National Republican., 1876-10-07
DROPOSALS FOR MATERIALS TO BE
i SUPPLIED To THE NAVY YARDS UNDER
THE fOGNIZANCE OF THE BUREAU OF
CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR.

WAS II = SSIlN-N AM NIL AIN.
NAVY DEPARTMENT.
BUREAU OF Construction AND REPAIR, )
WASHINGTON, ID. C., September 2S 1875.
Sealed proposals TO furnish timber and other
materials for the Navy for the fiscal year ending
June 50. 1877, will be received at this Bureau until
l. o'clock m. of THURSDAY, November l6, 1875,
at which time the bids will be opened.
The proposals must be addressed to the "Chicf
of the Bureau Of Construction and Repair, Nary
Department, HdShingtOn,' and must be indOrsed
"PrOP0SGis for Timber, Sc, for the Nary" that
they may be distinguished from ordinary business
letters.
ToPrereni con- fusion, ard facilitate the opening
of the bids, parties bidding for supplies at sererdl
yards trH enclose their bids an separate envelopes
for each gard, iRdOrSed Irih the name Of the yard
for irhich 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
such persons as desire to bid, on application to the
CCmmandants 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 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 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
ernment require it, before the execution Of the
contract All applications for information, or for
the examination OF samples must be made to the
CUmmandanis of the respective yards.
Bids or offers I1iH be received only from par
ties IrtO bona fde dealers in, or mGnufdc-
turerS Of, the articles they offer 10 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
quired by law, the Navy Department, however,
reserving the right to reject the lowest bid, or
any which il may deem eXOrbitant.
Under the provisions Of section 1922 Of the Re
rlSed Statutes, the offer of any person tCho as
principal surely has been a dcfGuIter in any
precious contract Nth The Nary Department will
not be TecCired.
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-
partment.
As additional security twenty per centum will
be withheld from the amount Ufthe bills until the
contracts shall have been completed, and eighty
per centum of the amount Of each bill, approved
in triplcate by the Commandments OF the respec-
tive yards, will be paid by the Paymaster of the
station designated in the contract, or, If none is
speched, 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.
fhe classes of this Bureau are numbered and
designated as follows:
No. l, White Oak Logs: No Is, White Pine
Plank, Boards: No. 10, White Ash Oars; No. q,
Cypress, Cedar No -, White Oak Slaves and
Headings; No; 25, Lignumvit;G; No. IS, Steel;
No. 3s, Iron Wrought Nails: No. 81, Iron Cut
Nails; No. u, Lead pipe, sheet: No. -, Zinc; No.
IS Locks, Hinges, Bolts, of brass andI on; No.
49, Screws of brass and iron; No. So Fines; No.
81 Augers; No. 81, Tools for ship stores; No. 53
Tools for use in yard and shops; No. 81, Hard
ware: No. So. White Lead; No. 81, Zinc Paint;
No. IS, COlOred Paints, Dryers No SO, Linseed
Oh; No. co, Varnish, Spirits Turpentne; No. o.
Sperm. and Lard Oil: No. 81, TallOw, Soap; No.
65, Fish Oil; No. O., Glass; No. 50, Brushes; No.
90 Dry Goods for uphOsterng; No. IL Stationery;
No. y, Crucbles; No. 73, Ship Chandlery; No. IL
Acids; No. T5. ROsin, Pitch, Crude Turpentine;
No II, Betting, Packing; No. 7s, Leather; No. So,
Charcoal; No. 81, Wood
The following are the classes by the numbers,
required at the respective navy yards:
PORTSMOUTH.
Nos l6, 25r 49, a. IS 50, 81, IS, Co. g. 65 &c. 7O T
"a, IS.
BOSTON.
Nos. IS, IS, 90. y, As 49, 81, 81 53 81, So So s.
80, "a SO, g., os, 60, 70, Il, 49, "a, IS, II, IS.
NEW YORK.
Nos. -, 70, 43, 20, 81, 5s, SO. CO. 63, 65, IS.
LEAGUE ISLAND.
Nos. 25, IS, 80 ~ 4s, a., So 50, SO, 81 co. 63 81,
68, 90, 20, Il, 49, IS, Il, IS, SS.
WASHINGTON.
Nos. - SO. Is ~ So ST. 81 So. 81. So, 81. 5s. So
CO. g. g. 6s Co. 40 Il, -. 73 ~, IS, a., IS S. 81
NORFOLK.
Nos D. 25 s. 81 49, I9, 90 So 5S, 81, So, 57,5' %,
GO, 63, g., 6S, e., 20, Il, 80, II, IS.
MARE ISLAND.
Nos. l6 "a S. ~ A. as ~ 81, S. 81 e. 81 IS, 50,
g.. 81, 81. e5, 6s, g., 70. Il, 73, -. se3Ltd