The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-02-26
PROPOSALS. FOR THE cossTauc,uox
OF BREAKWATER In LAKE pOvT
CHARTRAIN, OPPOSITE THE TERM
NUS OF PONTCHARTRAIN RAIIRoao
ENeINEER DEpARrmsNr.

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| ENGINEER DEpARrMENT
WAsHiNeToss February 49, 1883
is proposed to construct lat presenta ! ooo
linear feet OF the open pile breakwater ~ ~
Pontchartrain, opposite to the terminus of ~
rontchartraln Railroad, and at the distance thera
h t,oni - 10y ieet and in l3 feet water said
! oreaKwater to be constructed 'accor,ino fo ~
plans ano drawings in the hands of Maf6r n n 4
beauregard Corps of Engineers, New O,leans.
nniaJor w lliam ID. Chase, Corps of Engineers Mo
~ 49, SaS i'. H. r. ingraham, Pensacola at each
u r~hlch places they can be seen and examined
~ Is 10 consist of four rows of cyoress or MIN,
p,e IN square, driven from 10 to is feet into
sne oo..oln OF the lake, which is composed of mud
ano saho; tne piles in each row beino feet f-o,7
centre to centre; and the distance bt.,aa,. - IN 1I
sn'ee outer rows (that is, crosswisel heinz m st-
from cehtre 70 centre; the inner row helm ncliad
20 as 20 act me brace or buttress to the Others
py aputlng against the top of the one nextsfo -
where they are to be halved into each ofbar ~
firmly boited together. The three o,,te ;i s'i -
cross section are to be connected focetbsr ~ a
efoss piece II IN x II in strongly bolted
on TO their heads, and intended also TO receive a
inch panking, which will be securely fssie,o3
on by heavy spikes and trenails of locust. tbi
planklng is TO be open; the planks being abont
foot apart and let into mortices about 3 inches
deep.
This planking or platform rises ON the inade If
the breakwater TO about feet above the low water
level OF the lake, and descends towards the outside
to about feet below the same level thus nressrt
ing an inclined surface on which the wave will
break "ii'
The two middler rooms will be connected together
longltudinaly by string pieces u in d in.
securely boted to them, and supportjng the in.
pllned cross piece just spoken Of which will itself
De oraced to the two inner rows I'D and 4th) by a
horizontal cross piece, l2in u in boIted on 10
them Immediately below the low water level. The
construction under water will be executed &c foI
lows: After driving down the outside niIs a ce,ta;,
distance, theincEncd cross piece is attached Ia IN
by screw bolt, and it is then driven down 10 its
proper depth, its head being cut off level with the
cross piece; the other piles are then driven down
and the cross and longitudinal pieces bolted on to
them also The fastenings to the middle pile can
be easily effected, their depth below the low
water level will only be from Is to "a inches The
iour inch planks under water will be sniked and
trenailed to the inclined cross piece by means Of
tube and follower, the holes and inortices being
prepared before placing them in position
Quantity OF materials for the construction Of the
brea kwater:
500 cypress or pine piles, u in. x u in, from
70 to 80 feet long.
f,ooO running feet of cross and longitundinal
pieces, II in. x IL in.
%, 600 running feet of planking 4 in Y - in
LIPS screw bolts, galvanized iron y from in.
$500 spikes =.
1850 trenails of locust
1t Is supposed that the work can be carried on at
the rate OF 200 days in the year without Interim
ton from the weather. after making a fair allow
anee Tor other casualties and Sundays. 1t will be
" " SotilPAStSo IN SIX months from the
date of the contract
Proposals will be received at the Engineer De-
Pariment; Washington, until the Both day Of
Niarch, looo Tor the execution Of this work. under
one or the other OF the following propositions:
LIST. To furnish and deliver at the site of the
Dreakwater, or about the Pontc hartrain Railroad
Depot, Gas the experimenting engineer shall di.
an the pies the cross and gitudinal pieces
and the planklng needed for its construction
I'd, To construct said brea kwater Mt so noucb ner
running foot OF is length the contractors furnish
ing every thing else but the piles, the cross and
longitudinal pieces, and the planking
Sd. To furnish al, the materials &c, required.
and 70 construct the whole Preakwater al go mach
per running foot Of its length; in other Uords To
embrace the other two propositions in one
be made is reserved
The Engineer Department is to exercise the ne
ceasary supervision, through Its agents to secure
the Que progress Of the work and its faithful per-.
and to reserve to itself the right Of an
nulling the contract at any time should the hold
ers Off fail TO fulfil its conditions
NO advances OF money will be made by the En-.
glneer's Department under any circumstances
Payments proportionate to the amount of work
done will be made monthly on the certificate of
he local agent that due diligence has been used
N prosecuting the work; that no interruption 10
It's DAILY progress has occurred save that incident
10 Sundays, bad weather, epidemical diseases. or
unavoidable arrangement of machinery, not due
70 Iadeai defects In construction quality of ma
lerial The quantity paid for must have been taken
from section completely finished as required
twenty per cent. will be reserved from all paw
ments DUE The accruing sums to be finally paid
to the contractors on the completion of the work
pr to be forfeited to the United States in case Of
failure of the same.
All proposals must be accompanied bv testino-
malls of high character to the competency of the
oroposer TO execute the work offered for the rel-
ability OF the sureties must also be manifested
The envelopes should ba endorsed Proposals for
he construction of Breakwater in Lake Pont.
shartrain.''
For further particulars address Major G. T.
Corps of Engineers, New Orleans
JOS. G. TOTEM
BIT. Brig. Gen. and Col. Engineers.
To be inserted in the Republic, Intelligencer,
and Union, Washington; Louisiana State Republi-
can, New Orleans Bulletin, and New Orleans Bee,
New Orleans, Louisiana; Mobile Advertiser Mo-
bile, Alabama; Pensacola Gazette, Pensacola
daily for two weeks; one copy of each paper con-
talnlng the advertisement TO be sent to the Engi-
neer Department. Feb 23-dSw
NJ OTICE.-The general estimation long en-
In joyed by the Perfumes issuing from the pre-
misses of LUBlN, having led to a variety of worth
less limitations and counterfeits, notwithstanding
the signature affixed to each label accompanying
the genuine article, M. FELIX PROT, proprietor
Of the Establishment LUBIN, has the honor of in
orming his friends and the public that he has now
substituted for his former labels one of wholly
Inherent description, and that he has caused to be