The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-07

TREAsVRY' DEPARTMENT,
Jis OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES BoARD, !
~ WnssssNaroHs Aurif So 1853.

\ TRxAsvfkx DEPARTMENT,
| ssii. "a ID e4sds .OfTlcs. LIGHTHOUSE Board, 1
| ReiaeIasd .dln WAmsxcToF, April 30s 1868.
| g EPARATE SEALED PROPOSALS. viii be re.
- ceived at this uf1ice until - m. on Tuesday,
the 3lst day of May 1853, for building and equip
ping light weasel, to be COMPLETED within four
months from the date ofths acceptance Of the bid.
to be delivered 10 the properly authorised agent
flivered at Boston; for one to be delivered at
Charleston, South Carolina, Of the following di-
mensions: atAHi2s ts3 sss4 lsat sttH s = isie
Length from aft side of stern post to the fore
side Of main SO feet; breadth of beam moulded,
% feet inehes; depth of hold from top Of
Timber stake to top of beam, II feet, tonnage
Until the ga me time, for one for Kill Pond Bar.
and one for Succonesset Shoal, Vineyard Sound,
Massachusetts,) to be delivered at such points or
places az may be designated by the Lighthouse
Board, OF the following dimensions:
Of beam moulded, 81 feet s inches; depth of hold
from top of Timber strake to top of beam 10 feet
inches; tonnage about so. o7s.' 80 ~ p aai'
The white oak to be of the best seacoast timber,
southern timber. .s ofsfi'l
u none of the bids satisfactory to the Board,
it will be at liberty to decline or 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. e
No proposal will be considered unless received
from persons engaged in chip building, and each
oner must De accompanied by the signatures Of
two responsible persons as sureties for the faithful
fufment of the contract ~
Each vessel must be distinctly named, with the
sum for which the bidder purposes to build and
equip her, according to the drawings and specif-
cations, and a copy Of the printed specifications
must be enclosed BY each bidder, as evidence that
there is mistake to the object of bis proposal
No bid will be considered that does not conform
to the requirements of this advertisement.
A drawing Of the vessel contracted for will be
furnished to the contractor, to which be will be
required to to-, adhere strictly, end, the mould
by the experimenting officer, who will be assigned
to the duty of this Board, with the approval Of the
Secretary of the Treasury, and who wifi be required
to see that the work executed and the materials
used are in strict conformity to the terms and spe
ications of the contract, and who 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 essels
are to be constructed. and which will, with the
drawings and plane, be attached to and form
part Of the contracts can be had application to
the Lighthouse Board, or to the lighthouse inspec
tor at Boston. New York. Wilmington, Delaware,
or Norfolk, Virginia, at the custom. house Phil
adelphia, Baltimore, New Bedford, or Edgartowp
Massachusetts,; and the plans and drawings may
be seen and examined by calling at the Office Of
the light house 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 at the time
and place hereinbefore specified.
All proposals must be sealed and endorsed "Pro.
lposals for Building Light Vessels,' and then en-
closed in another envelope, and 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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