The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-23
ENGINeER DEPARTMENT,

ENGINEER DEPARTMENT.,
WAsHINeroN, April Is, 1858.
CEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this
~ Office until the lst day of June, 1885, for dredg.
ing by the cubic yard, channel across this bar 9
navigabe at ordinary low water for the vessels
that frequent the Passaic. The minimum depth
ter; the minimum W idth one hundred feet; the
length about one mile, giving excavation
whose minimum will be about Gao ,000) forty thou
sand cubic yards.
The excavation will commence about half mile
north of the present beacon, on the west channel;
will extend thence, in the direct proongation Of
the channel Of the Passac, along the west channel
towards the lighthouse, till the natural channel of
the bay is reached beyond the present bar
The dredging is to be executed in what ia known
as the west channel, from two to three miles from
the ferry across the Passaic. This point is about
an hour from Jersey City and from Newark over
the plank road by the omnibuses. II is also passed
several times daily by the steamboats, between
Newark and New York. ~
The substance comprising the bar is almost en-
tirely soft black mud, very easily dredged. The
tant about mile, overhown at every high tide,
are overgrown with sedgc, and offer facilities for
the deposit and retention 0 the dredged matter.
Scaled proposals will be received az above for
dredging 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 own expense Thedredging, in all
cases, to be done with an effect and at such places
may NC ulIeCteQ Oy tn0 agent OF the OOVeFn-
ment The excavated matter to be deposited at
such places Cat about the above mentioned distance
of mile) the adjacent shores as shall be indi.
Gated by the agent. The directions of this person
shall in all cases, regarding the execution OF the
work, be binding upon the contractor and his local
agents.
Partial payments will be made in the progress
of the work, based upon estimates of the number
of cubic yards removed, which number will be as
certained by measuring the dimensions of the cut
from time to time, and comparing the result with
the condition of the bar it was at the commence.
ment of the work; but no work not at the position
Of the required cut, directed by the agent of the
United States, or in excess Of its specified dmen-
sions, will 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 M. Harrison, United States Engi.
neers, at the Office of Major R. Dela6eld, No ii,
Seventeenth street, New York.
JOSEPH G. TOTEM,
Brevet Brig. Gen. and Colonel Engineers.
To be inserted in the Union, Intelligencer, and
Republic, Washington; National Democrat, New
York; and Newark Morning Eagle, Newark, New
Jersey, twice week until the LIST day of June,
1853, and two copies of each paper containing the
advertisement to be transmitted to the Engineer
Department. April 2O-sawtlstJune