The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-11-28
PROPOSALS..
NAVY DEPARTMENT, J
BUREAU oF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR,

SEALED PROPOSALS for the delivery of ,OOe
cubic feet OF Live oak Timber, OF the best quality in
each OF the Nayy.Yards at ChaFestown, Mass. and
Brooklyn, N. Y, will be received at this Bureau
until the sixth (6th) day OF December next.
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
he for the whole quantity in each yard, and as re-
CURED by law, must be accompanied by guar
suTeties in the full estimated amount will be re-
quired to sign the contract and, as additional and
collateral security, twenty-five (25) per centum will
be withheld on the amount of each delivery until
the contract is satisfactorily completed.
In all the deliveries Of the timber there must be
q due proportion of the most dBcult and crooked
pieces; otherwise there will be withheld such
further amount in addition to the 25 per centum as
may be judged expedient to secure the public in-
terest until such difficult portions be delivered.
The remaining % per centum, or other proportion
OF each bill, when approved in triplicate by the
Commandant of the yard, Will be paid by such
purchasing paymaster as the contractor may desig
nate within thirty (8O) days after its presentation
to him.
1t will be stipulated in the contract that If sIil
made by the parties Of the first part in 3dyerin,
all or any OF the timber named, of the quality 1no
at the time and place provided, then, and in at
pay to the United States OF money not exceed
ing twice the total amount therein agreed upon as
the price TO be paid IN case OF the actual delivery
Act OF Congress in that case provided, approved
March 3, 1s43.
will be in the following proportions:-Say 5000
cubic feet Of pieces suitable for stems, sternpOsts,
hooks, all siding from II to 20 inches and the hooks
siding ID and 16 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 at any navy yard ;
10000 cubic feet OF the siding Of 13 aud 10 inches in
about equal quantities of each, and 10000 cubic feet
of siding OF II inches; all these pieces being in
length from 13 to II feet, with natural and fair
of from II to 80 inches in that length
and onehalf the number OF pieces to have from the
to the greatest crook, Also 30 900 CubiC feet
OF timber siding 43 and Is inches, in length from IL
to 20 feet.
All to be sided straight and fair and rough-hewed
the moulding way to show a face OF not less than
two-thirds the siding, the wane being deducted in
The timber to be cut from trees growing within
80 miles OF the sea, OF which satisfactory evidence
tive yards at the risk and expense of the contractor
subject to the usual inspection, and to the entire ap
prova 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
ore acquainted with the subject, and have the
facility to procure it.
pCsals" will be received at the same time on the
same terms and conditions and similarly endorsed,
from persons having the timber on hand already
cut, for the delivery in each of the navy yards at
Charlestown and Brooklyn, OF from to $4,000
cubic feet of Lve-oak, the principal pieces siding
IA TO II inches, the remaining portion IL and 1G
inches; the principal pieces aand crooked timber
being inthe same proportion TO the quantity offered
lengths and crooks.
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 this advertisement
If considered not to the interest OF the Government
to accept them and to require satisfactory evidence
that bids bona fde in all respects and are made
by responsible persons
FORM OF OFFER,
(Which II from r, must De signed by all the me1s-
Ocre.)
Tor we), of --, in tho State of --,
hereby agree to furnish and deliver in theaf n e,i
States Navy Yard at -,
thousand cubic feet OF Live-oak timber in q D..
formity with the advertisement OF the Bureau o..
Construction and Repair OF the date OF November
........ cubic feet, suitable for principal
pieces, at 8 per foot. s.......
....... cubic feet, curved timber, at
S-per foot. ot................. ........
........ cubic feet TIMBER at s. per IT. ........
.......... Total quantity. Total value. ..........
(The total Ualue 10 be HketiSe lCritten in ftLL)
ShOuld my lor our offer be accepted, (Or iOe) re-
quest to be addressed at ----, anu the contract
sent to the Purchasing Paymaster of the Naval Sta
| tion at t---- for signature and certificate.
Date -.
Isignaturel, A. B.
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Witness
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