National Republican., 1876-10-19
PROPOSALS FOR MATERIALS TO BE
l. SUPPLIED TO THE NAVY YARDS UNDER
THE OGSIZANCE OF THE BUREAU OF
CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR.

The vi NlLANCE THE BUREAU
CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR.
NAVY DEPARTMENT.
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR,
WAsHINGToN, ID. O., September q, 1876.
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
Il o'clock m. of THURSDAY, November l6, 1875,
at which time the bids will be opened.
The proposals must be addressed to the "Chief
efhe bureau Of Construction and Repair, Navy
Department. Washington" and must be indorsed
"Proposdls for Timber, &C., for the Ndvy" that
they may be distinguished from ordinary business
letters
Toprerent con fusion, and facilitate the opening
of the bids parties bidding for supplies at segeraL
for each yard indersed NTH the name Of the yard
for rhieh 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,
with printed forms Of offer, will be furnished to
such persons desire to bid, application to the
Commandants Of the respective Navy Yards, and
those of all the yards on application to the Bu-
reau.
The Commsndant of each Navy Yard, and the
purchasing Paymaster for each Station will have
animation only, in order that persons who intend
to bid may Judge whether il is desirable to make
The proposals must be for the whole of a 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, or for
the examination Of samples, must be made to the
Commandants of the respective yards.
Bids or offers tpiH be received only from par
ties Uho are bona fde dealers in, or mGnufdc-
turers 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 ii may deem eXorbitant.
IrdeT to DTOriSiOnS n 3T40 Of fhf Re-
vised Statutes, the offer Of any person ,cho, as
principal or surety, has been defquEter in any
previous contract Nth the Nary Department 0tH
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-
be withheld from the amoun1 Ufthe bills until the
contracts shall have been completed, and eighty
per centum of the amount of each bill, approved
in triplcate 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
ury.
The classes of this Bureau are numbered and
designated as follows
No. /, White Oak Logs; No. Is, White Pine
Plank, Boards; No: l9, White 1ht Ash @ Oars; No; =
Headings; No. Is Lignumvite: No. IS, Steel;
No. IS, Iron Wrought Nails; No. SO, Iron Cut
NdllS- NO. Ledu, pip6s sIletIs NO LLuCs W.
IS, Locks, Hinges, Bolts, of brass andI on; No.
49, Screws, Of brass and iron; No. SO, Plies; No.
81, Augers No. 81, Tools for ship stores; No. SO,
Tools for use in yard and shops; No. 81, Hard
ware; No. S. White Lead; No. 81, Zinc Paint;
No. IS, Colored Paints, Dryers; No. SO, Linseed
Oil; No. 60 Varnish, Spirits Turpentine; No. 50,
Sperm. and Lard Oil; No. 81. Tallow, Soap; No.
IS, Fish OIL; No. 90, Glass; No. SO, Brushes; No
90 Dry Goods for upholstering; No. Il, Stationery;
No. y, Crucibles; No. 73 Ship Chandlery; No. "a,
Acids; No. rs. Rosin, Pitch, Crude Turpentine;
No. II, Betting, Packing; No. IS, Leather; No. Ss
Charcoal: No. 81, Wood.
The following are the classes. by the numbers,
required at the respective navy yards:
PORTSMOUTH.
Nos. 1o IS 49, 49, IS, so, 81 S. 90, SO, s. &c. TO- 70,
~, IS.
BOSTON.
Nos 81. S. g. r. 4s, Is, So 81 So, 81, SO, 81, So,
SO, 90, Sc, 81, 6s SO, 20, Il, 73, "a, IS, ~ IS.
NEW YORK.
Nos. %, -, AZ, SO, 81, IS, SO, 80, SO, 65, IS.
LEAGUE ISLAND.
Nos. 25, g. So 43. IS, 70, so, ST. So 81 co. 63 81,
eS, 81, 20, Il, %, IS, ~, 7S. IS.
WASHINGTON.
Nos 81 90, IS. a. So 81, s. 53, 81, So, ST. So, SO,
CO. t3, c., Is, 69 20 L. q 7S a, 75 ~ IS S. 50.
NORFOLK.
Nos q 25 s. 81 4s g, So s. IS, 81, So, 575s %,
co. 65, g. es, 81, 20, q, 7a, II, IS.
MARE ISLAND.
Nos. L. "a S. - 43, is, ~ 81 S. 81 J6 81, So, So
o.. 63, 81, Is, 6S, o., 20. Il, 7S, IS. se3O-td