The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-06-12
PROPOSALS.
DRoPosALs FOR MATERIALS TO BE
i SUPPLIED TO THE NAVY YARDS
UNDER THE COGNIZANCE OF THE
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND
REPAIR
NAVY DEPARTMENT.
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR, :
WASHINGTON. ID. c.. Jnne G 1871 |

NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR,
WASHINGTON, ID. 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 12 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
several CARDS ooU enclose their bids an separate
eNUelopeS, each indorsed 1oith the name of the
gard for 1Cllicb 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 gdaran-
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 a 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 q
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
tifcate 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
n,ent, bids or offers aoiu be recetued only from
parties eoho are bona tide dealers IN, or manu-
fGcturerS S OF, the articles they OTTER 10 Jurn1sh
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
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 Commandments 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. i, White Oak Logs; No, 2, White Oak
Keel Pieces; No. 3, White Oak Curved Timber;
No. z, Yellow Pine Logs; No. s, 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; u, White Pine Mast
| Timber; No 13, White Pine Plank Boards
Sugar Pine Boards at Mare Island Yard; No.
49,, White Ash, Elm, Beech - Ash
Ash Oars; No. is, Black Walnut, Mahogany
Maple, Cherry; No. %, Cypress, Cedar; No.
%, Black Spruce, No. "a White Oak Slaves
sDd Iae meadGgS No No % LR~@yt %TangHt rSo So
round i and square; No. SO, Wrought
Iron, fiat: No. "a, Iron, plate; No. SO,
Steel; No. 81, Iron Spikes; No 80, Iron Wrought
Nails; No. SO, Iron Cut Nails; No, AZ Lead, pipe,
sheet; No. 43, Zinc; No. A, Tin; No. As, Solder;
No. As, Locks, Hinges, Bolts, of brass and iron;
No. 40, Screws, of brass and iron; No. so, Files;
No. 81, Augers; No. So, Tools for ship stores;
No So, Tools for use in yard and shops; NO =, 54,
Paints; No 5S, Colored Paints Dryers No. 80,
Lipseed Oil; No. Co. Varnish, Spirits Turpen-
tine; No. 63, Sperm and Lard Oil; No, GA, Tai
Sw s0sP M ss
No II, Stationery; No. u, Crucibles; No 73,
Ship Chandery; No. "a, Acids; No. 10 Resin,
Pitch Crude Turpentine; No. n, Betting, Pack
ing; No. rs Leather, pump rigging, lacing; No.
SO, Junk; No S., Anthracite Coal; No. SO Semi
bituminous Coal; No 81, Bituminous Coal; No.
S. Charcoal; No 80, Wood.
The following are the classes by the num-
bers required at the respective navy yards:-
| KITTERY.
Nos. Is, Is, 1S %, 32, 39, 80. Al, As 40, So 81,
So So ST. So, S. SO, 60, 65 6S, go, 70, Il, 70, a.
90 00' 0'' 90 OHARLEsTowN.
Nos !, Z. Is, Is, 16, Is %, "a. 25, 32 SO, 81
35, 81, 3S, 80, 40, 49, "A, 49, 49, so, ST. So So, 54
Sc S. CO. 63, 64 65, 6S, 60, 70, II, 70, a. n, 7S
81, S5, 81, 50.
BROOKLYN.
Nos. /, Z, II, 13, 10, 16, lS %, 90, "a, 25, 80
33, 81, a. 81, 53 81 Sc, 81, 5S, 50, 60 S. 6S, go
20, II, 70, "A, so, s5 96, SS;
PHILADELPHIA.
Nos. !, T. g. 80, 33, GO, II, S5, 81.
WASHINGTON.
Nos. !, 8, T. IL, H. 13, 15 IS, 90, 80, 80, SO, 81
35, 81 3S 49, 49, 49, A. A. As, 40, So 81, SO
So, "a, Sc, 5S, 50, 60, 63, GA, 6S Co. TO- II, 72
70, "a, rs, n, rs, S5, 81, IS, 80.
NORFOLK.
Nos. l, Z. Q, 13, Is, Is, %, 23, "a, 81, 80, AS
so, SO, 5S, SO, 60, 63, 20, II, 73, n, So, 81.
MARE ISLAND.
Nos. 2 s, o. IS 10 IS %, 33 49, 81 35, 81
IS. 80, 49, "A, 49, 40 so, 81, SO, "a, So, 81, 5S
50, GO, GS, CA, 65, 6S, Co. TO- H. 7S, u r. 81
SO, 50. 6 1aw4t
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