The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-20
PROPOSALS. FOR DRnDaE-BoAr, &c.


Mn8tneer Department, Jan. ~, 1853,
EALED PROPOSALS will be received uuti
~, e iv.n February inclusive, for the construc
LUZ, =, sne Dest material, and delivery Al Rail-.
-. =, lyIand. Of steam dredging machine
ak dumping scows, and one deckSd fightsr e.,
coast. nay ana Inc Atlantic
Inc proposals. will state separately the nr;ces q
sne u'eogs, ooas, including machinery; dumDine
The bull of the dredge must Be stroro,,
gether, well kneed, bolted. and braced "a he ro
less than sixty feet in length thirty feet in ;d,p
and six feet in depth. To have suitable sIeen;n !
and necessary accommodations for twelve ,T,sr
all requisite atore.rooms, and storage 70, sho
twenty tons of coal.
The machine must be capable of working in ~
exposed situation, such as sea-way, being in
tended for operating in the waters of the Chesa
from depth oftwenty four feet OF water, and Il
deliver into scows or lighters at least sixty cubic
yards OF hard clay per hour, or six hundred cubic
yards In a working day of ten hours.
Inc SIX dumping scows must be strongly pu
together, well kneed and boted; each capable o.
holding forty-fve cubic yards of dredged matter
and to be 30 arranged to discharge their loads
readily and at once from the sides of the scows Ia
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
forty tons.
The dredge, with its scows and lighter, must be
fifteenth day of April next, ready for insnection
and trial by the officer of engineers, or such other
agent OF the Government as may be appointed for
this purpose The dredge and it's equipment to he
inocred at the expense Q. the contractor to such
part OF the Patapsco river as may be designated b
the agent of the Government, and there tested ~
to Its performance at the contractors exnense
winch test must be in every respect satisfactory
and conforming to the conditions of the contract
s No payments will be made on account of the
dredge or its equipment until the whole shall have
been deliv red 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
Its 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 SO, where, and 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 bull of
the dredge, as well as Of those of the dumping
scows and lighter, should be given, with the details
of their construction; also the power of the one
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 engine
10 ordinarily worked. If practicable, drawings
S'SN.a ~ Az oSo VI Tue UFeQ26 complete, and
also the dumping scows
Proposals will also be received for adding loco
motive power to the dredge as 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.
II any, such addition would make in the form and
dimensions of the hull of the dredge and in the ar
of the machinery.
Further particulars may be obtained by corre-
spending with Captain H. Beaverton, Corps of
Engineers, Baltimore, Maryland.
The proposals to be addressed to the under
slg g and marked on TIE envelope Proposals
OF the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic coast"
JOS. G. TOTEM,
Brevet Brig. Gen. and Col Engineers
10 be inserted in the Republic, InteIligencer.
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,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Boston Courier, Bos
ton, Massachusetts; Patriot. Baltimore, MARYLAND,
daily till 10th February. One copy of each paper
containing the advertisement to be sent to the En-
gineer Department. Washington.
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