The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-28
l2,7W yards in length.

uo ihatsflais 10 pc excavated is believed to be
soft blue mud, with rare exceptions. where Il 10
mixed with sand and shells -
Is supposed that dredging operations can be
carried on for 229 days in the year without in ter
ruPtlon from the weather. after making fair allow.
ance for other casualties and for SUNDAYS
1t is required to perform the whole work in one
year after the machinery, &C., 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 appurtcnauces. and
supplied with cabins, all requisite store rooms,
storage Tor fuel, cables anchors, boats &c.. and
the requisite number of scows with hoppers TO hold
from oU to 100 cubic yards each.
Proposals will be received at the Engineer De.
partment, Washington, until the 18th day of
March, 1853, for the execution of this work. under
one or the other of the following propositions:
.hs Gear out the entire length and depth OF
L1.erior Passes, or separate portions thereof fur
hlsnlng ali the necessary machinery, vessels ten
GERS, ano labor, at 20 much per cubic yard of ma
teriai lifted and deposited at distance from the
edge OF the channel, not less than $50 wards
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
oeing 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
Under: length Of stroke, principle of excavating
machinery, whether patented, where now in use
ana Dy whom; cost of attaching propelling power
and it's arrangement Drawings are desirable
whenever they can be furnished.
Sd. To work the vessels and machinery Stumbled
oy the United States at stated price per cubic
yard; Keeping every thing in repair.
4tn, 10 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.
The right ofrejecting all the offers which may be
made is reserved.
The Engineer Department to exercise the neces-
sary supervision through its agents. to secure the
due progress of the work and it's faithful perform.
ance; ana 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, 92S cubic yards are assumed to be the ouan.
tlty OF mud necessary to be removed in order to
obtain clear depth OF twelve and half feet of
water, with well-dehned width of three hundred
feet, on line of twelve thousand seven hundred
yards, In the aforementioned channels: and this
number to be paid for. whether it prove, on the
completion OF the work to its full width and depth
greater or lesser quantity
The Engineer Department may find it necessary
10 limit the width of the proposed chan mel to one
hundred and fifty feet, in which sase one-half of
the stated number of cubic yards will be assumed
as the number to be paid for.
No advances of money will be made by the En-
ever.
Payments proportonate to the amount of work
~ AA.oeS AAioAtdiyy ou tue CSTtiLCdle OF
the local agents that due diligence has been used
IN prosecuting the work; that no interruption 10
It's daily progress has occurred save that incident
70 sundays, bad weather, epidemical diseases, or
unavoidable arrangement of machinery, not due
10 radical defects in construction quality of ma
terial. 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 paw
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 to the competency of the
pfoposer to execute the work offered for the relia
ofllty OF the suretes must also be manifested. The
envelopes should be endorsed Proposals for the
improvement of the Harbor of Mobile, Alabama
For further particulars address Major w. Fl.
CHASE, Corps of Engineers. Mobile, Alabama
JOS. G. TOTTEN,
Brevet Brig. Gen. and Colonel Engineers.
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and Union, Washington Mobile Advertiser Mo-
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Orleans Bulletin, and New Orleans Bee, New Or.
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Albany, N. Y; Courier and Enquirer, and Ex-
press, New York; Wing, Troy, N. Y, Pennsyl-
vania inquirer, and Daily News, Philadelphia;
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tanning the advertisement to be sent to the Enei-
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