National Republican., 1876-10-27
DROPOSALS FOR MATERIALS TO BE
L SUPPLE ID To THE NAVY YARDS UNDER
THE OGNIZANCE OF THE BUREAU OF
CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR.
NAVY DEPARTMENT, !

NAVY DEPARTMENT.
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR :
WAsHIHGToN, u. O., September 2s 1878.
Sealed proposals to furnish timber and other
materials for the Navy for the nscal year ending
June so, 1877 will be received at this Bureau unit
II O'Clock N. of THURSDAY, November ID, 1875,
at which time the bids will be opened
The proposals must be addressed TO the "Chicf
ofthe Bureau Of Construction and Repair, Navy
"ProPosGIs for Timber, &C., for the Nary" that
they may be distinguished from ordinary business
letters
ToPrerent con fusion, and facilitate the opening
of the bids, parties bidding for supplies at several
yards triH enclose their bids separate envelopes
for each yord- Endorsed Nth the name Of the yard
for rhich 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
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 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 il is desirable to make
application tor 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 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 lruI De recervei oaIy from par
ties trho are boro fde deaierS-in, or mGnEf fGr-
farerS 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 re-
quired by law. the Navy Department, however,
reserving. the right 10 reject the lowest bid, or
any which 1t may deem eXOrDitant.
Under the Prortsions OF section S7c2 Of the Re-
rised Statutes the Offer Of any person iehO, as
not be received
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.
EAs additional security twenty per centum will
be withheld from the mount vfthe bills until the
contracts shall have been completed. and eighty
per centum of the amount Of each bill. approved
In triplicate by the GOmmanlalts OF the respec-
tive yards, will 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 beeE passed BY the Secretary of the Treas
ury:
The classes OF this Bureau are numbered and
designated as follows:
No; i, White Oak Logs; No. Is, White Pine
Plank, Boards: No. IL, White Ash Oars; No. q,
Cypress, Cedar; No ~, White Oak Slaves and
Headings; No. 25, Lignumyite: No. IS, Steel:
No; IS Iron Wrought Nails; No. 50, Iron Cut
Nails; NO ~, Lead, pipe sheet: No. -, Zinc: No.
-, Locks Hinges. BOLTS. of brass and, On: No.
49, Screws, OF brass and iron; No. 50, Fhss: No.
6l, Augers: No. 81, Tools for ship stores; No. So,
Tools for use in yard and shops; No. 81, Hard
ware: No. So, White Lead; No. s., Zinc Paint;
No. Sc, COlored Paints, Dryers; No. 50, LInseed
OH; No. 90, Narnish, Spirits TurpentiIe; No. 63,
Sperm. and Lard Oh: No. 81. Tailow, Soap; No.
65, Fish Oil; No. 6s, Glass; No. 90, Brushes; No.
20, Dry Goods for upholstering: No Il Stationery;
No. a. Crucibles; No. I3, Ship Cdandlery; No. Il,
Acids; No. IS. ROsin, Pitch, Crude Turpentine:
No. a. Betting, Packing; No. 7S, Leather; No. So,
Charcoal; No. 81, Wood.
The following are the classes. by the numbers,
required al the respective navy yards:
..s PORTSMOUTH.
Nos. 49, Is, 80, iS IS, So ST. S. 81, eS, s. &c. TO- "a
"a, IS.
III. BOSTON.
Nos. 35 3s 50, ~, 4s A. So, So, S. 81, S. 81, S.
SO, o., eS 81, IS, SO. -, Il, %, "a IS, TT, 5s.
NEW YORK.
Nos. z, ~ 43, IS, 81, So, 50. 90, os, o5, IS.
LEAGUE ISLAND.
Nos. 25 3s. 81. 43. 49, a. Sd 52'53, 81 90, SO, 81
6s, 60, 20, Il, 73, IS, -, IS ss.
WASHINGTON.
Nos. - 39, IS, 40, 50, 81, 81 S. 81 S. ST. So. 5e
CO. .S e. 6s, 50, 20. Il. -. 70, ~ IS, "a, 1s 49, 81
NORFOLK
Nos q 25, s.. 50, as a. So 81, So ST. S. 81, SIS o.
90, &c, 81, S. o., 20. Il, IS, T7, IS.
MARE ISLAND
Nos ls, "a s. q, I3 is a., 81. IS, 81 y5 81. S. So
o0, 63, 81, %, IS, 90, -. Il, IS, IS. se35-tt