The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-01
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1871 LIGHTHOUSE BOARD,
gAiNaToE Cry December 90, 1852
SEALED PROPOSALS will be re
~ celved at this Office until IL m. on Tuesday, tn
let day Of February, 1852 for building and equip
ping light vessel to be completed within fou
months from the date of the signing of the contract
tobe delivered to the properly authorized agent Q
the Departmental New York, for one to be deivere,
at Boston, for one to be delivered at point to b
designated by the Board in Vineyard Sound, ane
for one to be delivered at Smithvile, (Cape Fear,
! North Carolina.
If none of the bids are satisfactory to the Board
| it will be at liberty to decline to accept any o
them, and no contract will be entered into unit
| Il shall have been submitted to, and approved by
the honorable Secretary of the Treasury.
1 No proposal will be considered unless received
| from persons engaged in ship building, and eact
offer must be accompanied by tie signatures o
two responsible persons as suresies fer the faithful
fuhlment of the contract
The white oak to be of the best seacoast timber
| and the yellow pine of the finest grain untappee
| southern timber.
! Length, 100 feet; extreme breadth, % feet s
inches; hold, 10 feet; tonnage, 265 "a 95; keel o
White OAK; stem and stern post of live oak sidee
~ inches, whole depth clear of timbers 2 feet
inches, including the false keel; formed of two
depths coaked and bolted together. On each side
will be three thick cardboard strakes of white oaA
fastened with OF one inch copper bolts and tree
nails Dead woods and apron of live oak fastened
with copper bolts from of an inch to l inch
Timber and room % inches. Floors and lower
tuttocks OF white oak, sided inches; top timbers
and stancheons of locust, sided inches; moulding
at throat IL inches, at side of keel Is inches al
floor head inches, at plank sheer inches and al
rail inches. Frames to have two bolts OF z Of
one inch diameter in each scarph. Bottom filled
n SOHO level cross to the heigh of the throat oil
| the floor. Breast hooks, three forward and three
aft below the deck hooks, and one under the
| rail, sided 81 inches, fastened with of one inch
bolts OF copper or iron, they are below or above
the line OF copper fastening Kelston Of white oak,
sided Is inches, in depth two panks of nine inches
in thickness, coaked and bolted together, fastened
with one copper bolt of one inch through every
floor timber. The heels of the cant timbers viii
be fastened with of one inch copper boIts-wales
of white oak nine strakes each eide, in thickness
4 inches, in width inches. Bottom plank of
white oak, in thickness when dubbed off 81 inches
in width, under the wales from u inches to inches
and below the bilge keels 10 inches. Below the
line OF copper fastening, which will be q feet
above the floating line when loaded the fastening
will be i. inch locust tree nails and Composition
spikes, above which the fastening will be s of
one inch bolts and spikes all square fastened and
the bolts will be through bolts, driven from the
outside OF the wales and bottom plank, and rveted
on rings inside. Butt -bolts Z of one inch diane
ter. The plank of the wales, the upper strakes of
the bottom, and clamps, except fore and aft hoods
will not be less than 40 feet in length and not less
than 81 feet on the bottom; not less than strakes
between two butts on the same frame. Clamps of
upper deck OF white oak five strakes on each side
10 inches wide and 5inches thick logged Il inches
over the frames for length of about SO feet amid
shlps; the fore and after hoods being 81 inches
bolts. Beams Of upper deck feet from centre
to centre, of southern fine grain yellow pine,
sided 10 inches, moulded s inches, kneed at
each end with one dagger and one lodge knee,
body being driven from the outside of the wales.
Carvings sided inches, moulded s. inches in two
tier. Lodges sided inches, moulded d inches
Water ways Of yellow pine. logged over the
head Lodges Of yellow pine inches thick, and 2
feet above the deck. Between the fore and main
mast one timber of every frame will run through
the plank sheer to the rail. Plank sheer of white
oak, in thickness 81 inches, and g. feet above the
deck, fastened to strings the inside and outside
of the stancheons with of an inch bolts.
Upper deck plank of fine grain yellow pine, in
thickness, when dubbed off and pIaned, inches,
in width 3 inches; fastened with iron spikes and
plugged.
Lower deck clamps of white oak--two strakes
inches thick and inches wide. Beams of vel
low pine, sided 10 inches moulded u inches kneed
at each end with lodge and dagger knee; fastened
with OF one inch bolts; those through the body
being driven from the outside of the bottom plank
Deck framing, as the deck above; coamings above
the deck 6 inches
Thick strakes in the turn of the bilge inside of
white oak, four strakes on each side, 6 inches
thick and Sinches wide. Bilge keels of white oak
in length go ieet, in thickness 9inches, width
amidship Is inches, tapering to inches at the
ends, fastened through the thick strakes at the
turn OF the bilge inside, with one of one inch
copper bolt in each timber and riveted on the in
side. Stancheons in the hold and between decks
OF yellow pine, St inches square or round
Before the foremast and abaft the mainmast,
the bulwarks will be planked inside and out be-
tween the fore and mainmast on the outside only,
Three ports on each side, and two on each side
IN the stern, hung with composition hinges to the
string under the rail. Partners of masts kneed in
both decks; steps built with base and cross pieces
snht ffS Sr,on
timbers or ceiling. Cat-heads of white oak knees,
sided l0z inches, with iron straps. Scuppers,
on each side, loaded and fitted with lids Air ports,
SIX In number on each side, of composition Deck
ng sIa IN upper deck, in number. Two pumps
with composition chambers, and boxes inches in
alameter, with lead pipe of inches in the clear
IN wooden cases, and pump gear complete Also,
one wash deck pump of composition, with pipe
iieaalng rom outside; diameter of chamber a
Inches. One patent pump windlass, in diameter
70 inches. Hawse-holes, loaded and fitted with
long cast-iron pipes for chain cables, passing
through partners framed in the deck, with flanges
and polsters; Two pair Of iron quarter davits
for boats. Chain lockers, compressers, platforms
for tanks and ballast and store rooms in the hold
Cabins, bread-room, store-rooms, magazine coal
bunker, lockers between decks, sleeping berths for
crew, two water-closets with valves and handles,
ladders, gratngs, hatches sky lights, companions
&C., all complete. Hardware of the first quality,
hinges OF brass and locks with brass works, all
necessary ring and eye bolts, all man rope and
awning 5tdnCn6Ons HlteQs steps on sides.
lobe caulked with oakum from new materials,
and in the bottom driven home to the timbers. To
be coppered on felt with 80 OF copper to line one
foot above the floating load line amidships sheer
ing up one loot at each end. Rudder to have three
composition pintles and braces, one saucer and
two rudder chains FILLER Of iron fitted with dogs
and bolts. Two copper life buoys fitted
To have two white pine Iiasts IS feet each in
length above the deck, including pole Of 10 feet;
diameter in partners 20inches two gaffs, square,
sail yard, and ensign staff The whole to be fitted
with the necessary rigging and two lightning
eyes, Delaying pins, handspikes, cat blocks, fish.
hooks, snatch blocks, and tackles, and falls for
boats, anchors, &c. All tackles. chains and cranes
necessary for hosting and lowering the two Ian
terms around the masts; lantern houses around the
masts on deck. One hoop iron day mark
on each masthead. Six iron water tanks, prop
erly fitted to hold 600 gallons each. A starting
tub, copper riveted hose, and four iron oil tanks,
to contain each $50 gallons, fitted with fassets and
cranes. Ten water casks of20 gallons, and TWEEN