The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-07-28
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BuREAu OF CONSTRUCTION Avn RErIIR. !,

BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR,
WASHINGTON, ID. g., July Ia, 1870.
SEALED PROPOSALS to furnish Timber and
other materials for the Navy for the fiscal year end
until 10 ociock NJ. of the 18th Of August next at
which time the proposals will be opened.
The proposals must be addressed TO the Chief Of
the Bureau OF Construction and Repair, Navy De-
partment, Washington, and must be Endorsed 'Pro-
posals for Timber, etc for the Navy, y that they may
be distinguished from other business letters.
Printed schedules for such classes as parties deal
in and intend to bid for, together with Instructions
and Of certificate of guarantors, with printed forms
Of offer, will be furnished to such persons as desire
respective Navy Yards, and those O; All the wards
on application TO the Bureau.
The Commandant OF each Navy Yard and the pur-
chasing paymaster for each station will have a copy
OF the schedules OF the other yards, Tor examination
E indSg,e " WbetSer n is Rge n t nO rsS : srn ~ ~ ! nay q
any of the classes Of those yards.
The proposals must be for the whole OF a class, and
all applications for information or for the examina-
ton OF samples must be made to the commandants
OF the respective yards.
The proposal must be accompanied by q certificate
from the Collector of Internal Revenue for the dis
trict in which the bidder resides, that he has a license
to deal in the articles for which he proposes; and,
By direction of the Department, bids or oBers tGiu be
received only from parties toh0 are bona tide dealers in,
or manufacturers 81, the articles they oyer 10 furnish.
The guarantors must be certified by the Assessor OF
Internal Revenue for the district in which they re-
side.
the contract will be awarded to the person who
makes the lowest BID and gives the guarantee re-
serving the right TO reject the lowest Did, or any
which It NAV deem exorbitant. ~
Sureties in the full amount will be required to sign
the contract, and their responsibility must be certl-
fed to the satisfaction OF the Navy Department.
As additional security twenty per centum win be
tracts shall have been completed, and eighty per
centum Of the amount OF each bill, approved In tri-
plicate by the Commandment OF the respective yards,
will be paid by the Paymaster OF the station desIg.
mated in the contract within ten days after the war
rant Tor the same shall have been passed oy the
The classes Of this Bureau are numbered and de-
signated as follows:-
Logs; No. S, Yellow Pine Beams; No. 9, Fellow Pine
W Whfs FFi%o aist ri Tim IL Ti Ne. IS ai9 White ksf Fine H Slan *,
Boards; No. IS, White Ash, Elm Beech; No. 10,
W White As MaS osrs; No Sa1 u, FdlSS s : NO 5 - tBcSsI
Treenalis; No, p cypress, Cedar; No. q, Black
"; IRON, round and square; No, s., wrought
Iron, hat; No. q, iron, plate; No. s., Steel; No. o.,
Is, Zinc; No. Il, Tin; No. 45, Solder; No. IS, Locks,
Hinges, Bolts, of brass and iron; No. 40, Screws, OF
brass and iron No. so, Files; Nc. 81, Augers; No. 50,
Tools Tor ship stores; No. 81, Tools for use in yard
No. 81, zinc Paints; No So, Colored Paints, dryers;
No. SO, Linseed Oil No. 50, ,Varnish, Spirits Turpen-
tine; No. So, Sperm and Lard on; No; 81, Tallow,
Goods for upholstering; No, Il, Stationery; No. IS,
Ship Chandlery; No. a, Acids; No. IS, Resin, Pitch,
Crude 1urpentine; No. n, Betting, Packing; No. IS,
Leather, pump rigging, lacing; No. so, Junk; No. IS,
The following are the classes, by the NUMBERS, re-
quired at the respective nayy-yards:-
KI1TERY.
"a Nos Z 3 5, - z, - :, e Z. ~ a - 3. q q 80 80 g. g. g. = T. IS g. 49,
"'0i' '0' - 0'' CihAiRIiEsffoWSNN.
80 N g. j. ! - 3, e +, "a q, Is s., 81 81, q s., g s., 81 q. So g, s., s. g, g. g, g. SO,
da' g. 0s' 3d. 10 Il 1st 81 Z, 4. 49, S.
49, N q, D. g. I 4. = a. g. a. j. 3D. g. 81 H. 81 f. S. g. g. e. g. g, g. g., g. g, g. 8, g. g,
IS, "a, 6s, SO, 20, a q, q, %, q, 80, IS.