The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-06-30
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l. Piled TO THE NAVY Warns IINDEp
dHE COdNlZANCE OF TIE BUREAU OF
CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND KEpAIR.

NAVY DEPARTMENT,
oohfAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR
Washington, d. q June q, ISL
sealed proposals to furnish timber and other ma
erals G as or me Navy for the fiscal year ending June
O'Clock m. of the 30th OF June instant o. hi - -
The bids will be opened. ~ mon '''"o
The proposals must be addressed to the Chief Of
the bureau OF construction and Repair, Navy De-
paftment, Washington, aud must be indorsed aPro-
posals for Timber. &C., for the Navy" that thew
may oe = from ordinary business letters.
V me osds parties bidding for supplies at several
yards p,U enclose their bids in separate enveioDes
the bid is made. - W N'N'
Printed schedules for such classes as palties deal
IN anu .eno 10 6d Tor, together with instructions
TO bidders giving the foims Of proposal OF guarantee
anu OF certlhcate OF guarantors with printed forms
td 9ner' Will be furnished 10 such persons as desire
70 Did, on application to the Commandants of the
respective Navy Yards and those OF all the wards on
application to the Bureau ~
pIInss Ihe Commandaat OF each Navy Yard, and The
furehasng Paymaster for each Station, will have a
copy OF the schedules of the other yards, for exam
Instioa only, in order that persons who intend TO
cation for any of the classes those Yards
~, ne PROPOSALS must be Tor the whole OF class. but
whole class, should the interest OF the government
lequ,re Il, before the execution OF the contract All
appncations for Information, for The examination
OF samples, must be made to the Commandments of
the respective yards.
The proposals must be accompanied by certifi-
district in which the bidder resides that Inc has IL
cense to deal in the ar clss which he proposes
and by direction Of the Department, bids or offers
dealers ~ or manufacturers of the articles then Offer
foJarntsh The guaran ors must be certified 6y the
which they reside. '''' III
The contract will be awarded to the person who
makes me lowest bid and gives the guarantee re-
quiied by law, the Navy Department, hewever, re-
serving the right to reject the lowest bid or any
which it may deem exorbitant.
Suretlss IN the full amount will be required to
rpSDOOSihilifv mn bo
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-
tracts shall have been completed, and eighty per
centum OF the amount of each bill, approx ed in trip
VIII be paid by the Paymaster Of the station desig
mated ia the contract, il Is specified by the
Paymaster OF the station nearest the yard where the
goods are delivered, within ten Gays after the war
rant for the sane shall have been passed by the
Secretary OF the Treasury.
The classes OF this Bureau are numbered and des-
ignated as follows:
No. /, white oak logs; No. 2, white oak keel
pieces; No 8, white oak curved timber; No Z, vel
low pine logs; No. 8, yellow pine beams-Oregon
pine beams at Mare leland yard; No. O. yellow pine
mast iimber-Oregon pine mast timber at Mare
Island yard; No, II. white pine logs No. I2 white
naer r1ne mast n timber No lS white pine plank boards
white ash, elm, beecf-white ash redu ood at Mare
Island yard; No. 16, white ash oars; No. 49, black
cedar; No.. %, black spruce; No "a, white oak
slaves ami headings; No %, gnumviie; No. 80,
iueot c1prer; NO. 5I, wrought iron, round and
square; No: 81, wrought iron, fiat; No. "a, iIon,
plate; No. So, steel; No. 81, iron spikes; No. SO,
IRON wrought nails; No: SO, iron cut nails; No. A.
lead, pipe, sheet; No 49, zinc; No Al, tin; No. as,
solder; No4S locks hinges boltsol brass and iron No
49, screws, OF brass and iron; No 20, ies No. 81,
augers; No, 80, tools for ship stores; No. 53 tools
for use in yards and shops; No. 81, hardware No.56
white lead; No. 81, zinc paints No SO colored paints
dryers; No. 50, linseed oil; No co. varnish spirits
iufpentine; No 63, sperm ard lard oil; No. "a, tai
low, soap; No. 65, fish oil; No. GS, glass; No Co.
brushes; No TO- dry goods tor uphostering; No. Il,
stationery; No 72 crucibes; No. 73, ship chandlery;
No "a acids; No. rs, resin. pitch crude turpen,
tine; No. y. betting. packing; No. 7s. leather,
pump rigging, laeing; No So junk; No. IS, anthra.
cite coal No, Sc, semi-bituminous coal: No ST. BIZ
luminous coal; No. So, charcoal; No, SO, wood.
The following are the classes, by The numbers, re-
quired at The respective navy yards:
KITTERY.
Nos 1s. Is. IS, 22,S2 49, 80, A. 4s. 49, 3d. 81 So 53
54 co. 5S SO, 3d. 63. g. &c. TO- ~ 49, a. 49, s5 ST. 49,
ChARLESTOwN.
Nos. 13, 15, 16. IS. %, "a, 25, 81 49, a. s 81,
49, 42 43, a. 49, 49, 80, 81 81 3d. 81 56 5S co. So,
"a, 60, Gs, 60, 70, H. 49, a. II, 7s, 80, s5 81 Ss
BROOKLYN.
Nos. 1, Z, H. 49, 15 16, 1S, %, 49, "a 25 49, 49, a.
S s. g. 56, d. 5s 80, 60, 90, Gs, 60, 70, H. 73 "a,
PHILADELPHIA
Nos. 1,79, 80, 80, So, H. s5, 81.
WASHINGTON.
Nos ], B. 2, II, ~, 13. 15 is, 23, 3d. s2 So a. 3d.
81 3s. 49, 49, 43, a. 40, 4s, 49, So 81 So 53 "a IS
81 &C. 6a GA, 6s, 49, 70, H. 72 49, "A, 75 II IS S.
NORFOLK.
SO, so, 63, 70, II, 49, II, IS, S. ~ ''' ''' 90
MARE ISLAND.
Nos 2, 9, 49, 49, 1s, %. 49, 49, a. 35 81, 49, 80. 49,
A. 4S A. So g. So "a, 56, 81, 50, 3d. co. 63 "a, 65
So, 10, II, 73, "A, II, 81, ss, SO.