The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-19
PROPOSALS. for BUILDING and EQUIP.
PING FIVE LIGHT VESSELS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
OFFICE LIGHTHOUSE BoApn
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
OyFicE LIGHTHOUSE BoARp.
WAsHiNGroN, April 80, 1853.
SEPARATE SEALED PROPOSALS v,n n. -.
~ ce'ved at this office until IL IN. on Tuesdsv
tce Stat day of May, 1853, for building AMI eouin
Pins ugoe vessel, to be completed within four
ion'ns rom the date of the acceptance of the bid
70 De oehvered TO the properly authorized agent
OF the department at New York; for one 10 be de-
tvered at Boston; for one to be delivered at
charleston, South Carolina, of the following d.
mansions:
Length from aft side of stern post to the fore
side OF main stem SO feet; breadth of beam moulded
% ieet inches; depth of hold from top of
hmoer stra AXE to top of beam, IL feet, tonnage
Until the same time, for one for Kill Pond Bar
ana one for Succonesset Shoal, Vineyard Sound,
massachusetts,) to be delivered at such points or
PAGES as may be designated by the Lighthouse
noaru' OF the following DIMENSIONS:
Length between perpendiculars, 81 feet; breadth
OF oeam moulded 81 feet inches; depth of hold
rom Top oil hmber s,rake to top OF beam, 10 feet
Inches; tonnage about $50.
ne white oak to be of the best seacoast timber
ana me yellow pine of the finest grain untapped
southern timber
III none OF the bids satisfactory to the Board
VIII be at liberty to decline or accept any of them
and no contract will be entered into until it shall
nave oeen submitted to, and approved by, the Sec
rotary of the Treasury
No proposal will be considered unless received
rom persons engaged in chip building, and each
| NV "ioSs Oe accompanied by the signatures o!
TWO responsible persons as suretes for the faithful
| fulhiment Of the contract.
| Eacn vessel must be distinctly named, with the
| sum ior which the bidder purposes TO build and
equip her, according TO the drawings and specih-
| cations, and copy Of the printed speciica lions
| must be enclosed by each bidder, as evidence that
there 10 no mistake TO the object of his proposal
No bid will be considered that does not conform
to the requirements of this advertisement.
drawing of the vessel contracted for will be
| furnished TO the contractor, to which he will be
| required to adhere strictly; to this end, the mould
lott ines will be taken off and the mould examined
by the experimenting officer W no will be ass led
to the duty of this Board, with the approval of the
Secretary of the Treasury, and who will be required
to see that the work executed and the materials
used are in strict conformity the terms and spe-
hcations of the contract, and who must certify to
the came in writing before the vessel will be re
ceived and payments authorized to be made.
The printed specifications by which the vesse ID
are 10 be constructed, and which will, with the
drawings and plans be attached to and form
part OF the contracts can be bad application to
the Lighthouse Board, to the lighthouse inspec
tor at Boston, New York, Wilmington, Delaware
or Norfolk, Virginia, or at the custom house Phil
adelphia, Baltimore, New Bedford, or Edgartown
Aassschusetts; and the plans and drawings ma y
be see n and examined by calling at the office oil
| The lighthouse inspector at Boston, New York, OF
| wilmington, Delaware; at the custom house al
Phia delpha Baltimore. and at the office of the
| Lighthouse Board, Washington city.
Any person submitting proposals may be pres
ent and witness tn opening of the bids the tme
and place hereinbefore specified
All proposals must be sealed and endorsed ssPro
posnis for Building Light Vessels," and then en-
closed In another envelope, ind addressed to the
| Secretary of the Lighthouse Board, Treasury De.
partment Washington.
By order or the Lighthouse Board
| THORNTON A. JENKINS, Secretary.
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