The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-02-24
PROPOSALS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF
TWO REVENUE CUTTERS.
TnEA,unY DrrAnrMlNr.


February TO- lS45
CEALED PROPOSALS are invited, aud will be
~ received, at this Office until tho 18th day of
April next, for building the hulls and fitting the
sPars OF two vessels, 10 be employed as Revenue
Cutters Of the burden Of about $50 tons 10 be com
pleely eauiked, payed with pitch, and delivered in
the water.
Each vessel 10 be built agreeably TO a model and
profile drat of spars, 10 be furnished upon entering
into the contract, and of materials corresponding
to the following dimensions and specifications, 10
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Length, between perpendieulars, eighty eight feet.
Breadth, moulded twenty two feet.
Hold, eight feet six inches.
Dead rise, twenty-iour inches TO half floor.
Keel OF white oak, TO be sided ten inches.
Dead wood, forward and aft, Of live oak or locust
TO be sided ten inches TO be boted with copper three
quarters OF an inch H. diameter
Sern post knee, of live oak 10 be bolted with cop
per seyen-eighths of inch in diameter, two in the
body and two IN the arm, and riyeted under the keel
and aft side Of the stern-post.
Inner stern-pos of live 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"
seven-eighhs OF an inch in diameter one foot above
deep ballast mark.
Floor timbers, of live oak futtocks and top tim
bers, OF locust or red CEDAR sided six inches, mould
and a half inches to be completely framed, the
frame bolts to be three-quarters Of an inch in dame
ter; every noor timber 10 be bolted with one copper
bolt, IN diameter seven-eghths of an inch the alter
nate hoor tmbers TO be boed, after the keelson is
fitted, with copperbolts, of the same diameter, and
riveted 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 diameter seven-eighths of an
inch; the remaining transoms to be sided seven
inches and to be boted with copper seyeneghths of
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 seye n
inches 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 one frame comprising two timbers, With three
iron spikes and one iron bolt of fve-eighth of
inch in diameter, driven through and riveted on the
inside; and from thence to the keel, the bottom
planks will be fastened to the frames, with six inch
composition spikes, and ive-eighths copper bolts in
the same manner. There will not be any treenails
Butt and hoodend bolts, to be three-quarters of an
inch in diameter, of copper. The wales are to be
plugged.
Plank-sheer ofyellow pine three and half inches
in thickness. The slancheons to be of locust, to be
placed to form seven ports each side, with be-
tween each port and three abreast of the masts on
side between the forward port and the bows. The
bulwarks, from the stem to the stancbeon 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 or 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 yell
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-
cepting the mast beams, which TO have dagger
knee, in lieu of the lap knee, to be bolted with iron
in diameter three-quarters of an inch
The grub knees of the half poop to be boted with
iron three-Guarters Of inch in diameter, and the
bulkheads secured from detk TO deck with iron bolts
seyeneightbs OF an inch in diameter. Deck plank,
of yellow pine, three inches in thickness not TO
coed five inches wide amdships to be fastened with
iron spikes and plugged
The bowsprt 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 davis of oak
Salt stops to be placed where required
in diameter, and properly secured on the keelson.
The ceiling plank, white oak TO the foor-heads,
thence to the clamps OF yellow pine two inches in
thickness fastened with iron.
Berth deck of ash or yellow pine, two inches in
thickness orop, or fixed with matches, raised about
fourteen inches above the running deck, extended
from the fore 20 the manmast. Cabin deck yellow
pine and lhreequarters of an inch IN thickness
The arrangement of the decks and half poop
Qwenty-iour feet in length and sixteen inches high,
from the main deck) as may be directed, with bits,
scuttles, hatchways, skylights, cavls, cleats &c,
completed.
The shoe ten inches in thickness amdshps taper
ing TO the stem and stern post, Of oak fastened with
copper bolts three-quarters Of 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 vessels TO be completed within ninety days
from the date of the contract, and the workmanship
TO be inspected previous TO delivery by two compe
tent judges to be chosen by each Of the parties
the contract who, in the event Of their disagree
ment are TO choose a third, who are TO determine
whether the work has been executed in all respects
comfortably TO the proposal and agreement
The proposals to be endorsed Proposals for build
lng Revenue Cutters"
The Department reserves TO itself the right Of al
tering the mode! so as to increase diminish the
tonnage of one or both vessels as may be deemrd
pedint. The proposals will therefore state what
deduction will be made from the offers in il may
be determined TO build one Of 1875 tons, and what in
crease in case the other should be LIS.
w. FORWARD,
Secretary of the Treasury.
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The MadlsoniaL Republican and Sun, Baltimorei
American Sentinel and Evening Mercury, Phrladel-
phia Union and Standard New York, will copy this
advertisement, and present the account 10 the col.
lectors Of the respective ports for payment.
PArrNr OrrIcr, 10th February lS43
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