The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-04-26
PROPOSALS FOB DREDGING THE BAR
At THE JUNCTION. or THE HACKEN-
SACK AND PAsSAIC RIVERS, NEW
ARK BAY, NJ. J.
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WAsHIseros, April is, 1888
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received al THIS
- office until the ist day of june, 1858 for dredg
ing, BY the cubic yard, channel across tns par
navi gable at ordinary low watsr Tor the vessels
that frequent the Passaic The minimum depth
20 be eleven feet six inches at ordinary hign wa
ter; the minimum on one nundreo feet' the
whose minimum will be about $40 o0o) forty thou
sand cubic yards
i Tbs excavation will commence about haIfa mile
north Of the present beacon, on the west channels;
viii extend thence, in the direct profon CATION OF
the hapnel OF the Passaic, along the west channel
towards he lighthouse, till the natural channel of
the hay 10 reached beyond the present bar.
The dredging is to be executed in what ia known
as the west channel, from two to three miles from
the ferry across the Passaic. This point is about
hour from Jersey City and from Newark over
the plank road by the omnibuses II is also passed
several times daily by the steamboats, between
Newark and New York
The substance comprising the bar is almost en-.
urely soft black mud, very easily dredged. The
shores nearest the channel to be dredged are dis
tant about mile, ovsrflown 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 exec sutton Of
the work at his own expense The ging, in all
cases, to be done with effect and at such places
as may be directed by the agent of the Govern :
such places lat aboutthe above mentioned distanc,
of a mile) on the adjacent shores as shall be indi
Gated by the agent The directions Of this person
shall in all cases, regarding the execution OF th
work, be binding upon the contractor and bis loca
agents.
Partial payments will be made in the progress
of the work, based upon estimates of the numbe
of cubic yards removed, which number will be as
certained by measuring the dimensions of the Gu
from time to time, and comparing the result witt
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 th
United States, or in excess of its specified dimen
sions, will be paid for. Twenty per cent of th
value of the work done viii in all cases be retained
IN the hands Of the Government agent, until tn
whole amount contracted for ia removed, when tn
sums retained will be paid to the contractor.
Further particulars may be obtained by address
ing Lieutenant NJ Harrison, United States Engi
neers, at the Office of Major R. Deladeld, No. III
Seventeenth street, New York.
JOSEPH G.. TOTEM,
Brsvet Brig. Gen. and Colonel Engineers.
To be inserted in the Union, Intelligencer, anc
Republic Washington; National Democrat, New
YORK; and Newark Morning Eagle, Newark, New
Jersey, twice a week until the lst day of June
1883, and two copies of each paper containing the
advertisement to be transmitted to the Engineer
Department. April 20-2awIlstJune