The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-06-15

DRoPosALs FOR MATERIALS TO BE
SUPPLIED TO THE NAVY YARDS
UNDER. THE COGNIzANCE OF THE
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND

'uREAq OF CoNsTRuorIos AND RErArR, s1,

BUREAU OF Constructors AND REPAIR,
WASHINGTON, ID. c., June 9, 1871. J
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 10 o'clock NJ. of the 30th of June
instant, at which time the bids will be I
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,
tinguished from ordinary business letters.
To preuent con FUSION and facilitate the open
ing Of tte bids, Partses bidding for supplies at
enUelopes, each Endorsed 1oih tie name of the
yard for sollich 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
for examination only, In order that persons who
intend to bid may Judge whether IL 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
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
| ti6cate 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
qnent, bids or offers 1oiu be receiued only from
| parties toho are bona tide dealers in. or manu-
| fact,re' of, the articles they otter 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 oreject 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 ceptum 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
The classes Of this Bureau are numbered and
| designated as fOllOws:-
No. /, White Oak Logs; No. 2, White Oak
Keel Pieces; No. 3, White oak Curved Timber;
No. T. Yellow Pine Logs; No. 8, Yellow Pine
Beams Oregon Pine Beams at Mare Isaud
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
Timber; No. 13, White Pine Plank Boards
Sugar Pine Boards at Mare Island Yard; No.
Is, White Ash, Elm, Beech-White Ash.
Ash Oars; No. 1s, Black Walnut Mahogany,
Maple, Cherry; No. 90, Cypress, Cedar; No.
49, Black Spruce No. "a, White Oak Slaves
and 1naes meadGgs Ggnrer No 70 LgWRumy Mo-
Iron, fiat; 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 aud iron;
No. 40, Screws, of brass and iron No. So Files;
No. 81, Augers; No. 50, Tools for ship stores;
No. So, Tools for use in yard and shops; No; 81,
Hardware; No. Sc, White Lead; No. 81, Zinc
Paints; No. So, Colored Paints, Dryers; No. SO,
Lipsesd OIL No CO. varnish, Spirits Tarpen-
low, Soap; No. e5, Fish Oil; No. So, Glass; No.
SO, Brushes; No. 20, Dry Goods for upholsterng
No. II, Stationery; No. n, Crucbles No. 70,
ShI M0 "a Aa Asds M RS 1 Fs Psa
ing; No. rs, Leather, pump rigging. lacing; No.
so, Junk; No IS, Anthracite Coal No. S6, Semi
bituminous Coal; No 81, Bituminous Coal; No.
SO, Charcoal; No. SO, Wood.
The following the classes, by the num-
bers, required at the respective navy yards:-
KITTERY.
Nos 13, Is, 49, %, 32, 49, 80, A, 48, 40, so, 81,
SO, SO, 54 56, 5S 59 60, 6S, 6S, SO, TO- II, 7S, a.
78, IS, 81, SS. -
CHARLESTOWN.
Nos. /, z, Is, Is, 16 18, % "a, 25, 80, 3S. "a,
35, 81, 3S, &c. AZ 49, A, 4S, 40, So 81, SO, S. 54,
So, SO, co. SO, g. 65, 68 SO, 70 II, 49, a. n, 7S,
81, S5, 81, SO.
BROOKLYN.
Nos. /, Z, IL, 13, 15, 16 Is, %, 80, a. 25, 32,
33, 81, A. 81 SO, "a, Sc, 57, IS, So 60 63, 68 So
20, II, 7S, "a, so, S5, 81, SS;
PHILADELPHIA.
Nos. l, T. 9, 80, 33, 63, H. S5, ST.
WASHINGTON.
Nos. /, g. 2, IL, l2. 1s Is, 1s, 2S 80, 80, 49, "a,
35, 81 SS, 80, AZ, 4S, "A, As, As, 49, 80, 81 So
SO, 81, So, SO, SO, co. 63, a. 6S. 90, 20, II, 70,
73, IA, rs, n, 49, 85, 81, 8S, 80.
NORFOLK.
Nos. l, z, g. Is, Is, 1S, %, 90, "a, 80, SO, 48,
so, So, So, So CO. 63, 20, II, 70, "a, IS, 81.
MARE ISLAND.
Nos. 2. 8, 9, 13, Is, 18, %, 80, 33, "a, 35 81,
38. SO, 43, A, AZ, 40 so, 81. So, "a, So 81 So,
30, 90, 6S, "a, 65, 6S, SO, 20, II, 73 a. n, 81,
SS, SO. Sc 1aw4t
NoTICE-SEALED PROPOSALS, INDoRsED
IN Proposals for furnishing the Public Schools
with Lehigh or Schuylkil Coal will be received by
the undersigned at the ofice OF the Board OF Public
u ID