The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-31
PROPOSALS FOR DREDGING THE BAR
At THE JUNCTION OF THE HACKEN-
SACK AND PASSAIC RIVERS, NEW
ARK RAY. N, i.
ENGINEER DEPARTMENT,

ENGINEER DEPARTMENT,
WAsHINGToN. April 10, 1853.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this
- Office until the ct day of June 1853, for dredg
ing, by the cubic yard, channel across this bars
navigabe at ordinary low water for the vessels
that frequent the Passaic. The minimum depth
10 be eleven feet six inches at ordinary high wa
ter; the minimum W 9TH one hundred feet; the
length about one mile, giving an excavation
whose minimum will be about (40, O0O) forty thou
sand cubic yards.
The excavation will commence about half mile
north of the present beacon on the west channel;
will extend thence, in the direct prolongation OF
the channel of the Passaic, along the west channel
towards the lighthouse, till the natural channel of
the bay is reached beyond the present bar.
The dredging ia to be executed in what is known
as the west channel, from two to three miles from
the ferry across the Passaic This point ia about
an hour from Jersey City and from Newark over
the plank road by the omnibuses 1t is also passed
several times daily by the steamboats, between
Newark and New York. -.
The substance comprising the bar is almost en-.
tirely soft black mud, very easily dredged. The
shores nearest the channel to be dredged are dis
tant about mile, are over1own at every high tide,
are overgrown with sedge, and offer facilities for
the deposit and retention o the dredged matter.
Sealed proposals will be received as above for
dredging by the cubic yard the amount of matter
to be removed from the bar, the contractor to fur
nish every thing necessary for the execution Of
| the work at his own expense The dredging, in all
cases, to be done with effect and at such places
as may be directed by the agent of the Govern
ment. The excavated matter to be deposited at
such places Cat about the above mentioned distance
| of mle) on the djacent shores shall be indi
Gated by the agent. The directions OF this person
| shall in all cases, regarding the execution OF the
work. be binding upon the contractor and his local
agents
Partial payments will be made in the progress
of the work, based upon estimates of the number
| of cubic yards removed, which number will be as
certained by measuring the dimensions Of the cut
| from time to time, and comparing the result with
the condition of the bar as it was 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, 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 retained
| 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 Lieutena M Harrison, United States Eng-
| neers at the office of Major r. Dela6eld, No. IL,
! Seventeenth street, New York.
| JOSEPH G. TOTTEN,
Brevet Brig. Gen. and Colonel Engineers.
To be inserted in the Union, Inteligencer, and
| Republic, Washington; National Democrat, New
| YORK; and Newark Morning Eagle, Newark, New
| Jersey, twice n week until the lst day of June,
1853, and two copies of each paper containing the
| advertisement to be transmitted to the Engineer
| Department. April 20-sawtlsfJune