National Republican., 1876-10-24
DROTOSALS FOR MATERIALS TO BE
l. SUPPLIED To THE NAVY YARDS UNDER
TIE OGNIZANCE OF THE BUREAU OF
CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR.

NAVY DEPARTMEEr,)
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR, 7
WASHINGTON, d. o., September 2s, 1875.
materials for the Navy for the fiscal year ending
June 60 1877, will be received at this Bureau until
Il o'clock m. of THURSDAY, November le 1876,
al which time the bids will be opened.
The proposals must be addressed to the "Chfef
Of the Bureau Of Construction and Repair, NcUy
"FropoSdIS for Timber, &C., for the Navy" that
they may be distinguished from ordinary business
letters.
Toprerent con fusion, ard facilitate the opening
Of The bids. parties bidding for supplies at seperGE
yards TiU enclose their bids an separate envelopes
for each yGrd, indorsed tcih the name Of the yard
for irhick the bid is made.
Printed schedules for such classes 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-
reHu.
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 intenI
application for any of the classes of those yards.
The proposals must be for the whole of a class;
the whole class, should the interest of the Gov
eTnmeut require II, before the execution of the
contract. All applications for information, or for
the examination Of samples, must be made to the
CCmmandants of the respective yards.
Bids or offers tcfH oe receIref only from par
ties tgho are bora tide dealers in, or manIfae-
furer8 cf, he 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-
reservipa the right 10 reject the lowest bid, or
any which il may deem exOrbtant.
Irder the pTouisions OF section 3722 Of the Re-
SacSaI fr or surely, fGs ben dtfG9Her % in any,
prerious contract NTH the EGry Department piH
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-
taAs additional securtty 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 tTPlicate by the Commandants 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.
No l. White Oak Logs; No. 10, White Pine
Plank Boards: No. l6, White Ash Oars; No. p,
Cypress, Cedar; No -, White Oak Slaves and
Headings; No. IS, LignHmvta; No. 35 Steel;
No IS, Iron Wrought Nails; No. 80, Iron Cut
Nails: No. y Lead pipe. sheet: No. 49, Zine; No.
~ Screws % Of bTSss and % irOn OF mos No So % Fns. No.
81. 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. 81, Zinc Paint;
No. S.. C0lOred Paints, Dryers; No. SO, Linseed
Oh; No CO, Narnlsh, Spirits Turpentine; No. 63,
Sperm. and Lard Oil; No. O., Tallow, Soap; No.
e5. Fish OIL: No. 6S, Glass; No. 90, Brushes; No.
70, Dry Goods for uphostering; No. Il, Stationery;
No. p Crucibles; No. 70, Ship Chandlery; No. "a,
Acids: No. rs, ROsin, Pitch, Crude Turpentine;
Nc ., Betting, Packing; No. IS, Leather; No. ss,
Charcoal; No. SO, Wood.
Tie following are the classes, by the numbers,
required at the respective navy yards:
PORTSMOUTH.
Nos l6, rs, 80, 4S 4s 80, 81 IS, co. es 65 Co. TO- T
n, S. =. -.
BOSTON.
Nos 35, SO, SO, ~, 4s, a. 50, 81 IS, s. S. 81, S.
Sc, 90, sc, q, IS, 90, 20, H. 7s "a, rs, Il, rs.
NEW YORK.
Nos z, ~, -, Sc, 81, IS, 80, co. 90, 65,'T5.
LEAGUE ISLAND. ...
Nos Is. 3S SO, 43 IS, ~, 50, 50, So s. 90, g. 81,
6s, 60, 20, Il, 73, rs Il, rs. ss.
WASHINGTON.
Nos p 49, 4s, 10, So 81, S. So, 81, Sc, 81, S. So
Co. IS, g. 6s, 90, 10 II, r. 73 "a, 75 IL 7s S. SO.
NORFOLK.
Nos. q rs, 35 So 4s AZ, so, 81 S. 81 Sc IS o.
co. 90, ca, 6s, o., 20, Il, 73, II, 7s.
MARE ISLAND.
Nos. 1e, q, S. ~ 49, IS, 49, 81 S. 81 q, 81, S. So
90, eS, g. IS, 6S, 90, 20, Il, 70, 49, seSOtd