The Portland daily press., 1873-05-30
PROPOSALS FOR FUEL,
Forage and Straw.


OFFICE CHIEF QUARrERM
ID Q. NJ. DISTRICT, DEPARTMENT OF THE EAsr,l
BOSTON, Mass, May a. 1878. }
SEALED PROPOSALS in tripicate, under tia
- usual conditions, with copy of this advertise
until ~ O'Clock NJ, on MONDAY. June %, 1873, for
the delivery of Fuel Forage and Straw for the ser
vice OF the Quartermasters Department, during the
fiscal year ending June go 1874, as follows, viz:
BOSTON. MASS.
50 cords bard Wood
so cords Kindling Wood.
10000 pounds Of Anthracite Coal.
100000 pounds OF Bituminous Coal.
10000 pounds Of Oats.
SLIGO pounds OF Hay.
1920 pounds of Straw.
FORT INDEPENDENCE, boston uARBoR, MASS.
40 cords of Hard Wood.
80 cords of Kindling Wood.
1880 pounds OF Anthracite Coal, egg size.
L, S00pounds of Oats.
l2,0vO pounds OF IA y.
$4,000 pounds of Straw.
FORT WARREN, BOSTON HARBoR, MASS.
$4,000 pounds of Anthracite Coal tegg slze
750o00-nut, 60,O00)
8,7e0 pounds of Oats.
- 1920 pounds of ay.
11,0f0 pounds Of Straw.
FORT PREBLE, PoRTLANp,ME.
$4,000 pounds of Anthracite Coal (eeg 2s3 COO
nut, 2s3 0O0).
81, 900 pounds of Oats.
$4,000 pounds of Hay.
$4,000 pounds OF Str.w.
FORT SULLIVAN, EAsTPoRT, NE,
400 cords of Hard Wood
80 cords f Kindiing Wood.
100000 pounds OF Anthracite Coal (stoye size).
25.o9O pounds Of Oats.
30,660 pounds of Hay.
16,S4S pounds of Straw.
FORT ANDREWS, PLYMOUTH, MASS.
1920 pounds of Anthracite Coal
14i pounds f Straw.
FORT AT cLARK's POINT, NEW BEDFORD, MASS
21.23a pounds of Anthracite Coal.
1850 ponds of Oats.
5,110 pounds of Hay.
LASS pounds of Straw.
FORT CONSTITUTION, NEW cAsrLEN.H.
12 cords of Hard Wood.
14f pounds of Straw.
FORT KNOX, BUCKsPoRr, ME-
10000 pounds of Anth, aete Coal
IA pounds Of Straw.
LONG POINT BATTERIES, PRovlNcETowS, MASS.
liz cords of Hard Wood
IA pounds of Straw.
FORT MccLEARY, KITTERY POINT, ME-
IL cords Hard Wood.
IA pounds of straw.
FORT PHOENIX, FARHAvEN, MASS.
1920 pounds Anthracite Coal,
ia pounds of Straw.
FORT PoPHAM, PARKER's READ, ME-
y cores of Hard Wood.
IA pounas o. Straw.
FORT sEwALL, MARBLEHEAD, MASS
1l3 cords Of Hard Wood,
IA pounds of Straw
FORT sTANDIsH, PLYMOUTH, MASS.
1920 pounds of Anthracite Coal,
l44 pounds of Straw.
FORT scAMMEL PORTLAND, ME.
10000 pounds Anthracite Coal.
IA pounds Of straw.
FORT 6oRGEs PORTLAND, ME.
10000 pounds Anthracite Cool.
IA pounds Of Straw.
All of the above supplies to be subject to inspection
by such officer or agent as may be designated from
this Office.
Wood to be sound, merchantable, dry, free from
small crooked limbs and cut In lengh of not more
than four feet Coal be Of the best quality red ash
clean. Oats to be sound fresh, of the best quality
free from dust other defects and delivered in good
well sewed sacks.
Hay to be Of the best quality, well cured timothy
securely baled straw to be Of the best quality, clean
and securely baled.
Wood to be piled in the Post Wood Yards or Sheds.
Straw to be delivered IN Post Stables.
All to be delivered, free of expense, to the United
States in such quantities, and at suen tlme as the
Each nroposal must be panied by guarantee
signed BY Two responsible persons the standing OF
assessor Of revenue other United States ociaH.
that if the proposal accepted the bidder will AZ
and that the guarantors will become his sureIies IN
a sum equal 10 one-fourth of the amount of the COW
tract for its fail hful performance.
Proposals to be made on separate sheeks for th.
amounts of wood, Coal Oats Hay or Straw rssn .o
lively, to be delivered at each station, stating be
price per cord 2s cubic feet of wood Der ton q oo0
pounds) Of coal, Hay or Straw, or ner bnshS 10
poundf) Of OATS and price of sacks at which The sup
plies will be delivered at each Station. '"' sup
Proposals may be made for delivery Of the supplies
reSniIeu az any one or more Of the Stations
NO prop9sals VIII De entertained form persons who
nave JAILED to comply with previous contracts, or
t gas Of from unknown persons not guaranteed and
~ sns Is reserved TO reject any or all bids not made
u, accoruance with tins advertisement, not con-
saered advantageous to the public service, or to &C
eept suen portions of any bid as may be deemed OF
advantage to the public interest," or TO receive the
tracted for.
Proposals to be endosded Proposals iorIS"oou;
Coal, Oats HAY or Straw, as the case may oe), and
address to the undersigned: ,o>,rcoD,rpv
T, 10, and Deputy @. NJ. Gen. y. 5. A,
e,b,oS 70 NJ Cd District, Dept. Of the East.
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