The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-06-26
AMUSEMENTg.
PROPOSALS.
DRoPosALs FOR MATERIALS TO BE
i SUPPLIED TO THE NAVY YARDS
UNDER THE COGNIZAECE OF THE
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND
NAVY DEPARTMENT.,

UNDER THE COGNIZAHCE OF THE
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR,
WASHINGTON, d. c., June 8, 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 M. 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
tnguished from ordinary business letters.
To preUent con- fusion, and facilitate the open
ing Of the bids, parties bidding for supplies at
seUerdL yards totU enclose their bids an separate
envelopes, each Endorsed toih the name of the
yard for eohich the bid is made.
Printed schedules for such classes as parties
deal in and intend to bid fer, 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 1t 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 GER
tifcate hon he Collector. of Internal Revenue
for the dstiicJ in which the bidder resides, that
| - Ata1A fAr h oh
he proposes; and, by direction of the Depart
nle7at bids or offers 1oiH be received only from
parties aoho are bona ide dealers IN, or manu-
| fdcturer 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 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 triplcate 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
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
No. l, White Oak Logs; No. 2, White Oak
Keel Pieces; No. 8, White Oak Curved Timber
No. z, Yellow Pine Logs; No. 8, Yellow Pine
Beams-O 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
Timber; No. 1S, White Pine Plank Boards
Sugar Pine Boards at Mare Island Yard; No
| Is, White Ash, Elm, Beech-White Ash,
Redwood at Mare Island Yard; No. 16, White
Ash Oars; No. 1S, Black Walnut, Mahogany,
Maple, Cherry; No %, Cypress, CEDAR No.
and Headings No.; 25, Lignumvite; No.
round and square, No. ,33, Wrought
on fla fat No g. sass Iron Rt 4eso No sS
Nails; No. SO, Iron Cut Nails; No. AZ, Lead, pipe,
sheet; No. 43, Zinc No. A. Tin; No. 45 Solder;
| No. 48, Locks, Hinges, Bolts, of brass and iron;
No 81, Augers; No. SO, Tools for ship stores;
No SO, Tools for use in yard and shops; No. 81,
Hardware No. So, White Lead; No. 81, Zinc
Paints; No. So, Colored Paints, Dryers; No. 50,
| Linseed Oil; No. CO. Varnish, Spirits Turpen-
tine; No. So, Sperm and Lard Oil; No. "a, Tai
low, Soap; No. e5, Fish Oil; No. SO, Glass; No.
90, Brushes No. 70, Dry Goods for upholsterlng;
No II, Stationery; No. 70, Crucibles; No. 73,
| snip Cnan0l6ry; NO. ~ AcluS; NO 20, heslu,
| Pitch, Crude Turpentine; No. n, Betting, Pack
ing; No. 78, Leather, pump rigging, lacing; No.
so, Junk; No. IS, Anthracite Coal; No. 86, Semi
bituminous Coal; No 81, Bituminous Coal; No.
IS, Charcoal No. SO, Wood.
The following are the classes, by the num-
bers, required at the respective navy yards:-
KITTERY.
Nos. 13 Is, 1S %, 80, SO, 80, A. 48, 40, so, 81,
s. S. 81 81, 5s SO, 90, 6S IS, 81, 20, IL, 7S "a,
- 80 80 ~ CHARLEsTOWN.
Nos. l, 7, 13, Is, 10, Is, %, "a, 25, 32, 33, "a,
35 81, 49, SO, 49, 43, A, 4S, 40, So 81, So 53 81,
S. So, co. 63, GA, 65, 6S SO, TO- II, 7S IA, ~ rs,
ST. IS, 81, SO. -
BROOKLYN.
Nos. l, z, IL, Is, Is, 16, Is, 22 90, "a, 25, 32,
49, 81, A. 81, So, ST. Sc. 81, IS, So 90, 6S, 68 3d.
TO- II. 73. IA, so, 85, SO, SO.
| PHILADELPHIA.
Nos. !, T. 8, 80, 93, 63, II, S5, 81.
Nos. l, 8, z, II, II, 49, Is, 49, 2S 80, 32, 3D. 81,
35 81, 3S, 80, AZ, 43, A, As, 4S, 49, 80, 81 SO,
S. 54, S. So, SO, 60, SO. Ga, 6S, 90, 70, II, ~,
73, "A, 75, n, 7S, IS, 81, S8, SO.
| NORFOLK.
Nos. l, z, 9, 18, 15 49, 22 2S, "a, 80, 39, AZ,
so, So, 5S, SO, 60, 63 TO- II, 73, n, 30, 81.
| MARE ISLAND.
Nos. 2, 8, 9, 13, 15 Is, %, 81, SO, "a, 80, 81,
38. 80, 43, A, 49, 49, so, 81, 5S, "a, %, 81, 5S,
SO, 60, 6S, "a, 65, 6s, so, 20, II, 70, a. ~ 81,
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