The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-03-03
PROPOSALS FOR A DREDGE, TUG-BbAT
AND SCOWS.
EsaInsER DsPARrMsnr,


WASHINGTON, February -, 1858.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received unit
~ 18th March, 1853, for the construction and de
livery at Charleston, South Carolina, of one tw,
scows.
ne steam diedge or dredges to be capable O
1alsing and delivering into scows at least two hun
oaed CUBIC yards houriy they will be required te
dredged is sand and sand and shells mixed. The
null OF the dredge must be built of the best mate
rails and In the most substantial manner and GOV.
cred to the water line with II OF. Bremen zinc
Inc engines~must be SO arranged that they can be
applied to propelling the dredge TO and from the
bar upon which it 10 to work.
The depth of water in which the work ia to be
performed varies from to ID feet at low water;
feet.
i There must be suitable sleeping and other neces.
sary accommodations provided for twelve men,
store rooms Goa: bunkers capable of holding TWEEN
tY tons and smiths forge
The vessels must be delivered fully equipped
and provided with every thing necessary to work
it to the best effect. Should the amount required
to be raised daily as stated above, exceed the
paclty OF one dredge, then offers for one dredge of
half the above specified capacity, and also for two
dredges each of half the above specified capacity,
will be received.
Also. one steam-tug, one hundred and twenty.
i've feet keel, twenty one feet beam, not to draw
over six feet six inches, with provisions and twen
ty tons OF coalo board; to be coppered and cop
per fastened; to be provided with cabin accommo
cations for the persons required to work her, being
eight in number; her timbers to be white oak
live oak, cedar, or locust, framed with the grain
her plank the best Southern pine; workmanship to
be done in the most substantial manner; the hull
and upper works to be painted three coat work
10 have two low pressure engines of thirty horse
power each, 80 arranged as to be capable of being
quickly reversed, and when running the same
way to move without strain. The tug is to be com.
pletely found in ground tackle and all equpage OF
every description whatever necessary to fit her for
the business of towing.
Also, four dumping scows, fifty feet in length by
sixteen in width, having wells thirty-six feet by
eleven at top, the opening at the bottom two feet
wide. and closed with two valves; windlass for
CLOSING the valves; bits at the bow and stern of six
BY six-inch white oak, securely stepped; to be
planked with the best three-inch southern pine;
the frame to be OF oak, cedar, or locust, and Sc
curely fastened and kneed; a combing around the
well one foot in height and four inches in thick
ness, securely fastened to the deck; the bottom,
sides, ends, and well to be zinced to the height
OF llght-water mark.
The price of eachdredge, of the tug, and of each
scow must be separately stated.
The proposed time of delivery of the dredge,
scows, and tug-boat at Charleston, S. c., must be
stated, and when 80 delivered they must be ready
for inspection and trial by the officer of engineers,
or such other agent of the Government as may be
appointed for that purpose. They must be carried
to the bar on which it is designed operate at the
of Charleston harbor, and there at the
expense tested as to their perform
ance, which test must in every respect be satisfac
tory and in conformity with the conditions of the
contract.
No payment will be made on account of the
dredge, tug, or scows, until the whole shall have
been delivered, inspected, tested. as above pre-
scrbed, and received; when the contractor will be
paid in full.
Parties offering to contract for this dredge and
its equipment will state distinctly what princi-
pie they propose to construct the machine; if pat
tod fHop Of No ofoofo hath
machine has been built and subjected to trial. and
if SO, where and under what circumstances; giving
the character of the dredged matter and the depth
OF water from which it was raised; naming the
persons to whom reference can be had in regard to
the same The dimensions of the hull of the dredge
should be given, with the details of construction;
also the power of the engine for driving the ma
chinery OF the dredgc, expressed in number of
horses and also in the diameter of the cylinder and
length of stroke of the piston and the pressure of
the steam under which the engine is ordinarily
worked.
If practicable, drawings should be forwarded OF
the dredge complete, and also of the dumping
scows.
I Further particulars may be obtained by corre-
spending with Captain A. H. Bowman, Corps of
Engineers, Charleston, S. c.
The proposals to be addressed to the undereign-
ed, and marked on the envelope, Proposals for
steam dredgi1 machine, &C., for the bar at the
entrance of Charleston harbor, S. CO.
JOS. 6. TOTEM,
b. Brig. Gen. and Col. Engineers.
TIE be inserted in the Republic, National Intelli
Charleston; Albany Register, and Albany Express,
Albany, New York; Courier and Enquirer, and
Express, New York; Wing, Troy, New York
Pennsylvania Inquirer, and Daily News, Philadel-
Maryland. daily for three weeks, copy of each
paper containing the advertisement to be sent to
The Engineer Department. Feo l5-d3w
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