National Republican., 1875-06-08

| NAVY DEPARTMEST.
BCREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAlR,
| WAsHINGTOS, ID. e., April y, 1875.
| 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 Juns
next, at which time the bids will be opened.
The proposals must be addressed to the "Chief
| Of the Bureau Of Construction and Repair, Nary
proposals for Timber &c., for the HGuy," that
they may be distinguished from ordinary busi-
ness letters.
of the bids parties bidding for supplies at SeUsrGt
yards igH inclose heir bids in separate eHUslopes
for each yard Endorsed toffh the name Of the yard
Printed schedules for such classes as parties
deal in and intend to bid for, together with in
| strUctiOns to bidders, giving the forms of pro-
! 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, appli-
| tiOn to the Conimandants of the respective Navy
! Yards and those Of all the yards on application
| TO the Bureau 20.
| purchasing paymaster for each station will have
copy OF the schedules Of the other yards, for
animation only, in order that persons who intend
to bid may iud ge whether It is deslrable 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
| ernment require it before the execution of the
contract. All applications for Information or for
the examination Of samples must be made 10 the
cOmmandants Of the respective yards.
BidS or offers IGiH be received only from parties
trkO are bona de dealers in, or HGnHtGciUrers Of,
| The articles they fer TO furnish. The guarant0rs
must be certified 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,
reServng the right to reiectthe lowest bid or any
which fl may deem exorDtant.
Under the provisions of section S722 Of the Re-
rtssd Statutes, ne oteT Of any person igho, az
precious contract with the Nary Department ciI
not be received.
S1reties in the full amount will be required to
sign the contract and their responsibility must be
| certihed to the satisfaction oI the Navy Depart
meEt.
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 CommandantS OF the respect
i've yards, will be paid by the Paymaster OF the
station designated in the contract, or, ii none is
speched, by the Plymsster OF the station nearest
the yard where the goods are delivered, within
ten days after the warrant tOrthe same shall nave
been passed by the Secretary OF the Treasury
The classes Of this Bureau are numbered and
| designated as fellows:
Glass No -, Live Oak:No. White Oak Log :;
| No. s, White Oak Curved Timber; No. 4, White
Oak Plank; No 8, Yellow Pine Plank; No; 9,
| Yellow Pine Mast Timber: No. II, White Pine
Logs; No u, White Pine Mast Timber: No. Is,
| While Pine PLANK, Boards: No. Is, White Ash;
| No. 10, White Ash Oars: No. 1S Black Walnut,
| Mahogany, Maple, Cherry: No. p, Cypress, De-
dar; No. 3, Black Spruce; No. a White OAK
81, Wrought Iron, round and square; No 50,
| Wrought Iron, tat: No. 81, Iron, plate: No. s.,
| Nails; No So Iron Cut Nails; No A. Lead, pipe,
| RLeet No. 43, Zinc; No. II, Tin; No. Is, Solder;
10. IS, Locks, Hinges, Bolts of brass and iron;
NJ: 81, Augers; No 81, Tools for ship stores; No.
IS, Tools for use In yards and shops; No 81,
RsIdware; No. So, White Lead No: 81; Zinc
LinsC ed OH; No. 90, Yarnish, spirits Turpentine;
| No. eS Sperm and Lard OIL; No: 81, T4llow,
Brusht :; No 20, Dry Goods for upholstering; No.
Chandl! ~; No q, Acids, Photographic Material;
Nc IS, / Osin, Pitch, Crude TUrpentine; No. 77I
Betting; Packing; No. %, Leather; No. So Junk;
No.s2, B>liows; No. IS, Anthracite Coal; No. s.,
Semi.btI minous Coal; Nc. 81, Htuminous Coal;
No 68. Ol arcOal, Coke.
The fCE owing are the classes, by the numbers,
required at the respective navy yards:
PORTSMOUTH.
Live Oak: Nos l. 16 81. S5. A. IS. ~. 81, So, 81,
SO, 81, IS, SO, 60, IS, IS, &c. a. IS, "A, s., IS.
BOSTON.
Live Oak: Nos l, Is Is, IS 23 25, 81, IS, 81, 80,
3g = ST. S. 81 81, IS, So 6S d, 6s, %, H. %, a.
u, So, 81, IS.
NEW YORK.
Live Oak: Nos 4, l6 IS p. 23, a. 43, Il, So, IS,
SO, 90, g., 6S, 20, Il, 80, IS, So, So.
PHILADELPHIA.
o. Nos 20 I4s9 Il II lS Is Is 1S IS q e 2 Is 3 g.
&C., 49, o., 6s, 6s Il, 20, a. IS, Il, IS, IS, 81, IS.
WASHINGTON.
Nos1s, @ s. 43, II, b3 81, 5s, SO, co. S3, 81, SO,
70, Il, rs, "A, Il, IS.
NORFOLK.
Live Oak: Nos 5, H. Is, IS, p, "a 43, Il, 4s 50,
s. So 81, So, SO, co. 49, 81, 6s &c. 20, H. 49, 70, IS,
s2 IS.
PENSACOLA.
Nos. 10, Is, z, %, 25. Il.
MARE ISLAND.
Nos. p, 81, IS, 81, S. So ~ - ~, IS, a. So 81
g. s. g. S9r6Ia, SO, co. 0a "a, 6S' g. 70, Il =,
PROPOSALS FOR FUEL AT NAVAL
L ACADEMY, ANNAPOLIS. MD.
Sealed proposals will be received until June
IL, neon, Tor supplying the United States Naval
Academy with $50 tons Of gas coal, ., 100 tons of
Cumberland coal, Georges creek, run Of mine,
with fair proportion Of Jumps. and until Au-
gust l, noon, with go tons Of steamer anthracite
coal.
Thegas coal to be delivered at the wharf Of the
Naval Academy by the LIST ClJuly next, the Cum
berland coal Immediately after the 5tn OF July
next, and the Anthracite coal Immediately after
the lst OF August next. The delivery Of each
kind Of coal must be continuous and Tree rom eX-
pense tC the United States.
The Academy will discharge at the rate of not
less than sixty (G0) tons per day. AL of the coal
to lie Of the best quality, free from dust, and to
wetgh 22iO pounds to the ton: to be weighed at
the Naval Academy, and il not satisfactory in
quality to be rejected.
The right 10 reject all bids for Goa! not suIIa-
bic for the purposes Of he Academy, is re-
served.
Proposals to be indorsed proposals for Coal"
c. r P. RODGERS.
Rear Admiral. Superintendent
NAVAL ACADEMY, May u, 1873. myl+