The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-03-22


ENGINEER DEPARTMENT,
Washington, February rs, 1853.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received this Office until the
ao March sss for The construction and delivery sss.nnsh
scows, all be of Inc best materials.
stsadredge capable OF raising and delivering into
scows al least SHY yards per hour cnbe yards in
working Gay zen nasr1 ~. 10 Dc as sns m se
feet to eighteen feet al low water according 70 n 'e
manner, aad engines must be arranged that
they ea 81 applied posas bs s Gss s be 70 0 , a..
other accommodations provided for twelve men, coal
Se.se must be delivered Al Georgia with ..ehnsg
IN eoms working order and The oa WI state sss S
such other agent OF III. may be
the penss contractor part river
may s h s rses @ must
be in every respect satisfactory qnd conforming to The conditions
The steam tug substantial
70 be provided win, cabin % The p. cons a'
cedar locust framed with The her plank Of the beat south
hull and upper 70 painted coats,
to as .ss ss ~ 3.
with strain The tug must be furnished with con
Necessary 10 1T her Tor The bushes. oflowins.
~.d 10 s"se wen. ise by eleven !. ,op ana
win forming the bottom Of the wells wind.ss fos e
oar securely stepped panssd win hes, south
tined around The we. one foo, in height and 10
in thckues, securely fastened TO the deck
rs pss e. the Of the os and o. ''0
will be made of dedge
they shall delivered Inspected and tested above
prescribed and received, when the eoniaeor will be paid M
what principle they propose 70 construct the ms
chine patented the OF The paen'ee whether m'a ma
chine has been built and subjected 20 s and no. Were na
under what tvns me eh..ets, Of 'es dsas.d mat
prou be had in regard The sane
The dimensions Of the hull Of the dredge should De gwen w
tails also the of the engine for driving the
machinery of the dredre expressed number Of horses nd n
the diameter Of the cylinder and length stroke OF the piston %
the under which The " ordinarily worked
pccaee drawings should be forwarded Of the drsdss complete
Further particular. may by corresponding Lieut.
The dredging the savsnpsh river pnei
psly pon Wrecks" and "Grrden Bank
The former about fifteen miles seovs the enne. ana ms a.
short distance further up the river The anouni 70 %
the is about 600 cubic yards the material
sand with small amount Of soft mud mt.d snd ,he ospn
from eighteen feet low water The dredfed
the distant from the bars two horoa
y hheen hundr.d yards ard then s' into the ~ 70
Ina waves al the bottom Of the wei OF the sco~s
~hsrve near by and the matrrs thrown on shore pop
he made with the rfopeos Of INC ae " s"
ssss n.oos,,s % he received q. ~ die
cubic yard the whole amount TO be rsm"ro =, o,rn sysds,
boat ing and scow. al MS The deds ~ esses
y he dous In the manner sna ~ 10 81 Ssuosed Al
by the ~ the government w A,sssncs mo-
such point. Indicate within me ~
TONED from ho h.r TIE no viii ersmis. il S.s
the operation. onen may be necesy !" ssc"s wv ""n"
rn ~ .il be made the progress
Of III. work estimates ne nonef o euwc yso
Of the value n the work done will be
moyso ,.osS II the hands government agent
% amount for !. removed when the retained
WV ps .,nlsrs may be obtained by corresponding with
j. r. Gdmef, corps Of engineers, sav.nn'h; esorgi.
Brsvet Rre Gen. aud Colonel Engineer
To in The ln'egenesr, Rpnbo and Un'ou Wash
Daily News, rhadslpha and Enquirer and Erpre-
yos Wig, Troy, Ny Boston Cower Bossmi daily for
to be sen, 70 the Engineer Department.
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