The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-04-27
PROPOSALS ron D1fDGrNCs> EEr
AT THE JUNCTION. or TIM HACK EN-
SACK AND DASaxtC RlVBRs, NEW.
ARK BAY, N. i. -


ENeIun1n DIpAnrMxrr
- - AaniHeToN. April Is; 1888.
- EALE1 M0&O6AL9 will be received at this
~ ONCE untR - 1T day Of June. 1883, for dredg
ing, BY Ia cutie yard, channel across this bar,
naugabse ct ordinary low water for the vessels
that frequent the Paseaic. The minimum depth
to be eleven feet ak inches At ordinary high wa
ter; the minimum dth one hundred feet; the
length about mile, giving an excavation
whose minimum will be about go, 000) forty thou
sand cubic yards
The excavation will commence about half mile
north of the present beacon, on the west channel;
will extend thence, in the direct prolongation Of
the channel of the Passaic, along the west channel
towards The lighthouse till the natural channel Of
the bay s reached beyond the present bar.
The dredging is to be executed in what ia known
as the west channel, from two to three miles from
the ferry across the Passac. This point 10 about
an hour from Jersey City and from Newark over
the plank-road by the omnibuses 1t is also passed
several times daily by the steamboats, between
Newark and New York
The substance comprising the bar ia almost on /.
tirely soft black mud, very easily dredged. The
shores nearest the channel TO be dred ged are dis
tant about mile, are oyerdown at every high tide
are overgrown with sedge, and offer facilities for
the deposit and retention 0 the dredged matter.
Sealed proposals will be received above for
dredging by the cubic yard the amount of matter
TO be removed from the bar, the contractor to fur
nIsh every thing necessary for the execution OF
the work at his own expense The dred ging, in all
cases, to De done with effect and such places
as may be directed by the agent of the Govern
ment. The excavated matter to be deposited at
such places lat about the above mentioned distance
OF mile) on the adjacent shores shall be indi.
Gated by the agent The directions of this person
shall IN all cases, regarding the execution OF the
work, DC binding upon the contractor and his loca
agents.
Partial payments will be made in the progress.
OF the work, based upon estimates of the numbe
OF cubic yards removed, which number will be
certained by measuring the dimensions of the Gu
from time to time, and comparing the result with
the condition of the bar it al the commence
ment of the work; but work not a, the position
Of the required cut, directed by the agent of the
United States, in excess of its specified dimen-
sens, wilt be paid for. Twenty per cent of the
value of the work done will in all cases be retained
in the hands of the Government agent, until the
whole amount contracted for is removed, when the
sums retained will be paid to the contractor.
Further partcul may be obtained by address
ing Lieutenant Nj Harrison, United States En- gil
neers, at the Office of Major r. Delahed No IL /,
Seventeenth street, New York.
JOSEPH G. TOTEM,
Brevet Brig. Gen. and Colonel En- gineers
To be inserted in the Union, Intelligencer, and
Republic, Washington; National Democrat, New
YORK, and Newark Morning Eagle, Newark, New
Jersey, twice q week until the LIST day of June
1883, and two copies of each paper containing the
advertisement to be transmitted to the Engineer
Department. April 20-2aw lstJune