The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-06-07
PRoPosALs,
DRoPOsALs FOR MATERIALS To BE
4 SUPPLIED TO THE NAVY YARDS
UNDER THE COGNIZANCE OF TIE
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND

BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR,
WASHINGTON, D. c., June 8, 1871.


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 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 preUent confusion, and facilitate the open
ing Of the bids, parties bidding for supplies at
several yards ,oiH enclose their bids in separate
envelopes, each Endorsed 1oih the name of the
gard for eohich 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 APP
| 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 it 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 a GER
| tiicate 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
| Yaent, bids or offers 1oiu be received only from.
parties soho are borS .tide dealers in, or nsanu-
fGcturerS 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 torelect 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 triplicate by the Commandants m ,d Is OF
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. t.-
The classes of this Bureau are numbered and
/ |
No. l, White Oak Logs; No. O. White Oak
Keel Pieces No. 3, White Oak Curved Timber;
No z, Yellow Pine Logs; No. 8, Yellow Pine
Beams Oregon Pine Beams at Mare Island
| Pine Mast Timber at Mare Island Yard; No. IL,
White Pine Logs; No. 12 White Pine Mast
Timber; 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; Nc. -22 Cypress, Cedar; No.
Black Spruce No. a. White OAK Stages We
round and square, No. 33, Wrought
Iron, fat; No. q, Iron, plate; No. IS,
Nails; No. SO, Iron Cut Nails; No. A. Lead, pipe,
sheet; No. 43, Zinc No. A, Tin; No 45, Solder
No. 48, Locks, Hinges, Bolts, of brass and iron;
No. 49, Screws, of brass and iron; No: 80, Files;
No 81, Augerss; No. 50, Tools for ship stores;
No. So, Tools for use in yard and shops; No. "a,
Hardware; No. Sc, White Lead; No. 81, Zinc
Paints; No. SO, Co1ored Paints, Dryers; No. SO,
ainsesd oil No Co. s vsrnsh Spirits It's TarpsI pen
low, Soap; No. 65, Fish Oil; No. 6s Glass; No.
SO, Brushes; No. 70, Dry Goods for upholstering;
No n, Stationery; No: 70, Crucibles; No. 73
Pitch, Crude Turpentine; No. n, Betting, Pack,
ing; No. 7S, Leather, pump rigging, lacing; No.
so, Junk; No. S5, Anthracite Coal; No. 86, Semi
bituninous Coal; No 81, Bituminous Coal; No.
| 60, CnarCOal; NO. %, WOOu.
The following are the classes, by the num-
bers, required at the respective navy yards
| r-rr KITTERY.
Nos. 13, Is, 1S, 22 80, 33, SO, A, 49, 40, so, ST.
52 5S 81, So, So, &c. co. 6S, 6S SO, TO- II, 73, "A,
7S, IS, 81, S8. -.-.
| CHARLESTOWN.
Nos. !, z, 1S, Is, 16, IS, %, "a s5 SO, SS; "a,
35, 81, 3S, &c. A. 49, A. 4S, 49, so, 81 SO, SO, 54,
Sc, So 60, 6S "a, 65 6s, 69 70, H. 73, a. n, 7s,
BROOKLYN.
Nos. /, Z IL, 1S, Is, 16, 49, %, 90, a. 25, 80,
ss, 81 a. 81 IS, 81, 56. 57 IS, SO, co. So, IS, co.
70, II, 73, "A, so, IS, S6, 49,;
| PHILADELPHIA. .-----
Nos. /, Z, 9, 80, 49, 6S, II, IS, 81.
| WASHINGTON.
Nos. ], 8, z, II, l2 13, 49, 1S, 23, 80 80, 3S, 34
IS, 81, ss, SO, 4s, 4S, q, 45 4s, 49, 50, 81, So
So, "a, Sc, So, 50, 60, 6S, GA, 6S SO, TO- n, 72
73, "A, IS, n, 7S, IS, 81, 88, SO.
rIrrfi NORFOLK.
Nos. l, z. 9, 1S, IS, 1s, gs, g, "a 49, S9, 4S,
MARE ISLAND
Nos. 2, 8, g, IS, IS, ls, q, Ss, 50, 81, IS, g.,
SO, go, 6S. "a, 65, 6S, SO, 70, II, 73, a. n, 81