New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-28
PROPOSALS.,
NAVY DEPARTMENT. ,

Washington D. c.. May q. 1874. ,
CEALED PROPOSALS TO FURNISH MATERIALS
ending June 80 1872, will be received at this Bu-
until ten O'Clock A. NJ. of the TWBNTIBTE
OF JUNE next at which time the proposals wiz
be opened.
Printed schedules, in which the materials and
articles required are embraced, with form of ofteT
and guarantee will be furnished application
and sent by mail, il requested, to persons dssT
ing to offer to contract for any all of the classes
named therein, by the commandments of the sev-
era navy yards or the classes for the yards undsr
their command, by the paymaster nearest
thereto, or by the Bureau for any or ali of the
yards.
TO prevent confusion and mistakes in sealing The
offers, no bid will be received which contains
classes for more than one yard in one envelopes
any bid which is net perfect and complete in
itself according to the forms of offer and guaranty
and each individual of a firm must sign the Ind
and contract
Bidders referred to the printed Instructions
which will be furnished with the schedules, ana
they hereby cautioned. and particularly mott
fed that their offers should be made the printed
form prescribed by the Bureau, and be mailed IA
time to reach their destination before the time
pires for receiving them.
Ne bid will be considered which shah be received
after the period stated, and no allowance win he
made for failures of the mail
The proposal must be accompanied by eertif-
cate from the Collector of Internal Revenue for the
district in which the bidder resides that he has
license to deal in the article for which he prOposeE
and by direction of the Department, bids OF Offers
will be received only from parties who bona fide
dealers in, manufacturers Of the articles they
offer to furnish. The guarantors must be certified
in which they reside.
The contract viii be awarded to the person who
makes the lowest bid and gives the guarantee re-
quired by law the Navy Department, however. re-
serving the right to reject the lowest bid, any
which 1t may deem eXorbtant.
Sureties in the full amount viii be required to
sign tine contract. and their responsibility must he
certified to the satisfaction of the Navy Depart
ment, and the bidder must state distinctly at hat
paymaster's Office he desires all hrs bills to be
paid.
printed enve opes, furnished by the bureau, in
dorsed thus Proposals for class es Nos. name
the classes) for the Navy Yard at name the yard1
ITO the Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks
Navy Department, Washington, d. c."
The schedule will state the tim within which
articles will be required to be delivered If any
articles named in the schedules which not
ders will ascertain promptly whether such articles
can be procured or not, and if they not be OBJ
tanned the fact must be reported to the bureau at
once, before bids shall be received.
All offers not made in strict conformity with the
instructions accompanying the schedules viii, at
the option of the bureau, be rejected.
As additional security, twenty per centun 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 approx ed in
triplicate by the commandment of the respective
yards, will be paid by the paymaster of the station
designated in the contract within ten days after
the warrant for the shall have been passed by
the Secretary of the Treasury.
The Glasses of this bureau numbered and
designated as follows
Glass No. l, Bricks No. 2, Stone; No. 3, Yellow
Pine Timber No. A. Yellow Pine Lumber No. 5, Oak
and Hard Wood No. 6, White Pine. Spruce, Juniper
and Cypress No. 7, Lime, Hair and Plaster No. 8,
Cement; No. g. Gravel and Sand; No. 80, Moulding
| and Fresand aud Fireclay; No. TO- Slate; No. ii,
Iron, Iron Spikes and Nails; No. IL, Steel; No. l3,
Pig Iron No. IA, Files No. Is, Paints Oils and Glass
Stationery; No 20, Hay and Straw; No u, Proven,
| der No o. Charcoal No. %. Betting, Packing and
Hose; No. "a, Sperm and Lubrieating Oils; No. Is,
| thracite Coal No. 29, Bituminous Cum berlard
Coal; No. 80, Semi Bituminous Broad.top Ccal No
and EarnDn Siti nils No Maph
Glass ga" Excavation.
NAVAL ASYLUM.
Glass No. l, Clothing No; 2, Hats, Boots Shoes,
Goods; No g. Bread, etc; No. I. Tobacco; No. 6,
Coal; No. g. Paints Oils, lass etc. No. II, Lumber
No. II, Fire Wood; No. 10, PrOvender; No. IA, Mis-
cellaneous; No. Is, Hardware; No l6, Stationery.
The following are the classes, by their numbers
and letters, required at the respective navy yards
and naval asylums:
KITTERY, MAINE.
Nos l. 5, TO- IL, H. A. Is, l6, It, IT, 90 p,
q, %, a. Is, 81, %, 30.
CHARLESTOwN, MASSACHUSETTS
Nos. 10, IL, H. IA, Is, l6, Il, IT, 20,
81, %, 49, "a, Is, 81, 29, 81.
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
20, 81, %, % "a, IS, 26, 27, 80, 81, 30.
PHILADELPHIA. PENNSYLVANIA
Nos 6, H. Is, Is, IT, 1s, 90 81, %, 81, 3D.
NAVAL ASYLUM, PHILADELPHIA, PENESyL~
VANIA.
Nos. /, 2, 3, 4,5,6 8,9, H. II, 49, IA, Is, l6-
WASHINGTON. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Nos 12456,7 H. 70, 10, Is, 16, IT, 10, 20, II, 81
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.
Nos Sc, 8. H. IA, Is, IT, II, 10, 90 a. 81
"a, rs, &c, 81, 81.
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA.
Nos s. g. H. H. A. Is 16, IT, 10, 90 81, q % "a.
MARE ISLAND, CALIFORNIA.
Nos /, 10, g. 10, H. u, IA, Is, is, II. 10,
| %. % "a. 25, 80, "a" DANIEL AMMEN,
my28 law4w Chief of Bureau.