The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-07-21
IDROpCSALS FOR MATERIALS TO BE SUP
l. Piled TO THE NAVY YARDS UNDER
THE COGNIZANCE OF THE BUREAU OF
CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
CnNaTRUrTJnN AMI Drn


NAVY DEPARTMENT. \
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR, !
WASHING ron ID. G July IA, 1870
Sealed proposals to furnish Timber and other ina
erials for the Navy for the fiscal year ending une
80 1871, will be received at this Bureau until 10 O.
clock m. of the 18th OF August next at which time
the proposals will be opened.
The proposals must be addressed to the Chief of
sf grfa@ Of ucton m% and Re- Navy
sails for Timber, SC, for the Navy" that they may
be distinguished from other business letters.
Printed schedules for such classes parties deal
in and intend to bill for, together with Instructions
to bidders giving the forms of proposals OF guaran
@ Of OTTER viii be- urnshed TO sc % perInns ss
desire TO bid, on application to The Com mmandants OF
tie respective Navy Yards, and those Of all the
yards on application to the Bureau.
The Commandant OF each Navy Yard and the pur-i
chasing paymaster for 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 is desirable to make application
any Of the classes Of those yards.
all applications for information for the examina-
tion OF samples, must be made to the commandants
OF the respective yards.
The proposal must be accompanied by certificate
from the Collector of internal Revenue for the dis
rict in which the bidder resides, that he has lie
cense to deal in the articles for which he
and. by direction of the Department, bids or offers
sc be received only from parties scho bona fde
dealers in. or manrfactarers OF, the articles they
offer to furnish The guarantors must be certified
by the Assessor of Internal Revenue the district
in which they reside. eE
The contract will be awarded 10 the person who
makes the lowest bid and gives the guarantee le-
quired by law, the Navy Depart tment, however Ic-
serv ng the right 10 reject the lowest bid, OF any
which it may deem exorbitant. IH
Suretes in the full amount will be equred to sign
the contract, and their responsibility must be ceri-
fed to the satisfaction OF the Navy Department.
AS additional security twenty per centum will be
withheld from the amount OF the bills uuil the con-
tracts shall have been competed, and eighty per
centcm Of the amount Of each bill approved in TRIP
caie 10y the COmmandant OF the respective yards,
will BE- paid by tue Paymaster of the station desig-
mated in The contract within ten days after The war;
Secretary OF the III easury.
The classes OF this Bureau numbered and des-
isnated as follows:
Timber; No. 4, White Oak Plank; No. Z, YellowPne
Logs; No. s. yellow Pine Beams; No 9, YellowP ne
%ss Pns Mast SE IL Mse Sd fHi hf ie H
Boards; No. Is, White Ash, Elm, Beech; No. 16
Mhi,e A h Oars; No: II, Hickory; No. is, Black
Treenails; No. 22. cypress, Cedar; No. 2s, Black
| Spruce; No. 81, White Oak Slaves and Ht adings
20. 20, Lignumvlae; No. 80, lgnot Copper; No. 80
Iron nat No. a. Iron, plate; No. 35, Steel No. 81
| Iron Spikes; No. Ss lion Wrought Nai's; No. 49,
css Il FIN ~ s f. hsas sosss t So sse I No Locks
Hinges, Bolts. OF brass and from No. A.. Screws, Of
| bras and iron; No. 3d. Files; No 81, Augers; No
30, Tools or ship stores; No. SO, Tools for use in
| yard and shops; No. 81, Hardware; No. Sc, White
Lead No 81, ZINC Paints; No. So, Colored Paints
dryers; No. 50, Linseed Oil; No; 60, Varnsh, Spirits
| Tallow, Soaps No. 6S, Glass; No. 60, Brushes; No
20, Dry Goods for UpholsteIng; No. II, Stationery
No 73, Ship Chandlery; No. "A, Acids No. 70. Resin
Pitch, Crude Turpentine; No II, Betting, Pa, king
! No !s, Leather: pump rigging, Iacine; No So Juuk
| No 8s, Charcoal.
The following are the classes, by the numbers re
quired at the respective navy yards.
| KITTERY. ae.....
Nos. S, 10 u. 16. Il ls % 49, 49, So. 49, A. A. 40
w. ~ 90 w. aS ChxRIEsroWN IA Ri eSi - 90 90
Nos. 49, 15 49, 49, % "a 25, SO, 3S, 81 So, 81, So
49, 42 43, A. As 49, 90, 81 81 53 "A, 56 ST. S., 59 60
| 63, "a, 6S, 60, 20, II, 73, IA, 20, II, rs, SS.
BROOKLYN. rrl.tt III
Nos. 1, T. o. 49, 49, 49, II, IS, 90 a. 25 49, 80, Si 81
49, AZ, 43, A. 48, 49, So 81 81 80, 81 &c. ST. 5s 3d. 60
6,, Ga, 6s, go, 20, II, 70, ~, 70, a, so, IS.
| Nos 4, Z, Q, l3, Is, ls, 80, 80, 4s. IL. a=.-
| WASHINGTON.
Nos. l. H. 12, 13, H. 1S 20, %, 23 80 81 49, "a
3i 81, So AZ, A. 49, 49, 49, co. 81 81 81, o. 5s 59 60
| 63, "a, 6s, 60, 20, Il, 13, "A, n, IS, So.
| NORFOLK.
Nos. 49, Is, 1s, %. 25, 80 49, 49, ~ A. IS. 49, 80
50, 81, 81, 5s, 50, 60, 63, 64 Co. 10 H. 73, II, IS.
| MARE ISLAND.
Nos. 49, 49, S. 33, 81, 35 49, &c. A. 49, A. 4s. 40, 80
81 5s H 5c, 81, IS, Co. g. 6s, TO-, Il, ~ IS
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