National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-05-05

NAVY DEPARTMENT
BUREAu OF N SoHSTRHC TIoS AS All r RE FAIR
Sealed Proposals to furnish Timber and
other materials for the Navy for the fiscal
year ending June So 1875, will be received at this
bureau until Il O'Clock m. Of the Sth of June
next, at which time the bids will be opened
The proposals must be addressed to the "Chief
Of the Bureau Of Construction and Repair, Many
proposals for Timber, &c, for the Nary" that
they may be distinguished from ordinary b1si-
ness letters.
Of the bids parties bidding for supplies at several
yards JGiH iHcloSe their BIDS in separate envelopes
for each yard, Endorsed Nth the name Of the yard
for tUhich the bid is made.
Printed schedules for such classes as parties
deal in and intend to bid for, together with in
posal, of guarantee, and of certificates OF guar
antors, with printed forms of offer, will be fur
nished to such persons as desire to bid on aPpli-
ton TO the Commandments of the respective Navy
Yards, and those Of all the yards on application
to the Bureau.
The Oommandant of each navy-yard and the
purchasing paymaster for each station will have
copy Of the schedules Of the other yards for eX-
animation only, in order that persons who intend
to bid may Judge whether it is desirable to make
application for any of the classes of those yards.
The proposals must be for the whole of class,
but the Department reserves the right to reduce
the whole class should the interest of the Gov
eminent require 1t before the execution of the
contract. All applications for information or for
the examination Of samples must be made TO the
Bids or offers IciH be received only from parties
rho are bona 6de dealers in, manufacturer Of
the articles they offer TO furnish. The guarantOrs
must be certlned by the collector 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 guarantee
required by law, the Navy Department however,
reserying the right to reject the lowest bid or any
which it may deem eXorbitant.
Under tRe provisions of section ST22 Of The Re-
viSCd Statutes, the Offer of any person iDhO, as
priRcipdl or surety, has been a defdunsr in any
previous contract Nth the Navy Department win
Sureties in the full amount will be required to
sign the contract, and their responsibility must be
certified 10 the satisfaction Of the Navy Depart
ment.
AS additional security twenty per centum will
be withheld from the amount of the bills until the
contracts shall have been completed, ana eighty
per centum Of the amount of each bill, approved
in triplicate by the Commandments Of the respect
i've yards, will be paid by the Paymaster Of the
station designated 10 the contract, or If none is
specihed, 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
designated as follows:
Glass No. =, Live Oak; No. l, White Oak Log s;
No. 3, White Oak Curved Timber; No. 1, White
Oak Plank; No. 8, Yellow Pine Plank; No. g.,
yellow Pine Mast Timber; No. II, White Pine
Logs; No. u, White Pine Mast Timber; No. Is,
White Pine Plank, Boards; No. Is, White Ash;
No. l6, White Ash Oars: No. IS, Black Walnut,
Mahogany, Maple, Cherry: No. p, Cypress, Ue-
dari No. 2, Black Spruce; No. "a, White Oak
Slaves and Headings; No. rs, Lignumvite; No.
81, Wrought Iron, round and square; No. 80,
Wrought Iron, fiat; No. 81 Iron, plate; No. So,
Steel; No. 81, Iron Spikes; No. S, Iron Wrought
sheet; No. IS, Zinc; No. ~, Tin; No. Is, Solder;
No. IS, Locks, Hinges, Bolts, of brass and iron;
No. 81, Augers; No. 50, Tools for ship stores; No.
So, Tools for use in yards and shops; No. 81,
Hardware; No. So, White Lead; No. 81: Zinc
Paint; No. IS, COlored Paints, Dryers; No. So
Linseed OIL; No. 90, Varnlsh. Spirits Tdrpentine;
No. IS, Sperm and Lard OIL; No. 81, TAlloW,
Soap; No. 65, Fish Oil; No. IS, Glass; No. 90,
Brushes; No. TO- Dry Goods for upholstering; No.
Il, Stationery; No. ~, Crucbles; No. 20, Ship
Chandlery; No. "a, Acids, Photographic Waterfall
Betting, Packing; No. IS, Leather; No. 50, Junk;
No.S2, Bellows; No. IS, Anthracite Coal; No. SO,
Semi-bituminous Coal; No. 81, Bituminous Coal
The following are the classes, by the numbers,
required at the respective navy yards:
PORTSMOUTH.
Live Oak: Nos. l. 10, 81 IS. H. g, -. 81, IS, ST.
&C. 81, IS, 80, GO, 6J, 65, 90, Il, IS, "a, s., IS.
BIOS TON.
Live Oak: Nos. l, Is, Is IS, &c, 25 81 IS. 81, S.
So y 81 s. 81, 81 IS, 3d. g. o., %, %, Il, 20, H.
"a, SIS, 81, IS.
NEW YORK.
Live Oak: Nos. 4, 10, Is p g. q, IS, Al, 50, S.
SO, 90, 81, 65, 20, Il, 80, IS, &c. So.
PHILADELPHIA.
Nos l, l. 6, 9, IL, Il, Is. Is 10, 49, p, %, IS ST.
S. So ~, 43, ~ IS, 49, 10, So 81, S. 81 So S. So
co. g. o., g. 90, Il, 70, "a, IS u, IS, IS, 81, IS.
WASHINGTON.
Nos IS % IS, a. H. IS, 81, s., SO, 90, s., g. 90,
20, Il, IS, "A, -, IS.
NORFOLK.
Live Oak: Nos. g. IL, Is, 49, %. "a IS, ~, a. so,
s. S. 81, IS, ts, 90, %, o., 6s, Co. 20, H. 70, 49, 49,
81 IS.
PENSACOLA.
Nos. IL, Is, 2, Is, Is, Il.
MARE ISLAND
Nos n s. SO, 81, IS, 80, AZ. a. ~, IS ~ So 81,
81 s. 81, So, 81, IS, So 90, S. o., IS, 3d. 90 IL ~
IS, IS, IS, 81. APPS