Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-05-07
PROPOSALS FOR MATERIALS TO RE SUP
Piled TO TIE NAVY YARDS UNDER
THE DOMINANCE OF THE BUREAU OF
CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR.


BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR,
WASHINGTON, d, c., April 8, 1874
SEALED PROPOSALS to furnish Timber and
ing June 30. 1875, will be received ut the Blu
aeau until IL o'clock m. of Thursday, May z, 1874
(which time the bids will be opened.
The proposals must be addressed to the "Chef
the Bureau Of Construction and Repair, Navy
Department washington" and must be indoors.
THAI they may be distinguished from ordinary
business letters.
ing of the bids, parties bidding Tor supplies az
several yards will enclose their bids in seperate
envelopes for each yard. endorsed with the name
of the yard for which the bid IL made.
Printed schedules for such classes as parties
deal In and intend to bid for, together ith in
siruclions to bidders, giving the forms of propcs
ais, of guarantee, and Of ttheate OF guarantors
with printed forms of Offer. will be furnished to
such persons as desire to bid, on application to
those of all the yards On application 20 the Bu-
reau
The Comma ndant Of each Navy Yard and the
purchasing PaymasIer for each station. will
have copy of the schedurs of the other wards, :,
for examination on'y, IN order that pers sons who
intend TO bid may Judge whether is il desirable to
make application for any OF the classes of those
yards.
The proposals must be for the whole of A class,
but the Department reserves the right To reduce
the whole class, should the nerest of The Govern
met require 1t. before the execution OF the
tract All applications for INTO rmaton, Tor the
examination OF samples, must be made to the
Commandments of the respective yards.
Bids or offers will be received only from parties
who are bona ode dealers In. or manufacturers
OF the ARTICLES they offer to furnish. The guaran-
tors must be certified by the Collector OF Internal
Revenue tor the district in which thew reside.
The contract will be awarded to the person
who makes the lowest bid and gives the guaran-
tee required by law the Navy Department, how
ever, Iescrving the right 70 reject the lowest bld
or any which It may deem eSorbitant.
Under The provisions OF the second section of
the act approved March ), ls63, the offer of any
person who, as principal or surety. has been
defauiter IN any previous contract with the Navy
Department Ill not be received.
Sureties In the iu,l amount will be required to
sign the contract. AMI their respon .ibihiy must
be certified to the satisfaction Of the Navy DE
partmcnt.
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 tripiicaIe by the Commandant Of the spective
yards, VIII be paid by the Paymaster OF the sta
ton designated in the contract, or if none Is
specihed, by the Paymaster of the station
the yard where The goods delivered, within
Ten Jay alter the warran! Tor The came shall have
been passed by the Secretary OF the Treasury.
The classes of this Bureau are numbe red and
designated as follows:
No; White Oak Logs; No. Is. White Pine
No, Is, White Ash Oars; No. Is, Black Walnut,
Mahogany. Maple. Cherry: No. y, Cypress
Cedar, No. b Black Spruce; No. %, White Oak
Slaves and Headings; No. Is. LignumviIa: No.
J. Wrought Iron, round and square; No. y,
Wrought Iron, nat; No 81: Iron. plate, No. 50,
steel; No. -. Iron spikes: No. IS Iron Wrought
Nails No. ~, Iron Cut Nails No ~, Lead pipe.
sheet. No. Is, T. nc; No. ~, Tin; W. as Locks
Hinges. Bolts OF brass and iron No. ~, screws
OF brass and non No. 30, Files, No 81 , Augers
No. 81, Tools for ship stores. No. 81 Tools Tor
use IA yard and shops: No. 81, Hardware; No.
g. White Lead No. 81. Zinc Pants. No. IS. Col
ored Paints, Dryers No. 80, Linseed OIL; No. &C,
NarnIsh spirits IurI entiue; No Is, sperm and
Lard on No. 81 IaIiow, soap; No. G5, tish Oil
No. Is. Glass No. 90, brushes No. 20, Dry Goods
for upho.tering No II, stationery No. =. Cruel
blcs. No. -. ship thandIery, No. a, Acids; No.
-. .osin. iltch, Crude Iurpentnc No. ~, Belt
ing, Packing; No. - Leather, pump, rigging,
lacIng, No. -, Anthracite Coal; No. sd, semi
hituninous coal. No. -, Bituminous Coal; No.
-, Charcoal; No. 50, Wood.
Tho follow ms are tue classes, BY the numbers,
required at the res pcCtse navy yards.
PORTSMOUTH.
Nos. IL. lJ Is 10. 81, %. ~, 49, a. IS 40 80 81
s.. So s. -, 81, -. ~ ~ 81. -. u, ~ 81 81,
BOSTON.
NO.. &c. %, %, g. -, =, a. a. g. So 81, - 50,
60. 6j. %. -, -. - -, -, -, -, 81. s.
NEW YORK.
Nos. l. IL. Is "a. D. q. -, a. S. 81 s. 80 CD o.
Is, ~. 20. Il, -. -, ~, s.
PHILADELPHIA.
Nos, t. 10 Is, Is, 81, :. 30 a. -. g. so 81 81
- 81 - 81 90, g. IS 20, 20, II, -. IS, "a, 75 "
wAsIuSGToS.
Nos %, - a. 81, q %, - -. 50. 50, S. 50. s.,
s., 20 g. y. ~, 20, u. -, 81, - -.
NORFOLK.
Nos. /, -, II, H. =. - 3! 81 s. 81. y, &. g.
a. a. 90. -, 81, g. 81 81 -, IS, 81 -, Il. -.
=, -. =, -
MARE ISLAND.
Nos. 81. ~ - a., ~. a. 80. 81, 80, 81, S. 81, -
10. G5, g., ~, Il. -. =, ., ~. =. 4SIG