The morning times., 1896-08-10
PROPOSALS.
PROPOSALS. TREASURY DI

PROPOSALS = TREASURY DE
~ trAhIMENIs i5:Hl.ic OFFICE supEkyIslNG
sails win be received at TINS Hpo oiitce
Until Ii 2 2 o,ciock p m, on the 26th DAY OF
| thereafter. for all the labor and materials
required for the repairs, etc, To the heating
apparatus and power plants in the U. S.
er building and the Butler building. at
Washington, d q, in accordance with the
specification, copies OF which may be had
at this office. Each bid must be accom-
panied by a certified check for a sum rot
less Than - per cent of the'amOunt OF the
proposal; The right is reserved TO reject
iDforIna;ity in any bid. should il be deemed
In the interest OF the Government to do so
All proposals received after the time stated
Tor opening viii be returned to the hltiders
Proposals must be enclosed in envelones
sealed and marked. Proposal for the Re-
pairs to Heating. in the Treasury, Windcr
and Butler buildings, Washington, d. c.
and addressed TO WM. MARTIN AIKEN,
Supervising Architect au5-6t-em-eod
UNITED STATES SENATE, WASHING
TON, ID. C.-Sealed PROPOSALS Tor fuel
for The United SJltes Senate. for the flscai
year enains June 80, esT. Will be received
tie United States Se:iate euIitlIJwelreo'c clock
NOON on the 18TH DAY OF AUGUST,
1876, and at that hour opened in the
presence Of those bidders who elect TO
Nc present, viz: two Thousand Icns, mere
or less, OF best extra bard, white 0sh an
tlracite coal, small furnace size, screened
and Tree from aliirnpurties, also fifteen tons.
nore or less, OF sa ia Goa | chestnut size also
twenty tons, more or less, OF Lee white ash
coal, free from ali impurities, stove size:
also one hundred cords, more or less, of
best hickory wood, i'll sixteeD-lnch lengths
81 wed from timber Instead or chopped sh id
timber TO have been cut between October l
and December 81, 1895, Clean and free
from knots and split To metiuni size also
hundred and lftrC nj i.xs
OF best spit pine wood straight, clean and
free froLn knUts; lso one Thousand bushels
more or less, OF best crushed coke ;aH coal
10 pe weighed, and aIl wood and coke 10
be measured, sawed and spit, and all coal
cuke and wood 10 lie stored in the vaults OF
the Senate wing OF the Capitol (which are
open to the Inspection of biddersJ at the
expense of the Contractor; all TO te de-
livered and stored at such tines and IN such
quantities as may he ordered by the under
sigIed .aii coat To tie loaded IN lie carts for
delivery With forks and not shoyels; the
right to re-weigh the coal or to re-Ineasurc
the wood and coke ut the Capitol build
ing, az the expense OF the contractor; also
to reject any or all proposals, or TO accept
or REJECT any proposal Tor any of tEe above
items is reserved by the Undersigned. Each
bid must De accompanied By the certified
check or the bidder Tor one hundred auIla rs,
payable 10 the order of the Financial Clerk
OF the Senate, tn be forfeited TO the United
states upon the failure or refusal OF the
bidder 10 enter into any contract awarded
10 iiiin, checks to he returned to bidders
whose bids are not accepted Immediately.
and 10 bidders whose bids are accepted
upon execution by each or Them OF con-
tract IN accordance with these specifica-
tloHs. Fuel furnished The Sciai, uuring
the fiscal yeur ending June go, 1897, viii
be inspected and weighed or measured by
an eDploye of the Senate. To he ueSignat tel
by the Sergeant-at- Arms OF the Senate. and
for this inspection no charge VIII lie made
10 the contra ctor. Bids should be in
corsed Proposals for Fuel and addressed
TO The Sergeant-;it- Arms. United States
Senate
r. J. BRIGHT,
Sergeant at Arms United States Senate.
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