The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-02
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4 ssse 49, Nv AsnINeraH, April Is. 1858,
CEALED PRQPQSALS.wii-.b be received At shis
- office until the lss DAP of June 1883 for dredg
ing, by the cubic yard, a channel across this bar,
ina freoueut the Psssaics The minimum depth
to be eleven feet ak inches al ordinary high wa
teri the min mum dth one hundred feet; the
length about one mile, giving an excavation
whose minimum will be bout (&0 ,000) forty thous
sand cubic yards I
The excavation will commence about half mile
north Of the present beacon, on the west channel;
will extend hence, in the direct prolon ga ton OF
the channel of the Psssaic, along the west channel
towards he lighthouse, till the natural channel of
the bay is reached beyond toe present bar
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 is about
an hnur from Jersey City and from Newark over
the plank road BY the omnibuses II is also passed
several times daily by the steamboats, between
Newark and New York
The substance comprising the bar is almost en-
a. ely soft black mud, very easily dredged. The
shores nearest the channel to be drcdged are dis
tant about mile overio wn at every high tide
are overgrown with se6ge, and offer facilities for
tn deposit and retention the dredged matter.
Sealed proposals. will be received as above for
dredging by he cubic yard the amount of matter
to be removed from the bar, the contractor 10 fur
n every thing necessary for the exec ution Of
the work at his own expense The dredging, in all
cases, 10 be done with ffsct and at such places
a. may be directed by The agent of the Govern
such places lat about me above ntioned distance
OF mile) be adj cent shores shall be indi
ted by the agent. The directions Of this person
shaitin all cases, regarding the execution o. tn,
work, be binding upon the contractor and his loca
agents.
Partial payments viii be made in the pr, yres
Of the work, based upon estimates of the numbs
Of cubic yards removed, which number will be as
certaned by measuring the dimensions of the CO
from time to time, and comparing the result will
the condition of the bar IL wac at the commence
mrnt of the work; but work not at the position
of the req aired cut dreci Ell ny the agent of h
Unit d States, in excess of its specified dimen-
si0ns, will be paid for. Twenty per cent of To,
value of the work done will in all cases be retained
in the hands of the Government agent, until the
whole amount contracted for is removed, when tht
sums retained viii be paid TO the contractor.
Further particulars may be obtained by address
ing Lieutenant vi Harrison, United States Eng
neers, at the office af Major R. Dela6eld, No | /
Seventeenth street, New York.
JOSEPH G. TOTTEN,
Brevet Brig Gen. and Colonel Engineers.
To be inserted in the Unirn, Inteligencer, anC
Republic, Washington; National Democrat, New
York; and Newark Morning Eagle, Newark, New
Jersey, twice a week until the LIST day of June
1853, and two copies of each paper containing tn,
advertisement to be transmitted to the Enginee
Department. April 20-2awilsJune