The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-11-29
PROPOSALS.
DRoP sALs ron LIVE oAR.
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR,

BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR,
SEALED PROPOSALS for the delivery Of 2Os,OO
cubic feet OF Live oak Timber of the best quality in
each OF the Nayy.Yards at Charlestown, Mass. and
Brooklyn, N. Y, will be received at this Bureau
until the sixth (eth) day Of December next
These proposals must be endorsed proposals for
other business letters.
The offers NAV be for one or both yards but must
be for the whole quantity in each yard, and as re-
CURED by law, must be accompanied by guar
antee.
sureties in the full estimated amount will be re-
quired to sign the contract, and, as additional and
be Withheld on the amount of 'IS each % delivery until
the contract is satisfactorily completed.
due proportion of the most dficult and crooked
pieces; otherwise there will be withheld such
may he judged eXpedient to secure the public in-
terest until such difficult portions be delivered
The rem remaining M % per centum, or other proportl9r
Commandant Of the yard, will be paid by such
purchasing paymaster as tue contractor may desig-
nate within thirty (3U days after its presentation
to him.
1t will be stipulated IN the contract that il ,ril
oe made by the parties OF the first part in dsivern
all or any Of the timber named, of the quality nd
at the time and place provided then, and in at
pay to the United States sum ofmouey not exceed
ing twice the total amount therein agreed upon as
the price to be paid in case OF the actual delivery
thereof, which NAV be recovered according to the
Act OF Congress in that case provided, approved
The 2O3, 900 cubic feet to be delivered in each yard
will be in the following propOrtions:-Say $4,000
deadwoods, aprons, sternpost knees, keelsons and
hooks, all siding from IL 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;
$780, GOO cubic feet OF the siding of 13 and 10 inches IN
about equal quantities of each, and 10000 cubic feet
OF siding OF II inches; all these pieces being in
length from l3 to II feet, with natural aud fair
curve OF from IL to 30 inches or more in that length,
and one-haf the number of pieces to have from the
mean to the greatest crook. Also $4,000 cubic feet
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 measurement.
The timber to be cut from trees growing within
80 miles OF the sea- OF which satisfactory evidence
will be required and to be delivered in the respec-
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
are acquainted with the subject, and have the
In addition to the above, separate "sealed Pro-
pCsas" 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
| Charestown and Brooklyn, OF from 8 to so OOC
cubic feet Of Live-oak, the principal pieces siding
IA to II inches, the remaining portion IL and 1s
| inches; the principal pieces Aand crooked timber
being in the same proportion to the quantity offered
as that specified in the first case, with the same
| lengths and crooks
The whole amount contracted for in this case
| must be delivered on or before the 1st February,
! 1871.
The Departm mt reserves the right to reject any
and all bids for any timber under this advertisement
II considered not to the ntt rest OF the Government
to accept them, and to require satisfactory evidence
that bids are bona ride in all respects, and made
| by responsible persons
FORM OF OFFER,
(Which, If from rBl, must be signed by all the MEM
| beTs.)
| Tor we) of ---, In the State of ----,
hereby agree to furnish and deliver In the United
| States Navy Yard at ,
| thousand cubic feet OF Live-oak timber, in coz
| 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...... S........
! ........ cubic feet, curved TIMBER at
| S-per foot. ........
........ cubic feet TIMBER at s. per IT. ........
........ Total quantity. Total value. ..........
(The total Ualue to be HketciSe ioritten in fuIL)
ShOud niy (Or OiT) offer be accepted (Or toe) re-
que at TO be addressed at ----, and the contract
to the Purchasing Paymaster OF the Naval Sta
| tion at t--- for signature and certificate.
Date -.
[Signaturel A. B.
o. ID.
| Witness: