National Republican., 1876-10-12

NAVY DEPARTMENT.
BUREAU OF CoSsTRUcTIoH AND REPAIR, :
WASHINGTON, u. C., September IS, 1916
Sealed proposals to furnish timber and other
materials for the Navy for the fiscal year ending
June So 1877, will be received at this Bureau until
l. O'Clock m. of THURSDAY, November l6, 1876,
at which time the bids will be opened.
The proposals must be addressed to the "Chief
2fthe Bureau Of COnstrueti0G and Repair, Nary
"Proposdls for Timber, Sc, for the Nary" that
they may be distinguished from ordinary business
letters.
Toprevent con FUSION ard facilitate the opening
of the bids parties bidding for supplies at several
yards tciH enclose their bids IN separate enrelopes
for each yard, indorSed NTH the name of the yard
for IrhicR the bid is made.
Printed schedules for such classes as parties
deal in and intend to bid for, together with in
structions to bidders giving the forms of proposal
Of guarantee. and of certificate Of guarantors,
with printed forms of offer, will be furnished to
COmmandants of the respective Navy Yards, and
those OF all the yards on application to the Bu-
reau-
The Commandant of each Navy Yard, and the
purchasing PaynaSter for each Station, will have
a copy of the schedules of the other yards, for
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
Commandments of the respective yards.
Bids or offers triH Be received only from par
ties frhO are bona tide dealers in or mGnufdc-
furerS of, the articles they offer TO furnish. The
guaraniOrs 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 re-
reserying the right to reject the lowest bid, or
any which it may deem exOrbtant.
Under me ProrisfonS Of section S122 Of the Re
principal or surely, has been defdulter in any
Prerious contract With the HGvy Department ViH
Sureties in the full amount will be required to
sign the contract, and their responsibility must
be certified to the satisfaction OF the Navy De-
paTtment
AS additional security twenty per centum will
be withheld from tine amount Ul the bills until the
contracts shall have been completed, and eighty
per centun Of the amount Of each bill, approved
in triplicate by the COmmandants of the respec-
tive yards viii be paid by the Paymaster of the
station designated 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 of the Treas
ury.
No. /, White Oak Logs; No. Is, White Pine
Plank Boards: No. l6, White Ash Oars; No. q,
Headings; No; Is, Lignumyite; No. IS, Steel;
No. IS, Iron Wrought Nails; No. 80, Iron Cut
Nails; No. q, Lead pipe, sheet; No. 49, Zinc; No.
4s, Screws, Of brass and iron; No. 50, Fhss; No.
81, Augers; No. s., Tools for ship stores; No. IS,
Tools for use in yard and shops; No. 81, Hard
ware; No. SO, White Lead; No. g. Zinc Paint;
No. s., Colored Paints, Dryers; No. SO, Linseed
Oh; No 90, Yarnish, Spirits Turpentine; No. 6j,
Sperm. and Lard OIL; No. 81, TalloW, Soap; No.
65, Fish Oil; No. 6S, GLASS; No. 60, Brushes; No.
40, Dry Goods for upholsterng; No. II, Stationery;
No. a. CTucibles; No. 70, Ship Chandlery; No. "a,
Acids; No. 75 ROsin, Pitch, Crude Turpentine;
No II, Betting, Packing; No. IS, Leather; No. IS,
Charcoal; No. 50, Wood.
The following are the classes by the numbers,
required at the respective navy yards:
PORTSMOUTH.
Nos. l6 25, SO, 43, 49, So 81, IS, g. s. e5, 60 S
"a, IS.
BOSTON.
Nos. S5 IS, SO, ~, IS, 49, 81, 81 So 81, S. 81, S.
5e, 60 60, o., IS, 90, 20, II, 7s "A, rs, Il, rs.
NEW YORK.
Nos. % ~, 43, SO, 81, 5s, SO. 90, SO, 65, T5.
LEAGUE ISLAND.
Nos 25, IS, 80, 43, 4S -, 81 s. IS, 81 CO. 90, g.
es, 69, 20, Il, IS, "a II, IS, IS.
WASHINGTON
Nos p SO, IS, 40, So ST. S. So, 81 SO, 81, 5S, &c.
CO. g. e., 6s, 90, 20, II, a. T3 r. rs H. IS S. So
NORFOLK.
Nos D. Is, IS, 80, 4s ~, So s. So 81 S. ST. 5s o.
90, 63. ~ 6s SO, 20, II, 7S, u, 7S
MARE ISLAND.
Nos 16, q, IS, A. a. IS, A. S. 53 s. g. 81 S. So
%, SO, 81, IS, os, 90, 20, II, 7S, IS. sesO-td