The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-25
PROPOSALS. FoK DRrDaF-Bi5sojiAr, &c.

ng1neer Department., Jan. IL, 1853.
- EALRD PROPOSALS will be received until
uo vtn Feoruary, incusive, for the corietruc-
nyn u sne pest material, and delivery at Bati-
stp p. dnnn S;,yland. Of steam dredging machine
coast. . M "a ~ o' A 'l1e e tap NC
TIE proposals will state separately the prices o,
sne dreoge7ooat, including MACHINERY idumnino
scows. each and the decEed Iirhter. -
{ The hull of the dredge must Be stronglv M. 20
gether, well kneed, bolted, and braced - 10 NJ,
less than sixty feet in length thirty feet in width
and necessary accommodations for twelve mem
all requisite store-rooms, and storage for abont
twenty tons of coal.
The machine must be capable of working in an
exposed situations. such as sea-way, being in.
tended for operating in the waters ofthe Chesa
peake Bay; and will be required to dig and raise
from depth of twenty four feet of water, and te
deliver into scows or lighters at least sixty cubic
var OF hard clay per hour, or six hundred cubic
/ yards In working day Of ten hours saa 3.
The Six dumping scows must be strongly put
together, well kneed and bolted; each capable OF
holdlng forty-hve cubic yards of dredged matter
ann 10 be 30 arranged as to discharge their loads
readily and at once from the sides of the scows in
depth of four feet of water. @ alaf8.Isa 81
Inc decked lighter, which is intended for the
transportation of coal and other supplies for the
machine, must be strongly put together, well
kneed and bolted, and capable Of carrying about
forty tons. ~ - tE - . =" -
The dredge, with its scows and lighter must be
delivered at Baltimore, Maryland, on or before the
fifteenth day of April next, ready for inspection
and trial BY the officer of engineers. such other
agent OF the Government as may be appointed for
this purpose The dredge and it's equipment to be
moored at the expense OF the contractor to such
part OF the Patapsco river may be designated by
the agent of the Government, and there tested az
70 us performance at the contractors expense,
which test must be in every respect satisfactory
and conforming to the conditions of the contract.
NO payments will be made on account of the
dredge or Its equipment until the whole shall have
peen oehvfred, inspected and tested as above pre-
scr1oed and received, when the contractor will be
paid in full. estl -e 80 % y
Parties offering to contract for this dredge and
its equipmentw will state distinctly on what princ-
pie they propose to construct the machine; if pa
tented, the name of the patentee; whether SINH
lar machine has been built and subjected to trial;
and If 80, where, and under what circumstances:
giving the character of the dredged matter and
the depth of water from whichit was raised; NAM
ing persons to whom reference can be had in re-
gard to the same. The dimensions of the hull of
the dredge, as we'll of those of the dumping.
scows and lighter, should be given with the details
OF their construction; also the power of the engine
tor driving the machinery of the dredge, expressed
IN number of horses and also in the diameter of
the cylinder and length of stroke of the piston
and the pressure of steam under which the engine
is ordinarily worked. If practicable, drawings
snouia De forwarded of the dredge complete, and
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Proposals will also be received for adding loco
motive power to the dredge, to be able to pro-
pei 1t, with its scows and lighter, in still water at
the rate of six miles per hour; stating fulIy the
arrangement of the motive power; and the change.
II any, such addition would make in the form and
dimensions of the bull of the dredge and in the ar
rangement of the machinery a =.
Further particulars may be obtained by CORE
spending with Captain H. Brewerton, Corps of
Engineers, Baltimore, Maryland = f ~
!. The proposals to be addressed to the under
signed, and marked on the envelope g Proposals
for steam dredging machine, SC, for the waters
OF the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic coast''
bst-f sfsft.5-z JOS. G.. TOTEM, F..
q. Brevet Brig Gen. and Col. Engineers
To be inserted in the Republic, Intelligepoer
and a. Union, Washington; Courier and Enquirer, and
Express, New York; Albany Register, and Albany
Express, Albany, New York; Wing, Troy, New
York; Pennsylvania Enquirer, and Daily News,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Boston Courier, Bos.
ton, Massachusetts; Patriot, Baltimore, Maryland,
daily till 10th February. One copy of each paper
containing the advertisement to be sent to the En-
ganeer Department, Washington. 2 ~
Jan 14-dtI0Feb