The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-03-02
PROPOSALS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION or
TWO REVENUE CUTTERS.
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Cutters, of the burden Of about $50 tons be
pie'ely eaulked, payed with pitch, and delivered IN
the water.
Zach vessel to be built agreesbly to a model and
proh'e drait OF spars, 10 be furnished upon entering
INTO the contract, and of materials corresponding
To the following dimensions and specifications, TO
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Length, between perpendicular eighty eight feet.
Breadth, moulded, twenty two feet
Hold, eight feet six inches.
Dead rise, twenty -four inches to half floor
Keel OF white oak, TO be sided ten inches.
Dead wood, forward and AFT, Of live oak or locust
10 be sided ten inches 10 be bolted with copper three
quarters Of an inch H. diameter
Sern post knee, of live oak, TO be bolted with cop
per seyen-eightbs of an inch in diameter two in the
body and two in the arm, and rveted under the keel
and an side of the stern-post.
Inner stern-pos Of live oak locust, TO be sided
ten inches.
Apron, of live oak locust, to be sided one foot
three inches.
Fore dead wood and apron bolts, to be Of copper
seven-eghths of an inch in diameter one foot above
deep ballast mark
Floor timbers, Of live oak futtocks and top tim
bers OF locust red cedar, sided six inches mould
ed at floor heads eight inches at the plank sheer five
and half inches; to be completely framed the
frame bolts to be three-quarters of inch in dame
ter; every floor timber 10 be bolted it'll one copper
bolt, IN diameter seven-cghths Of inch the alter
nate foor tmbers to be bolted after the keeson is
fitted, with copper bolts Of the same diameter and
rivetcd under the keel
keelson, of white oak, to be sided ten inches.
Man transom, OF live oak or locust to be bolted
with two iron bolts, in diameter seyen-e hths of an
inch; the remaining transoms TO be sided seven
inches, and to be boed with copper seven-eghhs 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 seven
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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-eiebths Of
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 fve-eghths copper bolts in
the same manner. There will not be any treenails
Butt and hoodend bolts, to be three-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 seven ports each side, with be-
tween each port and three abreast of the masts on
each side to support the channels, aLd two each
side between the forward port and the bows The
buwarks, 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
and half to two inches in thickness, in narrow
streaks. There 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 al each end with one
lodge, and one lap knee TO be sided five inches,
m ast he ,vh,c oh b,y
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 bolted with
iron hree-quarters of an inch in diameter, and the
bukheads secured from deck deck with iron bolts
seven.eghihs of an inch in diameter. Deck plank,
OF yellow pine, three inches in thickness not 10 ex
coed five inches wide amidslips to be fastened with
iron spikes and plugged
The bowsprit to be ofyellow pine, the masts of
yellow pine other smaller spars of spruce of the di-
mensions noted on the draft. The mast partners of
live oak and kneed.
The cat-heads and stern davils of oak
Salt stops to be placed where required
Cross-steps OF white oak, bolted with iron one inch
in diameter and properly secured on the keelson
The ceiling plank, white oak 10 the hoor-beads
thence to the clamps Of yellow pine, two inches 10
thickness, fastened with iron.
Berth deck OF ash or yellow pine, two inches in
thickness, orlop, or fixed with hatches raised about
fourteen inches above the running deck, extended
from the lore to The manmast. Cabin deck yellow
pine one and three quarters Of an inch in thickness
The arrangement of the decks and half poop
(tweny-iour feet in length, and sixteen inches high
from the main deck may be directed, with bits
scuti'es, ha'chways, skylights cavils, cleats &c.
completed.
The shoe ten inches in thickness amidships taper
ing 10 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 an
proved by such officer Of the revenue service as the
Secretary of the Treasury may appoint
The vessels 10 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, one TO be chosen by each Of the pare.
10 the contract who, 10 the event Of their disagree
ment, are 70 choose a third who are TO determine
whether the work has been executed in all respects
coniormably TO the proposal and agreement.
The proposals to be endorsed Proposals for build
ing Revenue Cutters
The Department 10 itself the right of al
tering the mode so as to increase or diminish the
tonnage of one or both vessels may be decmrd ex-
pediept The proposals will therefore state what
deduction will be made from the offers in case Il may
be determined 10 build one Of l25 tons and what o.
crease IN case the other should be us.
w. FORWARD,
Secretary Of the Treasury.
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