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

ENeiAnsH DEPARrMEnr,
WAsurNeron. April IS. 1853.
EALED PROPOSALS win be received At this
- office until the Let day of June. 1885, for dredg
ing. BY the cubic yard, chsnnsi across this bar,
nav1gabie ut ordinary low water for the vessels
that frequent the Passaic. The minimum depth
to be eleven feet six inches At ORDINARY high wa
ter; the minimum width one huAdred feet; the
length about one mile, giving excavation
whose minimum will be about go 000) forty thou:
sand cubic yards.
The excavation will commence about half q mil.
north Of the present beacon, on the west channel:
will extend thence, in the direct proloo cation nj
tho channel Of the Passaic along the vest channel
towards he lighthouse, till the natural ba mel of
the bay ia reached beyond the present bar.
The dredging il to be executed in what IN known
as the west channel, from two to three milea from
the ferry across the Psssaic. This point is about
an hour from Jersey City and from Newark over
the plank road by the omnibuses 1t ia also passed
several times daily by the steamboats, betvecn
Newark and New York.
The substance comprising the bar is almost en-
ureiy s0it black mud, very easily dredged The
shores nearest the channel to be dredred are di,
tant about mile, are over 40 wn at every hirb tide
are overgrown with sedge, and offer facilities for
me deposit and retention Q the dredged matter.
Sealed proposals will be received a. above for
dredging BY the cubic yard the amount of matter
to be removed from the bar, the contractor TO fur
nsn every thing necessary for the exec ution Of
cases TO be done with effect and at such places
- may De directed by the agent of the Govern
nient. The excavated matter to re deposited Al
such places (at about The above mentioned distance
of mile) on the adjacent shores as shall be indi
Gated by the agent. The directions Of this person
shall IN all cases, regarding the execution o; the
work, be binding upon the contractor and his loca
agents.
Partial payments will be made in the progress,
Of the work, based upon estimates of the numbe
Of cubic yard. removed, which number will be as
certained by measuring the dimensions of the CO
from time to time, and comparing the resuii
the condition Of the bar q it at the commence
ment OF the work; but no work not at the position
OF the required cut. directed by the agent of the
United States, or in excess of its specified dimen-
sions, will be paid for. Twenty per cent of the
value OF the work done will in all cases be retain
IN the hands of the Government agent, until the
whole amount contracted for is removed when the
sums retained will be paid to the contractor
Further particulars may be obtained by address
ing Lieutenant NJ. Harrison, United States Enei-
neers, at the Office of Major r. Delaheld No ii
Seventeenth street, New York.
JOSEPH G. TOTEM,
Brevet Brig. Gen. and Colonel Engineers
To be inserted in the Union, Intelligencer and
Republic, Washington; National Democrat, New
YORK; and Newark Morning Eagle, Newark, New
Jersey, twice week until the lat day of June,
1883, and two copies of each paper containing the
advertisement to be transmitted to the Engineer
Department. April 20-2awtlstJune