The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-05
TREAsuRY .DEPAnqARNr,
Orrlcs LIGHTHOUSE BoARD,

Orrlcs LIGHTHOUSE BoARD,
.st.s. WAsHINeTpH. April 30, 1853.
g EP:ARATE SEALED PROPOSALS will be re.
~ ceiyed at this office until Ia M. on Tuesday.
the 3lst day OF May, 1863. for building and eouo.
ping light vessei, TO be completed within four
months from the date of the acceptance Of the bid
Of the department At New York; for one to be de.
liyered at Boston; for one to be delivered at
Charleston, South Carolina, of the following d.
mensions: sfsfa e4e aft SD 81 es:f IN t..45a q
Length from aft side of stern post to the fore
side of main stem SO feet; breadth ofbeam moulded,
90 feet 6 inches; depth of hold from top of
timber stake to top Of beam, IL feet, tonnage
about 232. 1850 $40 n 3ss5yl.i ssas1a1e
Until the same time, for one for Kill Pond Bar.
and one for Succonesses Shoal, Vineyard Sound,
Massachusetts, to be delivered at ouch points or
places as may be designated by the Lighthouse
Board, of the following dimensions: a.5i.v
Length between perpendlculars, 81 feet; breadth
of beam moulded, 81 feet inches; depth of hold
from top of Timber strake to top of beam, 10 feet
inches; tonnage about $50. 4a sa s3s.
The white oak to be of the beet seacoast timber.
and the yellow pine of the finest grain untapped
southern timber.
If none of the bids are satisfactory to the BOARD
it will be at liberty to decline or accept any Of them
and no contract will be entered into until it shall
have been submitted TO, and approved By, the Sec
rotary Of the Treasury.
No proposal will he considered unlcss received
from persons engaged in ship building, and each
offer must be accompanied by the sirnatures of
ful6lment Of the contract.
Each vessel must be distinctly named, With the
sum for which the bidder purposes 10 build and
equip her, according 10 the drawings and speci6-
cations, and copy Of the prated speci6casions
must be enclosed BY each bidder, ~ Evidence that
there 10 mistake to the object Of bis proposal
No bid will Be- coasidered that does not eoaform
to the requirements Of thia advertisement.
drawing Of the vessel contracted for will be
furnished to the contractor. to which he will be
required to adhere strictly; to this end. the mould
lott lines will Be taken o. and the me"'. mined
- ~. -....~v, who will be sssigned
20 .s.y Of this Board. With the approval Of the
to zee that the work executed and the maierisIs
used are In strict conformity the terms and spe-
thcatSons OF the contract, and who must certify to
the same IA writing before the vessel will be re
ceived and payments authorized to be made.
The printed specifications by which the vesseIs
drawings and plane, be attached to and form q
part OF the contracts can be had application to
the Lighthouse Board, TO the lighthouse inspec
tor at Boston. New York, Wilmington, Delaware,
or Norfolk Virginia, or at the custom. house, Phil
adelphia. Baltimore. New Bedford, or Edgartown,
Massachusetts; and the plans and drawings may
be seen and examined by calling at the Office of
the Lighthouse inspector at Boston, New York, or
Wilmington, Delaware; at the custom house at
Philadelphia or Baltimore, and at the Office of the
Lighthouse Board, Washington city. Sd
Any person submitting proposals may be pres
ent and witness the opening Of the bids at the time
and place hereinbefore specified.
All proposals must be sealed and endorsed g. Pro
p0s0is for Building Light Vessels," and then en-
closed in another envelope, and addressed 10 the
Secretary of the Lighthouse Board, Treasury De-
partment, Washington.
By order OF the Lighthouse Board
THORNTON A. JENKINS, Secretary.
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