The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-20

ENeInsEn DEPARrMsNr, ~
~ !. -..i.o WAsHINaToN, April 10, 1853.
GEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this
y Office until the LIT day Of June 1858. for dredg.
ing, BY the cubic yard channel across this barr
| navigable as ordinary low water for tbs vessels
that frequent the Passaic. The minimum depth
10 be eleven feet six inches at ordinary high va
ter; the minimum 9TH one hundred feet; the
length about one mile, giving an excavation
whose minimum will be about (4O'oO0) forty thou
sand cubic yards.,sa. ss375s5 e.nsnaoI-a 5sbi sAa
The excavation will commence about half q mile
north of the present beacon. on the west channel;
will extend thence, in the direct prolongatipp OF
the channel OF the Passaic along the west channel
towards the Lighthouse, till the natural channel of
the bay 10 reached beyond the present bar. tect s.
The dredging Is TO be executed in what Ia known
as the west channel, from two to three miles from
the ferry across the Passaic. This point 10 about
an hour from Jersey City and from Newark over
the plank road by the omnibuses. It 10 also passed
several times daily by the steamboats, between
Newark and New York. -se..l5-.1 80. "a, tz.ss
The substance comprising the bar is almost en-
| tirely soft black mud, very easily dredged.r The
tant about mile, overhown at every high tide,
| are oyergrown with sedge, and offer facilities for
| the deposit and retention o. the dredged matter.
Sealed proposals will be received as above for
dredging by the cubic yard the amount of matter
to be removed from the bar the contractor to fur
| nish every thing necessary for the execution Of
the work at his own expense The dredging, in all
cases, to be done with effect and at such places
~ may De o1reCted Dy the agent OF the Govern
meBt. The excaYated matter to te depoeited at
such places lat aboutthe above mentioned distance
| of mie) on the adjacent shores as shall be ind
Gated BY the agent The directions Of this person
shall In all cases. regarding the execution OF the
work be binding upon the contractor and his local
ACCEPTS. alF'a', ns 'ei,'si gu
| Partial psyments will be made in the progress
! of the work, based upon estimates Of the number
of cubic yards removed, which number will be as
oertained by measuring the dimensions Of the cut
from time to time, and comparing the result with
the condition Of the bar it was at the commence.
ment of the work; but work not at the position
the required cut, directed by the agent of the
United States, in excess of its specified dimen-
sions, wilt be paid for. Twenty per cent. Of the
value of the work done will in all be retained
in the hands of the Governments gent, until the
whole amount contracted for ia removed. when the
soma retained will be paid to the contractor 2 r
Further particulars may be obtained by address.
ing, Lieutenant M. Harrison. United States Engi-
| neets. at tie Office Of Major r. Delahed, No. II,
Seventeenth street, New York. I r. layud fsi'r
+ I'd '.ds-sH a.iaV JOSEPH G.. TOTEM.
Brevst Brig. Gen. and Colonel Engineers.
To be inserted in the Union, lnteiigencer, and
Republic. Washington; National pemocrat, New
Yors, apd Newark Morning Eagle. Newark. New
Jersey, twice - week until the 4st day Of June,
1853, and two copies of each paper containing the
| advertisement to be transmitted to the Engineer
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