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CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR.
NAVY DEPARrMENr,)
WASHINGTON, u. e., September 2s, 1876.
Sealed proposals to furnish timber and other
materials for the Navy for the fiscal year ending
June So lsT viii be received at this Bureau until
II o'clock m. Of THURSDAY, November l6, 1875,
at which time the bids will he opened.
The proposals must be addressed to the "Chiet
e. s Sa,eST 1 G0asruefsOS OS and RSePG S MsSs
they may be distinguished from ordinary business
letters.
Toprerent con fusion, ard facilitate the opening
of the bids parties bidding for supplies at several
5arGs tsia snsiosc her 6ias IN separate enreiopes
for Which the bid is made.
Printed schedules for such classes as parties
deal in and intend to bid for, together with in
structons 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 application to the
Commandments 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 PaymaStcr for each Station, will have
copy of the schedules Of the other yards, for
animation only, in Otder that persons who intend
TO bid may Judge whether il is desirable to make
application for any of the classes of those yards.
Ihe 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
Cominandants of the respective yards.
Bids or offers rW be received only from par
Ties srho aTe boEd ,fdc dealers in, or Inangfde-
furerS Of, the articles they offer 10 furnish. The
guaranlors 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-
reservipg the right TO reject the lowest bid, or
any which il may deem exorbitant.
tnder me PTopisfoas Of section STD of the Re
riSed Statutes, the offer of any person frho, as
principal or surety, has been a dcfGUlter in any
PreriorS contract NTH he Nary Department rViH
Suretes in the full amount will be required to
sign the contract, and their responsibility must
partment.
AS additional security twenty per centum will
be withheld from the amount OF the bills until the
contracts shall have been completed and eighty
per centum Of the amount of each bill, approved
in triplicate by the Commandments OF the respec-
tive yards, will be paid by the Paymaster of the
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:
The classes Of this Bureau are numbered and
No. l, White Oak Logs; No. Is, White Pine
Plank, Boards: No. 16, White Ash Oars; No. a.
Cypress, Cedar; No -, White Oak Slaves auL
Headings; No. 25 Lignumyit9: No. IS, Steel;
No. 3s, Iron Wrought Nails; No. 81, Iron Cut
Nails; No. g, LeaC, pipe. sheet No. 43, Zinc; No
Is, Locks. Hinges, Bolts, Of brass and iron; No.
AZ, Screws, of brass and iron; No. 50, Files: No.
81, AUgers: No. 81, Tools for ship stores No. 5S
Tools for use in yard and shops: No. 81, Hard
ware; No. So, White Lead; No. s., ZiEc Paint:
No. So, COlOred Paints, DRYERS; No. SO, Linseed
Oil; No. 90 Narnish, Spirits Turpentine; No. So,
Sperm and Lard On; No. 81, TalloW, Soap; No.
t5, Fish Oil; No. s., Glass; No. e., Brushes; No.
20, Dry Goods for uphOlsterng; No. a. Stationery;
No. -, Crucibles; No. %, Ship Chandery; No. II
Acids; No. IS. ROsin, Pitch, Crude Turpentine;
No q, Betting. Packing; No. IS, Leather; No. SS,
Charcoal; No. 81. Wood.
The following are the classes by the numbers,
required at the respective navy yards:
PORTSMOUTH.
Nos 10, p, So A. +, 80, 81, IS, 60 e. IS, 49, 90 3D.
~, ss.
BOSTON.
Nos. 81, 3S. % % as ~, S. s. So, 81 So 81, IS,
80, 6O, 6G, o., g. 60 20, Il, 70, "a, 10, a., 49,
NEW YORK.
Nos. y, ~, -, 20, 81, S. 81. 90, 63, 65, T5.
LEAGUE ISLAND.
Nos 2j 49, 80 43, IS, ~, So So 53 81, 80, 63, 81,
6S, o., 20, Il, 13, IS, Il, 7S. SS. |
WASHINGTON.
Nos. -. 90, IS 49, so. 81, 81 S. 81 S. 81. S. So
Co. tS, e. es Co. 70, IL - IS, a. 75 q, IS, IS, 81.
NORFOLK.
Nos. D. D. 81, 81, 4s. 49, So 81, So ST. So 81, S. So
90, Is, 81, 6S, 81. 20, Il. Is, II, IS. !;
MARE ISLAND.
Nos. To- ~ Sd, ~, 43, 4S "a, S. So ST. S. 81, S. 50,
60. &C. 81, G5, 6S, g., 20. Il, 73, TS se3ltd