The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-11-22

NAVY DEPARTMENT.,
BUREAU or CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR,

SEALED PROPOSALS for the delivery OF 2O3OOe
each Of the Nayy.Yards at Charestown, Mass :, and
Brooklyn, N. Y, will be received at this Bureau
These proposals must be endorsed proposals for
LIVE OAK that they may be distinguished from
The offers may be for one or both yards, but must
be for the whole quantity ia each yard, and,
quired 10y law, must be accompanied by guar
suretles in the full estimated amount will be re-
CURED 10 sign the contract, and, as additional and
collateral security twenty-five (25) per centum will
he withheld on the amount OF each delivery until
the contract Is satsfact torlly completed.
In ali the deliveries OF the timber there must be
due proportion OF the most dirncult and crooked
pieces; otherwise there will be withheld such
further amount in addition to the 25 per ceutum
may be judged expedent TO secure the public In
terest until such dlfllc1t portions be delivered
Of each bill when approve3 in tripiicate by the
Commandant OF the yard, will be paid by such
purchasing paymaster as the contractor may desg-
to him.
oe made by the parties Of the first part ndsliverin,
ali or any Of the timber named, OF the quality ana
at the time and place provided, then, aud In at
case, the contractor, and his surees will forfeit aAd
pay to the United States sum OF money exceed
irg twice the total amount therein agreed upon as
the price to be paid in OF the actual delivery
thereof, which may be recovered according to the
Act Of Congress In that case provided approved
The 2O3OOO cubic feet to be delivered in each yard
will he in the following proportons:-Say 200
cubic feet OF pieces suitable for STEMS sternposts
dcadwoods, aprons, sternpost knees keesous, and
hooks all siding from II to 20 inches and the hooks
siding Ia and l6 inches These pieces TO be in the
proportions in which they enter into the construc-
ton OF ship OF war: conforming substantially in
shape length and character with those heretofore
received, with frames OF corresponding siding the
moulds OF which can be seen ut any navy yard;
600 cubic OF the siding OF 19 and 10 inches In
about equal quantities OF each, and 10 900 crbc feet
OF q sdlDg of IL inches; all these pie ;cs being in
length from 13 to IL feet with natural and fair
curve OF from 12 to 30 inches or more IN that length
and onehalf the number OF pieces to have from the
mean to the greatest crook. Also 700 cubic feet
lnptr frnp
to 20 feet
the moulding way to show face OF not less than
two-thirds the siding, the wane being deducted in
the measurement
so mics OF the sea, which satisfactory evidence
will be required and to be delivered in the respec
tive yards at the risk and expense OF the contractor
subject to the usual inspection, and to the entire ap
proval of the Commandant OF the yard.
The whole quantity to be delivered within two
| years from the date OF the contract
Satisfactory evidence must be rre sented with each
proposal that the parties either have the timber
| arc acquainted with the subject, and have the
| facility to procure it.
| pcsas' will be received at the same time, on the
| came terms and conditions and similarly endorsed,
from. persons having the timber on hand already
cut for the delivery I'm each OF the navy yards at
| Cherestown and Brooklyn, OF from 8 to 10000
cubic feet OF Live-oak, the principal pieces siding
inches; the principal pieces sind crooked timber
being in the same proportion 30 the quantity offered
| lengths and crooks.
The whole amount contracted for in this case
must be delivered on or before the 1st February,
lsT1.
The Department reserves the right to reject any
and all bids for any timber under this advertisement
If considered not to the int the Government
to accept them, and to require satisfactory evidence
that b!ds are bona fde in all respects, and made
| by responsible persons
| FORM OF OFFER,
(Which, If from r, mast be signed by all the
| bers)
! (or we) Of --, in the State OF --,
| hnF1I fp md hplfu In IT,sNn
| States Navy Yard at -@,
thousand cubic feet OF Live-oak timber, in co.,
| formity with the advertisement OF the Bureau Of
| Construction and Repair OF the date of November
,.. cubic feet, suitable for principal
pieces, at g. per foot 80. &c..
.;...... cubic feet, curved timber, at
| S-per foot ................ ........
| cubic feet timber, at 8 per It, ........
...... Total quantity Total value. ..........
(The total ralue to be uke,cise ,cyitten in ftIL1
should my (oL cur offer be accepted, Or ,ce) re-
sent to the Purchasing Paymaster of tae Naval Sta
tion at --- for signature and certificate.
tssnaturol' Ar.
FORM OF GUARANTEE.
The undersigned --- of -, in
the State Of , - -, and ---- OF
that the S ssss sase tRe S 6Si'S Sa 81
| --- is accepted, he .(Or theO wi within
ten days after the receipt OF the contract at he post
| ONCE named, or by the Paymaster Of the Naval
Station desig ated, execute the contract for the
same with good and sufficient suret,es and In case
| said --- shall fail to enter into contract as
| aforesaid, guarantee to make good the differ
ence between the offer OF the said --- and
| that which may be accepted.
| Date -.
| [Signatnresl G. D..
| t. +.
! Witness:
Each OF the guarantors must be certified by the
| Assessor OF Internal Revenue for the district ia
which the parties are assessed. IL 1aw4w
DRoPOSALs FOR THE ERECTION OF Psi
| Il Lie BUILDINGS.
OFFICE OF THE CoMMIsS ION ERs FOR THE
ERECTION OF TaE PUBLIC BUILDINGS
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 3, 1870.
Proposals Will be received at the ONCE OF the
! President Of the Commission, No. 129 s. SEVENTH
Street. until November 80, 1870, for items one too
4 and three. and until December 81, 1870, for the
balance OF the schedule for the following materials
and labor:-
/. For carefully removing the iron railings and
stone base from the four Enclosures at Broad and