The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-07-21
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND RErAIR,

BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR,
- WASHINGTON, ID. O., July ID, 1870.
other materials for the Navy for the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1s1l, will be received at this Bureau
until IL O'Clock M. 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 indorsed PRO
Be from other busaess eers sney may
Printed schedules for such classes as parties deal
in and intend to bid for, together with instructions
to bdc giving the forms O proposals OF guarantee
and of certificate OF guarantors with printed forms
of offer, viii be furnished to such persons as desire
to bid, on application to the Commandants OF the
respective Navy Yards, and those of all the yards
on application to the Bureau.
The Commandant OF each Navy Yard and the pur-
chasing paymsser for each station will have copy
U1 the schedules OF the other yards, Tor examination
on,y, IN uIuer tnaI persons VINO lntend 20 no may
any OF the classes of those yards
The proposals must be for the whole of class and
all applications for information or for the eXaminl
tion OF samples must be made to the commandants
OF the respective yards.
The proposal must be accompanied by certificate
from the Collector OF Internal Revenue for the dis.
rict in which the bidder resides, that he has alcense
to deal in the articles for which he propOses dai
By direction Of the Department. bids or offers wu be
yeceUed only from parties toh0 bona fde dealers
or nonufdcirerS Of the articles they o6er to 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-
quired by law, the Navy Department, however, re-
ehN NiiS ioWOoV plps VI dug
which it may deem eXorbitant.
Suretes III the full amount will be required to gu
the contract, ana their responsibility must be cert-
heo to the satisfaction OF the Navy ID -partment.
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 bil approved in tri-
will be paid by the Psymaster OF the station desig
mated in the contract within ten days after the
rant for the g. same shall have been passed by the
The classes of this Bureau are numbered and de-
signated as follows:-
No. l, White OAK Logs; No. 8, White OAK Curved
Timber; No. 4, White Oak Plank; No. !, Yellow Pine
Logs; No. s. Yellow Pine Beams No. ., Yellow Pine
White Pine Mast Timber: No. y, White Pine Plank,
Boards; No. IS, White Ash, Elm. Beech; No. 16,
walnut Mahogany, Maple, h Cherry No No. 20 Locust tauh
Treenails; No; 22, Cypress, Cedar; No. %, Black
No. 25, Lignumvit@; No 3O Ingot Copper; No. 49,
Wrought Iron, round and square; No. SO, Wrought
Iron, hat No. a. Iron, plate; No 49, Steel; No. 81,
Iron Cut Nails; No. 20, Lead pipe sheet; No.
4S, Zinc; No "A, Tin; No. As Solder; No as Locks,
Hinges, Bolts, OF brass and IRON No. 40, Screws OF
brass and iron No. So Flles No 81, Augers; No So,
Tools Tor ship stores No. SO, Tools for use in yard
SRa m oP nc o N s % Mute Lead
No. 60, Linseed Oil; No co. Varnsh, Spirits Turpen-
tine; No. SO, Sperm and Lard OIL; No. 81, Tallow,
Soap; No 6S, Glass; No. 60, Brushes No. 20, Dry
| Goods Tor uphostering; No, H. Stationery; No 49,
Ship Chandery; No.74, Acids; No. IS, Resin, Pitch,
Crude Turpentine; No q, Betting, Packing; No.7s,
| Charcoal.
The following are the classes, by the NUMBERS, re-
| quired at the respective navy-vards:-
XII I1TERY.
Nos 8, 13, 49, &c. II, is, %, 49, SO, 35, 49, A. 4s 49,
SO, 81, 5S 54 &c. os, CO. 63 6s 60, Il, 49, ~ 49, 49,
| CHARLESTOWN.
49, NGs g. T. Z 3 if g. s. 81 81 g. 81 50 g. 81
SS' g. SS' Co. TO- IL bRookI4N' Il 81 e T. 49, S.
Nos 1, 13, Is, 16, II, Is, 49, "a 25 a. 49, 81 81
80, 49, 49, a. 4S 49, So 81 So oS 81, So 81, S. 5o 60
6S, "a, 6S 50, 20, 4, I,,39 81 a @ 15 q, SO, S..
Nos. 4, Z, Q, 13, Is, Is, 49, SO, AZ. II.
WASHINGTON
Nos. l. T. II, 12 49, II, 1s. 90 g. 90, 3O 39 39, "a,
So g. 49, ~ A. 49, A. 49, so, 81 So 54, 81, oS 49, 60,
63, Ga, 6s, SO, 20, II, I3, "A. u, IS, ss.
LII. NORFOLK.
Nos l. 49, 49, 1s, 49, 25, 49, 33, 49, 49, A. 49, 49, So So
81, 81, 5S SO, 60, 6S; q, g. %, q, ,7S, II, IS.
Nos Is, IS, 32, 49, 34 49, 49, 49, 40 43, a. 49, 40, So
81 s. "a, SO, 81, ts, co. GA, 6s, SO, TO- H. 7s a. II
SO, 49, Z IA 1aw4w
DRoPoSALs FOR THE CONS TRUCTIoN OF A
Il STEAM PROPELLER FOX THE REVENUE
MARINE.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, !