National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-05-04
NAVY DEPARTMENT, .

REAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR.
NAVY DEPARTMENT.,
BUREAU OF Construction AND REPAIR, I
WAsHINGToN, ID. e., April p, 1875.
Sealed Proposals to furnish Timber and
other materials for the Navy for the fiscal
year ending June 80 1875, will be received at this
next, 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, Sc, for the Navy" that
ness letters.
10 prevent con- usion and facilitate the opening
of the bids parties bidding for supplies at several
yards JViH incIoSe their bids in separate envelopes
for each yard, Endorsed Nth the name Of the yard
Printed schedules for such classes as parties
deal il and intend to bio for, together with in
structiOns to bidders, giving the forms of pro-
pOsal, of guarantee, and of certificates Of guar
antoTs, with printed forms of offer, will be fur
nished to such persons as desire to bid, on appi-
tiOn TO the Commandments of the respective Navy
Yards, and those Of all the yards on application
to the Bureau.
The Commandsnt 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 a class,
but the Department reserves the right to reduce
the whole class should the interest Of the Gov
eminent require it before the execution of the
contract All applications for information or for
the examination Of samples must be made TO the
commandantS Of the respective yards.
Bids or offers UiH be received only from parties
rho bona fde dealers in, manu- fdcturerS Of
The articles they o6er 10 furnish. The guarantors
must be ceTtined by the collector OF Internal
Revenue for the district in which they reside.
The contract will be awarded to the person who
required by law, the Navy Department, however,
TeServlng the right to reject the lowest bid any
which it may deem eXorOitant.
Under the provisions Of section 1872 of the Re-
UiSed Statutes, the Offer of any person icho, as
principal or surety, has been a defdulter in any
PreriOus contract tciLh the Nary Department giH
not be received.
Sureties in the full amount will be required to
sign the contract, and their responsibility be
certified to 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, and eighty
in triplicate by the Commandments Of the respect
i've yards, will be paid by the Paymaster Of the
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. White Oak Log S;
No. 3, White Oak Curved Timber; No. 1, White
Oak Plank; No. 9, Yellow Pine Plank; No. 9,
Yellow Pine Mast Timber; No. II, White Pine
Logs; No. y, White Pine Mast Timber; No. 10,
While Pine Plank, Boards; No. Is, White Ash;
No. l6, White Ash Oars: No. IS, Black Walnut,
Mahogany, Maple, Cherry; No. q Cypress, Ce-
Slaves and Headings; No. rs, LigDumVit9; No.
81, Wrought Iron, round and square; No. SO,
Wrought Iron, fat: No. 81, Iron, plate; No. s.,
Nails; No. 49, Iron Cut Nails; No. ~, Lead, pipe,
sheet; No. 43, Zinc; No. ~, Tin; No. IS, Solder;
No, 40, Screws, OF brass and iron; No. so, Files;
No. 81, Augers; No. 81, 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. So, COIored Paints, Dryers; No. SO,
Linseed OIL; No. 90, Varnish, Spirits Turpentine;
No. 90, Sperm and Lard Oh; No. 81, Tallow,
Soap; No. IS, Fish Oil; No. g. Glass: No. SO,
Brushes; No. 20, Dry Goods for upholstering; No.
Il, Stationery; No. Y, Crucibles; No. 70, Ship
No. IS, Rosin, Pitch, Crude Turpentine; No. Il,
Betting, Packing; No. rs, Leather; No. 50, Junk;
NO.S2, Bellows; No. IS, Anthracite Goal: No. Sd,
SenI:bituminous Coal; No. 81, Bituminous Coal;
No. IS, Charcoal. Coke.
The following are the classes, by the numbers
required at the respective navy yards:
PORTSMOUTH.
Live Oak: Nos l. 1S "a. IS. ~ IS, -. 81, IS, 81,
Sc, 81, IS, so, 90, 63, 65, 90, H. 3D. "a, s., IS.
BOSTON.
Live Oak: Nos. /, L. Is, IS, %, Is. g. s. 81 IS,
50, q 81, s., 81 81, IS, 50, Sc, g. g. 49, H. 49, a.
a, S. 81, IS.
NEW YORK.
Live Oak: Nos. 4, t. Is y 2s, "A, IS, H. So, s.,
SO, 90, O., So, 20, Il, 50, S. SO, IS.
PHILADELPHIA.
Nos. l. 4, g. g. II, II, 3D. 10, 10, Is, Y, % 70, u,
S. So H. 49, -. A. As, 49, SO, 81, So, 81, S. S. 49,
co, 65, q, 6s, 90, Il, 70, "a IS, II, 49, S. 81, 49,
WASHINGTON.
Nos. IS, %, s. 43, A, So 81, S. So co. 63, g. 60,
20, Il, IS, a, a., IS.
NORFOLK.
Live Oak: Nos. g. H. Is, IS, %, %, 49, A. 20. so,
S. Sc 81 S. So co. g. g. g. 90, 20, II, 70, IS, 49,
81, IS.
PENSACOLA.
Nos. 13, Is, =, q, IS, Il.
MARE ISLAND.
Nos q, 81, So 81, IS 80, A. &c, ~ 49, ~ so, 81,
81 IS, 81 S. 81 IS, &c. 60, g. 81, s. &C. 20, H. a.
70, IS, IS, 81. APPS
DROPOSALS FUR RATIONS.