The republic., 1853-05-27
PROPOSALS for BUILDING and EQUIP
PING FIVE LIGHT VESSELS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

OrFIes LIGHTHOUSE BOARD.
WAsHIssroS, April 80, 1853.
CEPARATE SEALED PROPOSALS will be re-
- ceived at this office until IL m on Tuesday,
the 3lst day of May, 1858, for building and equip
ping a light vessel, to be completed within four
months from The date Of the acceptance OF the bid,
to be delivered to the properly authorized agent
of the department at New York; for to he de-
livered at Boston; for to be delivered at
Charleston, Sou Carolina, of the following di-
menslons:
Length from aft side of stern post to the fore
side of main stem 90 feet; breadth OF beam moulded
% feet inches; depth of hold from top OF
hmbsr at axe to top of beam, ii feet, tonnage
about 232.
Until the same time, for one for Kill Pond Bar,
and one for Succonesset Shoal Vineyard Sound,
Massachusetls,) to be delivered at such points or
places as may be designated by the Lighthouse
Board, of the following dimensions:
Length between perpeudiculars, 81 feet; breadth
of beam moulded, 2l feet inches; depth of hold
from top of hmber srake TO top Of beam, 10 feet
inches; tonnage about l5O
The white oak to be of the best seacoast timber.
and the yellow pine of the finest grain untaDPed
southern timber.
If none of the bids satisfactory to the Board,
il will be at liberty to decline accept of them,
and no contract will be entered into until it shall
have been submitted to, and approved by, the Sec
retary of the Treasury.
No proposal will be considered unless received
from persons engaged in ship building, and each
offer must be accompa anied by the signatures OF
two responsible persons sureties for the faithful
tulhlment OF the contract.
Each vessel must be distinctly named, with the
sum Tor which the bidder purposes to build and
equip her, according to the drawings and specih-
cations, and copy of the printed specifications
must be enclosed by each bidder, as evidence that
there s no mistake as to the object of bis proposal
No bid will be considered that does not conform
to the requirements of this advertisement.
drawing of the vessel contracted for will be
furnished to the contractor. to which he will be
required TO adhere strictly; to this end the mould
oL ines will be taken off, and the mould examined
by the experimenting officer, no will be ASST he'd
10 the duty of this Board with the approval OF the
Secretary of the Treasury and who will be required
10 that the work executed and the material ls
used in strict confor nifty TO the terms and spe-
cifcatiOns of the contract and who must certify to
the came in writing before the vessel viii be re
ceiyed and payments authorized to be made.
The printed specifications by which the vesse Is
a re to be constructed, and which will, with the
drawings and plans, be attached To and form a
part of the contracts, can be had on application TO
the Lighthouse Board, to the ii gnthouse inspec
tor at Boston, New York, Wilmington, Delaware,
or Norfolk, Virginia, or at the custom house. Phil
adelphia Baltimore, New Bedford, or Edgartown,
Massachusetts and the plans and drawings may
be seen and exa amined by calling at the office of
the lighthouse inspector ut Boston, New York, or
wAmiug gton, Delaware; at the custom house at
Philsdelphi or Baltimore, and at the office of the
Lighthouse Board, Wasbipgt ton city
Any person submitting proposals may De pres
ent and vitness the opening OF the bids at the time
and place hereinbefore specified.
All proposals must be sealed nd endorsed Pro
posGls for Building Light Vssssss,' and then en-
closed in another envelope, and addressed to the
Secretary Of the Lighthouse Board, Treasury De
partment Washington.
By orcer OF the Lighthouse Board;
THORNTON A. JENKINS, Secretary.
May 3-3tawtMay3l.