The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-06-14
PROPOSALS.,
PROPOSALS. FOR, MATERIALS TO BE
SUPPLIED TO THE NAVY YARDS
UNDER THE COGNIZANCE OF THE
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND
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BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND RnpArR,

BUREAU Ot VONSThUCIlON AND
NAVY DEPARTMENT.,
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND REPAIR,
WASHINGTON, d. c., June g. 1871.
Sealed proposals TO furnish Timber and other
materials for the Navy for the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1872, will be received at this Bu-
reau' until ~ 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 he bids, parties bidding for supplies at
several yards soiU enclose their bids in separate
envelopes, each ind0rsed Ioih 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 desire to bid, on ap-
plicat1on 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 O
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-
ton, or for the examination of samples must
be made to the Commandants of the respective
yards.
The proposal must be accompanied by q GER
tificate 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
nlent, bids or offers aoiu be received only from
parties loho are bona tide dealers IN, or manu-
fdcture' 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 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
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
No. /, White Oak Logs No. 2, White Oak
| Keel Pieces; No. 3, White Oak Curved Timber;
No. Z, Yellow Pine Logs; No. 8, Yellow Pine
| Yard; No. 8, Yellow Pine Mast Timber-Oregon
Pine Mast Timber at Mare Island Yard; No. IL,
White Pine Logs; No. IL, White Pine Mast
| Timber; No. Is, White Pine Plank Boards
| al ard.
Is, White Ash, Elm, Beech-White Ash,
Redwood at Mare Island Yard; No. 16 White
Ash Oars; No. 1s, Black Walnut Mahogany,
sap Black ey Spruce s0 No. a. Write af oak Slaves NS
So SD Ingot Copper; No. g. Wrought Iron, rom
round and squares, No. ,Ss, Wrought
Steel; No. 81, Iron Spikes; No. SIS, Iron Wrought
Nails No. SO, Iron Cut Nails; No AZ, Lead, pipe,
sheet; No. 49, Zinc; No. A, Tin; No. As, Solder;
No. 48, Locks, Hinges, Bolts, of brass and iron;
No. 81, Augers; No. 52 Tools for ship stores;
| No. So, Tools for use in yard aud shops; No. 81,
Hardware; No. Sc, White Lead; No. 81. Zinc
Paints; No; So, Colored Paints, Dryers; No SO,
Lipseed Oil; No. so, varnish, Spirits Turpsn-
tine; No. g. Sperm and Lard Oil; No. "a, Tai
! low, Soap; No. 65, Fish OIL No. 6S, Glass; No.
SO, Brushes; No. 10, Dry Goods for upholsterlng
No. H., Stationery; No. 70. Crucibles; No %,
Pitch, Crude Turpentine; No. n, Betting, Pack
| ing; No. 7S, Leather, pump rigging lacing; No.
SO Junk; No. IS, Anthracite Coal; No. 86 Semi
bitumnous 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:-
KITTERY.
Nos. 13, Is, 1S, %, 80, 33, &c. A, 49, 40, So 81,
So S. 81, 56 5S, 59 Co. 6S, 6S, SO, 70, Il, 70, a.
7S, IS, 81, SO. -
CHARLESTOWN.
Nos. /, z, 13, Is, 16, Is, %, a. 25, 49, 33, a.
35, 81 98, &c. AZ, 49, A, 4S, 49, 80, 81 SO, 50, 81
So, 5s 60, g. "a, 65, 6s, &c. 70, H. 70, a. ", 49,
| BROOKLYN.
Nos. !, T. II, Is, Is, 16, IS, %, 23, "a 25, 32,
49, 81, AZ, 81 So, 81 Sc, 81 So, SO, CO. SO, IS, 60,
20, II, 73, "a, so, 85, SO, SO.
PHILADELPHIA.
Nos. /, z, 9, 80, 33, 63, II, S5. 81
WASHINGTON.
Nos /, 8, Z, H. l2, 49, Is, 1S, %, 80, 81, 3S 81,
35 81, 38, 80, AZ, 43, A, 40, 4S, 49, so 81, 52,
S. 81 S. So So co. 63, 64, 6S, 60, 70, Il, ~,
73, "a, 75, n, 49, 49, 81, S8, SO.
NORFOLK.
Nos. /, T. 8, 13, Is, 19, %, 23, "a, 81, 39, 4S,
so, SO, So, SO, 60, 63, 20, II, 73, n, SO, 81.
MARE ISLAND.
Nos. 2. 8, 8, Is, Is, 18, %, 81, 81, "a, 80, 81,
So, 80, 43, "A, 49, 40, so, 81, So, 81, 30, 81, 50
50, 60, 63, GA, 65, 68, SO, 70, Il, 73, a. n, 81
SS, SO. &c law4t
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