The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-03
FOR DREDGING THE BAR
AN rTaU JUNCTION OF TAE HAOKEN-
SACK AND PAASAIC RIVERS, NEW
AJAX BAY, N. J..


ARK BAI, n. -
ENsInEEa DEPARTMENT
WAsHINsroN. April IS. 1883.
CEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this
- office until the let day of June 1883. for dredg
ing, by the cubic yard, channel across this bar,
nsvigable at ordinary low water for The vesse
that frequent the PassaIc. The minimum depth
to be eleven feet six inches at ordinary high wa
ter; the minimum dih one hundred feet; the
length about one mile, giving excavation
whose minimum will be about (a0 .000) forty thou:
sand cubic yards.
The excavation will commence about half mile
north Of the present beacon, the west cha mel;
will extend thence, in the direct prolong CATION Of
the channel of the Psssaic, along the west channel
towards he lighthouse till the natural channel of
the bay is reached beyond the present bar.
The dredgi is to be executed in what ia known
as the west channel, from two to three miles from
the ferry across the Passaic. This point 10 about
an hour from Jersey City and from Newark over
the plank road by the omnibuses 1t 10 also passed
several times daily by the steamboats, between
Newark and New York.
The substance comprising the bar is almost en- /.
trely soft black mud, very easily dredged The
shores nearest the channel to be dred yed are dis
tant about mile, overho wn at every high tide,
overgrown with seSge, and offer facilities for
the deposit and retention o { the dredged matter.
Sealed proposals viii be received as above for
dredgin by the cubic yard the amount of matter
10 be removed from the BAR the contractor TO fur
nsh every thing necessary for the exec ution Of
the work at his own expense The dredging, in all
may be directed by the agent of the Govern
ment. The excavated matter to be deposited at
such places (at about the above mentioned distance
of mile) on the adjacent shores shall be ndi
Gated by the agent. The directions Of this per son
shall in all cases, regarding the execution OF the
work, be binding upon the contractor and his local
agents.
Partial payments will be made in the progress
OF the work, based upon estimates of the number
of cubic yards removed, which number will be as
certained by measuring the dimensions of the cut
from time to time, and comparing the result with
the condition of the bar il at the CONNIE nee
ment of the work; but no work not at the positior
of the required cut, directed by the agent of the
United States, or in excess of its specified dmen-
sons, will be paid for. Twenty per cent. of tbs
value of the work done will in all be retained
in the hands of the Government agent until tins
whole amount contracted for is removed, hen the
sums retained will be paid to the contractor.
Further particulars may be obtained by address
ing Lieutenant Nj Harrison, United States Eng
neers, at the Office of Major r. Dela6eld, No. / /
Seventeenth street, New York.
JOSEPH G. TOTTEN,
Breyet Brig. Gen and Colonel Engineers
To be inserted in the Union, Intelgencer, anc
Republic, Washington; National Democrat, New
YORK; and Newark Morning Eagle, Newark, New
Jersey, twice a week until the LIST day of June
1883, and two copies of each paper containing the
advertisement TO be transmitted TO the Enplneer