The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-03-08

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l ENsINsER DsPARrmssr.
II WAsHiNaToN, February IL, 1853
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received until
livery at Charleston South Carolina Of one or two
steam dredging machiuessa tug-boat and four
The steam dredge or dtedges to Be capable Of
dred cubic yards honryss they viii be required to
work in an open sea<way, the material to be
dredged is sand and sand and shalls mixed, The
rails and ID tie mos. bstanta maSn nm pes ana oas
eredtoithe water line with II OF. Bremen zinc.
The engines must be 30 arranged that they can, be
applied to propelling the dredge to and from the
bar upon which it is to work. Fa2 Fiia9 as Z
The depth of water in which the work is to be
erformed varies from I to IA feet at low water;
the tiderises feet, making the greatest depth 20
feet, -.,ffa '-;,.4 ssl - +
70 There must be suitable sleeping and other neces
safy accommodations provided for twelve men,
stdre-rooms, coal bunkers capable of holding TWEEN
ty tons and smiths forge.
Il The vessels must be delivered fully equipped
and provided with every thing necessary to work
it TO the best effect Should the amount required
o!be raised daily, as stated above, exceed the ca
pacity of one dredge, then offers for one dredge Of
half the above specified capacity and also for two
bridges, each of half the above specified capacity.
will be received ,Taye8eG ~ e - p aisz ~
Also. one steam.tug, one hundred and twenty
live feet keel, twenty one feet BEAM not to draw
over six feet six inches, with provisions and TWEEN.
tyItons of coal on board; to be coppered and cop.
per fastened; to be provided with cabin .accommo-
datons 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;
hef plank the best Southern pine; work manship to
betdone in the most substantial manner; the hull
and upper works to- be painted three-coat work.
Io have two low pressure engines OF thirty horse
power each, 80 arranged as to be capable Of being
quickly reversed, and when running the same
way to move without strain The tug is to be COM
pletely found in ground tackle and all equipage of
every description whatever necessary to fit her for
1 the business of towing.
Also four dumping scows, fifty feet in len 9Th by
sixteen In width, having wells thirty-six feet by
eleven at top, the opening at the bottom two feet
vide, and closed with two valves; windlase for,
BY six-inch. white oak, securely stepped; to be
planked with the best three-inch southern pine;
the frame tobe of oak, cedar, locust and Sc
cureiy fastened and kneed; a combing around the
ness, securely fastened to the deck; the bottom,
sides, ends, and well to be znced to the height
Of jlight-water mark.
The priceof each dredge, of the tug, and of each
scow must be separately stated. Ia
b, The proposed time of delivery of the dredge,
scows, and tug-boat at Charleston, S. c., must be
stated, and when 80 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 which it is designed to operate, at the
entrance of Charleston harbor, and there at the
contractors expense tested as to their perform.
ance, which test must in every respect be satisfac
tory and in conformity with the conditions of the
contract. saGs7 10 naiue7l SIS s@ sitls ,8ae
as No payment will be made on account of the
dredge, tug, scows, until the whole shall have
been delivered, inspected, tested: 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; whether similar
machine has been built and subjected totrial; and
If so, 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 had 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
chinery OF the dredge, expressed in number of
horses, and also in the diameter the cylinder and
length of stroke of the piston and the pressure of
the steam under which the engine is ordinarily
worked. ls5ats a54 g Ssh
If practicable, drawings should be forwarded Of
the dredge complete, and also of the dumping
scows. .--,.' "
Further particulars may be obtained by corre-
spending with Captain A. H. Bowman, Corps of
Engineers, Charleston, S. @.
The proposals to be addressed to the undersign-
ed. and marked on the envelope, "Proposals for a
steam dredging machine, &C., for the bar at the
entrance of Charleston harbor, s. CO .
JOS. g. TOTEM, i9s
tG b. Brig. Gen. and Col Engineers.
To be inserted in the Republic, National Intelli
Charleston; Albany Register, land Albany Express,
Albany, New York; Courier and Enquirer, and
Express, New York; Wing, Troy, New York;
Pennsylvania Inquirer, and Daily News, Philadel-'
Maryland. daily for three weeks, one copy Of each
paper containing the advertisement to be sent to
the Engineer Department Fec l5-d3w 8
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