The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-02-18
PROPOSALS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF
slt TWO REVENUE CUTTERS.

the State"
PROPOSALS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF
,lh TWO REVENUE CUTTERS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
February l6, l943.
CEALED PROPOSALS are invited, and will be
~ received, at this Office, until the 18th day OF
April next for building the bulls and fitting the
spars of two vessels, 10 be employed as Revenue
Cutters Of the burden Of about $50 tons TO be
pIeeiy caulked, payed with pitch, and delivered in
the water.
Each vessel TO be built agreeably TO a model and
profile draft Of spars, TO be furnished upon entering
into the contract, and Of materials corresponding
to the following dimensions and specifications TO
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Length, between perpendicuars, 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 locust,
to be sided ten inches to be boted with copper three
quarters of an inch r diameter
Sern post knee of live oak, 10 be boed with cop
per seven-eighhs of an 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,
seyen-eghths Of inch in diameter, foot above
deep ballast mark.
Floor tmbers Of live oak futtocks and top tim.
bers, OF locust red CEDAR sided six inches mould
ed at Hoor heads eight inches at the plank sheer five
and half inches; to be completely framed, the
frame bolts to be threequarters OF inch in diane
ter; every floor timber to be boted with copper
bolt in diameter seven-eighths of an inch the alter
nate floor timbers to be bolted after the kcelson is
cd -hnI Of fhn md
riveted under The keel.
keeson, Of white oak, to be sided ten inches.
Main transom, of live oak or locust to be boted
with two iron bolts, in diane seven-eghths of an
inch; the remaining transoms to be sided seven
inches, and to be bolted with copper seveneghths of
an inch in diameter.
Knight heads and hause pieces, Of live oak 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 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 bolt Of fye-eis hths Of
inch in diameter, driven through and riveted the
inside and from thence TO the keel, the bottom
panks will be fastened o.'Ie frames with six inch
composition spikes and fve-egh,hs copper bolts in
the manner. There will not be any treenails.
Butt, and hoodend bolts, to be hree-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 stancheons TO be Of locust, TO lie
placed TO form seven ports each side, with one be-
tween each port and three abreast Of the mass, on
each side, to support the channels ard two on each
side between the forward port and the bows The
bulwarks, from the stem TO the stancheon of the for
ward port to be of white oak, and half inches
thick, thence to the stern Of yellow pine, from one
and half to two inches in thickness, in narrow
off tn he fNn offs Morris all tba
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 hree-quarters of
an inch IN diameter. Clamps, of white oak or vel.
low pine in thickness at the upper edge three inches
lower edge two and a half inches, extending from
stem to stern.
Beams, Of yellow pine, TO be sided nine inches,
and moulded seven and a 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 are TO have dagger
knee, in lieu of the lap knee TO be bolled with iron
in diameter tbree-quarters Of an inch
The grub knees OF The half poop to be bolted with
iron three-quariers Of an inch in diameter and the
bukheads secured from de- to deck with iron bolts
seven.elghihs Of an inch in diameter. Deck plank,
Of yellow pine three inches in thickness, not ex-
coed five inches wide amidslips 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 dayils of oak.
Salt stops to be placed where required.
Crosssteps Of white oak bolted with iron, one inch
in diameter, and properly secured on the keelson.
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 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 one and three quarters of inch in thickness
The arrangement Of the decks and half poop
(twenty -four feet in length, and sixteen inches high
from the main deck as may be directed, with bits
scuttles, haichways skylights, cavils, cieats, SC
| 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 APP
proved by such officer of the service 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 compo-
tent judges, TO be chosen by each Of the parties
TO the contract, who in the event OF their disagree
ment, are to choose third, who TO determine
whether the work has been executed in all respect,
conformably TO the proposal and agreement
The proposals to be endorsed Proposals for build
| ing Revenue Cutters"
| The Department reserves TO itself the right Of al
| torng the mode, as TO increase or diminish the
tonnage Of one or both vessels as may be dcemrd
pedent. The proposals will therefore state wha
deduction will be made from the offers in it may
be determined 10 build Of l25 TONS and what in
crease in case the other should be u.s.
| w. FORWARD,
Secretary of the Treasury.
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