The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-06-23
PROPOSALS.
.DROPosALs FOR MATERIALS TO, BE
i SUPPLIED TO THE NAVY YARDS
UNDER THE COGNIZANCE OF THE
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND
REpATR
NAVY DEPARTMENT,

UNDER THE COGNIZANCE- OF THE
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF CoNsTRUcTIoN AND REPAIR,
WASHINGTON, d. O., June 6, 1871.
Sealed proposals TO furnish Timber and other
materials for the Navy for the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1872, will be received at this Bu-
reau until 10 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,
tinguished from ordinary business letters.
To preUent confusion, and facilitate the open
ing of The bids parties bidding for supplies at
se0erdl yards 1oiU enclose their bids in separate
enUelopes each Endorsed aoih The name of the
yard for lohich 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 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.
The proposals must he for the whole of a
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 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
nent, bids or offers ,clH be recetued only from
parties IobO are bona tide dealers in, or manu-
fdcture, 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 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, and
eighty per centum of the amount of each bill,
approved in triplicate by the Commandments 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 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 follows:--
No. l, White Oak Logs; No. 2, White Oak
Keel Pieces; No. 5, White Oak Curved Timber;
No. z, Yellow Pine Logs; No. 8, 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 IL,
pivn IN no Mast
Timber; No. 49, White Pine Plank Boards
Sugar Pine Boards at Mare Island Yard; No.
Is, White Ash, Elm, Beech-White Ash,
kS Cs9 AZ No IS Bask @ Walnut MsSosanS
Maple, Cherry; No. 90, Cypress, Cedar; No.
90, Black spruce;, No. "a, White Oak Slaves
an and He, Headings; No. NJ s5 90 LigpHumvist@; No.
Iron, fiat; No. 81, Iron, plate No. IS,
Steel; No. 81 Iron Spikes; No. SIS. Iron Wrought
Nails; No. SO, Iron Cut Nails; No. AZ, Lead, pipe,
sheet; No 4S,, Zinc; No. A, Tin; No. 45, Solder;
No. 49, Locks, Hinges, Bolts, of brass and iron;
No. 49, Screws, of brass and iron; No. SO, Files
No. 81, Augers; No. ST. Tools for ship stores;
No. So, Tools for use in yard and shops; No. 81
Hardware; No. 56, White Lead; No. 50, Zinc
Paints; No SO, Colored Paints, Dryers; No. &c.
LiDseed Oil; No. co. Varnish Spirits Turpen-
tine; No. 63, Sperm and Lard Oil; No "a, Tai
low Soap; No. 65, Fish Oil; No. 6S, Glass; No.
No. n, Stationery; No: u, Crucibles; No. Is,
Ship Chandlery; No. "a, Acids; No. Is, Resin,
Pitch. Crude Turpentine No. n, Betting, Pack
ing; No. 7S Leather, pump rigging lacing No.
so, Junk; No. S5, Anthracite Coal; No. SO. Semi
| bituninous Coal; No 81, Bituminous Coal; No.
| SS. Charcoal; No. SO, Wood.
The following are the classes, by the num-
bers required at the respective navy yards;-
Nos. Is, Is, 49, 90, 49, 33, &c. A, 4S, 40, so, 81,
SO, S. 54 So, So SO, 90, 6S, 6S SO, TO- II, 7S "a,
| CHARLESTOWN.
Nos. /, Z, 13, 10, 16, 49, 90, "a, 25, SO, SO, "a,
35 81, 49, 80, AZ 43, "A, 48, 49, so, 81, So 53 54,
S. So, co. 6S, g. 65, 6S, &c. 70, H. 70, IA, ~ 70,
81, S5, 81, SO. -
BROOKLYN.
Nos /, Z, IL, 13, 49, 16, Is, %, 90, "a, 25, 80,
49, 81, 49, 81, 3d. 81, Sc, 81 5S, SO, 90, 63, 6S &c.
| 20, Il, 73, IA, so, S5, SO, 49,
PHILADELPHIA.
Nos. 1, Z, O. 80, 49, 6S, II, IS, 81.
WASHINGTON.
Nos. /, 3, T. IL, ~, 13, 15 Is, %, so, 49, 3S, 34
35, 81 49, 80, AZ, 43, A, As, 4S, 40, so, 81, So
So, 54, So, So, so, 60, 63, g. 6S, 90, 20, II, 72
73, "a, IS, n, 7S, 85, 81, S8, SO.
| NORFOLK.
Nos. l, z, 8, Is, Is, 18, %, %, "a, so, 80, 4S
so, So, 5S, SO, 60, 63, 20, II, 73, n, S5, 81.
MARE ISLAND.
Nos. 2, 8, 9, 13, Is, 18, %, 80, 33, "a, 35, 81
3S, 80, 49, A, 4S, 40, so, 81, So, "a, So, 81, So
SO, 60, 63, g. 65, 6S, SO, 20, II, 7S, "a, n, 81
SO, SO. 66 1aw4t
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