The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-06-28

4 SUPPLIED TO THE NAVY YARDS
SlRF5I gNPER TIE he G0SNIzAHGE OF TIE
REPAIR.
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR
WASHINGTON ID. O., June 6, 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,
tinguished from ordinary business letters.
To preUent confusion and facilitate the open
ing of The bids parties bidding for supplies at
se1erdl yards ,1iu enclose their bids in sepdrate
envelopes, each Endorsed 1oith the name of the
yard for aChich 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 guarau-
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
to make application for any of the classes of
those yards.
The proposals must he 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 GER
tificate from che 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
ment, bids or offers 9UiU be received only from
parties 1ulo are bona fde dealers in, or manu-
fdCture, of, the articles they offer to furnish.
The guarantors must becertified 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 Commandants of
the respective yards, will be paid by the Pay
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. l, White Oak Logs; No. 2, White Oak
Keel Pieces; No. 8, White Oak Curved Timber;
No. z, 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. H.
White Pine Logs; No. IL, White Pine Mast
Sugar Pine Boards at Mare Island Yard; No.
49,. White Ash, Elm, Beech-White Ash,
Redwood at Mare Island Yard No 16 White
Ash Oars; No. 1s, Black Walnut, Mahogany,
%, Black spruce No. "a, White Oak Slaves
and Headings; No.. 25, Lgnumvit@; No.
80, Ingot Copper; No. 80 Wrought Iron,
pon a ana No. sa from No. plate Mo S.
Steel; No. 81 Iron Spikes; No; IS, Iron Wrought
Nails; No. 80, Iron Cut Nails; No. AZ, Lead, pipe,
sheet; No 4S, Zinc No. "A, Tin; No. 49, Solder;
No. 49, Locks, Hinges, Bolts, of brass and iron;
No. 49, Screws, of brass and iron No. so, Files;
No. ST. Augers; No. So Tools for ship stores;
No. 3d. Tools for use in yard and shops; No. 81,
Hardware; No. So, White Lead No 81, Zinc
Paints No. 5S, Colored Paints, Dryers; No. SO,
tine No. 63, Sperm and Lard Oil; No. "a, Tai
low, Soap; No. 65, Fish Oil; No. 6S, Glass; No.
60, Brushes; No. 70, Dry Goods for upholstering;
No. n Stationery No. ~, Cruclbles; No. 73,
Ship Chandlery; No. "a, Acids; No. rs, Resin,
Pitch, Crude Turpentne; No. n, Betting Pack
ing No. rs, Leather, pump rigging, lacing; No.
so, Junk; No. IS, Anthracite Coal No. SO, Semi
bituminous Coal No. 81, Bituminous Coal No.
IS, Charcoal; No. 80, Wood.
The following are the classes, by the num-
bers, required at the respective navy yards
KITTERY. ~
Nos. 13, Is, 49, 90, 49, 3S, 49, a, 4S, 40, so, 81,
So 3d. "a, Sc, 5s SO, go, 6S, 6S SO, TO- II, 7S "a,
7S, IS, 81, SO. i.t'
CHARLESTOWN. u.'u
Nos. l, z, 49, Is, 16, 1S %, a. 25, 32, 33, "a,
35, 81 SO, 80, 49, 43, A, 4S, 49, so, 81 SO, 53 81
Sc, So 60, g. Ga, 65, 6S &c. 20, H. 70, a. n, 7s,
~ ~ BROOKLYN.
Nos. /, T. II, 13, Is, 16, 49, %, 80, "a 25, 80,
99, 81 AZ 81, So, 81, 56, 81 5s, So, 60 So, 6S &C.,
20, n, 73, "a, so. 85, SO, S8.
PHILADELPHIA.
Nos. 1, z, 9, 49, 33, 63, II, 85, 81.
WASHINGTON a.
Nos. l, 3, z, H. 12, Is, 15 Is, %, So 80, 49, "a,
35, 81, 3S, SO, AZ, 43, "A, 45 49, 40, So 81, SO,
So, 54, 56, IS, So 60, 6S, 64, S. SO, TO- II, ~,
70, "A, rs, n, rs, S5, 81 So, SO.
Nos. !, 2: g. Is, is, IS, g, g, "a, Ss, 80, As,
MARE ISLAND.
Nos. 2. s, 9, IS, 15, Is, %, S2, SS, 81, IS, 81,
3S, SO, 4S, A, 4S, 40, so, 81 So, 81, S. 81, So,
50, 60, 63, "a, 65, 6S, SO, 70, II, 73, "a r. 81,
SS, 50. 661aw4t
OUARTERMAsTERs OFFICE, U. S. ARMY.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June Ia 1871.
SEALED PROPOSALS. in triplicate, will be re-
oelved at this office until ~ O'Clock noon, sATUR
DAY, july 1b 1871. building a One and Half