The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-03-24
EseISEER DEPARTMENT,
Washington, February %, 1853.


washington, February %. 1859.
SEALED PROPOSALS be received this Office until the
3oth March, ls3 for the delivery Savannah,
Georgia. OF dredging machine one tug boat and four
The steamdredge capable raising delivering
working Of ten hours. The material. 10 be dedsd .and
sand and .o mud mixed n. depth Of water varying from even
the ek dredee be built the
hy ean BE- applied propens The dsdse 10 and from the
(which . TO Inse %I be suitable "a
bunkers capable Of holding 6een and suhs ss The
ecmp si; working oiae and
ase rr @ my
This purp..e arsdss equipment Sc
designated BY the and ,hs,. tested
be satisfactory and conforming 10 the conditions Of
The tug be manner
cabin accommodations for the required
cedar or locust framed with grain plank
ern pns Workmanship to be done ~ ,us.'.n. msnns; the
horse each, snasssd
way strain The tug be furnished wi,A
necessary 10 A. her Tor The business. Of towing
s four dumping 70 =, @ @ N Length os BY an. ..sc
with forming the bottom OF the well windsss for clio
o. stepped to b. pisns.a ws the s.. h,.s sen sos
be s s,s on. ma e.
in thickness securely fastened to the deck
The price dedg Of the tug and Of each cow must b sep
No paymsn, dredse tug,
prescribed and received when
Parties offering conrac, for this dredse and its equipment win
state distinctly what principle they propose 70 construct ne ma
chine patented, The OF the whether similar
chine has been built and subjected fs and where ssa
under what irving The dedsss mat
whom reference be had regard 10 The
Of power the driving the
machinery Of the ddse expressed number Of hor.es and also
The under which the engine o,din. worried
practicable drawings should be forwarded Of the dredge complete
and also Of the dumping
Further particulars obtained by corresponding with Lieut.
j. u. Gilmer, corps of engineers, Savannah, Georgia
The dredging proposed be done IN The savannah nver nc
pay points, known the "Wrecks" and "Gardn Bsnk
about neen miles shove the and the latter
short distance further the nvsr The amount to BE dedsd Rom
the IL III 900 cubic yads; the material
rand, mud MIXED and the depth varies
from eighteen feet low The dredeed matter 70
be distant from the bars huHdrd
fifteen hundred yards let the BY
ing valves the bottom Of the wells Of the scows o. 70 AHes
nesAby shore, proper
unload
the scows for the filing thus furnished a..
cubic yard removed from me Two 49,
also for half Of the the contractor
boat, tug and At his expenses NE donns
be done the and such ponn a. msy
government; the materials 70 % ~
such he indicate within me ~ I'm. sssr u ~.
in charge Improvement viii srsmi.e ~ 6sts
the operations often as may be neessssy i" s VIZ .''
Partial pavm will be from time 10 time in TIE wsSve~
estimates o. ne nnmoet o s"oc ya
an retained u Of the until tn.
whole amount removed when the r.tnincd
WI es ps 70 Uni NAV be obtained by corresponding with Lieut.
J. y cimsr Of engineers, savnp.'h c,o,E. v.
Brevet Brig Gen and Colonel Engineers
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