19-Soap and Tallow.
No. 2-Cotton Canvas, etc. No. 14-OX hides for rope,
No. 3-Cotton hammock No. 16-Brushes.
Bag and Cot stah. No. 16-Ship Cnandlery.
No. 4-Iron and Steel. No. 1T-Tar and Tar Oil.
No. 6-Galley Iron. No. 1S-Statonery
No. 7-Chain Iron. No. 19-Dry Goods.
No. S-Hardware. No. 20-Frewood and
No. 9-Cookng Utensils coal.
No. 11-Tin and Zinc. No. 2l-Sand
No. 12-Leather.
CHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD.
Glasses Nos 2, g. 4, s, 9, IL, 13, IL, Is, 16, II,
IS, 20.
Glasses Nos. l. 3, s, g. IL, 1S, 49, 16 II, IS 10,
90, 81.
PHILADELPHIA.
Glasses Nos. 2, s, l2s 16; y, Is, 10, 20.
WASHINGTON.
Glasses Nos. A. g. T. g. IL, IL, l9, 16, IT, Is, 90
NORFOLK.
Glasses Nos. g. o. H. 12 13, 15, IT, II, is, 49, 90
PORTSMOUTH, N. ii.
Glasses Nos. 2, s, IL, l3, l6, II, ls 10, 20,
2l. 7l2 tu4w