The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-07-30

White Ash boards.
500 feet, board measure, LIST quality 4-inch Black
Walnut plank.
500 Get, board measure, LIST quality 3-inch Black
| Walnut plank.
1000 feet, board measure, LIST quality Pinch Black
Walnut plank.
500 feet board measure, LIST quality l inch Black
Walnut plank.
1000 feet board measure, lst quality l-inch Black
Walnut boards.
g., 500
NAVY YARD, CHARLESTOWN, MASS.
CLASS Mol
White Oak Timber, &c.
10000 cubic feet White Oak plank stocks, to aver
age forty-hree feet in length, to be less than
thirty-fve long, and less than twelve inches
square at the top end, clear of wane. The stocks
to be lined straight the siding way, and may be
straight or have long fair curve, the other way;
both sides may be lined tapering in conformity with
the growth of the tree. The wane must not exceed
one-ourh of the width of the face of the stocks, as
squared-per cubic foot
1000 cubic feet White Oak butt pieces, in lengths
from IS to 40 feet long, and from Ia to "a inches
square, equal proportions of the different lengths
and sizes-per cubic foot.
| 40 White Oak knees for cheeks, (say 420 siding
inches, per inch,) the bodies and arms to be from
1 elSnl 10 Itel " t"Ci'c
inches; and to form an angle from ITO to l2O de-
grees The bodies to be rough sided to the dame
ter of the arms, including the bark. The moulding
size of the bodies in the middle of their lengths to
be from fifteen to twenty inches, (per siding inch)
per inch.
300 White Oak boat knees, (say 800 siding
inches,) arms not less than four inches diameter
clear Of the bark, and the arms and bodies to be
not less than thirty-two inches long. Onethird of
the whole number to be square knees-per inch,
nett siding.
| All the above White Oak timber and knees to be
of the very best quality and free from all defects.
The ends to be sawed off square to sound and per-
feet wood by the contractor.
/ CLASS No.2.
Yellow Pine Timber.
10000 cubic feet fine grained Southern Yellow
Pine plank stocks, average forty five feet length
and none less than thiity-fve feet long. Two sides
must be lined straight, but may retain the natural
taper of the tree The other two sides may be lined
Of parallel breadths, with the natural taper, and
must be lined straight, or with fair curve The
small end must not be less than four htths of the
butt end and the small end must not be less than
twelve inches square, clear OF wane. No more sap
wood than oneeighth of the breadth of the face from
each corner will be allowed on the stocks The
sap wood TO be excluded in the measurement-per
cubic foot.
5000 cubic feet fine grained Southern Yellow Pine
promiscuous timber, from IS to 40 feet long, and
from I6 to "a inches square-per cubic foot.
| All the above Yellow Pine timber to be of the
very best quality, and free from all defects. The
ends to be sawed off square to sound and perfect
wood by the contractor.
CLASS No. 3.
White Pine.
1000 feet board measure, No. White Pine |
inch boards to be clear of all defects, such knots,
rot splits, shakes, stains, coarseness OF quality, sap
wood, holes, and uneven sawing-per thousand feet,
| board measure.
| &c, 900 feet, board measure No. 9 White Pine one
inch boards, to have not more than three medium
size knots within the surface of fifteen feet to be
clear of all other knots sap wood rot shakes, splits,
holes, and uneven sawing-per thousand feet board
measure.
fish, Cherry, Black Walnut, Cypress, Lo-
Gust, &c.
500 cubic feet White Ash butt pieces, from IA to
80 feet long, and TO average IL inches diameter In
the middle of the sticks, clear of bark; none less
than l6 inches diameter-per cubic foot
500 feet board measure, Cherry boards, one inch
thick, TO average l6inchesper thousand feet board
measure
10000 feet board measure, White Ash plank,
inches thick-per thousand feet, board measure.
500 feet board measure, Cherry plank 2 inches
board measure.
\ 1000 feet board measure Black Walnut boards
inch thick, 10 average Is inches wide-per thou.
sand feet, board measure.
1900 feet board measure Black Walnut boards
inch thick, to average IA inches wide-per thou
sand feet, board measure.
500 feet board measure, Black Walnut plank, z
inches thick, to average IA inches wide-per thou
sand feet board measure.
10000 feet board measure, Cypress boards,
inch thick, from 20 to 80 feet long, and from tc
IL inches wde-per thousand feet board measure
so pieces Yellow Locust, from IL to 25 feet long
and from 10 to l6 inches diameter TO average Il
inches diameter clear of bark, in the middle Of tn,
sticks, or SIS cubic feet-per cubic foot.
pieces Fustic, three feet long and sixteen inches
diameter, say II cubic feet--per cubic foot.
1000 feet board measure, Cedar boards, Is TO 2,
feet long and from 8 to ~ inches wide, and o
an inch thick-per thousand feet, board measure.
All the Ash, Cherry, &c, above described, to b.
of the very best quality clear Of rot splits, shakes
knots, cross grain, worm holes, stains, &c Tn,
plank and boards TO be sawed tn even thicknesses
CLASS No. 4.
Black Spruce SparS and oleS.-By the incl
and pole.
80 pieces, 81 feet long, 3 inches diameter in tn
middle, 5 inches diameter at the top end, clear o
the bark--per inch, 240 inches
40 pieces IS feet long, inches diameter IN tn
middle, Al inches diameter at the top end, clear o
the bark-per inch, $50 inches
80 pieces, 80 feet long, inches diameter In thu
middle, Al inches diameter at the top end, clear o
the bark-per inch, 30 inches.
40 pieces 81 feet long, s inches diameter in tn
middle, inches diameter at the top end, clear @
the bark-per inch, $40 inches
100 pieces, 25 feet long, inches diameter in tn
middle, 81 inches diameter at the top end, clear o
the berk-per inch, 500 inches.
100 poles, 20 feet long, inches diameter in tn
middle, 3 inches diameter at the top end, clear o
the bark-per pole, by the pole.
All the above spars to be Of the very best quality
straight and free from all defects.
NAVY YARD, BROOKLYN, N. Y.
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