The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-06-19

BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR,
WASHINGTON, d. c., June 6, 1871.
Sealed proposals to furnish Timber and other
materials for the Navy for the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1872, will be received at this Bu-
reau until IL o'clock NJ 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, for the Navy, that they may be dis
tinguished from ordinary business letters.
To preuent con fusion, and facilitate the open
ing of the bids, parties bidding for supplies at
SeUerdl yards aoiu enclose their bids in separate
envelopes, each indorsed Nth The name of the
gard for aChich the bid is made.
Printed schedules for such classes as parties
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 ap-
plication 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
purchasing Paymaster for each station, will
have 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
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. All applications for informa-
tion, or for the examination of samples, must
be made to the Commandants of the respective
yards.
The proposal must be accompanied by a GER
tifcate from the Collector of Internal Revenue
for the district in which the bidder resides that
he has license to deal in the articles for which
he proposes; and, by direction of the Depart
nlent, bids or offers aoiH be received only from
parties loho are bona tide dealers in, or manu-
fdcturerS Of the articles they offer TO furnish
The guarantors must becertifed by the Assessor
of Internal Revenue for the district in which
they reside.
The contract will be awarded to the person
who makes the lowest bid and gives the guar
antee required by law, the Navy Department,
however, reserving the right to reject the lowest
bid or any which it 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 De-
partment.
AS additional security twenty per centum will
be withheld from the amount of the bills until
the contracts shall have been completed and
eighty per centum of the amount of each bill,
approved in triplicate by the Commandants of
the respective yards will be paid by the Pay
master of the station designated in the contract,
or, If none Is specified, by the Paymaster of the
station nearest the yard where the goods
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 follows
No. l, White Oak Logs No. 2, White Oak
Keel Pieces; No. 3, White Oak Curved Timber;
No. T. Yellow Pine Logs; No. s, Yellow Pine
Beams Oregon Pine Beams at Mare Island
Yard; No. 9, Yellow Pine Mast Timber-Oregon
Pine Mast Timber at Mare Island Yard; No. H.
| White Pine Logs; No. IL, White Pine Mast
Timber; No. Is, White. Pine Plank Boards
Redwood at Mare Island Yard; No. 16, White
| Ash Oars; No. 18, Black Walnut, Mahogany,
| Maple, Cherry; No. 90. Cypress, Cedar; No.
SS Black Spruce No. "a Mnlte H;;Ia OAK slaves Ne
so, Ingot Copper; No. 81, Wrought Iron,
Iron, fiat; No. "a, Iron, plate No. s.,
Nails; No SO, Iron Cut Nails; No. ~, Lead, pipe,
sheet; No 43, Zinc; No. "A, TIM No. 45, Solder;
| No. 49, Locks, Hinges Bolts, of brass and iron;
No. 49, Screws, of brass and iron; No. so, Files;
No. So, Tools for use in yard and shops; No: 81,
| Hardware; No. Sc, White Lead; No. 81, Zinc
Paints; No So, Colored Paints Dryers No. SO,
Linsesd OIL; No Co. varnish 'E Spirits T9rpe11- pen
low, Soap; No. e5, Fish Oil; No. IS, Glass No.
SO, Brushes; No. 70, Dry Goods for upholsterlng;
No. II, Stationery; No. u, Crucibles; No. 73,
Ship Chandlery; No. "a, Acids; No. 75 Resin,
| 1ltcn DtlLlnR, rack
! ing; No. rs Leather, pump rigging. lacing; No.
| so, junk No. 85, Anthracite Coal; No. SO. Semi
bituminous Coal; No 81, Bituminous Coal; No.
| S. Charcoal; No 80, Wood
The following are the classes by the num-
bers required at the respective navy yards:-
KITTERY.
Nos. Is, Is, 49, 22 80, 80, 80, A, 49, 40, so, 81,
So 53 81 So, 5s SO, so, 6S, 6S, SO, 70, H. 73, a.
CHARLESTOWN.
Nos. /, z, 13, Is, 16, 49, %, "a, 25, 49, 33, 81
35 81, 49, 80, 40, 43, A, 49, 40, so, ST. So So, "a
S. 5S, co. 6S, a. 65, 6S 90, 20, IL, 7S, "a n, 7s
| BROOKLYN
Nos. l, Z, IL, Is, 10, 10, 18, %, %, "a, 25, 80
SO, 81, 49, 81, 53 ST. So, 81, 5S so, 60 63, 68, 90
20, II, 73, "A, so, 49, S6, S8.
| PHILADELPHIA.
Nos. /, T. 6, 80, SO, 63, II, S5, 81.
WASHINGTON.
Nos. l, 8, T. IL, H. l3, Is, Is, %, 80, 32, 49, 81
35, 81, 38 80, AZ, 4S, A, As, AS, 40, so, 81, SO
SO, 54, Sc, So, SO, go, 6S, Ga, 6S co. TO- H. 72
49, a. 75' H. 49, S6RTofS, 81, 50 IS, 49,
Nos. i Z. 9, IS, IS, 1s, %, SS, "a SO, 80, As
so, So, 5S, 59 60, So, TO- II, 73 n, S5 81.
MARE ISLAND.
Nos. 2, s, 9, 49, 49, IS, %, 80, 80, "a, 35, 81
3S, 80, 4S, a. 4S 49, so, 81, 5S 54 S. 81, 5S
SO, 90, 6S, Ga, 65, 6S, SO, 70, II, 70, "a n 81
SS, SO. Go 1aw4t
OUARTERMAsTERs OFFICE, U. S. ARMY
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June H. 1871.