National Republican., 1876-11-06
DROPOSALS FOR MATERIALS TO BE
l. SUPPLIED TO THE NAVY YARDS US DER
THE OGNlZANCE OF THE BUREAU OF
CONSTRUCTION AND REPAlR.
NAVY DEPARTMENT, ]

NAVY DEPARTMENT.
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR
WAsHIEG7oE, u. O., September 2s, 1870.
Sealed proposals to furnish timber and other
materials fer the Navy for the fiscal year ending
Il ocicck m. Of THURSDAY, November is, 1919.
at which time the bids will be opened.
The proposals must be addressed TO the "Chief
Department, Washington" ;" and must be indorsed
"ProposcIS for Timber, &c, for the Navy" that
they may be distinguished from ordinary business
letters.
TOprevent cor fusion, and facilitate the opening
Of the bids, parties bidding for supplies at severGl
for each yard indorsed Nth the name of the yard
for IrhicR 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,
such persons as desire to bid on 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
copy of the schedules of the other yards for ex-
animation only, in order that persons who intend
to bid may Judge whether 1t 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.
TeCetpGu
ties rho are bona Ifde dealers in, or nsansfac-
trTers Of, the articles they offer TO furnish. The
guaranIoEs must be certih ed BY the Collector Of
Internal Revenue for the district In which they
reside.
The contract Will be awarded to the person who
quired by law, the Navy Department, however,
reserving the right TO reject the lowest bid or
any which it may deem eIorbitant
Under the provisions or section SI22 of the Re-
principal or surety, fCs Been dtfasifer IN sny ~
previous contract With the Eavy Department sofh
Sureties in the full amount will be required to
sign the contract, and their responsibility must
be certified 70 the satisfaction OF the Navy De-
partment rrrrr-~ =
As additional security tuerty 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-
station designated in the contract, or, II none is
specified, by the Paymaster Of the station nearest
the the ysEd & where the goods are delivered within
have been passed BY the Secretary of the Treas
The classes of this Bureau are numbered and
designated as follows:
plS No; l. Whit. White "a Oak Logs; No. L, White Pine
Cypress. Cedar; No r. White Oak Slaves @ and
Headings; No. Is, Mgnumylte; No. IS, Steel;
No. ss, Iron Wrought Nails; No. 80, Iron Cut
of srass SO a zaS No.
10, Screws, of brass and iron; No. So Plies; No.
81, AuRers; No. b2, Tools Tor ship stores No. 53,
Tools fo. use IN yard and shops; No. 81 Hard.
ware; NJ. Sc, White Lead; no. 81, Zinc Paint;
No. IS, ColOred Paints, Dryers; No. &c. Linseed
Oh; No. 90, Varnish, Spirits Turpentine; No. SO,
Sperm. and Lard OH; No. 81, Tallow, Soap; No.
66, Fish OIL: No. IS, Glass; No. 90, Brushes; No.
20, Dry Goods for upholstering; No. II Stationery;
No. II Crucibles; No. rs, Ship Ohandlery; No. a
Acids; No. Is. Rosin, Pitch, Crude Turpentine;
No. II, Betting, Packing; No. 7s, heather; No. IS,
Charcoal: No. 81, Wood. ---tt
The following are the classes. BY the numbers,
required at the respective navy yards:
PORTSMOUTH.
Nos. 1e rs, 39, a. as So 81, IS, co. 63 S. 69 TO- 49,
"a, IS.
BOSTON.
Nos. 3s IS, s9. 42, 4s, 49, 50, ST. S. 81 So 81 IS,
80, 90, o3 81, IS, %, 10, Il 70, "a, rs, u, 7s.
NEW YORK
Nos. 2, ~, IS, SO, 81, IS, SO, 80, SO, e5, Is.
LEAGUE ISLAND. -a-f
Nos. 25 IS. 80. 4S, 49, 49, 81, 80, SO, 81 o0 g. g.
os, 90, 20, Il, IS, rs, II, rs. Ss.
WASHINGTON
Nos q 49, IS, ~, so, 81, s. So, 81 SO, 81, 6s. So
co. o. g. 6s, 90, 10, Il, r. 70. "a 75 II, 7s S. s9
NORFOLK.
Nos 22 rs, IS, 80, 49, 49, so, 81, So ST. S. ST. 5s o.
go, So, 81, 6s, 90, 20, II, 70, u, 7s
MARE ISLAND.
Nos ls a S. q, %, ls 4s, S. S. 81 Il, 81, S. &c.
90, 90, o., o6, 6s, ea, 70, n, 7s, IS. sesO-td +.