The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-07-19
DROPCSALS FOR MATERIALS TO BE SUP
L. Piled TO THE NAVY YARDS UNDER
THE COGNIZANCE OF THE BUREAU OF
CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR.

NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR, !
WASHINGTON D. c., July IA, 1870. J
Sealed proposals to furnish Timber and other Ii a.
derials for the Navy for the fiscal year ending June
3O 1871, will be received at this Bureau until u O.
clock m. of the 18th CT August next at which time
the proposals will be opened.
The proposals must be addressed to the Chief of
Bureau of Construction and Rel air, Navy Derart-
ment, Washington, and must be Endorsed, sPropo-
sails a tor Timber &C. for the Navy that they may
Printed schedules for such classes parties deal
in and intend to BID for, together with instructions
to bidders giving the forms of proposals guaran-
tee, and of certificate of guarautors with printed
toims OF offer, will be furnished to such persons
desire s to b,a en- Sappca%tioa to the commandants Of
yaTGs f,s On 2i.p application to the Bureau
chasing raymaster tor each station, will have copy
Of the schedules Of the other yards for examination
only, in order that per sors 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
all applications for information or for The examina-
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 tor the dis
trict in which the bidder resides, that he has liz
to deal in the articles for which he proposes
and. By direction of the Department, bids or offers
dealers in or nsannfdcturers Of the articles they
offer to furnish. The guarantors must be certified
by the Assessor of Internal Revenue for the district
in which they reside.
The contract will be awarded 10 tie person who
makes the lowest bid and gives the guarantee le-
quired by law, the Navy Department, however, Ie-
serv ng the right 10 reject the lowest bid, any
which it may deem exorbitant.
Suretes in the full amount will erequred to sign
the contract and their responsibility must be cerIi-
fed to the satisfaction OF the Navy Department.
As additional security twenty per centum will be
withheld from the amount of the bills uuil the
tracts shall have been competed, and eighty per
centum of the amount of each bill, approved i'll trip
licate by the Commandant OF the respective yards,
will be paid by the Paymastcr OF the station desig-
mated in the contract within ten days after The
Iant for the same shall have been passed by the
The classes OF this Bureau arc numbe .ed and des-
iena;ed as follows:
No. i, Whi'e Oak Log; No. g. W hite Oak Curved
Logs; Nos. yellow Pine Beams No. 9, YellowP ne
Mast Mast, Timber; lin Nc: Il, White Pine ; Logs; No. y,
White A.h Oars: No. IT, Hickory; No. 1s, Black
Walnut, Mahogany, Maple, Cherry; No. %, Locust
spraee g. Whe oak Saves and Hsadnss;
No. 25 Lignumvliae; No. 80, Ignot Copper; No. 80,
rought Iron, round and Square; No. SO, Wrought
Iron Spikes; No. 3s, lion Wrought Nails; No. 80,
Iron Cut Nails; No: 49, Lead, pipe, sheet; No. 4s,
Hn NJ ~ I Ne 4S No e.
bra s and iron; No. so, Files; No. 81, Augers; No.
80. Tools Ior ship stores; No 80, Tools for in
Leai & No s ~ Znc o Paints; No. S. colorea 3 3D. pans
dryers; No SO, Lnseed Oil; No. GO, Varnish Spirits
Tuepentne; No. 63. Sperm and Lard On;. No. CA,
oodp3 1No. 20, OIdoe, 4NO. NO.
20 Dry Goods for Upholstering; No. H. Stationery
No 49, Ship Chandery; No: "a, Acids; No. Is, Resin,
Pitch Crude Turpentine; No. II, Betting, Pa king
No 5s, Leather: pump rigging, lacine; No 50, Junk
No. Ss, Charcoal.
The following are the classes by the numbers, re-
quired at the respective navy-yards.
KITTERY.
Nos. 8, 10 Is, 16. II, 49, 22 32 49, 5, 49, A, A. 49,
So 81, 81, "a, &c. 5s. co. 63, 6s So II 73, a, 7S 49,
CHARLESTOWN.
Nos. 49, Is. IS. ls, ~ "a 25 49, 49, 49, s5, 81 So,
49, 49, s3, A. As, 49, 56 81 81 3d. "a, &c. st. 5S So co.
e3, 64, 68, So, 70, II, 70, "a, IS, II, 7a, So.
BROOKLYN.
Nos. H. 13, 15, 49, IT, 49, 49, "a, 25 32 49, a. 81
49, a. 49, A. 4s, 80, So 81 90, 3D. g. &c. 81 5s 59 co.
G3, GA, 6s, 60, 20, n, %, -, 70, u, 80, sS.
PHILADELPIiIA.
Nos 49,, 13, 15, l8, 80, SO, AZ. II.
WASHINGTON.
Ncs. 81, II. 12, 49, H. 49, 2O %, 23 80 81 49, 34
81 81 So AZ, A. 49, 49, 49, so, 81 50, 81, 81, 5s 59 co.
63, "a, 6s, Go, 20, II, 7s, "A, u, 7s, Ss.
NORFOLK.
Nos. 49, =, 1s %. 25 80, 49, 49, 49, A, 49, 40, 5O
3d. 81, 81, So, So, co, g. g. g. 70, IL 49, II, IS
MARE ISLAND.
Nos. 49, 49, 32 SO, 81, 35, 3S, 49, A. 49, A. 49, 49, So
o. SO, 81 5s 81, 5s, e1 g., es, g. TO- IT, !s a. n ss
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