The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-23


Glass No. l5.-.Miscellaneou
%, 900 pounds Indian cornmeal per pound
Glass No. l6.-Misceilaneou
1000 pounds assorted cas,-stee per pound
100 do English blstered steel do
100 do granite wedge steel do
100 do by inch German steel do
100 do by inch German steel do
Glass No. l7.-.Miscellaneow.
200 gallons winter strained sperm oil per gallon
25 do meats foot oil do
dozen corn brooms per dozen
do lllll o K paint brushes, as per
sample, per dozen
2 dozen 900 paint brushes, as per sample, per
dozen
dozen Nos. a I sash tools, per sample,
per dozen
| dozen painters busters, as per sample, per
3 dozen whitewash brushes, as per sample, per
200 pounds white chalk per pound
so gallons whale oil per gallon
Glass No. Is.
5000 cubic yards more or less, Of earth and stone
to be removed from the hill at this navy
yard and deposited in such places the
yard may be directed The offer to do
this work must state the price per cubic
yard. The work to be commenced and
continued as the commandant oil the
yard may direct, per cubic yard
Glass No. 10.
For dredging a space 800 feet long, and lis feet
wide, to insure 81 feet water at mean neap tide
to be established by the engineer of the yard;
average depth of excavation about y feet, and
the quantity probably 1914 cubic yards, more
or less Offers to state the sum for which the
work will be satisfactorily completed, or at go
much per cubic yard
Glass No 90
For constructing three moorng piers, including
materials and labor, to be of the same dimep-
sions and construction those at the yard each
AT NORFOLK, VA
Glass No. l-Bricks.
265,0O0 best quality regular hard burnt bricks
5000 most approved fire bricks do
25 casks best fire clay, per cask
Glass No. 2-Stone.
Ais perches best quality stone, (granite,) natu.
raj beds, suitable for walls, averaging
feet thick, per perch
245 perches building stone, of best quality,
natural beds, for walls, averaging feet
thick, per perch
23O lineal feet coping stone, (grante,) to work
3 feet broad, l foot thick, length 4 to 6
feet, per lineal foot
395 lineal feet granite coping, to work feet
broad, foot thick, same lengths, and all
clear OF shakes per Incl foot
to feet, clear OF veins and shakes, Is
inches broad, inches thick, per lineal
foot
CLASS No. YelLo,s Pine Timber, Piles, &c.
900 square yellow pine piles, As feet
long, IA by Is inches each
o. square yellow pine piles, Is feet
long, II by l3 inches do
% square yellow pine stocks, As feet
long, IL by Is inches do
40 pieces yellow pine stocks, 33 feet
90 pieces yellow pine stocks, Is feet
long, Is by IL inches do
The foregoing named timber, except
the piles, to be of good quality
heart The piles to be al least one
third blazed heart; and all of the
timber to be hewed straight and
square to the sizes herein specified
525 round pine piles, As feet long, to be
II inches at the large end, and not
less than inches at the small end,
and TO De very straight do
397 round pine piles 40 feet long, II
inches at the large end, and not
LEES than inches at the small end
and TO be ve straight do
300 round pine piles, 25 feet long II
inches at the large end, and not
9ess than inches at the small end,
and to be very straight do
500 neal feet of pine wharf logs, lE and 30 feet
lengths, IL to Is inches wide, to be hewed
straight, and to dress 10 inches thick, per
lineal foot
1850 neal feet of pine wharf logs, l6 and 20 feet
lengths, ~ to l6 inches wide, to he hewed
straight, and TO be 10 inches thick when
dressed, per lineal foot
Glass No. 4-White Pine Plank and Boards,
20 900 feet, board measure, merchandise white
pine. l-inch boards, best quality, 10 feet
lengths, free Of splits and knots that will
come out. They must average 10 inches
in width, per 900 feet
1000 feet merChantabe 1-inch white pine, IL feet
lengths. 600 feet
2,l00 feet. board measure, pinch white pine I'd
quality, clear II feet lengths per ,O0Oft
s0g feet inch mahogany, per 1000 feet
1900 feet, board measure, inch sap yellow pine
plank, ID feet long, to be saved on both
sides and edges, per 900 feet
IL 900 feet, board measure, sap pine decking, 4
inches thick, 10 feet long, and to be sawed
on both sides and edges, per 900 feet
5000 straight sawed laths, per 900
Glass No. Slime
245 casks most approved, and fresh man fac
tured, wood-burnt, stone lime per cask
l cask calcined plaster of Paris do
Glass No. 6.-Cement.
1925 casks most approved, fresh manufactured,
hydraulic cement, per cask
Glass No. -uisoellaneow.- Spikes
and Iron Nails.
500 pounds I'D. iron cut nails per pound
100 do l0d. iron cut nails do
200 do Sd. iron cut nails do
100 do 3D.. iron lathng nails do
so do finishing nails do
$500 do S-inch wrought iron spikes do
! $500 do bolt iron, !. inch (wroughD do
80 sheets American iron, feet by3,
Nos. II, IA, 10 per sheet
80 sheets American iron, feet by
q, Nos. Is, 20, % do
bundles Russia iron, Nos. D, "a per bundle
CLASS No. S.-.Miscellaneous Steel
700 pounds beet inch cast steel 8 square, per lb
800 do best sinch cast steel 8 square do