The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-05-05
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PROVIDENCE, RI
FOR SALE EVERYWHERE.
for Materials 10 be sup
piled 10 the Navy Yards under
the cOgnixamce Of the Bureau Of
Construction and Repair.

AND kEFAGH.1
Washington, ID. c.. April 6, is7a.
SEALED PROPOSALS to furnish Tmber and
- other materials for the Navy f'r the fiscal year
until L O'Clock NJ. Of THURSDAY, May I, Is74, Al
which time the bids viii be opened.
The proposals must be addressed % the .Chiei o.
the Bureau Of Construction and Repair. Navy De
partmenI, Washington" and must be nd0rsed 'sPtO-
pOsals for Timber, &c for the Navy" that they may
be distinguished from ordinary business letters.
TO prereHt confusion, and ftlciistafe ths opening
Of the bids parties bidding for supplies az sereral
yards Gill enclose their BIDS IN eRceiopes
FER edeA yard tsaorsed Nth the name Of tie gard
Which the bid is made.
Printed schedules for such Glasses as parties deal
in and intend 20 bid for together with Instructions
tee, aud OF certificate Of guaranfoFs, with printed
forms Of offer, will be Furnished 10 such persons
the respective Navy ards and those all the yards
on application to the Bureau.
Inc Sonlinandant o. each Navy Yard. and the
purchasing Paymaster for each Station, win have
copy Of the schedules Of the other yards tor exam
ination only n order that persons who intend bid
may judge whether it is desirable ito make applca-
ton 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 interest of the Government
require it, before the execution of the contract. All
applications Tor information, tor the examination
OF samples, must be made TO the Commandments of
the respective yards.
Bids or offers iciH be receired only from parties
icho are bona dde dealers in, or manufacturers o.
the articles then offer TO fttraish The guarantofs
must be certified by the Collector OF Internal Reye-
nue. for the district IN which they reside.
The contract will be awarded to the person who
makes the lowest bid and gives the guarantee requir
ed by law, the Navy Department, however. reserv-
ing the right to reject the lowest bid any which it
may deem exorbitant.
Under the provisions of the second section of tn
act approved March'3 1868, the offer of any person
soho as ineipat or surety, has been detduter in
any precious contract Nth the Nary Department
ciU not be reoeiUed
Sureties in the full amount will be required to sign
the contract and their responsibility must be certified
fhn Nov Nam ont
As additional security twenty per centum will be
withheld from the amount of the bills until the con-
tracts shall have been completed and eighty per CEN
tum OF the amount of each bill, approved in trip-
cate by the Commandments of the respective Yards
will be paid by the Paymaster of the station desig
mated 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
The classes of this Bureau are numbered and des-
ignated as follows:
Boards; No. 49, White Ash, Elm, Beech; No Is,
White Ash Oars; No. IS, Black Walnut, Mahogany,
Maple Cherry No u Giypress CEDAR Ne %
ings; No. %, Lignumvte; No. 80. Wrought Iron,
round and square; No. SO, Wrought Iron. fat; No.
IT. i as plate No 49, Steel No. ~ Iron Spikes
No. 49, Locks Hinges, Bolts, Of brass and iron; No
49, Screws of brass and iron; No. So Files; No. 81
Augers; No. 50, Tools for ship stores No. IS, Tools
for use in yard and shops; No. "a, Hardware; No.
DO. Wh1te Lead; No. 3D. Zinc Paints; No. IS, COored
Paints, Dryers; No. 80. Linseed Oil No co. Varnish
Spirits Turpentine No So, Sperm and Lard Oil; No
ga, Tallow, Soap; No. 65, Fish Oil; No. 6s, Glass:
No So Brushes; No. 20, Dry Goods for upholstering
NO. IL. Stationery; No. ", Crucibles; No. 49, Ship
Chandery; No. "a, Acids; No. 70, Rosin, Pitch.
Crude Iurpentine; No, n. Betting, Packing; No.
~, Learner pump, rigging, lacing; No. So, Anthra-
cite Coal; No Sc, Semi-bitumiuous Coal No. 81, BIZ
luminous Coal; No. 49, Charcoal; No. SO. Wood.
The following are the the classes by the numbers,
required at the respective navy yards:
PORTSMOUTH,.
Nos. Is, 10, 49, 49, 81, 80, 49, 4, A. 49, 49, So 81 s.
%, Oh, 81, 81, 49, co. SO, GA, s., H. 49, 49, 81, 49,
BOSTON.
Nos. 16, 25, 49, 49, 81 49, 81. A. 49, So 81 &c. So CO.
So, So, II, Y. 70, "a. rs, II, 49, 81, IS.
NEW YORK.
Nos. 49, IS, a. 49, ~, 49, A. Sc, 81, So, 50, co. GA,
65, SO, TO- II, 70, So, SO, sS.
PHILADELPHIA.
Nos. 10, Is, &c. Is, 49, SO, 49, 49, 49, 49, 90 81 S. 81
g. s. 50, &c. 60. 6S, 3d. TO- Il, 70, 49, a. TO- H. 49, S.
WASHINGTON.
Nos. %, 49, 80, 81 49, 43, 49, 49, So 49, 81 S. 81, IS
&c. &c. 60, SO, 70, II, 70, 81, So, SO.
NORFOLK.
Nos 10, Is IS, % 25 49, SO, IS, 81, 80, 49, 43. A.
81, IS. ~
MARE ISLAND
Nos. 49, 49, 49, A. 49, 40, 80, ST. SO, 81 S. 81, So, co.
63, So, So, II. 70, II, rs, IS, 81.
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