The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-11-30
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NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR,
WASHINGTON, b. C., NoYember 5. $50.

BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR
SEALED PROPOSALS for the delivery of 2OsOOe
cubic feet Of Lveoak Timber, Of the best quality in
Brooklyn, N. Y, will be received at this Bureau
until the sixth 9th day Of December next
These proposals must be endorsed proposals for
1--we 1--we, oak, that they may be distinguished from
other business letters.
The offers may be for one or both yards but must
be for the whole quantity in each yard, and as
quired by law, must be accompanied by a guar
sureties in the full estimated amount will be re-
quired TO sign the contract and, additional and
be withheld on the amount of each delivery until
the contract is satisfactorily completed.
In all the deliveries OF the timber there must be
a due proportion OF the most ditncut aud crooked
pieces; otherwise there will be withheld such
may be judged expedent to secure the public In
teTest until such difficult portions be delivered.
Of each bill, when approved in trplicate by the
Commandant OF the yard, will be paid by such
nate within thirty (SO days after its presentation
1t will be stipulated in the contract that iftstl1
oe made by the parties OF the first part In Delivering
all or any OF the timber named, of the quality nd
at the time and place provided then, and in at
case the contractor and his suretes will forfeit aad
pay to the United States sum OF money not exceed
lIg twice the total amount therein agreed upon as
the price TO be paid in case OF the actual delivery
thereof, which may be recovered according to the
ACT OF Congress in that case provided, approved y
The 2O3,OOO cubic feet to be delivered in each yard
VIII be in the following proportions: Say $4,000
cubic feet OF pieces suitable for stems, sternposts,
deadwoods, aprons, steTnpost knees, keelsous, 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 consruc-
ton of a 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 at any navy yard;
130 0O0 cubic feet OF the siding Of 5 and Is inches In
about equal quantities OF each, and 10000 cubc feet
! Of siding Of II inches all these pieces being in
! length from 13 to II feet with natural aud fair
curve of from IL to 30 inches more In that length
and one-half the number OF pieces to have from the
mean to the greatest crook. Also 900 cubic feet
OF timber siding 43 and Is inches, in length from II
All to be sided straight and fair, and rough-hewed
the moulding way to show face Of not less than
two-thirds the siding, the wane being deducted in
The timber to be cut from trees growing within
will be required, and to be delivered 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 presented with each
proposal that the parties either have the timber or
ale acquainted with the subject and have the
In addition to the above, separate "sealed Pro-
from persons having the timber ON hand already
SF 5V9 o. Of e navy y yara @ at
cubic feet Of Live-oak the principal pieces siding
the pcpa cs n9 ed ana g
being in the same proportion to the quantity offered
as that specified in the first case, with the same
The whole amount contracted for in this case
must be delivered on or before the 1st February
ISL
The Department reserves the right to reject any
and all bids for any timber under II tas t
to accept them, and to require satisfactory evidence
that bids are bona ride In all respects, and are made
by responsible persons
FORM OF OFFER,
(Which, if from r mast be signed by all the ntenl-
berS.)
Tor we) of - In the State of -
aurap to urni and i'm tha Init
thousand tlSsS % cubic feet of Live.oak timber in CON
formity with the advertisement of the Bureau OF
Construction and Repair Of the date Of November
,....'. cubic feet, suitable for principal
pieces at s. per foot: S......
..... cubic feet timber, at g. per it ...... ......
......... Total quantity. Total value ........
(The total value to be ite,otse tOrttten in f1IL)
Shoud 1ny (or our offer be accepted, or tce)
quest to be addressed at -, and the contract
sent to the Purchasing Paymaster Of the Naval Sta
tsignaturel, A'B
Witness
FORM OF GUARANTEE.
tne ghs stsie aRde5signea Of and of = of i1
VIZ .rc ..@-o W' in the State Of -, hereby
guarantee that in case the foregoing bid Of
days after the receipt OF the contract at :he post
Office named, or by the Paymaster Of the Naval
Station desig. ated execute the contract for the
same with good and sufficient sureties and in case
said --- shall fail to enter into contract as
aforesaid, we guarantee to make good the differ
ence between the offer OF the said -- and
that which may be accepted.
Date --.
[Signatures1 G. d.
E. f.
Witness:
Each of the guarantOrs must be certified by the
Of RpVpnua in
which the parties are assessed. IL 7 1aw4w
DRoPOSALS FOR THE ERECTION OF PUt
i Lie BUILDINGS.
OFFICE THE COMMISS IONERS FOR THE
ERECTION OF THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 3, 1870. J
Proposals will be received at the ONCE OF tile
President OF the Commission, No. l29 S. SEVENTH
Street, until November 80, $780, for items one t00,
and three, and until December 3D. 1870, for the
balance OF the schedule for the following materials
and labor:-
, /. For carefully removing the iron ratings and
stone base from the four Enclosures at Broad and
Market Streets and depostng the same in order
upon such portions OF the adjacent grounds as the
| Commissioners may select
9. for removing the trees and clearing the ground.
, g. For the lumber and labor for the erection OF a
hoard fence twelve az feet in height, with gates to
nclOse the space occupied by Penn Squares per