The Portland daily press., 1871-06-23
)ROPOSALS FOR MATERIALS TO BE SUP
l. Piled TO THE NAVY YARDS UNDER
THE CO4NIZANCE OF TIE BUREAU OF
CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR

xs4.t NAv3 DEPARTMENT.,
bURFAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR
~ nss Washington, D. c., June g. is71
Sealed proposals to furnish timber and other ma
terias tor the Navy for the fiscal year ending june
80, 1872, will be received at this Bureau until 12
o'clock m OF the SOth OF June instant, at which time
The proposals must be addressed to the Chief of
the Bureau Of Construction and Repair, Navy De-
partment, washington, and must be indorsed "Pro-
posas for Timber, &C., for the Navy" that they
may be distinguished from ordinary business letters
Io preyent confusion: and Jtaci.itate the opening
yards v enclose their BIDS in sepd,afe emvefopes
the bid is made. = -
in and intend to bid for together with instructions
to 6dde living the forms Of proposal OF guarantee
and Of certificate OF guarantors. with printed forms
o1 oner VIII he furnished 10 such persons desire
to bid, on application to the Commardants 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 exam
bid may judge whether it is desirable to make app-
cation for any of the classes OF those yards
me proposals must be Tor the whole OF class, but
whole class, should the interest OF the government
require II, before the execution OF the contract All
applications for information. or for the examination
oi samples, must he made to the COmmandants of
the respective yards.
! The proposals must be accompanied by certif-
cate rom the COLLECTOR OF internal Revenue TOR the
district in which the bidder resides that he has IL
cense to deal in the icles for which he proposes;
and. by direction Of the Department. bids or offers
ciH be received only from parties scho are bona Rde
soJmsssSn Tho bo ceTIineG 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 guarantee re-
qured by law, the Navy Department, hewever, re-
serving the right to reject the lowest bid, or any
which It may deem exorbitant.
SuretisS in the full amount will be required to
sign the contract, and their responsibility must be
certified to the satisfaction of the Navy Department
As additional security twenty per centum will be
withheld from the amount of the bills until the con-
tracts shall have been completed, land eighty per
centum OF the amount of each BILL approved in trip
licate by the Commandants of the RESPECTIVE wards
will be paid by the Paymaster of the station desig
mated in the contract or il Is specified by the
Paynaser Of the station nearest the yard where the
goods are delivered, within ten days after the war;
rant for the same shall have been passed by the
Secretary OF the Treasury.
The classes Of this Bureau are numbered and des-
ignated as follows:
pieces; No. 2, white oak curved timber; No. 7, yell
pine beams at Mare Island yard; No: O. yellow pine
mast timber-OregOn pine mast timber at Mare
Island yard; No, II. white pine logs; No, 12 white
pine mast timber; No 1S, white pine plank, boards
white ash, elm beech-wLite ash, redwood at Mare
Island yard; No 16, white ash oars; No. IS, black
cedar. walnut %Hahogsng nal maple cherry No 2
slaves and headings; No 25, lignumvit@; No. so,
ingot copper; No: 50, wrought iron, round and
plate; No. So, steel; No. 81, lion spikes No. 3s'
IRON wrought nails; No, SO, iron cut naIls No Al
lead, pPs, sheet; No. 4a. zinc; No a., TIM No. 45,
49, screws, OF brass and iron; No. TO- files: No 51
augers No, 81. tools for ship stores; No 53 tools
fer use in yards and shops; No. 81, hardware; No56,
white lead No. 81, zinc pants No So c3lored paints
dryers; No. 80, Inns ed oil; No Co. varnish spirits
turpentine; No 63, sperm and lard oil; No. ca, tai
w. M olac No
stationery; No r. crncbes; No. 73, ship chandlery
No. "a acids; No. 7E, resin. pitch, crude turpen-
gsne aeng No 20 uns IN 81 s shta
cite coal; No. &c. seDli-bitumnous COAL No. 81, BIZ
luminous coal; No, ss, charcoal; No, 50, wood.
The following are the classes, by the numbers, re-
quired at the respective navy yards:
KITTERY.
Nos. 13. i. 49, 22,a2 49, 49, A. 4s. 40. 80, d. 81 3d.
a. &c. 5s, 49, Gu, 63 6s 6s TO- ~ Is, a. 49, s5 g. IS.
CHARLESTOwN
Nos. Z, 10, 10, 16. 1s. %. "a, 25, 3D. 49, 34 49, 81
49, 39 A. AZ, a. 4s, 49, 5O 81 52 B3 81 5G 5s co. 6s
e. 65, ts, SO, 20, II, 49, a. II, rs, s2 s5 81, ss
BROOKLYN.
Nos. !. IL 1s, 15s 1ss 1s 22 2s e. g. 80 49, 81.
a. 81 5s S Sc, 81 5s 49, 50, 6s, g. &C. 7o H. 70, IA,
PHILADELPHIA.
Nos. III. 8, 80, a3, 6s, Il, s5, 81.
WASHINGTON.
Nos. T. 8, T. II, 70, 13, Is, 1s, %, 30 49, SO a. So,
81 49, 49, A. 49, A. As, 4e 49, 80, 51 81 3d. a. 56 3d.
So g. 6s 81, 6s, &c. TO- H. ri 49, "A, Is, IL s5 81,
NORFOLK.
Nos. l3, ID, 49, 22 %, 2 49, 80, 4s, so, 49, 5s,
80, 60, So, 70, II, 70, II, 10, 81.
MARE ISLAND.
Nos. IS, IS, q. 49, 49, a. 49, 81, 80, SO, ,4s,
g. g. H. IS T. Il, st. IS, S. 0' o. o. ''' 0' o. TO-
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