The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-06-13
PRoPosALs.
DRoPosALs FOR MATERIALS TO BE
Il SUPPLIED TO THE NAVY YARDS
UNDER THE COGNIZANCE OF THE
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND
REBATE
NAYY DnPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND RBFA1R


Navy DEPARTMENT.,
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR,
WASHINGTON, ID. c., June 6, 1871.
Sealed proposals to furnish Timber and other
materials for the Navy for the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1872, win be received at this Bu-
reau until IL O'Clock NJ. 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 preUent confusion, and facilitate the Open
ing Of die bids, parties bidding for supplies at
seUeral yards toiH enclose their bids in separate
envelopes, each Endorsed 1oih the name of the
yard for lohich 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 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 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 a d.
| 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
| tfcate 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
1neat, bids or offers aoiu be received only from
| parties 1oho bona fde dealers in, MANI
| faeturet of the articles they offer TO furnish.
| The guarantors must becertihed 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, reservipg the right to reject the lowest
bid, or any which 1t may deem exorbltant.
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 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
I 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
L
The classes of this Bureau are numbered and
designated as follows
No. I, White Oak Logs; No. g, White Oak
Keel Pieces; No 8, White Oak Curved Timber;
No. ., Yellow Pine Logs; No. 8, 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. II,
White Pine Logs; No: u White Pine Mast
Sugar Pine Boards at Mare Island Yard; No.
Is, White Ash, Elm, Beech--White Ash,
Redwood at Mare Island Yard; No. 16s White
Ash Oars; No. IS, Black Walnut, Mahogany,
%, Black Spruce; No. "a, White Oak Slaves
and Headings; No., 25, Lignumvite; No.
80, IngOt COPPER; No. g. Wrought Iron:
iao IGon fat I No. 81 Iron, NO plate; ate No. $,
Steel No. So, Iron Spikes; No. IS, Iron Wrought
Nails; No SO, Iron Cut Nails; No. AZ, Lead, pipe,
No. 4s, Locks, Hinges, Bolss, of brass and iron;
| No 40, Screws, of brass and iron; No. so, Files;
| No. 81, Augers; No 80, Tools for ship stores;
No. IS, Tools for use in yard and shops; No. 54,
Paints; No 5S, Coiored Paints, Dryers; No. SO,
| Lipseed Oil; No. 60, Varnish, Spirits Turpen-
| tine; No. 6S, Sperm and Lard on; No. Ga, Tai
low, Soap; No, IS, Fish OH; No. 6s Glass; No.
No Il, Stationery; No. %, Crucibles; No. 70,
Ship Chandlery; No. a. Acids; No 15 Resin,
Pitch Crude Turpentine; No. a, Betting, Pack
ing; No. as, Leather, pump rigging. lacing; No.
|
| hituMinous Coal; No. 81, Bituminous Coal; No.
SO, Charcoal; No. SO, Wood.
The following are the classes, by the num-
bers, required at the respective navy yards
| .' KITTERf..
Nos. 49, Is, Is, 22 80, SO, 80, A, 4S 49, so, 81,
So SO, 81, Sc, 5S, SO, CO. 62 68 60 20, II, 7S "a,
49, 3d. 81 49, cuAp1psrowN
Nos. 1, z, Is, Is, 16, 1S, %, "a. a5, SO, 49, 81,
35, 81, 38, &c., AZ 43, A. As, 49, So 81, So 5S 81,
SO, So go, 63 Ga 65 6S, &c. 20, Il, 7S, IA, ~ 7s,
BROOKLYN.
Nos. l, Z, IL, Is, Is, 16, Is, %, g. a. 25, SO,
80, 81, AZ, 81, So, S. Sc, 81 5S So 60 6S, s. 90,
20, II, 70 "a, so, IS, So, s.
PHILADELPHIA.
Nos. /, T. 9, 80, SS 6S, II, S5, 81.
WASHINGTON.
Nos. /, 8, 2, IL, 12 Is, IS IS, %, so, SO, 49, 81
35, 81, 3S, 80, 40, AS A. AS AS 49 so, 81, SO,
So, 54, So, So, SO, go, 6S, 64, S. 60 20, al, 72,
73, "A, IS, "a, 7S, S5, 81, S8, 80.
| NORFOLK.
Nos. l, z, 8, IS, Is, Is, %, %, "a, SO, 49, AS,
| so, So, 5S, SO, 60, 6S, 20, II, 73, a, IS, 81.
MARE ISLAND.
Nos. 2, s, 9, IS, 15 IS, %, 50, Ss, "a, IS, 81,
38. SO, 49, A, AS 49, so, 81, So. 81, 56, 81, 5S,
90, CO. 6S, GA, 65, 6S, SO, 20, II, 7S a. n, 81,
SS, SO. GO 6law4t
NoTIOE-SEALED PROPOSALS, INDORsED
| IN proposals for furnishing the Public Schools
with Lehigh or Schuylk Coal,p will be received by
the undersigned at the office OF the Board OF Public