Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28
PROPOSALS FOR sTEEI, FOR USE =

DROPOSALS FOR STEEL FOR USE IN
u the construction of two cruisers, Of abour'
1900 tons displacement each, for the Unitsd'
States Navy, one Of said cruisers CNo. u TO be-
and the other (No. 81 at the navy yard, Porrs1
mouth Va Navy Department. Washington,
ID. c., September a.. 16e9.-Under authority,
conferred by the act Of Congress making ap-
propriations for the naval service. approved
September Z. 1883 (Statutes at Large, vol Is
page 472l, sealed proposals are hereby invited
and will be received at this department. until II
day of October, 1859. for furnish
ing and delivering the following classes
and quantities Of material at each Of said navy
yards. for use in the construction Of said
cruisers: Class A--Steel Plates-About six
hundred and seventy-two t672) tons OF steel
plates, ~ to % pounds per square foot: Class
B:-About one hundred and ninety (l90) tons
foot. Class C.-One armored tube Of wrought
steel. 80 pounds per square foot; diameter M
clear inside, II inches. to be in piece Is feet
inches long; weight about 300 pounds: One
coming tower. oval shape. size In clear inside,
z feet inches by IN inches by sbout feet
10 inches high, Of wrought steel. 80 pounds
per square foot; weight about 1900 pounds-i
steel plate Of go pounds per square foot,
the edge TO be Hanged down about inches to
shape of coming tower; weight about 400
P9oue5 sss pa P1ass q q
foot; weight about 4, $50 pounds One top plate
over entrance extending from shield to tower.
Of wrought steel plate Of 90 pounds per square
ten (lO) tons Class D-Stee1 Shapes-Abouc
one hundred and six (106) tons Of steel angles
Of various sizes; about nfty-six t56) tons of
fature, from is to 25 pounds per foot; about
thirty-eight 1857 tons Of steel Z-bars, II
to IA pounds per foot. Glass E-Steel Rivets--
Abo1t seventy 1ol tons steel riysts rom inch
About eighty-three (83l tons OF steel castings of
various shapes. stem, stern post. rudder frames-
shaft tubes, shaft struts. haWse pipes bitts.
etc. The tons Of material herein called Tor to
be of 2240 pounds each. All said material %
be Of such detailed dimensions. weights and
shapes as may be required in the construction
place or piacesstin the said navyynrds Is nav
be designated by the respective commandant3
thereof. Deliveries to commences within thirty
(30) days from the date Of contract. and 70 Be
completed within six (6) months from such
date. The material TO be delivered promptly.
in accordance with detailed schedule
prepared BY the Naval Constructor &C
order required to carry on the work to the best
interests Of the Government All material to
be of domestic manufacture, and 70 be ac-
cepted only sfreT passing suen s tests as nay oe
Navy. Proposals must be made separately for
the material for each vessel. in accordancc
with forms which win be furnished on applica-
tion to the Bureau Of Construction and Repair,
and any one or more Of the classes designated
may be embraced in the same proposal. but no
bid for q portion Of any class win be con3id-
sarisfacforv eyidence that the bidder
is abIe To furnish and deliver the ma
reriai for which he bids: also bv \ c@~<ifieI
check, payable 70 the order Of the Secretary Of
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NAVY DEPARTMENT. WAsHTNGTON
N OCTOBER g. 1850 This DeDarfmeuf's
ent dated September n lss9. inric-
ng proposals for steel for use in the construc-
lacement each. for the United States Navy.
ayy sv ~ yard. Brookiyn. n. y and the other lNs.
at the navy yard, Portsmouth, Va. Is modl-