National Republican., 1876-10-02
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR,

| NAVY DEPARTMENT.
| BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND Repair, :
WASHINGTON, ID. e., September 2S 1876.
Sealed proposals to furnish timber and other
materials for the Navy for the fiscal year ending
June So 1877, will be received at this Bureau until
l. o'clock m. of TUESDAY, November !, 1876, at
which time the bids will be opened
The proposals must be addressed to the "Chicf
DcpGrfncnt EGshingfon." and must be indorsed
"FTopOSGs for Timber, SC, for the Nary" that
they may be distinguished from ordinary business
Toprcrent con fusion, and facilitate the opening
of the bids parties bidding for supplies at seuerGI
yards IriH enclose their bids separate envelopes
for ccch yard, indorScd tcith the name Of the yard
for tchich the bid is made.
Printed schedules for such classes as parties
deal in and intend to bid for, together with in
sIucilCns to bidders giving the forms of proposal
Of guarantee. and Of certificate OF guarantOrs,
WIKI printed forms Of offer, will be furnished to
such Prsuus desire to Did, application TO the
CUmmIntanis Of the respective Navy Yards, and
those "l an The yarcs on application TO the Bu-
rcau.
Tie CommanGant Of each Navy Yard and the
purchasing Pay1aaStCr for each Station, will have
c. ny Ci the schedules Of the other yards, Toy
animation only, i'll order that persons who inten
10 hlo may judge whether il is desirable 70 Ne
alllcaIiun iuT any OF the classes of those yards.
iht proposals must be for the whole OF class;
hut the department reserves the right to reduce
the MECie class, should the interest Of the Gov
c!nneEl require 1t, before the execution of the
contract. All applications for intOTma lion, or FOR
the exam. nation Of samples must be made TO the
Commandments OF the respective yards
Bids offers IriH be Tccciced only from par
tics rho are DO q fde dealers in, or rraRtifr-
furers Il, the articles hey Offer 10 furnish The
guaranIuTS 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
quired by law, the Navy Department, however.
rescrvirg the right to reject the lowest bid, or
any which le may deem eXOrDitant.
Jnder me pT0UiSiOnS of section 3I22 of the Re
vtsed Siqfutes, The offer Of any Person trhO, as
principal or surely, hGS been defGIslter in any
previous contract icih the Nary Department WiH
not be Teceircd.
Sureties in the full amount will be required to
sign the contract, and their responsibility must
he certified to the satisfaction OF the Navy De-
partment
As additional security twenty per centum will
be withheld from the amount of the bills until the
contracts shall have been completed and eighty
per centum o. the amount oi each Dill, approved
in triplcate 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:
Plank, Boards: No. le, White Ash Oars; No. .,
Cypress, Cedar; No q, White Oak Slaves and
Headings; No. Is, Lignumyit9; No. IS, Steel;
No. 3', Iron Wrought Nails; No 81, Iron Cut
Nails; No. q, Lead, pipe sheet: No. -, Zinc; No
=, Locks. Hinges, BOLTS, of brass and iron; No
I9, Screws, OF brass and iron; No. so, Files; No.
81, Augers; No. s., Tools for ship stores; No. s.
Tools for use in yard and shops; No. 81, Hard
ware: No. 56, White Lead; No. 81, Zinc Pain;
No. IS, Colored Paints, Dryers; No. So Llnsesd
Oil; No. 60, NaTnish, Spirits Turpentine; No. g.
Sperm and Lard Oil; No. 81, TallOw, Soap; No.
65, Fish OIL; No. g., Glass; No. 90, Brushes; No.
40 Dry Goods iOr uphOlstering: No Il, Stationery;
No. -, CrucIbles; No. 73, Ship Chandlery; No. "a
Acids; No. IS. ROsiD, Pitch, Crude Turpentine;
No. Il, Betting, Packing; No. IS, Leather; No. IS,
CharcOal; No So Wood.
The following are the classes. by the numbers,
required at the respective navy yards
PORTSMOUTH.
Nos. l6, 25 49, Il, IS 81, ST. 5s 90, 63 65, 69 TO-
"A, IS.
BOSTON.
Nos. d, 3S - %, IS, 40 s. So, So, 81 So 81, S.
SO, o., 63, g., oS, 90, 10, Il, 73, "a IS, Il, rs.
NEW YORK.
Nos. -, -, 3, So, 81, 5s, SO. 90, SO, 65, Is.
LEAGUE ISLAND.
Nos. 25, 49, 80, 43, 49, 49, So So, SO, 81, co. 63 g.
6S, 90, 20, Il, 70, IS, Il, rs. IS.
WASHINGTON.
Nos. q, So +S ~, so, 81, So, S. 81 S. 81, S. SO,
co, t3 e., 6s g. 20, Il - 20, ~ IS, IL IS, SS 81
NORFOLK.
Nos - 25 IS, 49, 49, 49, So 81, S. ST. SO, 81, S. So
90, SO, 64, 6s, 81, 20, II. IS, II, rs.
MARE ISLAND.
Nos. 16 ~ IS, Il, H. 49, 49, 81 So, ST. S. 81 So SO,
90, So, 81, IS, 6S, g., 10. II, 73, IS. seSl-td