The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-18
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PING FIVE LIGHT VESSELS.
TREAsuRy DEPARTMENT,
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OrFiCe LIGHTHOUSE BoARp
WAsHINeroN, April 80, 1853.
CEPARATE SEALED PROPOSALS will Be re-.
- ceived at this Office until IL m. on Tuesdav.
the 3lst day OF May, 1885, for building anl equip
ping light weasel, to be completed within four
months from the date of the acceptance Of the bid,
to be delivered 10 the properly authorized agent
of the department at New York; for one to he de-
lvered at Boston; for one to be delivered at
Charleston, South Carolina, of the following d.
mansions. h, +, -rr
Length from aft side of stern post to the fore
side of main stem % feet breadth OF beam moulded
% feet inches; depth of hold from top of
lumber sti axe to top of beam, III feet, tonnage
about 232
Until the same time for one for Kill Pond Bar,
and one for Succonesset Shoal, Vineyard Sound,
Massachusetts,) to be delivered at such points
places may be designated by the Lighthouse
Board, of the following oimensions
Length between perpendiculars, 81 feet; breadth
OF beam moulded, ri feet inches; depth of hold
from top of bmber s,rake TO top OF beam, 10 feet
inches; tonnage about 80.
The white oak to be of the best seacoast timber,
and the yellow pine of the finest grain untapped
southern timber a IT e
If none of the bids are satisfactory to the Board
it will be at liberty decline accept any Of them
and no contract will be entered into until it shall
have been submitted to, and approved by, the Sec
rotary OF the Treasury. ".'
No proposal will be considered unless received
from persons engaged in ship building, and each
offer must be accompanied by the signatures OF
wv fesponsiOie persons "a sureUes Tor me 1atnluf
funment OF the contract -
Each vessel must be distinctly named, with the
sum Tor which the bidder purposes to build and
! equip her, according to the drawings and specih-
| cations, and q copy of the printed specifications
must be enclosed by each bidder, as evidence that
there s no mistake to the object of hs 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 be will be
required to adhere strictly; to this end the mould
loIt ines will be taken OIL, and the mould examined
by the experimenting officer, BIO will be gn ed
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 mate ria ls
used are in strict conformity to the terms and spe-
ihcatons OF the contract, and ho must certify to
the same in writing before the vessel will be re
ceived and payments authorized to be made.
| The printed specifications by which the vessels
are to be constructed, and which will with the
| drawings and plans, be attached to and form a
part OF the contracts. be had on applica ton to
the Lighthouse Board, or to the Ii nhouse inspec
| tor at Boston, New York. Wilmin gton Della ware,
or Norfolk, Virginia, or at the custom house, Phil
adelpbia, Baltimore. New Bedford or Edgartown,
Massachusetts,; and the plans and drawings may
be seen and examined by calling at the Office OF
the lighthouse inspector at Boston, New York, or
wilmington, Delaware; at the custom house at
| Philadelphia or Baltimore, and at the office Of the
Lighthouse Board, Washington city.
Any person submitting proposals may be pres
ent and witness the opening of the bids the time
and place hereinbefore specified.
All proposals. must be sealed and endorsed "Pro
posais for Building Light Vessels," and then n
closed IN another envelope, and addressed to the
Secretary of the Lighthouse Board, Treasury De-
partment Washington.
BY orcer OF the Lighthouse Board
! THORNTON A. JENKINS, Secretary.
May 3-3tawtMay3l