Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-14
DRoPosALs FOE srEEL FoR USE M

DROPOSALS FOR STEEL FOR USE IN
Jooo the construction Of two cruisers Of abous
States Navy, one Of said cruisers (No. n to be
constructed at the navy yard. BROOKLYN ~ T..
and the other No 81 at the navy yard, Ports
D. @. September q. iSs8.-Under aafh5rifs
conferred by the act Of Congress making ap-
preparations for the naval service. approved
september q, 1888 (Statutes at Large. vol 25.
page 472), sealed proposals are hereby invited
and will be received at this department. until II
o'clock noon on THURSDAY. the 31st
day day OF Of a.I,a, October, 1889 for furnish
and quantities Of material at each Of said navy
yards, for use in the Construction Of said
cruisers: Glass As-Sfeel Plates.-About six
hundred and 4 seventy-two t672l tons Of steel
B.-About one hundred and ninety fl00l toms
Of steel plates from 40 to 50 pounds per SQUARE
loot; Class C.-Oue armored tube Of wrought
Steel so pounds per square foot; diameter IN
clear inside, II inches to be in one piece Is feet
8 inches long; weight about 1000 pounds. One
coming tower, oval shape, size in clear inside.
feet inches by feet inches BY about feet
10 inches high of wrought Steel, 50 pounds
per square foot; weight about 1900 pounds.
One top to coming tower Of wrought
steel plate OF 90 pounds per square foot.
the edge 70 be Hanged down about inches to
shape of coming tower; weight about zoo
pounds One shield or guard plate to tower OF
wrought steel plate Of 50 pounds per square
over entrance extending from shield to tower,
Of wrought steel plate Of 60 pounds per SQUARE
foot: weight about ], 200 pounds. In all. about
ten ll0) tons Glass D-SteeI Shapes-About
one hundred and six u06) tons of steel Angles
Of various sizes; about ffty-six (56) tons OF
steel angle and T-bulb beams with proper cur
vature, from Is to 5 pounds per foot; about
thirty-eight (35) tons of steel Z-bars IL
to IA pounds per foot Class E-Steel Rirefs--
About seventy i10) tons steel rivets from <fnch
to ~ inch diameter. Class F-Steel Castings
About eighty-three (63l tons Of steel castings OF
Tram
shaft tubes shaft struts, haWse pipes. bits.
etc. The tons Of material herein called for to
be Of 2240 pounds each. All said material to
be OF such detailed dimensions. weights and
shapes as may be required in the Construction
Of the vessels, and 70 be delivered at shth
place or placestn the said navyIyards as may
be designated BY the respective commandanfs
thereof. Deliveries to commence within thirty
(30) days from the date of CONTRACT and to be
completed within six (6) months from such
date The material 10 be delivered pro1nDflv.
prepared by the Naval Constructor At
said navy yards, respectively. aud in the
order required to carry on the work to the best
interests OF the Government All material to
be Of domestic mannfaeture, and 70 be ac-
cepted only after passing such tests as nav be
prescribed therefor by the Secretary Of the
Navy. Proposals must be made separately Tor
the material for each vessel In accordancs
with forms which will be furnished on aDDIica-
tion to the Bureau of Construction and Repair.
and any one or more Of the classes designated
bid for portion Of any class win be consId-
cred Each proposal must be accompanied by
satisfactory evidence that the bidder
is able to furnish and deliver the ms
rerial for which he bids; also, by certified
check. payable to the order of the Secretary of
the Navy. for an amount equal to per cent Of
the bid. The check received from the success
full bidder viii be returned to him on his enter,
ing into formal contract for the due perform.
ance Of the work and giving bond for the same.
with satisfactory surety, in penal sum equal
to % per cent Of the amount Of his bid, but IN
case he shall fail to enter into such confracr
and to give such bond within 20 days after no
lice Of the acceptance Of his proposal, the
check accompanying such proposal shall be-
come the property Of The United States
All checks accompanying proposals which
ire not accepted win be returned
Immediately after the award shan
nave been made. Information relative TO fhe
dimensions and shapes Of material and an
,ther information essential to bidders viii be
furnished on personal application to the Bureau
4 Construction and Repair, Navy Departments
proposals must be made in duplicate and in
losed in envelopes marked Proposals for steel
or .. 8. g. Cruiser CNo. - and addressed to
he Secretary of the Navy, Navy Department.
Washington, ID. G. Each class Of materials viii
e bid for separately, and the Secretary Of tha
Javy reserves the right to reject any or an
ids, or the bids on any class OF classes. as. in
is Judgment, the interests Of the Government
lay require. B. Il. TRACY Secretary of the
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