The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-02-03

1890 yards in length.
Total 1868, 929

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The materials to be excavated is believed to be q
soft blue mud, with rare exceptions, where it is
mixed with sand and shells. saEip 5ss
II Is supposed that dredging operations can be
carried on for 229 days in the year without inter-
ruption from the weather, after making fair allow
ance for other casualties and for SUNDAYS.
1t is required TO perform the whole work in one
year after the machinery, &C., is prepared. To
dredging machines and vessels capable of dis
charging about 900 cubic yards of mud per day,
complete in all their parts and appurtenances and
supplied with cabins, all requisite store-rooms,
storage for fuel, cables, anchors, boats, Sc, and
therequiste number of scows, with hoppers to hold
from SO to 100 cubic yards each. ssssss sa5E
Proposals will be received at the Engineer De-
partment, Washington, until the 18th day OF
March, 1853. for the execution of this work under
one or the other of the following propositions
LIST. To clear out the entire length and depth oil
the channels through the Choctaw Pass and the
Exterior Passes, or separate portions thereof fur
ders, and labor, at go much per cubic yard of ma
terial lifted and deposited at distance from the
edge Of the channel, not less than $50 yards =
I'd. Tofnrnish vessels, machinery, &c., ready for
the work to the Engineer Department at Mobile;
which vessels, machinery. &c., shall be tested to
the satisfaction of the officers in charge of the
work, and at the expense of the contractor before
being received full specifications will be required
with details, for the machinery, vessels, and scows;
embracing materials, dimensions, tonnage, power
of engine, and pressure of steam, diameter Of cyl
inder; length of stroke, principle of excavating
machinery, whether patented, where now in use,
and by whom; cost of attaching propelling power
and its arrangement Drawings are desirable
Sd. To work the vessels and machinery supplied
by the United States. at a stated price per cubic
yard; Keeping every thing in repair. 90 9 sa.
9TH. 70 embrace the last two propositions in one;
in which case the machinery. vessels, &C., would
remain the property of the United States after the
work was completed. q as,sasssss s SIS
The right ofreiecting all the offers which may be
made is reserved. sssfsTs
The Engineer Department to exercisethe neces.
sary supervision, thronghits agents. to the
due progress of the work and its faithful perform
ance; and to reserve to itself the right Of annul-
ling the contract at any time should the holder or
holders of it fail to fulfil it's conditions. 2ais
1868 1929 cubic yards are assumed to be the guam.
tity of mud necessary to be removed in order to
obtain clearNdepth of twelve and q half feet of
water, with weli-defined width of three hundred
feet, on q line of twelve thousand seven hundred
yards, in the aforementioned channels; and this
number to be paid for, whether it prove, on the
completion of the work to its full width and depth
greater or lesser quantity. a5s5ae 50 81
IS The Engineer Department may find it necessary
to limit the width of the proposed channel to one
hundred and fifty feet, in which case one-half of
thestated number of cubic yards will be assumed
as the number to be paid for Tall
No advances of money will be made by the En-
gineer Departmentunder any circumstances what
Il Payments proportionate to the amount of work
done will be made monthly, ON the certificate of
the local agents that due diligence has been used
in prosecuting the work; that no interruption to
its daily progress has occurred save that incident
to Sundays, bad weather, epidenical diseases, or
unavoidable arrangement of machinery, not due
to radical defects reconstruction quality Of ma
terial. The quantity paid for must have been la
ken from q section completely excavated to the
depth required. a14i iSEisSs go 56:8s
Twenty per cent. will be reserved from all pay
ments due. The accruing sums to be finally paid
to the contractors on the completion of the work,
or to be forfeited to the United States in case of
failure Of the same. s.sag III .sls5a IS
All proposals must be accompanied by testimo-
malls of high character to the competency of the
proposer to execute the work offered for the relia
biity of the sureties must also be manifested The
envelopes should be endorsed proposals for the
improvement of the Harbor of Mobile, Alabama"
7il For further particulars address Major w. H.
CHASE, Corps of Engineers. Mobile, Alabama .
1H2 If3l JOS. = G. 4TOTTEN,
gal Brevet Brig. Gen. and Colonel Engineers.
To be inserted in the Republic, Intelligence,
and Union, Warrington; Mobile Advertiser, Mo-
bile, Alabama; Louisiana State Republican, New
Orleans Bulletin, and New Orleans Bee, New Or
leans, La. Albany Register, and Albany Express,
Albany, n Y; Courier and Enquirer, and Ex-
press, New York Whig, Troy, n. "; PennsyI
vania Inquirer, and Daily News, Philadelphia |;
Boeton Courier, Boston; Patriot, Baltimore, Md
daily for two weeks one copy of each paper con-
tanning the advertisement to be sent to the Engi-
neer Department. <s;s5 Jan 20-d2w I