Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-22
OFFICE OF BoRoUGH CLERK.


NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS-SEAL
IN proposals will be received at the Office Of
the Borough Clerk until WEDNESDAY,, OCT.
30, 1889, at O'Clock P. NJ, for the following
sewers, viz:
one on Jerome street, from a point near
street car barn west to new brick sewer, Of =
diameter Of 10 inches and approximate length
600 tt
One of IS in. diameter, from north line Of
Powers line to center of Thirteenth ave-.
length 200 #; thence along Thirteenth ave. TO
the Yough rver, Of diameter OF "a inches.
Plans and specifications of the above work
can be seen and blanks for bidding and all in
formation can be had at the Engineers ONCE
Each proposal must be accompanied by =
bond in amount to equal that Of the contract,
and be probated before Notary; and said pro-
posals must be handed in on or before the
above specified time. Unless said requirements
are strictly carried out the bid will not be con-
sidered.
. The Council reserves the right to reject any
oc22s5MFuF GEORGE BossART. Clerk
PROPOSALS. FOR MATERIAL RE
QUIRED for use in the construction. at
the Navy Yard, Brooklyn. N. z, Of the
machinery for two cruisers Of about 1000 tons
ington. ID. C., October 5, lSS8.-Undsr authority
conferred by the act OF Congress making ap-
propriations for the naval service. approved
September 1888 (Statutes at Large, vol. Is
page 472), sealed proposals are hereby invited
and viii be received at this department until Il
o'clock noon, on WEDNESDAY, the 6th day
ing the following classes and quantities Of ma
terial at said navy yard, for use in the con-
sfruction of said cruisers: Glass So--Fuel for
foundry.-Anthracite coal and oven or kiln
coke, about 100 tons OF each. Class 35s-Pat-
tern makers 1umber.-About NOJ feet
Glass 38 A.-Finished and r0ugh-turned steel
shafting.--Crank, thrust and propeller shafts.
Glass 38B.-Corrugated 38 steel furnace4-FiffT-
six in all. Glass 80 8C.-Condenser tube sheets
and packing-Eight tube sheets, about 5000
glands. and about 5000 cotton-tape packings-
sand pounds Glass 80 B-Pig tin.-Ten thou
sand pounds. Glass 80 C.-Stsel castings
About 100 tons. Class 42-Pig iron--Three
hundred tons. Class "A A--Steel plates for
shape. Glass "A B.-Frebox steel and Hanged
plates.-AbouE 125 tons. trimmed o shape and
Hanged. Class A C.-Steel rods, shapes and
forgings for boiler bracine.--About 80 tons
Glass A D.-Steel engine forgings-Ab0ut 100
tons, comprising connecting and piston rods.
valve-gear etc. Glass So A--Boiler tubes
ASsps .sssI sSSe sSSss Cfass
tubes.-About 1900 seamless-drawn brass
tubes. Class 56-Steel rivets--Abour 30 tons
OF open-hearth or ClapP-e5flmtn boiler zve.s-
be of 2240 pounds each. All Of said material
to be Of such detailed dimensions weights
and shapes as may be required, and to be deliv-
cred at such place or places in said navy Yardos
may be designated by the commandant thereof.
The material to be delivered promptly in ac-
cordance with the requirements OF the sched-
ule. All material TO be Of domestic manufac-
ture, and TO be accepted only after passing
such tests as may be prescribed therefor BY
the Secretary Of the Navy. Proposals must
be made in accordance with forms which Will
be furnished on application to the Bureau
of Steam Engineering, and any one or
more of the classes designated may be
embraced in the same proposal. but no bid for
a portion of q class viii be considered. Each
proposal must be accompanied by satisfactory
evidence that the bidder is able 70 furnish and
deliver the material for which he bids; also. by
q certified check, payable to the order Of the
Secretary Of the Navy. for an amount equal to
five per cent Of the bid. The check received
from the successful bidder will be returned TO
him on his entering into formal contract for
the due performance Of the work and giving
bond for the same, with satisfactory surety. in
a penal sum equal to twenty five per cent OF the
amount Of his bid; but in case he shall fail 70
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 OF
the United States. All checks accompanying
proposals which are not accepted VIII be re-
turned Immediately after the award shall have
been made A schedule Of the material r8-
quired and all other information essential 70
bidders will be furnished on application to the
ment. Proposals must be made in duplicats
and inclosed in envelopes marked Proposals
for material for machinery Of cruisers Nos
and g." and addressed 70 the Secretary Of the
Navy, Navy Department, Washington, d. c
The Secretary Of the Navy reserves the right
class or classes as, in his Judgment. the inter
ests OF the Government may require.
B. f. TRACY, Secretary Of the Navy.
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