The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-06-06
PROPOSALS..
PROPOSALS FOR MATERIALS TO BE
SUPPLIED TO THE NAVY YARDS
UNDER THE COGNIZANCE OF TIE
REPAIR
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR, :
WARRINGTON, D. O., June 8, 1871. }

WASHINGTON, D. O., june 6, 1871.
Sealed proposals to furnish Timber and other
materials for the Navy for the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1s72 will be received at this Blu
reau until IL 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
tinguished from ordinary business letters.
TO preoent confusion, and facilitate the open
ing of the bids, parties bidding for supplies at
scUerdl yards l6iU enclose their bids in separate
enuelopes each Endorsed toib the name of the
yard 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 guarau-
tors, with printed forms of offer, will be fur
nished to such persons as desire to bid, on ap-
plicaton to the Commsndants 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 it is desirable
to make application for any of the classes of
those yards
The proposals must be for the whole of a
class, but the Department reserves the right to
reduce the whole class, should the interest of
L0e government require III, De1Orc tne execution
of the contract. All applications for informa-
ton, or for the examination of samples, must
be made to the Commandants of the respective
yards.
The proposal must be accompanied by a GER
tificate 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
ment bids or offers tUiU be received only from
parties aoho are bona ttde dealers in, or ma,s,s-
| 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 to reject 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.
| 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 this Bureau are numbered and
| designated follows:-
No. /, White Oak Logs; No. 2, White Oak
Keel Pieces; No. 3, White Oak Curved Timber;
| No. z, Yellow Pine Logs; No. g. 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
Timb Der; No. 13, White Pine Plank Boards
Sugar Pine Boards at Mare Island Yard; No.
Redwood at Mare Island Yard; No. 16 White
Ash Oars; No. IS, Black Walnut Mahogany,
Maple, Cherry; Ne, 22, Cypress, Cedar; No.
49, Black Spruce; No. "a, White Oak Slaves
50, Ingot Copper; No. So, Wrought Iron, ron,
Iron, fat No. "a, Iron, plate; No. IS,
Steel; No. 81, Iron Spikes No: 3S, Iron Wrought
sheet; No. 43, Zinc; No. A, Tin; No. As, Solder;
No. 4S, Locks, Hinges, Bolts of brass and iron
No. 49, Screws, of brass and iron; No. so, Files;
No. 81, Augers; No. SO, Tools for ship stores
| No. 3d. Tools for use in yard and shops; No. 54
Hardware; No. &c. White Lead No. 81, Zinc
Paints; No. 5S Colored Paints, Dryers; No SO,
Linseed Oil; No. 60, Varnish, Spirits Turpen-
tine; No. e3, Sperm and Lard Oil No; GA, Tai
low, Soap; No. 65, Fish Oil; No. 6S, Glass; No.
69, Brushes; No. 70, Dry Goods for upholsterng
No. II, Stationery; No. ~, Crucibles; No. 73,
Ship Chandlery; No. "a, Acids; No. 70, Resin,
Pitch. Crude Turpentine; No. n, Betting, Pack
ing No. rs, Leather, pump rigging. lacing; No.
so, Junk; No. S5, Anthracite Coal No. S6, Semi
| bitunnous 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 IS, Is, 18, 90, 80, 33, 49, A, 49, 40, SO, 81,
So 5S, 81 So, 5S, SO, 60, 6S 6S, &c. 70, II, 70, a.
7S, S5, 81, SO. -
| CHARLESTOWN.
Nos. 1, Z, Is, 10, 10, Is, %, "a, %, 32, 33, 34
35, 81, 49, 49, A. 43, A, 49, 40, SO, 81, SO, 5S 54
S. SO, co. 6S, 64 65, 6s 50, 20, II, 7S, H. n, 49,
81, s5, 81, So.
| BROOKLYN.
Nos 1, Z, II, Is, 15, 10, Is, %, %, "a, 25, SO,
SO, 81, 49, 81, 53 81, S. 81, S. 3d. 90, g. 6S, 90,
| 40, II, 73, "A, so, S5, Sc, SO.
| PHILADELPHIA.
Nos. l, T. 9, 80, 33, 63, II, s5, 81.
WASHINGTON.
Nos. 1, g. z, IL, -, 49, Is, 1S %, 80, 49, 80, "a,
35 81, SO, 80, AZ, 43, A, As, As, 40, so, 81, So
3d. 81, So, 5S, SO, 60, So, o. 6S, 90, 70, IL, 72,
| 49, a. 75 n, 78 S5, 81, S8, SO.
NORFOLK.
Nos 1, z. 9, 13, Is, 1S, %, 90, "a, 80, &c. As,
So 5S, 5S, SO, 60, SO, 20, II, 73, n, 85, 81.
| MARE ISLAND.
Nos 2, s, 9, 13, Is, 18, %, 80, 80, "a, 35 81,
49, 80, 43, A, AS, 40, so, 81, SO, 81, SO, 81 5S,
80, 60, 6S, "a, 65, oS, 50, 20, n, 49, r. n, 81,
| 49, 49, sc 61aw4t
OuARTERNAsTERs OFFICE, UNITED