The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-29

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6x PsAs" BY dredkSpg - present channeis.
The work Fequised ~ T. do4eis stated az follows:
/ CHAR chaanel to be- sxrevStsd three hundred
fest wide, and to exhibit twelve and half feet in
depth OF water at mean low tide, viz: ;l
7zwoushthe ChoctasD Pass
$40 yds., average depth to be excavated
feet, 20 =..........-...-. 81, 1913
Exterior Of tie Pass.
600 do average depth to be excavated
foot, 10 - $50. ............ q, 600
o'zoo DO average depth to be excavated
feet, "a ................. 1862, 946
iaoo 90 average depth to be excavated
ergo ieet, =................. ll50OO
o'1oo 90 average depth to be excavated
loot, 20 = ...-...-......... 28l $50
la,7Oo yards in length. Total s6s. 929
The materials to be excavated is believed to be a
soft blue mud, with rare exceptions where it is
mixed with sand and shells.
It is supposed that dredging operations can be
carried on for 229 days in the year without in
ruption from the weather. after making fair allow
ance 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 ell their parts and appurtenances 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 90 to 100 cubic yards each
3 froposais will be received at the Engineer De-
n0fO nnt1 dorr If
March, 1858, for the execution of this work, under
one or the other of the following propositions:
, list. TO clear out the entire length and depth of
the channels through the Choctaw Pass and the
Exterior Passes, or separate portions thereof fur
nlsnlng All the necessary machinery, vessels. ten
GERS, and labor, at 80 much per cubic yard of ma
terlal 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
OF engine, and pressure of steam, diameter of cyl
Under; length of stroke, principle of excavating
machinery, whether patented, where now in use,
and BY whom; cost of attaching propeling power
and its arrangement Drawings are desirable
whenever they can be furnished. .r5i.s. I'D
Sd. TO work the vessels and machinery supplied
by the United States at stated price per cubic
yard; keeping every thing in repair.
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
The right ofrejecting all the offers which may be
made is reserved. H
sary supervision, through its agents. to secure the
due progress OF the work and it's faithful perform
ance; and to reserve to itself the right of annul
ling the contract at any time should the holder or
n fniI TIT 81. .xs
1868 1923 cubic yards are assumed to be the GUAM
tty OF mud necessary to be removed in order TO
obtain clear depth of twelve and half feet of
water, with well-deined width of three hundred
feet, on a line OF twelve thousand seven hundred
yards, In the aforementioned channels; and this
number to be paid for, whether it prove, on the
completion Of the work to its full width and DEPTH
greater or lesser quantity.
The Engineer Department NAV find il necessary
to limit the width of the proposed chan mel to one
hundred and fifty feet, in which case one-haif of
the stated number of cubic yards will be assumed
as the number to be paid for.
No advances of money will be made bv the En-
glneer Department under any circumstances what
ever.
Payments proportionate to the amount of work
done will be made monthly, the certificate of
the local agents that due diligence has been used
In prosecuting the work; that nc interruption TO
its daily progress has occurred, that incident
TO Sundays, bad weather, epidemical diseases. or
unavoidable arrangement of machinery, not due
to radical defects In construction or quality of ma
terial. The quantity paid for must have been Ia
ken from section completely excavated to the
depth required.
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
or to be forfeited to the United States in case Of
failure of the same.
All proposals must be accompanied by testimo-
mails of high character the competency of the
proposer to execute the work offered for the rea-
bity OF the sureties must also be manifested. The
envelopes should be endorsed Proposals for the
improvement of the Harbor of Mobile Alabama
For further particulars address Major W. II.
CHASE, Corps OF Engineers, Mobile, Alabama.
si5i5 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 Ex-
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vania 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 sent to the Engi-
neer Department. Jan 20-d2w
COLUMBIAN COLLEGE, d. c.
THE next or Winter session of this Institution
i will commence on the 10th Of September. and