The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-07-29
PROPOSALS FOR NAVAL MATERIAL.
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT AND RECRUITING, :

July II, 1870.
Navy for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1871, will be
received at this Bureau until 10 O'Clock A. NJ. OF the
5h OF August next, at which time the proposals will
The proposals must be addressed to the "Chlef of
the Bureau Of Equipment and Recruiting, Navy
Proposals for Materials for the Navy, that they
may be distinguished IRON other business letters.
pIlnted s y e,ddesI ior any class 6ogether with IN
OF guarantee, and OF certificates OF guarantors, will
be furnished TO such persons as desire to bid on APP
plicatiOn to the commandments OF the respective
navy yards, and those OF all the yards on application
to the Bureau.
The oommandant OF each navy yard and the pur-
chasing Paymaster OF each station will have a copy
OF the schedules OF the other yards, for examination
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 ex-
animation OF samples must be made to the Com
mandants OF the respective yards.
cate from the Collector Of Internal Revenue for the
district in which the bidder resides that he has O
and he must further show that he is a manufacturer
Of or a regular dealer in the articles which he offers
to supply. The guarantors must be certified by the
Assessor OF Internal Revenue for the district In which
they reside.
The contract will be awarded to the person who
quired by law, the Navy Department., however,
~reserving the right to reject the lowest bid or any
which 1t may deem eXOrbitant.
Sureties in the full amount will be required TO
sign the contract, and their responsibility must be
certified to the satisfaction OF the Navy Department.
AS additional security, twenty per centum will be
withheld from the amount OF the bills until the con-
tract shall have been completed, and eighty per
centum OF the amount OF each bill, approved in
triplicate by the Commandment OF the respective
yards, will be paid by the Paymaster OF the STATEN
designated in the contract in funds or certificates,
at the option OF the Government, within ten days
after the warrant for the same shall have been
passed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
The classes OF this Bureau are numbered and de-
sigpated as follows -
No. FLAX Canvas, etc. No. 13-Soap and Tallow.
No. Cotton Canvas. etc. No. 14-OX hides for rope.
No. 3-Cotton Hammock No. 15-Brushes.
Bag and Cot stan. No. 16-Ship Chandlery.
No. 4-Iron and Steel. No. 17-Tar and Tar OIL.
No. b-Galley Iron. No. 1S-Stationery.
No. T-Chain Iron. flNo. 19-Dry Goods.
No.. s-HardwaTe. No. 20-FTewOod and
No.. 9-Cooking Utensils. coal.
No. 1l-Tin and Zinc. No. 21-Sand.
No. l2-Leather.
CHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD.
Glasses Nos. 2, 8, 4, 8, Q, IL, Is, ID, is, 1G, IL,
-" BROOKLYN, E YORK.
Classes Nos. l, 2, 8, s, 9, IL, Is, 10, 16, IT, IS, 10,
20, Fl.
Glasses Nos. 2, 8, II 10 ~ Is, -, 20.
Classes Nos. 2, A, 8, q, I, s, IL, 12, 10, 16, IL, IS, 20.
NORFOLK.
Glasses Nos. 2, 9, g, 8, IL ~, ID, 10, IL, IT, Is, 10, 20.
Glasses Nos. 2, 8, IL, Is, 10, II, Is, 10, 20,
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