The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-06-16

DROPOsALs FOR MATERIALS TO BE
SUPPLIED TO THE NAVY YARDS
UNDER THE 4COGNIZANCE OF TIE
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND
NAvY DRPARTMENT,


NAVY DEPARTMENT.,
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTIONS AMI REPAIR,
WAsHMGTos, ID. c., June g, 1871.
Sealed proposals TO furnish Timber and other
materials for the Navy for the fiscal year end
ing June so, 1877 will be received at this Bu-
reau until IL o'clock M. of the 30th of June
Instant at which time the bids will be
opened.
The proposals must be addressed to the
Chief of the bureau of Construction and
Repair, Navy department, Washington, and
must be endorsed Proposals for Timber
etc, Cor the Navy, that they may be dis
tingushed from ordinary business letters.
To preuent csmtuston and facilitate the open
ina of Tie bids, parties bidding for supplies at
SeUerol yards 1otll enclose their bids an separate
I enUelopes, eocA Endorsed tcith the name of the
| yard for aohieh the bid is made.
/ Printed schedules for such classes as parties
I deal In and intend TO bid for together with
instructions TO bidders, giving the forms of pro-
posal, of guarantee and of certificate of guaran-
| tors, with printed forms of Offer will be fur
| nished TO such persons as desire to bid on APP
| plication to the Commandauts of the respective
! Navy Yards, and those of all the yards on
! application to the Bureau.
The Commandant of each Navy Yard, and the
| purchasing 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. t.
The proposals must te for the whole of
| class, but the Department reserves the right to
| reduce the whole class, should the interest of
the Government require it, before the execution
| of the contract. Ali applications for ipforma-
ton, or for the examination of samples, must
be made TO the Commandants of the respective
yards.
The proposal must be accompanied by GER
| tifcate from the Collector of Internal Revenue
for the district in which the bidder resides, that
be has q license to deal ia the artic.es for which
he proposes; and, by direction Of the Depart
nlefat, bids or offers 'ciu be receiCed only from
parties tcho are bona ftle dealers in, or manu-
fdcturef of. the articles they offer to furnish.
The guarantors must becertifed by the Assessor
Of Internal Revenue for the district in which
they reside. orr sd
The contract will be awarded to the person
who makes the lowest bid aud gives the guar
antee required by law, the Navy Department,
however reserving the right toreject the lowest
bid, or any which it may deem eXorbtant.
Sureties in The full amount will be required to
sign the contract, and their responsibility must
be certified to the satisfaction of the Navy De-
partment.
AS additional security twenty per centum will
be withheld from the amount of The bills until
the contracts shall have been completed, aud
eighty per centum of the amount of each bill,
approved in triplicate by the lCommandants of
the respective yards, win be paid by the Pay
master of the station designated in the contract,
or, II none is specified, by the Paymaster of the
station nearest the yard where the goods are
delivered, 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
designated as f0llows:- sdt5.
No 1, White Oak Logs; No. 2, White Oak
Keel Pieces; No. 3, White Oak Curved Timber;
Beams. Oregon Pine Beams at Mare Island
Yard; No. o. Yellow Pine Mast Timber--Oregou
Pine Mast Timber at Mare Island Yard No. IL,
White Pine Logs No. 12, White Pine Mast
Sugar Pine Boards at Mare Island Yard; No.
10, White Ash, Elm, Beech-White Ash,
Redwood at Mare Island Yard; No. l6 White
Ash Oars No Is Black cnla. Walnut MahogaSy
%, Black spruce; No. "a, White Oak Slaves
and Headings; No: %, Lignumvita; No.
80, Ingot Copper; No. SO, Wrought Irou,
Iron, fiat; No. "a, Iron, plate; No. S5
Steel; No. 81 Iron Spikes; No. 80, Iron Wrought
Nails; No. SO, Iron Cut Nails No, AZ, Lead pipe,
Sheet No. 43, Zinc; No. A, Tin; No. IS, Solder;
No 4S, Locks, Hinges, Bolts of brass and iron;
No. 40, Screws, of brass and iron No. so, Files;
No. 81, Augers; No. 80, Tools for ship stores;
No SO, Tools for use In yard aud shops; No, 81,
Paints; No. So, Colored Paints, Dryers; No So
tine; No. 6s, Sperm and Lard OH No GA, Tai
low: Soap; No. Co. Fish Oil; No. 6s, Glass; No,
No. II, Stationery; No. p, Crucibles; No. 73,
Ship. .Cbandlery No. IA, Acids; No. 75 Resin,
Pitch; Crude Turpentine; No: n, Betting, Pack.
iSgi No IS Leather, pump rigging i acing; No.
hituminous Coal; No 81, Bituminous Coal; No.
SS. Charcoal; No. 80, Wood.
The following are the classes, by the num-
bers, required at the respective navy yards:-
KITTERY.
Nos. 13, Is, Is, go 49, SO, 49, al, IS. 40, so, 81,
So, 53 81, So, So, So co. 63, 6S 90, 20, IL 7S, a.
- - - ~ CHARLEsTOWN.
Nos. l, Z, Is, Is, 10, 49, %, "a 25, 80, 33. "a,
35, so, 38, &c. AZ 49, a. 49, 49, so, 81, SO, So, ST.
So, 5S 90, 63 "a, So, SO, &c. 20, H. 7S a. n, 7S,
s., IS. 81, So.
BROOKLYN
Nos. /, Z, II, Is, Is, l6, 1S. 23 %, "a, 25, 80,
SO, 81 AZ 81, SO, 54, Sc, 81, So So 60, SO, 6S 69
20, Il, 70, a. so, S5, S6, 6S.
PHILADELPHIA.
Nos. !, T. o. 80 33, 63, II, S5, 81.
WASHINGTON.
Nos. /, 8, z II, IL, 13, Is, 49, 49, 80, So 33, 81,
35, 81, 49, &c. AZ, 43, Al. as, As, 40, SO, 81, SO,
So, 54, 56, So, SO, so, So, 81 6S 90, 20, II, 72'
73, "A, 70, n, 7S, IS, 81, SS, SO.
NORFOLK.
Nos. /, Z. o. Is, Is, 1S, %, 30, "a, 80, 49, 4S,
so, 5S, 5S, So 60 49, 20, II, 73, n, IS, 81.
MARE ISLAND.
Noe. 2. 8, 8, Is, Is, IS, %, 32. 49, "a, 35 81,
SS. 80, 4S, "A, 4S, 40, so, 81, 50. 81 So 81, 5s,
50, 60, 6S, GA, 65, IS, SO, 20, H. 7s, a. n 81
IS, 50. 661aw4t
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