The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-12-22
PROPOSALS FOR DREDGE-BOATs.
W An DEPARTMENT,

PROPOSALS FOR DnEDGE-BOATs.
Wan DEPARTMENT,
| BUREAU CoaPs TopooRAPHicAL ENGIsEERs
| December 3, 1852.
PROPOSALS will be received until and inolud-
L ing the 10th day of next February, for the
construction OF four steam dretge- boats, to be
| worked by high pressure eng ines, viz:
| One for Lake Champlain, TO be delivered, in.
spected, and received at White Hall Harbor,
| Lake Champlan.
One for Lake Ontario. to be delivered. inspect.
| ed, and received at Oswego, on Lake Ontario.
| One for Lake Erie, to be delivered, inspected,
and received at Erie. on Lake Erie.
| One for Lake Michigan, to be delivered, in.
| spccted and received at Chicago, lllinoia.
The hull Of each boat to be 10 feet long 80 feet
beam, with guards feet wide, sufficient for buck
et-Iadder and paddle wheels, to draw when
equipped not exceeding feet Of water.
To have two cylindrical boilers, made of the best
boiler iron, one quarter of an inch in thickness,
tvs nty two feet long, and forty inchesin diameter
each.
The working cylinders Of the engine to be
| twelve inches diameter inside, not less than half
an inch thickness OF metal, and to have a length
of stroke Of four feet, with half stroke cutoff.
Each boat to have paddle wheels for locomo-
ton, with suitable accommodation for the officers
and hands required to man9uvre and work the
boat. say captain. mate, pilot, engineer, and
twelve hands; also suitably constructed coal.
bunkers for about fifty tons Of COAL
No advance will be made on q contract nor will
boat be received or paid for until after it has
terms Of contract
Each boat will be supplied with a good. four
cared yawl boat, ~ feet long, and with four good
oars, and also a suitable yawl- boat and oars for
assisting in weighing anchor
The boat will be inspected in reference to
engagements, materials and equipment and will
be subject TO the following trinl:
LIST. As to locomotive power. 1t will have to
move not less than 100 miles in calm weather, on
the waters Of each lake respectively, in consecu-
tive hours, at rate of not less than six miles
| the hour.
3D. As to dredging power. 1t will have to raise
and discharge into scows, of loose sand 100 cubic
yards the hour; Of loose mixture Of clay and
sand, part sand and 2 parts clay, not less than
100 cubic yards the hour; Of pure clay, so cubic
yards the hour; of tenacious clay, and of sand and
gravel 60 cubic yards the hour, from a depth Of
not less than 10 nor exceeding IL feet.
This must be the continued work of the boat
| during 10 hours, and not an average during any
shorter tine of work.
Each boat will have to be supplied with an an
Choir of not less than 800 lbs. and too kedge an
chors of 200 lbs. each; and with adequate chain
cable of not less than 10 fathoms long, of iron
Also a q Inch hemp cable 100 fathoms long.
The trials will be under q pressure of steam for
dredging not exceeding 80 pounds the square
inch; for locomotion not exceeding $50 pounds the
square inch.
The trials and inspection to be made by a Uni
The boats to be ready at the places stated by the
last day of May next.
Proposals will at the same time be received for
four dschargng scows for each dredge. boat, each
scow to be provided with two good sweeps, and
with bottoms SO arranged as to discharge the whole
load at once. Each boat capable OF holding not
less than 40 tone of excavated soil.
Proposals to be addressed to the undersigned,
and marked the envelope proposals for
Dredge boat"
j. j. ALERT,
Col. Corps Top Engineers.
The Republic, Inteligencer, and Union, Wash
ington; Courier and Enquirer, and Express, New
York; Commercial Advertiser, Buffalo N. Y;
| at. H..
| tiser, Chicago, ILL.,; Commercial Times, oswego,
N. Y; Pittsburgh Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pa; Al
bany Register, Albany, N. Y, will give the above
twenty daily Insertions then twice a week until
Dec 0.d2Ot& sawtFeblO
STEAM ENGINE Il MACHINERY AGENCY.
THE UNDERSIGNED, w. b. LEONARD and
l. E. w. SMITH, (the former having been for
more than thirty years manager and agent of the
lattea,uan Esa6lishments the latter for many
years connected with the Allaire Works as Super
intendent and Engineer, and more recently Gu
perintending Engineer for the Collins Line of New
York and Liverpool United States Mail Steam
chips, as also the Ocepn Steam Navigation Com
pany's, running between New York, Southamp-
ton, and Bremen, } having formed copar ners ship,
| offer their services as consulting engineers and
agents for purchasing or experimenting the con-
struction of Paddle-wheel and Propeller Steam
Vessels of every description, Marine Engines and
| Engines and Boilers, high or low pressure, Loco
motives, and other Railroad Machinery, Pumping
Engines and Machinery for Water Works and
Draining Lands Hast Engines and Machinery tor
Iron Works; Cotton. Woollen, and Flax Manu-
factories, and Machinery for every description on
Manufacturing; Corn, Flour, and Saw Mills,
other Mining Machinery, Mill Geering. Shaft
ing and Pullies, every description of Castings,
Wrought-iron Forgipgs. &c.
Specifications and Contracts prepared, Plans and
Detail Ora wings furnished, Steam Vessels, Steam
Engines, and othe, Machinery surveyed and value
Their eof estimated.
Second hand Steam Vessels Steam EN- ines and
Boilers, Cotton and Woollen Machinery generally,
w. b. LEONARD & E. w. SMITH,
Office rs Merchants Exchange, corner Wall and
Hanover streets, New York.
REFERENCES AT THE NORTH.
E. X. Collins, Agent New York and Liverpool
United States Mail Steamers.
c. II. Sand, President Ocean Steam Navigation
Company.
Mortimer Livingston. Agent New York and IIavre
United States Mail Steamers.
Ezra Nye, Commander Steamer Pacific.
Joseph J. Comstock. Commander Steamer Baltic.
| G. w. Floyd, Commander Steamer Washington.
James p Allaire, ESQ.,, formerly Proprietor Of the
Eagle & Hazard, Merchants, New York.
| Peter Cooper, Merchant, New York.
Asa Worthington. Merchant, New York:
John G. Winter, Son & Co. Merchants, New York
A. o. Parmalee, Merchant, New York.
James Bogardus, Iron Store Builder, New York.
Hazard s. Monteath, Merchants, Buffalo, New
Bush & Wildes, Merchants, Boston. Massachu-
sets.
P. Grinell & Sons, Merchants, Providence, Rhode
Island.
REFERENCES AT THE SOUTH.
}. p. PhiIlps, Cleveland, Ohio
J. E Lemoine, President Mechanics Manufactur-
ing Company, Petersburg, Virginia.
G. p Nalett, President Rockfsh Manufacturing
Company, Fayetteville, North Carolina.
J. g. Cairns, Agent Rowan Manufacturing Com
pany, Salisbury, North Carolina.
William Gregg. President Graniteville Manufac-
turing Company, Charleston, South Carolina
George w. Winter, Banker, Columbus, Georgia.
Joseph W. Winter, esq, ontgomery, Alabama.
w. }. Ledyard, Merchant, Mobile, Alabama.
Sidney Smith, esq, Mobile, Alabama.
Rufus II. Beknap, Manufacturer, Mobile, Ala
bama.
James Saul, ESQ.,, President Commercial Water
Works, New Orleans, Louisiana.
w. w. White, Banker, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Samuel ID. Morgan, Merchant, Nashville, Ten
nessce.
J. G Amber, csq jacksonville, Florida.
J. 3. S.nborn, eco. , Coffee vile, Mississippi.