The Portland daily press., 1871-06-16
MISCELLANEOUS.
PROPOSALS FOR MATERIALxs, p0c BIZ IN SHr,
THE CoHSJZANCE OF THE BUREAU Of
CONSTR II(yTION AND REPAIR.
NAVY DEPARTMENT..

CONSTRUCTioN AND REPAIR.
NAVY DEPARTMENT.
or CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR,
Washington, ID. C., June 6, ISL
co.,eI proposals to furnish timber and Other ma
,r;ais Tor the Navy for the fiscal year ending June
30. 1872 will he received at this Bureau nnhl II
o'clock m. of the 30th OF June instant at which time
The lids will be oiened.
The PROPOSALS must be addressed to the Chief of
the Bureau of Construction and repair, Navy De-
partmen, Washington, and must le indorsed "Pro-
posas for Timber. &C., Tor the Navy" that they
may he distinguished from ordinary business letters.
aases @ ANA for ae soa ff me a os
yards arV enclose their bids in serdrdre enueioDes,
each indorsed Nth the name or the yard for eohich
the Did is made.
Printed schedules Tor such classes as paIt deal
in and intend to bid for together with instI uctions
to bidders eising the o'ms OF roposal OF guarantee,
and OF certificate OF guarantors with printed forms
Of offer, will be furnished 10 such persons as desire
to bid, on application to the Commandan's OF the
respective Navy Yards. and those OF all the yards ON
application to the Bureau
The Commamiant OF each Navy Yaid, ard the
Purchasing Pa, master for each Station, will have a
copy OF The sch dulles of the other Yards for exam
inatiol only, in order taat pei sons who intend to
bid may judge whether ii is desirable to make appli-
cation for any of the classes OF those Yards
The proposals must be Tor the whole OF a class bu,
the department reserves the right to reduce the
whole class, should the interest OF the government
require II, before the execution of the contract
appllcat!ons for Information, for the examination
OF samples, must be made to the Commandments O.
the respective yards.
AHo PiopoSdiS HluSC De accompanied by q Certin-
cate from the Collector of Internal Revenue the
district In which the bidder resides, that he has IL
cense TO deal in the articles for which he proposes
and BY direction Of the Department, bids or offers
riu be received only from parties acho are bona fdt
dealers in or manufacturers Of the articles they Offer
| fOJWnssh The guaran;ors must be certified by the
which they reside.
The contract will be awarded to the person who
makes the 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 il may deem exOrbitant.
Suretiss in the full amount will be required to
sign the contract, and their responsibility must pe
certified to the satisfaction Of the Navy Department
| AS additional security twenty per centum VIII DC
withheld from the amount of the bills uatl the con-
tracts shall have been completed, land eighty pei
centum of the amount of each bill, approved IN trip
licate by the CommandAnts OF the respective yards
| will be paid by the Paymaser of the station desig
mated iR the contract il none Is specified by the
Paymaster OF the station nearest the yard where the
goods delivered, within ten days after the war
| rant for the eame shall have been passed by the
Secretary OF the Treasury.
] The classes OF this Bureau are numbered and des-
| ignated as follows:
No. 1, white oak logs; No. 2, white oak kee
pieces; No. 3, white oak curved timber; No. Z, vel
| low pine logs; No. 8, yellow pine beams-Oregon
pine beams at Mare Island yard; No. g. yellow pine
mast timber-Oregon pine mast timber at Mare
Island yard; No, II. white pine logs; No ~, white
pine mast timber; No 10, white pine plank, boards
white ash, elm, beech-white ash, redwood at Mare
Island yard No. 16, white ash oars; No. 1S. black
walnut g maple cherry No 2
| slaves and headings; No 25, lignumvit@ No. 80
ingct copper; No. 80, wrought IRON. round and
square; No: 80, wrought iron. fiat; No. 81, iron
iron wrought nails; No, 80, iron cut nails; No. AZ
lead pipe, sheet; No. 43, znc No. A, tin; No. As
49, screws, Of bras, and IRON; No. TO- fes No. 81
augers; No, 80. tools for ship stores; No. 50, tool
for use in yards and shops No. g. hardware; No.t6
dryers; No. 3d. nseed oil; No. 60, varnish, spirits
tufpentine; No: 3d. sperm and lard oil; No. GA, tai
No. soS oil No. S glass; No
No "A acids; No. rs, resin, pitch, crude turpen
pump rigging, lacing; No so. junk; No. SIS, anthra
cite coal No, Sc, sem-bituminous coal; No. ST. bi.
luminous coal; No, ss, charcoal; No, SO, wood.
The following are the classes, by the numbers, re-
quired at the respective navy yaras
KITTERY.
g. Sc, So, 3d. co. 6s IS, g. 20, H. 49, a. 7s 49, ST. IS
CHARLESTOWN.
Nos l. 49, Is, 16. IS, 90 a. %, 81, SO, 3d. 49, 81
80, 49, a. 49, A. 4s, 49, So 81 81 So a. g. 3d. 60, So
a. 65, &c. SO, 70, II, 70, a. H. 49, 3d. IS, 81. SO.
BROOKLYN.
Nos. 1T, II, 10, 49, 49, 1S, %, 49, "a, 25 49, 49, 81
e s., g. IS, st. IS, g. 50, g, 6, g. 70, r. IS Il
PHILADELPHIA.
Nos. l., z. 8, 80, 80, So, II, s., 81.
WASHINGTON.
Nss g. J. T. g. 4 49, T. g. g. g. s. g. g. g g
&C. es, "a, IS, g. 20, H. 70, 7s a. 75 IS, IS, 81
NORFOLK.
hos. /, 49, 49, 49, 1s, o. %, "a, 49, 49, 4, 3d. 3d. So
30, 60, 63 70, II, 70, II, 60, 81.
MARE ISLAND.
Nos. 2,s,9Ia 49, 49, o. 49, 80, a. 49, 81, SO, 80, 4s
60, 10, Il, g, q, Il, 81, IS, ST. ~ ~ "