The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-04
At THE JUNCTION OF THE HACKEN-
SACK AND PAsSAIC RIVERS, NEW.
ARK BAY, N. J..


kHainHsa DBPAarM.Nr,
WARRINGTON, April Is, 1883.
EALED PROPOSALS will be received At this
y ONCE until the lst day of June. 1858. for dredg
navigable ct ordinary low water for the vessels
that frequent the Passsic. The minimum depth
10 be eleven feet ak inches at ordinary high va
ter; the minimum W 9TH one hundred feet; the
length about one mile, giving an excavation
whose minimum will be about go .00O) forty thou:
sand cubic yards
The excavation will commence about half mile
north of the present beacon, on the west channet,
will extend thence, in the direct prolou 1nt;oc ~
tho channel of the Passaic along the west channel
towards The lighthouse till the natural channel of
the bay - reached beyond the present bar
The dredging ia to be executed in what ia knovr
as the west channel, from two to three miles from
che ferry across the Passaic. This point ia about
an hour from Jersey City and from Newark over
the nk-rooo oy the omnibuses. 1t is also passed
several times daily by the steamboats, hetwe.n
Newark and New York
Inc substances comprising the bar ia almost en- .
uIely SOFT black mud, very easily dredged. The
shores nearest the channel to be dredged are dis
tant ABOUT mile are overfo wn at every hiRh tide
are oVergrown with sedre, and offer facilities for
'ns deposit and retention ( the dredged matter.
Sealed proposals will be received az above for
dredging by the cubic yard the amount of matter
TO De removed from the bar, the contractor to fur
hisn e'ery 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 aboutthe 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 De binding upon the contractor and his local
agents
Partial payments will be made in the prosress
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 cot
from time to time, and comparing the result with
the condition OF the bar az it was at the commence
ment OF the work; but no work not at the position
OF the required cut as directed by the agent of the
United States, or in of its specified dimen-
sions, viii be paid for. Twenty per cent, of the
value OF the work done will in all cases be retained
IN the hands of the Government agent, until the
wnoe amount contracted for is removed when the
sums retained will be paid to the contractor
Further particulars may be obtaine ed by address.
ing lieutenant NJ Harrison, United States Engi-
necrs at the Office of Major r. Dela6ed No IL
seventeenth street, New York.
JOSEPH G. TOTEM,
Brevet Brig. Gen. and Colonel En- gineers
To be inserted in the Union, InteIlirencer and
Republic, Washington; National Democrat New
YORK; and Newark Morning Eagle, Newark, New
Jersey, twice a week until the lst day of June
1888, and two copies OF each paper containing the
advertisement to be transmitted to the Engineer
DePartuent. April 20-2awtlstJune