The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-22

PROPOSALS. DG44aRxDvs1GTH THE HAR.
PREsEHTo11AHHEE1L DADINGT TO THE
SAME.
EnaInrss DEPARTMENT,
WAsmHaTox. January Is, 1853
| TITS PROPOSED to deepen "the HarboF of Mo-
| i bile, Alabama. at Dog River Bar and the Choc-
taw Pass, J" by dredging the present channeig.
The work required to be done il stated follows:
clear channelto be excavated three hundred
feet wide, and to exhibit twelve and half feet in
depth of water at mean low tide, viz:
Through the Ghoctaw Pass.
| Cubic yds.
$40 yds, average depth to be excavated
| feet, W observation-disclosures. 81 1888
Exterior Of the Pass.
6O0 do average depth to be excavated
/ ,aco foot, 10 = ................. q, 0OO
"'zoo do average depth to be excavated
| , sfeet, "a = ................ 362, SAG
i'ioo DO average depth to be excavated
| G ,,o Ieet, =................. 1l5,0OO
O''oo 10 average depth to be excavated
| iool 70 ...-............. 2Sl ,250
1900 yards in length. Total ass q2e
The materials to be excavated is believed to be a
soft blue mud, with rare exceptions. where it is
| mixed with sand and SHELLS
1t is supposed that dredging onerations can I've
carried on Tor 229 days in the year without inter.
ruPtlon from the weather, after making fair allow
ance for other casualties and for Sundays
|
! 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 appurtenances and
supplied with cabins, all requisite store rooms,
storage for fuel, cables, anchors, boats, &c., and
the requisite number of scows with hoppers to hold
| from bO to 100 cubic yards each.
| Proposals will be received at the Engineer De-
partment, Washington, until the 18th day of
March, 1858, for the execution of this work. under
one or the other Of the following propositions
lst To clear out the entire length and depth of
| the channels through the Choctaw Pass and the
Exterior Passes, or separate portions thereof fur
nlshlng all the necessary machinery, ssels, ten
ders, and labor, at go much per cubic yard of ma
terlal lifted and deposited at distance from the
edge OF the channel, not less than $50 yards.
"a. Tofurnish 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
inder; length of stroke, principle of excavating
machinery, whether patented, where now in use,
and by whom; cost of attaching propelling power
and lite arrangement Drawings are desirable
whenever they can be furnished.
3D. TO work the vessels and machinery supplied
BY the United States at stated price per 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
The right of rejecting 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 its faithful perform
ance; and to reserve to itself the right of anuu-
hing the contract at any time should the holder or
holders OF it fail to fulfil its conditions.
sos wy cubic yards are assumed to be the guam
a1ruf IN ha -
obtain clear depth of twelve and half feet of
water, with well-defined width of three hundred
feet, on line of twelve thousand hundred
yards, in the aforementioned channels: and this
number to be paid for, whether it prove, on the
completion OF the work to it's full width and DEPTH
a greater or lesser quantity.
ihe nglneer Department may find it necessary
to limit the width of the proposed chan mel 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.
NO advances OF money will be made by the En-
| gineer Department under any circumstances what
| ever.
| Payments proportionate to the amount of work
| done will be made monthly, 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 quality of ma
terlal. The quantity paid for must have been ia
ken from section completely excavated TO the
deptn required.
Twenty per cent. will be reserved from all pay
ments due. The accruing sums to be finally paid
to the contractors on the completion of the work,
or to be forfeited to the United States in case of
failure of the same. E.-H
All proposals must be accompanied by testimo-
malls OF high character to the competency of the
proposer to execute the work offered for the rea-
bihty of the sureties must also be manifested The
envelopes should be endorsed proposals for the
improvement Of the Rarbor of Mobile, Alabama''
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, Ala bama /; Louisiana State Republican, New
Orleans Bulletin, and New Orleans Bee New Or
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Albany, N. Y Courier and Enquirer. and E1-
press, New York; Wing, Troy, N. Y; Pennsyl-
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 2O-d2w
COLUMBIAN COLLEGE, d.. C.
THE next or Winter session of this Institution
will commence on the 18th of September, and