National Republican., 1876-10-31
DROPOSALS FOR MATERIALS TO BE
L SUPPLIED TO THE NAVY YARDS UNDER
THE COGNIZANCE OF THE BUREAU OF
CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR.
NAVY DEPARTMENT,

NAVY DEPARTMENT.
BUREAU OF CoTsTRUoTIoN AND REPAIR,
WASHINGTON, d. e., September %, 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
u O'Clock m. of THURSDAY, November 16, 1875,
at which time the bids will be opened.
The proposals must be addressed to the "Chief
Of the Bureau Of Construction and Repair, Nary
Department, Washington" )" and must be indorsed
they may be distinguished from ordinary business
letters.
Toprepent con fusion, and facilitate the opening
of the bids, parties bidding for supplies at several
yards lgiH enclose their bids IN separate enuelOpes
for each gard, Endorsed With the name of the yard
for 1chich 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
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 it, 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 vtH De rece1ued only from par
ties tcho are bona .fde dealers in, or manufGc-
furerS 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-
reserving the right to reject the lowest bid or
any which it may deem exOrbltant.
Under the provisions OF section 3722 of the Re-
principal or surely EGs been a defGuitsr in any
previous contract Nth the Navy Department UiA
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-
partment-
As additional security twenty per centum will
be withheld from the amount the 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
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. 2,
Cypress, Cedar; No. "a, White Oak Slaves and
No. 49, Iron Wrought Nails; No. SO, Iron Cut
g, Locks, Hinges, Bolts, Of brass andI on; No.
81, Augers; No. s. 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. Colored Paints, Dryers; No. SO, Linseed
OH; No. 90. Varnish Spirits Turpentine; No. 63,
Sperm. and Lard Oil; No. 81, Tallow, Soap; No.
65 Fish Oil; No. 63, Glass; No. SO, Brushes; No.
TO- Dry Goods for UphOlstering: No. II, Stationery;
No. ~ CrucibIes; No. 73, Ship ChRndlery; No. "a,
Acids; No. IS. Rosin, Pitch, Crude Turpentine;
No. Il, Betting Packing; No. Is, Leather; No. SS,
Charcoal; No. SO, Wood.
The following are the classes, by the numbers,
required at the respective navy yards:
PORTSMOUTH.
Nos 16, 25 So 43 as So g. IS, co. oS e5, 90, 7o 73
"a, 6S.
BOSTON.
Nos 35 3S, 60. ~, IS, A. 81, S. 53 81 So 81, S.
So o., SO, 81, es, 69, 20, Il, g. IA, rs, II, IS.
NEW YORK.
Nos. q AZ, 4S, Sc, So, SIS, SO. &C, SO, o5, IS.
| LEAGUE ISLAND.
Nos 2s 3s, SO, IS. 49, 49, 81, S. So, 81, co. o3 g.
6S, 90, 70, Il, T3, Ij, II, 75. So.
WASHINGTON.
Nos D. 90 IS. ~, 50, 81, 81 So, 81. S. ST. S. &c.
CO. g. g. 6S, 60, 10, Il -. 7S, II, 70, IT, 7s S. 49,
NORFOLK.
Nos p 25, s., 80, as AZ 80, 81 S. ST. SO, 57,5s o.
90, SO, 64, IS, g., 20, Il. 73, Il, rs.
- MARE ISLAND.
Nos l6 "a IS, Il, a. as ~, 81 S. s., g. 81, S. So
90, SO, "a, o5, 6S, 50, 30, Il, 75, IS. sSantd