The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-17
ENGINEER DEPARTMENT,


WASHINGTON, April 10, 1853.
CEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this
~ office until the LIST day of June, 1853, for dredg
ing, by the cubic yard, a channel this bars
navigable 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 width one hundred feet; the
length about one mile, giving excavation
whose minimum will be about (40 000) forty thou
sand cubic yards. ..-l.s -s-- PSI -.-1H.-
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 Passac, along the west channel
towards The lighthouse, till the naturaLchannel of
the bay is reached beyond the present bar. G-.ia
The dredging ia to be executed in what il knswn
| as the west channel from two to three miles from
| the ferry across the Passaic. This point is about
an hour from Jersey City and from Newark over
the plank by the onnbuses. 1t is also passed
| several times daily by the steamboats, between
| Newark and New York. JH 81 l.s.s ID -ta "a 8.
| The substance comprising the bar is almost
| urely soft black mud. very easily dredged. The
shores nearest the channel to be drcdged are dis
| tant about mile, are overflown 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 lat about the above mentioned distance
of mile) on the adjacent 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. o rl =5rsdaz.. q-a.-.-- @5 1I. 81.
| 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 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 Lieutenant NJ Harrison, United States Engi-
necrs, at the office of Major R. Dela6eld, No. II,
Seventeenth street, New York. rsr.,aE .s -
! ,.- -.- 9vr8 JOSEPH G. TOTTEN,
| Brevet Brig. Gen. and Colonel Engineers
| To be inserted in the Union, Intelgencer, and
| Republic, Washington; National Democrat, New
| YORK; and Newark Morning Eagle. Newark, New
Jersey, twice q week until the let day of June,
1858, and two copies of each paper containing the
| advertisement to be transmitted to the Engineer
Department. -a fvs April 20--aawtlstJune