The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-27
1900 yards ia Ienrtb

The materials to be excavated ia believed to he
SOFT blue mud, with rare exceptions, where it ia
mixed with sand and shells :
1t is supposed that dredging operationa can no
carried on for 229 days in the year without inter
r0pton from the weather. after making fair allow
ance for other casualties and for Sundays.
q It is required to perform the whole work in one
year after the machinery Sc, is prepared. To
do this BY dredging there will be required steam
dredging machines and vessels capable of dis
charging about 900 cubic yards of mud per day,
complete In all their parts and appurtenances, and
supplied with cabins, all requisite store rooms,
storage Tor fuel cables, anchors, boats, &C., and
the requisite number of scows, with hoppers hold
from 5O to 100 cubic yards each.
proposals. will be received at the Engineer De-
partment, Washington, until the 18th day of
March, 1888, for the execution of this work, under
one or the other OF the following propositions
let. 10 clear out the entire length and depth of
t9e channels through the Choctaw Pase and the
Exterior Passes, or separate portions thereof fur
nishing all the necessary machinery. vessels ten
GERS, and labor, at 30 much per cubic yard of ma
terlal lifted and deposited at distance from the
edge OF the channel, not less than $50 yards
I'd 10 furnish vessels, machinery, &C.. ready for
the work to the Engineer Department at Mobile:
which vessels, machinery, &C., shall be tested to
the satisfaction of the officers in charge of the
work. and at the expense OF the contractor, before
being received; full specifications will be REQUIRED
with details, for the machinery vessels and scows:
embracing materials, dimensions, tonnage, power
OF engine, and pressure of steam, diameter of CYL
lnder; length OF stroke, principle of excavating
machinery, whether patented, where now in use
and by whom; cost of attaching propeling power
and lts arrangement Drawings are desirable
whenever they can be furnished.
sd 10 work the vessels and machinery supplied
by the United States at stated price Der cubic
yard; keeping every thing in repair
4th To embrace the last two propositions in one:
IN which case the machinery, vessels, &C., would
remain the property of the United States after the
work was completed -5
The right ofrejecting all the offers which may be
The Engineer Department to exercise the neces-
sary SUPERVISION through its agents. to secure the
due progress of the work and its faithful perform
ance; and to reserve to itself the right Of annul-
ing the contract at any time should the holder or
holders OF it fail to fulfil its conditions.
o6o ,S29 cubic yards are assumed to be the guam
tity of mud necessary to be removed in order to
obtain clear depth of twelve and half feet of
water, with a well-defned width of three hundred
feet, on line Of twelve thousand seven hundred
yaros, IN the aforementioned channels; and this
number to be paid for, whether il prove, on the
completion OF the work to it's full width and depth
greater or lesser quantity
Inc Engineer Department may find it necessary
20 limit the width of the proposed channel to one
hundred and fifty feet, in which case one-half of
the stated number of cubic yards will be assumed
as the number to be paid for.
4 No advances of money will be made by the En-
glneer department. under any circumstances W hat
ever.
Payments proportionate to the amount of work
done will be made monthly, on the certificate of
the local agents that due diligence has been used
in prosecuting the work; that no interruption to
Its daily progress has occurred, save that incident
to Sundays, bad weather, epidemical diseases, or
unavoidable arrangement of machinery not due
to radical defects in construction or quality of ma
tterlal. The quantity paid for must have been ia
Ken from section completely excavated to the
depth required.
Twenty per cent. will be reserved from all pay
ments due. The accruing sums to be finally paid
70 the contractors on the completion of the work,
or to be forfeited to the United States in case of
failure of the same.
All proposals must be accompanied BY testimo-
mails OF high character as to the competency of the
proposer to execute the work offered for the relia-
bllity OF the sureties must alec be manifested The
envelopes should be endorsed Proposals for the
improvement of the Harbor of Mobile, Ala an1a -
For further particulars address Major W. H.
CHASE, Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Alabama.
JOS. G. TOTEM,
Brevet Brig. Gen. and Colonel Engineers.
To be inserted in the Republic Intelligencer,
and Union, Washington Mobile Advertiser Mo-
bile, labama; Louisiana State Republican, New
Orleans Bulletin, and New Orleans Bee, New Or
leans, La; Albany Register, and Albany Express,
Albany, N. Y; Courier and Enquirer, and Ex-
press, New York; Wing, Troy, N. Y; PennsyI-
vania Inquirer, and Daily News, Philadelphia
Boston Courier, Boston; Patriot, Baltimore, Md.
daily for two weeks; one copy of each paper con-
tanning the advertisement to be sent to the Engi-
neer Department. Jan 20-d2w