The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-03-05
PROPOsALs'FORA DREDGE,T UG-BOATa
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ESeINEEa DsPARTMsHT,
WARRINGTON, February 10, 1853.
+ SEALED PROPOSALS will be received until
~ 18th March. 1862 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 he capable of
raising and delivering into scows at least two hum
dred cubic yards hourly; they will be required to
work IN .anso open sea-way, The material to be
dredged is sand and sand and shells mixed. The
hull Of the dredge must be buiIt Of the best mate
rails and IN the most substantial manner and Gov.
cred to the water line with II or Bremen zinc.
The engines must be SO arranged that they can be
applied to pfopelng the dredge to and from the
bar upon which it js to work. -.
The depth of water in which the work is to be
performed varies 'front.' to Ia feet at low water;
the tide rises feet, making the greatest depth 90
feet.
There must be suitable sleeping and other neces-
sary accommodations provided for twelve men,
store rooms coal bunkers capable of holding twen-
ty tons and a smth's forge. - 81
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, as stated above, exceed the ca
pacity of one dredge, then offers for dredge Of
half the above specified capacity, and also for two
dredges, each of halfthe above specified capacity,
will be received nes{ga @#s ~ ss4f4FrEl
Also. one steam-tug, one hundred and twenty
five feet keel, twenty one feet beam, not to draw
over six feet six inches with provisions and twen
ty tons of coal on board; to be coppered and cop
per fastened; to be provided with cabin accommo-
cations 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;
her 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.
TO have two low pressure engines Of thirty horse
power each, SO arranged as to be capable Of being
quickly reversed, and when running the same
way to move without strain The tug is 10 be COM
petely found in ground tackle and all equipage of
every description whatever necessary to fit her for
the business of towing. - s'R5 VI
Also. four dumping scows, fifty feet in length by
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
BY six-inch white oak, securely stepped; to be
planked with the best three-inch southern pine;
the frame to be of oak, cedar, or locust, and Sc
curely fastened and kneed; a combing around the
well one foot in height and four inches in thick
ness, securely fastened to the deck; the bottom,
sides, ends, and we'll are to be znced to the height
OF light-water mark. +" t#'fs
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 tugAboat at Charlestop, 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 as may be
appointed for that purpose; They must be carried
to the bar on which it is designed cooperate at the
entrance of Charleston harbor, and there at the
:
ance which test must in every respectable satisfac-
tory and in conformity with the conditions Of the
contract. Esa#f s#F ~ aly5 81 II fis#
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; whethera similar
machine has been built and subjected to trial; and
if 30, 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 bad in regard to
the same. The dimensions of the hull OF the dredge
should be given, with the details of constructions
also the power of the engine for driving the ma
cbinery 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
the steam under which the engine is ordinarily
worked. ii-i ~
If practicable, drawings should be forwarded of
the-dredge complete, and also of the dumping
scows. fSsE
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.
d e sffi5f9<sa7 laS18i3 JOS. g. TOTEM,
BIT. Brig. Gen. and Col. Engineers
To be inserted in the Republic, National IntelIi
gencer, and Union, Washington; Mercury,
Charleston; Albany Register, and Albany Express,
Albany, New York; Courier and Enquirer, and
Express, New York; Wing, Troy, New York !;
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;ogzfi3 Fec l5-d3w ii