The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-31


- Engsnssr Dspastz,Asnt, Jan. N, 1859.
s. nALnp PROPOSALS win be received until
~; sne 10Th February tncInsive, for the censtruc-
son ~ re best matesieA and dsiivery at Balti-
mere, maryland, sof = steam dredging. machine.
~ "a dumping scows, and ono decked iehter. for
sso s ~ Inc chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic
Inc propoaais viii stats separately the prices of
the dredge-boa incinding machinery; dumping
sc9 %s s each = and am the deoEed iightsr.
gether, we'll kneed, boiled and braced e ~ ~ ~
less than sixty fest in LENGTH thirty feet in width
and Elk feet in depth. To have suitable s,e.n,, :,
and necessary accommodations for twelve men.
all requisite store-rooms, and storage for about
twenty tons of coal.
The machine must be capable of working in an
exposed situation, such as a sea- way, being in
tended for operating in the waters of the Chesa-
peake Bay and will be required to dig and raise
from depth oftwenty- four feet of water, and to
deliver into scows or lighters at least sixty cubic
yards OF hard clay per hour, or six hundred cubic
yards IN working day OF ten hours.
The six dumping scows must be strongly put
together, well kneed and boIted; each capable Of
holding forty-fve cubic yards of dredged matter
and to be so arranged as to discharge their loads
readily and at once from the sides of the scows in
depth Of four feet of water.
The decked lighter, which is intended for the
transportation of coal and other supplies for the
machine, must be strongly put together, well
kneed and bolted, and capable of carrying about
forty tons.
The dredge, with its scows and lighter, must be
Delivered az Baltimore, Maryland, on or before the
fifteenth day of April next, ready for inspection
and trial by the officer of engineers, or such other
agent OF the Government as may be appointed fol
this purpose The dredge and lite equipment to be
moored at the expense o. the contractor, to such
part OF the Patapsco river may be designated by
the agent OF the Government, and there tested as
TO its performance at the contractors expense
which test must be in every respect satisfactory
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No payments will be made on account of the
dredge or its equipment until the whole shall have
been delivered, inspected, and tested as above pre-
scribed and received, when the contractor will be
paid in full.
Parties offering to contract for this dredee and
lts equipment will state distinctly on what princi-
pie they propose to construct the machine; if pa
tented, the name of the patentee; whether SINH
lar machine has been built and subjected to trial;
and II 90, where land under what circumstances:
giving the character of the dredged matter and
the depth of water from which it was raised: nam
ing persons to whom reference can be had in re.
gard to the same. The dimensions of the hull of
the dredge, as we'll as of those of the dumninp.
scows and lighter, should be given, with the details
OF their construction; also the power of the engine
for driving the machinery of the dredge expressed
In number of horses; and also in the diameter of
the cylinder and length of stroke of the piston,
and the pressure OF steam under which the en- gine
10 ordinarily worked. If practicable, drawings
should be forwarded of the dredge complete, and
also the dumping -scows
Proposals will also be received for adding loco
motive power to the dredge, to be able to pro-
pei 1t, with its scows and lighter in still water at
the rate OF six miles per hour; stating fully the
arrangement of the motive power; and the change,
If any, such addition would make in the form and
dimensions OF the hull of the dredge and in the ar
rangement of the machinery.
further particulars may be obtained by CORE
spending with Captain H. Beaverton, Corps of
Engineers, Baltimore, Maryland.
The proposals to be addressed to the under
signed, and marked on the envelope g Proposals
for steam dredging machine, &c, for the waters
OF the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic coasts
JOS. G. TOTEM,
Brevet Brig Gen. and Col. Engineers
To be inserted in the Republic, Inteigencer
and Union, Washington; Courier and Enquirer. and
Express New York; Albany Register, and Albany
Express, Albany, New York; Wing, Troy, New
York; Pennsylvania Enquirer, and Daily News,
Phiiadelphia, Pennsylvania; Boston Courier, Bos
ton, assachusetts; Patriot, Baltimore, MARYLAND,
daily till 10th February. One copy of each paper
containing the advertisement to be sent to the En-
gineer Department, Washington.
Jan l4-dtl0Feb