The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-03-06
PROPOSALS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF
TWO REVENUE CUTTERS

PROPOSALS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF
TWO REVENUE CUTTERS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
February l6, lS43
SEALED PROPOSALS are invited and will be
~ received at this office, until the 18th day of
April next, for building the hulls and fitting the
spars Of two vessels, to be employed as Revenue
Cutters, of the burden of about $50 tons to be
Petely caulked, payed with pitch, and delivered in
the water.
Each vessel to be built agreeably to 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
wit:
Length, between perpendiculars, 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,
to be sided ten inches to be bolted with copper three
quarters of an inch L diameter
Sern post knee of live oak, 10 be bolted with cop
per seven-eghths of an inch in diameter, two in the
body and two in the arm, and riveted under the keel
and aft side of the stern-post.
Inner stern-post of live oak 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-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 threequarers Of an inch in dame
ter every floor timber TO be bolted with copper
bolt, in diameter seyen-eghths of inch the alter
nate floor timbers to be bolted after the keeson is
fitted, with copper-bolts of the 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
inch; the remaining transoms to be sided seven
inches, and to be boted with copper seven-eghths 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 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 ighths 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, aud fvc-cighths 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 to be
plugged.
Pank-sheer of yellow pine, three and half inches
in thickness The sancheons, to be Of locust to be
placed TO form ports each side with be-
tween each port, and three abreast of the masts,
each side, to support the channels, and two 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 a half inches
thick thence to the stern of yellow pine, from one
and a 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 vel
low pine, in thickness at the upper edge three inches
lower edge two and half inches, extending from
stem 10 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,
cepting the mast beams, which TO have a dagger
knee in lieu of the lap knee, to be bolted with iron
in diameter thrce-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 deck to deck with iron bolts
seven-eghths OF an inch IN diameter. Deck plank,
of yellow pine, three inches in thickness not to
coed five inches wide amdshps 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 davits Of oak
Salt stops TO be placed where required
Cross-seps 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, orop, fixed with hstches raised about
| fourteen inches above the running deck, extended
! from the fore to the manmast. Cabin deck yellow
lpine and three-quarter OF inch in thickness
i The arrangement of the decks and half poop
Twenty feet in length and sixteen inches high
from the main deck may be directed, with bits
scuttles, hatchways, skylights, cays, Cheats, &c.
completed
The shoe ten inches in thickness amidshr,s, taper
ing TO The stem and stern post Of oak, fastened witt
copper bolts three-quarters Of inch in diameter
and with suitable composition spikes
/ The materials used in the construction 10 be ap
proved by such officer Of the revenue service as tn
Secretary of the Treasury may appoint.
The vessels to be completed within ninety day
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
the contract, who, in the event Of their disagree
ment are TO choose third, who are to determin
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
terng the mode. so as to increase or diminish IN
tonnage Of ono or both vessels, may be deemrd
pedient The proposals will therefore state wba
deduction will be made from the offers in case il ma
be determined TO build one Of l25 tons, and what
: crease in case the other should be us
!, w. FORWARD
ri Secretary Of the Treasury.
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