The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-31
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Exa1nzRns DEPARTMENT.,
WAsHInal e. january Is, 1853
TT is PROPOSED to des}3sn ssths Harbor of Mo-
i bile, Alabama. at Dog River Bar and the Choc-
taw Pass," by dredging the present channeIs.
me work required TO be done ia stated as follows;
clear channel to be excavated three hundred
feet wids and to exhibit twelve and half feet in
depth OF water at mean low tide, viz:
Through the Choctav Pass.
Cubic yds
$40 yds., average depth TO be excayated
q Ieet, ~ 49, 81 1888
Exterior Of the Pass.
ooo do average depth to be excavated
foot, 10 =.............. % 900
feet. "a :. ................. 1862 $40
! i'ioo DO average depth to be excavated
s7sos feet, =................ 900
o''oo 40 average depth to be excavated
ioos' 20 = ...~....-..,-.... PSI $50
l2,700 yards in length Tota, SIS q,a
The materials to be excavated is believed 10 he a
SOFT blue mud, with rare exceptions where n is
mixed with sand and sheIls
u Is supposed that dredging operations can be
carried on for 229 days in the year without inter
ruption from the weather, after making fair allow
ance Tor other casualties and for SUNDAYS.
II Is required to perform the whole work in one
year after the machinery, &C., is prepared, T(f<
do this by dredging there will be REQUIRED steauT
dredging machines and vessels capable of dis.
charging about 1000 cubic yards of mud per day.
complete in all their parts and appurtenapces and
supphed with cabins, all requisite store rooms,
storage for fuel cables, anchors, boats, &C. and
the requisite number of scows with hoppers to hold
from so to 100 cubic yards each
Proposals will be received at the Engineer De-
garment, Washington, until the 18th day of
March, 1852 for the execution of this work under
one or the other of the following propositions:
ist. 10 clear out the entire length and depth of
the channels through the Choctaw Pass and the
Exterior Passes or separate portions thereof fur
nlshlng all the necessary machinery, vessels ten
GERS, and labor, at go much per cubic yard of ma
terlal lifted and deposited at distance from the
edge Of the channel, not less than $50 yards
"a. 10 furnish vessels, machinery, &c., ready for
the work to the Engineer Department at Mobile:
which vessels, machinery, &C., shall be tested to
the satisfaction of the officers in charge of the
work, and at the expense Of the contractor before
being received; full specifications will be required
Win Details Tor the machinery, vessels and scowe;
embracing materials, dimensions, tonnage, power
OF engine, and pressure of steam, diameter of CYL
lnder; length of stroke, principle of excavating
machinery, whether patented, where now in use,
and by whom; cost of attaching propelling power
and Its arrangement Drawings are desirable
whenever they can be furnished
50, 10 work the vessels and machinery supplied
by the United States at stated price per cubic
yard; keeping every thing in repair
4th To embrace the last two propositions in one:
In which case the machinery vessels &C. would
remain the property of the United States after the
work was completed
The right ofrejectng all the offer. which may be
made is reserved.
The Engineer Department to exercise the neces-
sary supervision, through its agents to secure the
que progress OF the work and its faithful perform
ance; and to reserve to itself the right of annul-
ing the contract at any time should the holder or
holders OF 1t fail to fulfil its conditions.
900, 929 cubic yards assumed to be the guam.
to he IL, orSn
obtain clear depth of twelve and half feet of
water, with a well-defined width of three hundred
ieet, on line of twelve thousand hundred
yards, IN the aforementioned channels; and this
number to be paid for. whether it prove; on the
completion of the work to its full width and DEPTH
greater or lesser quantity.
Inc Engineer Department may find it necessary
TO limit the width Of the proposed channel to one
hundred and fifty feet, in which case one-half of
the stated number of cubic yards will be assumed
as the number TO be paid for.
NO advances OF money will be made by the En-
gineer Department under any circumstances what
ever.
Payments proportionate to the amount of work
done will be made monthly, on the certificate of
the local agents that due diligence has been used
In prosecuting the work; that no interruption 10
Its daily progress has occurred that incident
to Sundays, bad weather, epidemical diseases, or
unavoidable arrangement of machinery, not due
TO radical defects in construction quality of ma
terial The quantity paid for must have been ia
ken from section completely excavated to the
depth required
Twenty per cent. will be reserved from all pay
ments due. The accruing sums to be finally paid
to the contractors on the completion of the work,
or to be forfeited to the United States in case Of
failure of the same
ALI proposals must be accompanied by testimo-
mails of high character to the competency OF the
proposer to execute the work offered for; the reha-
bility of the snretes must also be manifested. The
envelopes should be endorsed Proposals for the
of the Harbor of Mobile, Alabama"
For further particulars address Major w. Fl.
CHASE, Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Alabama.
JOS. G.. T0TTEN,
Brevet Brig. Gen. and Colonel Engineers.
To be inserted in the Republic, Intellig encer,
and Union, Washington; Mobile Advertiser, Mo-
bile, Alabama; Louisiana State Republican, New
Orleans Bulletin, and New Orleans Bee New Or
leans, La; Albany Register and Albany Express,
Albany, N. Y; Courier and Enquirer, and Ex-
press, New York; Wing, Troy, N. Y; Pennsyl-
yania inquirer, and Daily News, Philadelphia
Boston Courier, Boston; Patriot, Baltimore, Md.
daily for two weeks; copy of each paper con-
tanning the advertisement to be sent TO the Engi-
neer Department. Jan 20-d2w
COLUMBIAN COLLEGE, ID. G.
THE next or Winter session of this Institution
will commence on the 9th of September, and
continue six months. The Summer session will