The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-08-26
FLOATING DOCKS.

NAVY DEPARTMENT, August 9, 1912.
IDY the act of Congress making APPROXIMATIONS for
ID the naval service for the year i642' il is proyi-
ded " That the Secretary OF the Navy may in his
discretion, apply the sum % one hundred thousand
dollars OF the amount HEREBY appropriated, and any
balance of former appropriations for the constrctio
OF Dry Dock at Brooklyn, New York TO the con
structon of Floating Dock al the same place and
II any part oil TINS appropriation shall be expended
upon The construction Of Floating Dock, as hereby
authorlLed the construction of Floating Dock as
hereby authorized the construction OF the Dry Dock
shall be suspended until the further order of Con
gressn
In order to carry out this purpose invite propo-
sails Tor the construction of Floating Dock at New
York. The proposals must be accompanied by
LIST. An exact description of the dock, with all its
machinery, and also working model thereof
I'd specification of the kind of timber out of
which ITS several parts shall be built.
Sd The prices of docks of three different sizes
the first for ships of the line the second for frigaes
OF the rst class, and the third for sloops of and
smaller ssels.
4th The draught of water when light OF a dock
OF each of the above mentioned sizes
9Th. The length OF time and number of hands re
quired to take up vessel and prepare her for re-
ceiving repairs.
salt water must be covered with twenty-four ounce
'0RPse a,s who have po,,,,n no,.. ,,..,a, .o...
ed, will be expected to exhibit their powers and
moue OF operating upon a vessel oil suitable size
which the Department will furnish
Proposals must be made by the first day Of Sep
TENDER
aug. 9-dISep p. UPsHUR.
To be published in the Madlsonan Times and
Mercantile Journal, Boston Journal of Commerce.
Sun, and Union, New York; American Sentinel Phil
adephla; Sun, Baltimore; Beacon, Norfolk.
UMBER, LINE, WOOD, AND COAL
IL The Subscribers have on hand, and offer for
sale, their yard seventh street. Centre market
square the largest and best selected stock of Lumber
in this District, consisting in part follows viz
100000 feet A White Pine Cuttings
100000 do do Select Cuttings
10000 do "A, GA, and "a White Pine, mer-
| charitable and panel
100000 do Z store Yellow Pine Joists and Scant-
ling various lengths
65 600 do "A, Ga, and ga Allegheny Pine
900 do w hite Pine and Hemlock Joists and
Scanting
40 600 do 81 Hcmlock Fence Rails
$4,000 do North Carolina Joisls, Scantling and
Stills
5000 do 5-4, o. and S-4 Cypress, prime
article
10000 do "a Cypress Weather boarding
Cypress timber, l2xl2 and l4xi4 inches
Ash Poplar, and Maple Plank and Scantling
| Together with general assortment of Shingles
sawed and split Laths, Pickets for fencing, North
Carolina Fence-rails, Fence-posts and every other
description of Lumber usually kept for sale um-
| Der ward.
| We have also on hand, and are receiving white
and red ash Coal of the best quality. Also Sydney
CRATE and blacksmihs Coal, Oak and Pine Wood
all of which they offer for sale at low prices the
| same articles can be obtained for in this District
! Persons wishing to obtain their supply of Coal for
the winter, by leaving their orders office imme-
diately can be supplied from The vessels unusually
low prices.
SHEPHERD & HANLY
| july 30-co3w