The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-21

IL, TOO yards in length Total s6s ,g2s
The materials to be excavated is believed to be a
soft blue mud, with rare exceptions, where it is
mixed with sand and Shells ie ~
II is supposed that dredging operations can be
carried on for 229 days in the year without inter
ruption from the weather, after making fair allow
anfe for other casualties and for Sundays.
1t is required to perform the whole work in one
year after the machinery, &c., is prepared. To
DO this BY dredging there will be required steam
dredging machines and vessels capable of dis
charging about 1000 cubic yards of mud per day,
complete In all their parts and appurtcnapces, and
supplied with cabins, all requisite store rooms
storage for fuel, cables anchors boats, &C., and
the requisite number of scows with hoppers TO hold
from gu to 100 cubic yards each.
Proposals will be received at the Engineer De-
partment, Washington, until the 18th day of
March, 1885, for the execution of this work, under
one or the other of the following propositions:
I. ist To clear out the entire length and depth Of
the channels through the Choctaw Pass and the
Exterior PASSES, or separate portions thereof, fur
nishing all the necessary machinery, esels, ten
ders, and labor, at 30 much per cubic yard of ma
terial lifted and deposited at distance from the
edge Of the channel, not less than $50 yards
I'd. To furnish vessels, machinery, &C., ready for
the work to the Engineer Department at Mobile;
which vessels, machinery, &C., shall be tested TO
the satisfaction of the officers in charge of the
work, and at the expense OF the contractor, before
being received full specifications will be required,
with details, for the machinery vessels and scows;
embracing materials, dimensions, tonnage, power
inder; length of stroke, principle of excavating
machinery, whether patented, where now in use,
and BY whom; cost of attaching propelling power
and its arrangement Drawings are desirable
whenever they can be furnished .1}g1.:
Sd. To work the vessels and machinery supplied
by the United States at stated price per cubic
yard; keeping every thing in repair 49,
4th. TO embrace the last two propositions in one;
in which case the machinery, vessels, &C., would
remain the property Of the United States after the
work was completed ~ e
The right ofreiecting all the offers which may be
The Engineer Department to exercise the neces-
sary supervision, through its agents, secure tho
due progress of the work and it's faithful perform
ance; and to reserve to itself the right of annuI-
ling the contract at any time should the holder or
holders of it fail to fulfil it's conditions iH3Et
S6S, 929 cubic yards are assumed to be the guam
'tity OF mud necessary TO be removed in order TO
obtain clear depth of twelve and a half feet of
water, with well-defined width of three hundred
feet, on line OF twelve thousand seven hundred
yards, in the aforementioned channels; and this
number to be paid for, whether il prove, the
completion OF the work to its full width and depth,
greater or lesser quantity.
The Engineer Department may find it necessary
to limit the width of the proposed channel TO one
hundred and fifty feet, in which case one-half Of
the stated number of cubic yards will be assumed
as the number to be paid for. e sc
No advances of money will be made by the En-
gineer Department underany circumstances what
ever.
TdytfcHtS pIOpOllOn6tet 10 the amount OF Work
done will be made monthly, on the certificate, of
the local. agents that due diligence has been used
in prosecuting the work; that interruption TO
its daily progress has occurred, save that incident
to Sundays, bad weather, epidemical diseases,
unavoidable arrangement of machinery, not due
to radical defects in construction quality Of ma
terial The quantity paid for must have been Ia
ken from section completely excavated TO the
depth required 9aaa
Twenty per cent will be reserved from all pay
ments due. The accruing sums to be finally paid
to the contractors on the completion of the work,
cor to be forfeited to the United States in of
failure of the same. TgE
All proposals must be accompanied by testmo-
malls of high character to the competency ofthe
proposer to execute the work offered for; the rea
bility of the sureties also be manifested The
envelopes should be endorsed Proposals for the
improvement of the Harbor of Mobile, Alabama
For further particulars address Major w. FL.
chase, Corps of Engineers. Mobile, Alabama.
JOS. G. TOTEM,
Brevet Brig. Gen. and Colonel Engineers.
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and Union, Washington Mobile Advertiser, Mo-
bile, Alabama Louisiana State Republican, New
Orleans Bulletin, and New Orleans Bee, New Or
leans, La; Albany Register, and Albany Express,
Albany, N. Y Courier and Enquirer, and E1-
prcss, New York; Wing, Troy, N. Y Pennsyl-
yania inquirer, and Daily News, Philadelphia ;
Boston Courier, Boston; Patriot, Baltimore, Md.
daily for two weeks one copy of each paper con-
tanning the advertisement to be ent to the Engi-
neer Department Jan 20-d2w