National Republican., 1876-11-03
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DROPOSALS FOR MATERIALS TO BE
i SUPPLIED To THE NAVY YARDS UNDER
THE OGNIZANCE OF THE BUREAU OF
CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR.
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF CoNsTRUcTIoN AND REPAIR, 7

NAVY DEPARTMENT.
BUREAU oP CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR, \
WASHINGTON, ID. e., September q, 1875. }
Sealed proposals to furnish timber and other
materials for the Navy for the fiscal year ending
June 80 1871 will be received at this Bureau until
II O'Clock m. of THURSDAY, November IL, 1876
at which time the bids will be opened.
The proposals must be addressed to the "Chier
ofthe Bureau Of Construction and Repair, Navy
Department, Washington" ;" and must be indOrsed
"PrOPosGls for Timber, &C., for the Nary" that
they may be distinguished from ordinary business
letters.
Toprevent conf fusion, ard facilitate the opening
of the bids parties bidding for supplies at several
yards tviH enclose their bids separate enuelopes
for rhicR 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 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 Paymaster for each Station, will have
a copy of the schedules of the other yards for
animation only, In order that persons who intend
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
ernment require it, before the execution Of the
contract. All applications for information, for
the examination of samples, must be made to the
Commandments Of the respective yards.
Bids or offers ciH 1e Teceived only from par
ties t0ho are bona fde dealers in, or mGngfac-
fTrers Of, the articles they offer to 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,
reserviDg the right to reject the lowest bid, or
any which IT may deem eXorbitant.
Under me PTorisIons OF section SI22 Of the Re-
prime SaeSSI or surely M fGs Ssen uy U IN 68v
previous contract i0ith the Nary Department tviA
not be received.
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 Ofthe bills until the
contracts shall have been completed, and eighty
per centum of the amount of each bill, approved
In triplicate by the Commandants Of the respec-
tive yards, will be paid by the Paymaster of the
station designated in the contract, or, If none is
the yard where the goods are delivered, within
ten days after the warrant for the same shall
lave been passed by the Secretary Of the Treiss
fhe classes of this Bureau are numbered and
designated as follows:
No. /, White Oak Logs; No. Is, White Pine
Plank, Boards; No. 10, White Ash Oars; No. q,
Cypress, Cedar; No "a, White Oak Slaves and
Headings; No; Is, Lignumvita; No. IS, Steel;
No. 3s, Iron Wrought Nails; No. 80, Iron Out
Nails; No g Lead, pipe. sheet: No. 4S, Zinc; No
-, Locks, Hinges, Bolts, Of brass andI on; No.
4e, Screws, OF brass and iron; NO. %, Files; NO.
81, Augers; No. 81 Tools for ship stores; No. So,
Tools for use in yard and shops; No. 81, Hard
ware; No. 50, White Lead; No. 81, Zinc Paint;
No. IS, Colored Paints, Dryers; No. IS, Linseed
OH; No. 90, Varnish, Spirits TurPentine; No. 6S,
Sperm. and Lard OIL: No. 81, Tallow, Soap; No.
65 Fish Oil; No. 6s, Glass; No. 90, Brushes; No
90 Dry Goods for upholsterng; No. II, Stationery;
No. n, CrucibIes; No. 73, Ship Chandlery; No. "a
Acids; No. rs, Rosin, Pitch, Crude Turpentine;
No: =, Betting, Packing; No. IS, Leather; No. S.
The following are the classes. by the numbers,
required at the respective navy yards:
PORTSMOUTH.
"a, ss.
BOSTON.
Nos 81, IS, 39, i2, 4s, A. So s. S. 81 S. 81, IS,
50, oo, 90, 81, 6S, 90, 20, T. 73 "a, rs, II, 7s.
NEW YORK.
Nos z, i2- 43, SO, 81, IS, SO, 90, SO, IS, IS.
LEAGUE ISLAND.
Nos Is, 3s So 4S, as 4a so, 81 So, 81, 90, 6s, g.
66, 90, 20, II, 20, IS, u, rs, Ss.
WASHINGTON.
Nos 2 SO, IS, i9, so, 81, 81, S. 81 S. 81, S. So
60 CO. g. 6s 69 20. IL y. TS, "a rs, II, IS S. So
NORFOLK.
Nos a. 25 35 80, 4s, 49, so, 81 S. s. Sc, 81, S. o.
90, 6s, o., os, %, 70, n, 70, u, 7s.
MARE ISLAND.
Nos l6 "a IS, A. 43, 4s 49, g. So, 81 q, 81, S. So
90, 90, "a, o5, %, 90, 70, II, Ts, IS. seSQ-tt