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WAsHIMaroR, April Is. 1922:
SEALED PROPOsALS ~iu BE- received At this
y ofi3ce until the let day OF June. leos rot o'soe
ing, by the cubic yard, channel acfos: 'uis oes
navgabas at ordinary low Tsts, -. ~. sss,s
10 be eIeyen feet six inches at ordinary high wa
ter: the minimum 9TH one hundred feet; the
length about one mile, giving an excavation
whose minimum VIII De asnot ttouVV) torty thous
The excavation will commence about half mile
north of the present beacon, on the wcsl channel;
will extend thence, in the direct proIongation o.
the channel OF the Passaic, along the west channe
towards be lighthouse, till the natural channel of
the bay is reached beyond the present bar. -F
The dredging is to be executed in what il known
as the westchannel, from two to three miles from
the ferry across.the Passaic. This point u about
an hour from Jersey City and from Newark over
the plank road by the omnibuses II 10 also passed
several times daily by the steamboats, between
Newark and New York
The substance comprising the bar is almost IN :
ttrely soft black mud, very easily dredged. The
shores nearest the channel to be dredged are dis
tant about mile, are overflow at every high tide,
the deposit and retention o the dredged matter
Sealed proposals will be received above for
bred ging by the. cubic yard the amount Of matter
to be removed from the bar, the contractor to fur
nish every thing necessary for the execution Of
the work at his expense The dred gin z, in all
cases, to be done with effect and at such places
may be directed by the agent Of the Govern
ment. The excavated matter to be deposited a
such places lat about be above mentioned distance
of mile) on the adjacent shores shall be indi
Gated by the agent The directions of this per sor
shall in all cases, regarding the execution OF the
work. be binding upon the Contractor and bic loca
agents.
Partial payments will be made in the progress
OF the work, based upon estimates of the numbe
OF cubic yards removed, which number will be as
certained by measuring the dimensions of the Gu
from time to time, and comparing the result with
the condition of the bar as 1t was al the commence
ment of the work; bat work not at the position
of the required cut directed by the agent of the
United States, in excess of its specified dmen-
sions, wilt be paid for, Twenty per cent. of the
value of the work done will in all cases be retained
in the hands of the Government agent, until the
whole amount contracted for is removed, when the
sums retained will be paid to the contractor,
Further particulars may be obtained by address
ing Lieutenant NJ Harrison. United States En- g
neers, at the Office Of Major R. Delaheld, No. /
Seventeenth street, New York.
JOSEPH G. TOTEM,
Srevet Brig. Gen. and Colonel En- gineers
To be inserted in the Union, Intesligencer, anc
Republic, Washing top; National Democrat, New
YORK; and Newark Morning Eagle. Newark New
Jersey, twice week until the 1st day of June
1858. and xo copies of each paper containing the
Advertisement to be transmitted to the Engineer
Department. April 20-2awtlst June