National Republican., 1876-10-09
DROPOSALS FOR MATERIALS TO BE
l. SUPPLIED TO THE NAVY YARDS UNDER
THE DOMINANCE OF THE BUREAU OF
CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR.
NAVY DEPARTMENT,

NAVY DEPARTMENT
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAlR, 7
WAsHINGToN, ID. C., September 2S, 1915.
Sealed proposals to furnish timber and other
materials for the Navy for the fiscal year ending
June 80 1877, will be received at this Bureau until
l. O'Clock m. of THURSDAY, November ID, 1873,
at which time the bids will be opened.
The proposals must be addressed to the "Chief
of the Bureau of Construction and Repair, Nary
"ProposdIs for Timber, Sc, for the Nary that
they may be distinguished from ordinary business
letters.
TOPrereRt con fusion, and facilitate the opening
of the bids, parties bidding for supplies at several
yards t1iH enclose their bids separate envelopes
for each gard, indorsed Uith the name of the yard
for trhich the bid is made.
Printed schedules for such classes 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
mmandants 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 it is desirable to make
application for any of the classes of those yards.
The proposals must be for the whole of class;
but the Department reserves the right to reduce
the whole class, should the interest of the Gov
eminent require IL, before the execution of the
contract. All applications for information, or for
the examination of samples, must be made to the
COmmandants of the respective yards.
Bids or offers triH be received only from par
ties trhO are bona .fde dealers in, or manu- fac
furerS of, The articles they offer 10 furnish. The
guarantOrs 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 to reject the lowest bid, or
any which it may deem exOrbitant
Under the provisions of section 1922 of the Re
viSed Statutes, the offer of any person tcho, as
principal or surely, has been a defaulter in any
PreuiOus contract with the Nary Department wiH
not be received
sign the contract, and their responsibility must
be certified to the satisfaction OF the Navy De-
partmeDt.
As additional serurity twenty per centum will
be withheld from the amount vfthe 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
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
The classes of this Bureau are numbered and
designated as follows:
No. !, White Oak Logs: No. Is, White Pine
Plank, Boards: No. 16 White Ash Oars; No. p,
Cypress, Cedar; No "a, White Oak Slaves and
Headings; No. Is, Lignumvita; No. IS, Steel
No. IS, Iron Wrought Nails; No. 3D. Iron Cut
Nails; No y, Lead, pipe sheet: No. 43, Zinc; No.
=, Locks, Hinges, Bolts, of brass and on; No.
81, Augers; No. 81, Tools for ship stores; No. SO,
Tools for use in yard and shops; No. 81, Hard
ware; No. Sc, White Lead; No. 81, Zinc Paint;
No. 5s, ColOred Paints Dryers; No. SO, Linseed
On; No. 90, Narnish, Spirits Turpentne; No. s.,
Sperm and Lard Oil; No. 81, TallOw, Soap; No.
65, Fish Oil; No. 6s, Glass; No. 90, Brushes; No.
20, Dry Goods for uphOlstering; No Il, Stationery;
No. ", Crucibles; No. 73 Ship Chandlery; No. "a,
Acids; No. IS, ROsin, Pitch, Crude Turpentine;
No. II, Betting, Packing; No. 7S Leather; No. 49,
Charcoal; No. SO, Wood.
The following are the classes. by the numbers,
required at the respective navy yards:
PORTSMOUTH.
Nos l6, 25 49, 43, IS, 50, 81 S. o., 63 65 Co. TO- 49,
"a, IS.
BOSTON.
Nos. IS, IS, g. p IS, ~, s., 81 So, ST. S. 81, 5s
59, %, 63, 81, GS, &c. 20, Il, 73, "A, 75 Il, IS.
NEW YORK.
Nos. 2, ~, 43, 90, 81, So, SO. 90, SO, IS, rs.
LEAGUE ISLAND.
Nos. IS, 49, 49, 43, IS, 20, So 81 SO, 81 90, SO, g.
6s, 90, 20, II, 73, IS, II, IS SS.
WASHINGTON.
Nos D. SO, 49, 49 so. 81. So, S. 81 So, 81, 5s, So
CO. Co. e. 6s g. 20, H. ~ 70, ~ 75 II, IS, s8 81.
NORFOLK.
Nos Q 25 35 80 49, 70, So 81 So, 81, SO, 81, 5S o.
60, 60, 81, 6s, 69, 20, Il, 70, II, IS.
MARE ISLAND.
Nos. 16 a. S. A. 43, 49, A. 81 SO, 81 g, 81, 5s, So
90, SO, 81, IS, 6s, 81, 20, Il, 70, 49, se3O-td