The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-07-28
DRoPOsALs 0 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 80, 1911, will be
received at this Bureau until 10 O'Clock A. NJ. OF the
18th 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 Endorsed
proposals for Materials for the Navy" that they
may be distinguished from other business letters.
Printed schedules for any class, together with in
OF guarantee, ana 81 Certificates OF guarantors, Will
be furnished TO such persons as desire 20 bid on APP
plication to the commandments Of the respective
navy yards, and those OF all the yards on application
to the Bureau.
chasing Paymaster OF each station VIII nave a copy
OF the schedules OF the other yards, for examination
only, in order that persons who intend 20 bid may
Judge whether il 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 70 the Com
mandants of the respective yards.
The proposals must be accompanied Dy q 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 nc proposes,
and he must further show that he is a manufactured
OF or a regular dealer in the articles which be offers
to supply. The guaTantors must be certified 10y 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-
CURED by law, me Navy Department however,
which it may deem exoroitant.
Sureties in the full amount will De 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 Oil, approved in
tTiplicate 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-
sigDated as follows:-
No 1-Fl8X Canvas, etc. NO. l3-Soap ana Tallow.
No. 2-COttOn CanVas.etc. NO. l4-OX hides FOR rope.
Nc 3-CottOn hammOck No. l6-Brnshes.
Bag and Cot sIad. No. l6-Ship CHandlery.
Nc. 4-Iron and Steel. NO. ll-Tar and Tar OIL.
No. b-Galley Iron. No. 1S-Stationery.
No, T-Chain Iron. No. 19-Dry Goods.
No. S-Hardware. No. 2O-FrewOod and
No. 9-Cooking Utensils. coal
No. 1l-Tin and Zinc. No. 2l-Sand.
No. l2-Leather.
CH~ARLESTOWN NAVY YARD.
Glasses Nos. 2, 3, 4, s, 8, II, 10, -, IS, 10, IL,
-" BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
Classes Nos. : ?, 3, S, o, II, Is, IS, &c, IL, is, 10,
20, n.
Glasses Nos. p 5, IL, 16, II, Is, ~, 20.
WASHINGTON.
Classes Nos. ?, l. 5. q, I, s, II, IL, 10, ID, IL, is, 20.
NORFOLK.
Classes Nos. 2, 8, s, 8, II, II, 10, IS, 10, II, is, 10, 20.
PORTSMOUTH, n. ii.
Classes Nos. !, 6, ~, ID, 10, II, y IL, ~,
p. 4IItu4W