The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-12
FhOPOsALS for BUILDING and EQUIP.
PING FIVE LIGHT VESSELS,

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.,
OFFICE LIGHTHOUSE BOARD
WAsHINGToN, April 80, 1853.
GEPARATE SEALED PROPOSALS will he 70.
~ cslved at this Office until IL m. on Tuesday,
the 3lst day of May, 1853 for building an, eouio
ping 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 one to be de-
llvered at Boston; for one to be delivered at
Charleston, South Carolina, of the following di.
mensions:
Length from aft side of stern post to the fore
side OF main stem SO feet; breadth of beam moulded
~ feet inches; depth of hold from top of
Timber ST. AXE to top of beam, ii feet, tonnage
about 232.
Until the same time, for one for Kill Pond Bar.
and and one for succonesset Shoal, Vineyard Sound,
Massachusetts.) to be delivered at such points or
places as may he designated by the Lighthouse
Board, OF the following dimensions:
Length between perpendculars, 81 feet; breadth
OF beam moulded, 81 feet inches; depth of hold
from top Of Timber strake to top of BEAM 10 feet
inches; tonnage about so.
The white oak to be of the best seacoast timber,
and the yellow pine of the finest grain untapped
| southern timber
If none of the bids are satisfactory to the Board
it will be at liberty to decline accept any of them
and no contract will be entered into until it shall
have been submitted to, and approved by, the Sec.
rotary of the Treasury.
No proposal will be considered unless received
from persons engaged in ship building, and each
offer must be accompanied by the signatures of
two responsible persons sureties for the faithful
fulhlment of the contract
Each vessel must BE- distinctly named, with the
SUM for which the bidder pur poses to build and
equip her, according to the drawings and specifi-
cations, and copy of the printed specifications
must be enclosed by each bidder, as evidence that
there no mistake to the object of his 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
loft lines will be taken off and the mould examined
by the experimenting officer, who will be assigned
to the duty of this Board with the approval of the
Secretary OF the Treasury and who will be required
to see that the work executed and the materials
used are in strict conformity to the terms nd spe-
ihcations of the contract, and who must certify to
the same in writing before the vessel will be re-
celved and payments authorized to be made.
The printed specifications by which the vessels
are to be constructed and which will, with the
drawings and plane, be attached to and form a
part of the contracts. be had application to
the Lighthouse Board, or to the lighthouse nspec
tor at Boston, New York, Wilmingto Delaware,
or Norfolk, Virginia, at the custom house. Phil.
adelphia, Baltimore. New Bedford, or Edgartown,
Massachusetts; and the plans and drawings may
be seen and examined by calling at the office of
~ lighthouse inspector at Boston, New York or
Wilmington, Delaware; at the custom house at
Lighthouse Board, Washington city.
Any person submitting proposals may be pres
ent and witness tn opening Of the bids the time
and place hereinbefore specified.
All proposals must be scaled and endorsed s'Pro-
posais for Building Light Vessels,'' and then en-.
closed in another envelope, and addressed to the
Secretary of the Lighthouse Board, Treasury De.
partment Washington.
BY ORDER OF the Lighthouse Board
THORNTON A. JENKINS. Secretary.
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