The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-06-22
PROPOSALS.
DROPosALs FOR MATERIALS TO BE
4 SUPPLIED TO THE NAVY YARDS
UNDER THE C0GNIZANCE OF THE
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND,
REPAIR
2 Navy DEPARTMENT,

BUREAU OF CoNsTRUoTIoN AND REPAIR,
WASHINGTON, ID. O., 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 12 o'clock NJ. of the Both 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 nftlsion, and facilitate tie open.
ing of the bids, parties bidding for supplies at
seUerdt yards 'otI enclose their bids in separate
enoslopes, each Endorsed tOtae the name of the
gard for tohich 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-
picaton 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 IL 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
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
Yaent, bids or offers toiu be receiued only from
parties ,oho 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 torelect 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 .L
| 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 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 are
delivered, within ten days after the warrant for
the same shall have been passed by the Secretary
of the Treasury.
The classes OF tnls bureau are numbered ana
designated as follows
No. /, White Oak Logs; No. 2, White Oak
| Keel Pieces; No. 3, White Oak Curved Timber;
No. q 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,
! White Pine Logs; No. IL, White Pine Mast
Tim Der; No. 13, White Pine Plank Boards
Sugar Pine Boards at Mare Island Yard; No.
| 15 White Ash, Elm, Beech-White Ash,
Redwood at Mare Island Yard; No. 16 White
Ash Oars; No. Is, Black Walnut Mahogany,
Maple, Cherry; No, %, Cypress, CEDAR No.
%, Black Spruce; No. "A, White Oak stayes
50, Ingot Copper; No. sa, Wrought Iron,
round and squares; No. 3S, Wrought
Iron, fiat; No. S4,., Iron, plate; No. S5,
Mails; No. SO, Iron Cut Nails; No. 42, Lead, pipe,
sheet; No 43, Zinc; No. A, Tin; No. 40, Solder;
No. 48, Locks, Hinges, Bolts of brass aud iron; (;
| No. 49, Screws, of brass and iron; No. 50, Files;
No. 81, Augers; No. So, Tools for ship stores;
No. So Tools for use in yard and shops; No. 81,
| Hardware; No. 56, White Lead; No. 81, Zinc
Paints No. So, Colored Paints, Dryers; No. So,
LiDseed Oil; No 60, Varnish, Spirits Turpen-
tine; No. 63, Sperm and Lard Oil; No. GA, Tai
low, Soap; No. e5 Fish Oil; No. 6s, Glass; No.
&c. shes; No. 20, Dry Goods for upholstering;
| No. II, Stationery; No. u, Cruclbles; No. 73,
Ship Chandlery; No. a. Acids; No rs, 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
bituminous Coal; No 81, Bituminous Coal; No.
| IS, Charcoal; No. 49, Wood.
| The following are the classes, by the num-
| bers, required at the respective navy yards:-f.
| KITTERY.
Nos. 13, Is, 1S, 90 80, 80, 80, A. 48. 49, so, 81,
So So 54, S. SO, SO, 60, 6S SO, &c. 70, II, 7S "a,
78, s5, 81, So. -
| CHARLESTOWN.
Nos. 1, z. 13, IS, 16 IS, 90 "a, 25, 80, 33, "a,
35, 81 80, &c. AZ 43, A, 4S, 49, So 81, So 3d. 81,
SO, So CO. g. Ga, 05 6S, SO, TO- II, ~, "a, H. rs,
81, S5 81, IS. -
| BROOKLYN.
Nos. /, Z, II, 49, Is, 49, Is, %, 23, "a, 25, 80,
33, 81 AZ, 81, SO, "a, Sc, 81 58 SO, CO. So, g. 60
| 20, II, 73, IA, so, IS, sc, 49,
| PHILADELPHIA.
Nos. /, z, 9, 80, SO, 63, n, 95, 81.
WASHINGTON.
Nos. /, g. T. II, IL. 13, 49, Is, %, 80, SO, 49, 80,
35, 81, 3S, 80, AZ, 43, A. As, 4S, 40, So ST. SO,
53' 4, So, So, SO, 60, So, GA, 6S, &C., 70, II, 72,
73, "A, rs, n, 7S, IS, 81, S9, 80.
| NORFOLK.
Nos. !, T. 6, 13, Is, 1S, %, 23, "a, so, SO, 48,
so, 5S, 5s, SO, 60, 63, 20, n, 73, r. IS, 81.
MARE ISLAND.
Nos. g g. 8, Is, Is, 1S, % 32, 33, "a, 35, 81,
3s. 80, a. a. As, 49, so, 81, 3d. 81 SO, 81, SO,
50, 90, 63, GA, 65, 6S SO, 20, Il, 7S, a. r. 81,
| - prppN aTRRiS OFFJCK uNITED