Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-29
PROPOSALS.

PROPOSALS.
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT on THE 1H
SECOND AVE. PAssENGER RAILWAY CO.,
No. 500 Liberty avenue. rs
PTrTsBURG Pa October z 1889. "
dds FOR THE WHOLE OR ANY PART
y
oNEHUNDRED<AND FIFTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS
OF the
FIRST MORTGAGE PER CENT 29YEAK
COUPON BONDS
OF this company free Of tax, viii be received
at this Office until noon OF NOVEMBER i
1889. The President reserves the right TO rs-
eeSs eoc25-ss So = JAMES D. GALLERY. Presidents
DROPOsALs FOR CRANK-sHAFT FOR
Il q. s. s. Brooklyn, at Navy Yard, Norfolk.
October 20. 1659.-Sealed proposals, indOrsed
PToPosss for e ,sla Shaft ETC. to be opened No %.
reau of Provisions AND Clothing. Navy Depart
ment Washington. d. c., until II O'Clock noOn-
November 26 lsSs- and publicly opened lmme- ne:
Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va, crank-shaft for the
U. 8. s. Brooklyn. within 10 days from date OF
contract. The weight Of the shaftwil be abonr
$500 pounds Bids will be received fer It's
manufacture Of either steel or iron. If Of steel,
the metal must be made by the open-hearrh
process, and must conform to specifications
which, together with blank proposals, etc, viii
-
lie bids decided BY lot. The Departments re-
serves the right to reject any or all bids NOS
JAMES FULTON, Paymastsr General. q 8
Navy. oc2939-Tu
PROPOSALS FOR THE ERECTION OF
IL BUILDINGS-Columb Arsenal. Colum-
bia, Tenn, October "A. lS89.-Sealed proposals.
in triplicste, viii be received ct this Office until
II o'clock NJ. on TUESDAY, November 28 1883.
for the erection Of one main st0rehouse, Com
manding Officers quarters, Office. guard house.
workshop, magazine, stable and shed, and two
sets barracks for enlisted men; bids may be-
made for the whole work complete or for each
building separately; plans and specifications
may be seen at this Office, and at the
office Of the Chief Of Ordnance. ..
full information can be had on application
The Governments reserves the right to reject any
and all bids. or parts thereof. Proposals must
be marked Proposals for the erection Of build
ings,n and addressed to MAJOR CLIFTON
Comfy, Ordnance Department., o. 8 A.
Commanding oc29-S8oc29, 80. 81. mol. a 25
DRoPosALs FOR MATERIAL RE
III QUIRED for use In the construction. at
the NAVY Yard, Brooklyn: n r. Of Of the
displacement each.-NaTy Department. Wash
ington. D. c., October ., 1SS9-Under authority
conferred by the act Of Congress making ap-
September T. 1883 (Statutes at Large. vol. IS
page 472). sealed proposals are hereby invited
and will be received at this department. until u
4.
Of November, 1889 for furnishing and deliver
ing the following classes and quantities Of ma
terial at said navy yard, for use in the con-
structfon Of said cruisers: Class @--Fuel for
foundry.--Anthracite coal and oven OF kiln
coke, about 100 tons Of each. Class 35.-PAr-
tern makers 1umber.-About 8.0o0 feet
Class S8 A--Finished and rough-turned steel
Glass SSB SSB.-Corrugated steel furnaces-Fifty-
six In all. Glass 80 C.-Condenser tube sheets
and packing. Eight tube sheets, about 1ooo
Class SO A-Anti-frfction metaI.-Ffys thou
sand pounds Class SO B.-Pig tfn.-Ien thou
sand pounds. Glass 80 C.-Steel eastings--
About 100 tons. Class 2-Pig iron--Ihrse
boiler shel1s.-About 200 tons, trimmed 70
shape Class A B.-Frebox steel and Hanged
plates.-Abcut l25 tons. trimmed o shape and
hanged Glass A C.-steel rods. shapes and
forgings for boiler bracinE-AbOut % ton8-
Glass "A D.-Steel engine forginga-About 100
tons. comprising connecting and piston rods,
About 5000 lap-welded OF seamlessdrawn
steel tubes Class 50 H-Condeuser
tubes.-About 1900 seamless-dravn brass
of open-hearth or CIapp- Griffith boiler riVhts
The tons Of the material herein called Tor to
be Of 2240 pounds each All Of said material
to be of such detailed dimensions, weights
and shapes as may be required, and 70 be deli7-
cred at such place or places in said navy yard 40
may be designated by the commandant thereof
The material to be delivered promptly n az
ule- All material to be Of domestic manufac-
ture, and 70 be accepted only after passing
such tests as may be prescribed rherefor By
the Secretary OF the Navy. Proposals must
be made In accordance with forms which Will
be furnished On application 70 the Bureau
OF Steam Engineering. and any. one or
more Of the classes dk5sh4se4 nag be
embraced in the same proposak but rfid for
a portion Of . class win be considered Each
proposal must be accompanied BY satisfactory
evidence that the bidder is able 70 furnish aud
deliver the material for which he bids: also. By
a certified check. payable TO the order Of The 4
Secretary Of the Navy. for an amount equal 70
I'VE per cent of the bid The check received
from the successful bidder will be returned %
the due performance Of the work and giving
bond for the same, with satisfactory surety. in
penal sum equal 70 twenty-five per ceuroI the
amount Of his bid; but in case he shall fail 20
enter into such contract and to give such bond
within twenty days after notice OF the accept
ance Of his proposal, the check Accompanying
such proposal shall become the property or
the United States All checks accompanying
proposals which are not accepted win Be rE-
turned Immediately after the award shall have
been made A schedule OF the material re-
quired and all other information essential 20
bidders viii be furnished on application 10 f15
Bureau Of Steam Engineering, Navy Depart
ment. Proposals must be made IN duplicate
and incl0sed in envelopes marked $Propos1l5
for material for machinery Of cruisers Nos II
and 81 and addressed 70 the Secretary Of the
The Secretary Of the Navy reserves the right
to reject any or all bids, or the bids on any
class or classes ~, IN his Judgment the inter-
ests OF the Governments may require
B. r. TRACY, Secretary Of the Navy.