The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-08-04
NAVY UEFAHTMhNTt
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR,

WASHINGTON, ID. o., July ID, 1870.
other materials for the NAVY for The fiscal year end
ing June go, 1871, will be received at this Bureau
until - o'clock M. Of the 1Sth. Of August next, at
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" 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
to bidders, giving the forms OF proposals OF guarantee,
and of certificate OF guarantors, with printed forms
of offer, will be furnished to such persons as desire
tobid, on application to the Commandments OF the
respective Navy Yards, and those Of all the yards
The Commandment OF each Navy Yard and the pur-
chasing paymaster for each station will have a copy
OF the schedules of the other yards, for examination
only, in order that persons who intend to bid may
Judge whether it is desirable to make application for
any OF the classes Of those yards.
The proposals must be for the whole OF a class, and
al applications for or Tor the eXamina-
ton OF samples must be made to the commandments
Of the respective yards.
The proposal must be accompanied by "a 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,
received only from parties ,OhO are bona ride dealers ia,
or manufacturers Of, the articles they oder. to furnish.
The guarantors must be certified by the Assessor OF
Internal Revenue for the district in which they re-
side.
makes the lowest bid and gives the guarantee re-
quired by law, the Navy Department, however, re-
which It may deem eXorbitant.
Sureties in the full amount will be required to ign
the contract, and tnem responsiolitH must be certi-
AS additional security twenty per centum will be
withheld from the amount OF the bills until the con-
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 for the same shall have been passed by the
Secretary Of the Treasury.
The classes of this Bureau are numbered and de-
signated as follows:-
Timber No. N%. i, White Oak Plank; No. :, Yellow WI Pine
Logs; No. s, Yellow Pine Beams; No. 9, Yellow Pine
Mast MAST Pimb Mast N Tim II, MR No, r. PiR Wbj tog P,ne G PAM X
Boards; No. IS, White Ash, Elm. Beech; No. 1G,
White Ash Oars; No, II, Hickory; No. is, Black
Spruce; N "a, White Oak Slaves and Headings;
W. MnO 2S; ti IFon. rOnnd and and So ssua angot NO 4UpBPss IS, w NS q 81
Iron, nat; No. 81, Iron, plate; No. IS, Steel; No. 81,
Iron Cut Nails No q, Lead, pipe, Sheet; No,
as, Zinc; No. "A, Tin; No. As, Solder; No. As, Locks,
b mlnge and af IRON; y No. o' So Files IL No. ST. ioi A tys aS1e No. s p,
Tools for ship stores; No. SO, Tools for use in yard
and shops; No. 81, Hardware; No. So, White Lead
No. so, Linseed Oil; No. 90, -Narnish, Spirits Turpen-
tine; No. SO, Sperm and Lard on; No: Ga, Tallow,
Ship Chandlery; No. a, Acids; No. z5, Resin, Pitch,
Crude Turpentine; No. II, Betting, Packing; No. 49,
Leather, pump rigging, lacing No. 80, Junk; No. IS,
The following are the classes, by the numbers, re-
quired at the respective nayy-yards:-
KI1TERY.
So N 81 S. 81, 81 81, So, s., 50, g, IS, 60, IT, . 1s : a. t. IS S. ~
CHARLES1OWN.
Nos. I, 10, IS, 16, IS. 20, "a, 2S, 32, SO, "a, IS, 81, 80
SO, az, As, "A, As, 40, so, 81, so, SO, 81, Sc, 81, IS, SO, 60
6S, Ga, 6S, 60, 20, Il, q, "a, IS, IT'S, IS.
OOKLY
Nos l, :, Q, 13, Is, 16, II, Is, 90, "a, 25, SO, SO, 81, 81
80, az, d., "A, as, 40, so, 81, so, SO, 81, So, 81, IS, 50, go
60, GA, 6S, 80, 20, Il, 10, "A, IS, II, so, IS.
PHILADELPHIA.
Nos. A., T., 9, 10, Is, IS, 80. 33, As. II.
WASHINGTON.
Nos. l, 3, 7, Il, 10, 10, II, Is, 20, %, 23, 80, SO, SO, "a
SIS, 81, SO, 30, A, As, as, 40, so, 81, SO, 81, 81, So, SO, 60
SO, GA, 6S, so, 20, Il, 70, "a, II, IS, SO.
NORFOLK.
Nos. /, IS, IS, IS, %, rs, 80, s3, SO, AZ, a, As, 40, so, SO
81, 81, IS, SO, SO, 63, Ga, SO, 20, Il, rs, Il, IS.
MARE
Nos. IS, Is, 80, 33, 81, 95, 80, SO, AZ, 43, A, 4S, 40, 80
81, SO, 81, Sc, 81, IS, 60, "a, 6S, 60, 70, Il. 70, "A, II
So, SO. ia 1aw4W