The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-10-30
PROPOSALS FOR BUILDING A REVENUE
CUTTER.

| TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
10th October, 1871.
| SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at This
- Office, until the 9th December next for building
the hull and fitting the spars Of vessel to be employ
ed Revenue Gutter, of the burhen OF Apou, one
hundred and fy-one tons; To be completely caaAeo'
paved with pitch, and delivered in the water.
The vessel 10 be built agreeably TO model anu IIo
file draf Of spars TO be furnished upon entering my
the contract and Of materials corresponding 10 'ne
| lowing dimensions and specifications, 70 WI
Length, between per oendlculars, eighty-eight ee'
Breadth, moulded, twenty-five feet
Hold, eight feet SIX inches
Dead rise, twenty four inches TO hall htor
Keel of white oak, TO be sided ten inches
Deadwood forward and aft, Of live oak or locust 70
be sided ten inches to be bolted with copper, three
| quarters Of an inch in diameter.
Stern post knee of live oak TO be bolied with copper
ghths of inch in diameter two In the body
and two in the arm and ryetted under the Keel anu
AFT side Of the stern post
Inner stern post five oak or locust TO be sided ten
inches.
Apron of live oak or locust, to be sided, one foot
three inches.
Fore dead wood and apron bolts to be Of copper Sc
.eghths of inch in diameter, one foot above deep
ballast mark.
Floor timbers, of live oak futocks and top timbers
Of locust red cedar sided six inches moulded al foo
heads eight inches, at the plank sheer hive and nall
inches TO he completely framed, the frame bolts TO
be three-quarters of inch in diameter every other
ter ghths of inch the alternate floor tim
beers be boed after the keelson is fitted with copper
bolts Of the same diameter, and nvetted under the
keel
Keelson, Of white oak TO be sided ten inches.
Main Transom, of live oak, locust to be bolted
with two iron bolts, in diameter seyen-eishths OF an
inch the remaining transoms TO side seven inches
and to be boed with copper neighhs OF an inch
in diameter.
Knight Heads and Hause pieces, Of live oak or To-
cus TO be sided nine inches.
Outside plank. The wales, four in number, to be
in thickness three and half inches about seven inch
wide, fairly and gradually diminishing to thickness
Of the bottom plank two and half inches, of white
oak, each streak of the wales to be fastened to
frame comprising two timbers with three iron spikes
and one iron lot Of fve-eghths of an inch IN diam
eter, driven through and Iiyetted on the inside and
from thence to the keel the bottom anks will be as-
tened to the frames, with six inch composition spikes
and fve-eghihs copper bolts in the same manner
There will not be any treenas Butt and Hood end
bolts 10 be lheeq quarters Of inch in diameter, of
| copper. The wales are to be plugged.
Plank sheer of yellow pine three and half inches
IN thickness. The stancheons, to be OF locust TO be
placed to form ports each side, with one be-
tween each port and three abreast Of the masts, on
each side, support the channels, and two on each
side between the forward port and the bows. Inc
Buwaks, from the stem to the stancheon OF the for
ward port to be of white oak, one and half inches
thick thence to the stern of yellow pine from one and
half TO two inches in thickness, in narrow streaks
There arc to be two stern ports all the ports 10 nave
shutters.
The Rails to be of oak yellow pine.
Breast Hooks of live oak, two below the deck hook,
fastened with copper bolts three quarters of an inch
in diameter. Clamps, of white oak or yellow pine, in
thickness al the upper edge three inches, lower edge
two and half inches, extending from stem to stern
Beams, of yellow pine, to be sided nine inches and
moulded seven and half inches; rounded two and a
half inches to be knced at each end with lodge,
and lap knee; to be sided five inches, excepting
| .t.. l. La,z
lieu Of the lap knee to be boted with ron in diane
| ter three quarters Of an inch.
The Grub Knees of the half poop, to be bolted
with iron three quarters of an inch 10 diameter, and
the bulk heals secured from deck to deck, with iron
bolts, seven eghths Of an inch In diameter. Deck
plank, Of yellow pine, three inches in thickness not
to exceed five inches wide amdships, to be fastened
with iron spikes and plugged.
The Bowsprit, to be of yellow pine, the masts Of
yellow pine other smaller spars of spruce of the d
mansions noted on the draft. The mast partners of
| live oak and kneed.
The Cat-heads, and stern davits, of oak.
Salt Stops to he placed, where required
Cross steps Of white oak bolted with iron, inch
in diameter, and properly secured on the keelson.
The Ceiling plank white oak TO the floor heads,
thence TO the clamps of yellow pine, two inches in
| thickne fastened with iron.
Berth Deck Of ash or yellow pine, two inches in
thickness, orlop fixed with hatches raised about
| fourteen inches above the running deck, extended
from the fore to the mainmast Cabin deck, yellow
pine, ono and three-quaIters Of an inch in thick
ness.
The arrangement of the decks and half poop GIVEN
ty four feet in length and sixteen inches high, from
the main deck) may be directed, with bits, scut
ties, hatchways, skylighs, cavs, cleats &C., com
plee.
The Shoe, ten inches in thickness amidshps taper
ing to the stem and stern post, OF oak, fastened with
copper bolts three quarters Of an inch in diameter and
with suitable composition spikes
| The materials used in the construction to be APP
proved by such officer of the Revenue service as the
Secretary Of the Treasury may appoint.
The vessel to be completed within ninety days from
the date Of the contract and the workmanship TO be
inspected previous to delivery, by two competent
judges to be chosen by each OF the parties TO the
contract who in the event of their disagreement are
to choose a third who are to determine whether the
work has been executed in all respects conformably
to the proposal rnd agreement
The Proposals to be endorsed, Proposals for build
ing Revenue Gutter"
w. FORWARD,
Secretary Of the Treasury
The New York Jouina of Commerce New York
Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, Baltimore American,
Baltimore Patriot, National lnteigencer, and Madi-
sonan, will insert the above notice twice week until
the 9th December and present their accounts to the
Collector of the Customs where published, for pay
ment. Oct. 2l-td
CABINETS OF MINERALS Just received by
~ F. TAYLOR, for sale at an extremely low price,
put up by professional mineraogist-two Cabinets,
one of r. the other Of liz specimens of minerals
Salts Earthly Salts, Earthly Stones Combustibes and
Ores-all numbered and labelled with localities, &c.
&c. Price IL and 20 dollars each.
| Also two Cabinets of Gems and Precious Stones
| And large and valuable collection of the best
works on Geology Mineralogy, Conchology, Chem
isty, and all their branches; many of them recently
imported by himself from London-several of them
entirely new. sept 80
T Avs OF THE U. S. in relation to the Navy