The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-03-04
PROPOSALS FOR "A DHEDGE, TUG-BOAT
AND SCOWS.
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AND sCOWs.
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ENGINEER DEpARTMENT,
WARRINGTON, February IL, 1853
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received unit
~ 18th March, 1853, for the construction and de
livery at Charleston South Carolina, of one or two
steam dredging machines tug-boat and four
The steam dredge or dredges to be capable Of
raising and delivering into at least two hun.
dred cubic yards hourly; they will be required tc
WORK IN an open sea-way, the material to be
dredged is sand and sand and shells mixed. The
hu 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 50 arranged thatthey can be
applied to propelling the dredge to and from the
| bar upon which it is to work.
The depth of water in which the work il to be
performed varies from to Ia feet at low water:
the tide rises feet, making the greatest depth 90
feet. 9tas
There must be suitable sleeping and other neces.
sary accommodations provided for twelve men.
store rooms, coal 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 stated above, exceed the CO.
pacty 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.
hive feet keel, twenty-one feet beam, not to draw
over six feet six inches with provisions and TWEEN.
ty tons of ccal on board; to be coppered and cop
per fastened; to be provided with cabin accommo-
dations 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;
ner 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, so arranged as to be capable of being
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way to move without strain The tug is to be COM
pletely found in ground tackle and all equipage Of
every description whatever necessary to fit her for
the business of towing.
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
pianked with the best three-inch southern pine;
the frame to be of oak, cedar, or locust, and Sc
curely fastened and kneed; combing around the
well one footin height and four inches in thick
ness, securely fastened to the deck; the bottom,
sides, ends, and well to be znced to the height
OF light-water mark.
The price of each dredge, 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 so delivered they must be ready
for inspection and trial by the officer of engineers,
or such other agent of the Government may be-
to the bar on which Is designed to operate, at the
entrance of Charleston harbor, and there at the
contractors expense tested as to their perform.
ance, which test must in every respect be satsfac
tory and in conformity with the conditions of the
contract.
4 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-
scribed 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
ented, the name OF the patentee; whether similar
machine has been built and subjected to trial. and
if 80, 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 The dimensions of the hull of the dredge
should be given, with the details of construction;
also the powerof the engine for driving the ma
chinery of the dredge, expressed in number of
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.
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 undersign-
ed, and marked on the envelope, proposals for
steam dredging machine, &C., for the bar at the
entrance of Charleston harbor, s. CO
JOS G. TOTEM,
BIT. Brig. Gen. and Col. Engineers.
To be inserted in the Republic. National Inteli
gencer, and Union, Washington; Mercury,
Charleston; Albany Register, and Albany Express,
Albany, New York; Courier and Enquirer, and
Daily News Phss
phia; Boston Courier, Boston; Patriot, Baltimore,
Maryland, daily for three weeks, one copy of each
paper containing the advertisement to be sent to
the Engineer Department. Fec l5-d3w
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Sept2l Union and Alex. Gaz ]
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