The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-03-03
PROPOSALS fOR THE CONSTRUCTION or
TWO REVENUE CUTTERS
TssAsrKr DrpARrMESr,

TWO REVENUE .cUTTIRs
TSsAsrRY DEPARTMENT,
February 49, lSis.
CEALED PROPOSALS are invited, and will be
| y received at this office, until the l7tb day OF
| April next for building tie hulls and fitting the
| spars Of two vessels, to be employed as Revenue
Cutters, OF the burden u about $50 tons 10 be COM
pe'ely cauiked, payed with pitch, and deliseed m
| the water
Each vessel to be built agreesbly TO a model and
pfohe drait OF spars 10 be furnished upon entering
INTO The contract, and of materials spending
70 Tue following Dimensions and specifications, 10
| wit
Length, between Perpendicular, eighty eight feet
breadth, moulded, twenty two feet.
| Hold eight feet six inches
Dead rise, twenty -iour inches 10 half aoor
| Keel Of White oak, TO be sided ten inches
Dead wood forward and ar, OF live oak or locust
10 be sided ten nehes TO be boled with copper three
quarters Of an inch H. diameter.
| Sern post knee, OF live oak, 10 be boed with cop
per seveneighhs OF an inch in diameter, two in the
body and two in the arm, aud ryetrd under the keel
and an side OF the stern-post.
Inner siern-post Of live oak or loc~st TO be sided
| ten inches.
Apron, of live oak or locust, to be sided one foot
| three inches.
Fore dead wood aud apron bolts, to be of copper,
seven,eghths OF an inch IN diameter toot above
deep ballast mark
Floor tmbers, Of live oak futocks and top tim
beers, OF locust or red CEDAR sided six inches mould
ed al oor heads eight inches, at the plank sheer FIVE
| and half inches TO be completely framed the
frame bolts TO be three-quarters OF an inch in dia o
ter; every hoor timber 10 be bolted with copper
bolt in diameter seven-eghhs of all inch the alter
nate floor tmbers TO be bolted after the keelsop is
htted with copperbo bolts Of the same diameter, and
rveted under The keel.
Keelson, of white oak to be sided ten inches
| Main transOm, of live oak or locust to be bolted
with two iron bolts, in diane er seven-eighths of
inch; the remaining transoms TO be sided seven
inches, and to be bolted with copper seven-eighhs of
| an inch in diameter.
Knight heads and hause pieces, of live oak or To-
Gust, to be sided nine inches
Outside plank. The wales, four in number, to be
in thickness three and half inches, about seven
inches wlde, iairy and gradually diminishing to
thickness OF the bottom plank two and half inches
OF white oak each streak Of the wales to be fas ened
to one frame comprising two timbers, with three
iron spikes, and one iron bolt of fve-eighths of an
inch IN diameter, driven through and riveted the
| inside; and from thence TO the keel, the bottom
planks will be fastened to the frames with six inch
composition spikes, and five-eghths copper bolts in
the same manner. There will not be any treenails
Butt and hoodend bolts, to be three-quarers of an
inch in diameter, of copper. The wales are to BIO
| plugged.
Plank-sheer Of yellow pine, three and a half inches
IN thickness The stancheons, to be of locust to be
placed to form seven ports each side, with one be-
tween each port and three abreast Of the masts on
each side, to support the channels, ard two each
side between the forward port and the bows The
bulwarks, from the stem to the sancheon 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 are to be two stern ports; all the
ports to have 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 vel.
low pine, in thickness at 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 half inches; to be kneed at each end with one
lodge and one lap knee to be sided five inches, ex-
cePtlng the mast beams, which TO have dagger
knee, in lieu of the lap knee, to be boed with iron
= IN diameter three-quarters of an inch
The grub knees OF the half poop to be bolted with
iron three-quarters OF an inch in diameter and the
bulkheads secured from derk to deck with iron bolts
seven-eigh,hs Of an inch in diameter. Deck plank,
OF yellow pine, three inches in thickness not to ex-
coed hye inches wide amidsps, to be fastened with
iron spikes and plugged,
The bowsPrt to be ofyellow 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 catheads and stern davits of oak
Salt stops to be placed where required
Gross steps Of white oak bolted with iron one inch
The ceiling plank white oak to the hoor-heads
thence TO the clamps Of yellow pine two inches in
thickness, fastened with iron.
Berth deck of ash yellow pine two nche. in
thickness, orIop, fixed with hatches raised about
fourteen inches above the running deck extended
IRON the fore TO the mainmast Cabin deck yellow
pine one and lhreequarters of an inch in thickness
lhe arrangement Of the decks and half poop
(twenty-lour feet in LEM n, and sixteen inches high
from the main deck) as may be directed with bits
scutiles haichways, skyghts, cavls, cleats, &c. q,
completed
The shoe, ten inches in thickness amdships, 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 10 be ar
proved by such officer Of the revenue service as the
Secretary Of the Treasury may appoint.
The vessels to be completed within ninety DAYS
from the date of the contract, and the workmanship
TO be a. pected previous 10 delivery by two compe-
tent judges one TO be chosen by each of the parc-
TO the contract, who, in the of their Disagree
ment, are To choose third who a-c 70 determine
whether the work has been executed In all respects
conlormsbly TO the proposal and agreement
The proposals TO be endorsed Proposals for build
ing Revenue Cutters"
The Department reserves TO itself the rieh, OF oil.
iering The mode! so as TO increase or diminish the
tonnage OF one or both vessels may be deemru ex-
pedirnt. The proposals will therefore state what
deduction will be made from the offers in case il ma
be determined 10 build one Of I25 tons and what u
crease IN case the other should be l75
: w. FORWARD,
Secretary Of the Treasury.
feb Is-lawtI7A
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