Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-09-23
BUREAU CcaPs TYPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS,
SepteMb Der l4th 1884

DROP0SiLS will be received st this office until
L and on Tho 18th Of November neg, for the con.
structon, equipment and delivery OF an If op steam
er for the Lake Survey Ss.vioe, to be delivered st
rsit OF 81 airy rort Of Labo Eris by the s0th Of
next June. Ssid steamer net to be less an l3fi
feet long, 70 feet breadth of bea, exclusive of fix
lures fof paddle wheels and wheel houses Of NO.
than 20J tons burden, and dep tn of hold about
81 feet 3, 80 = .ls .-....
The deck and cabin Of said toat to be trunk fash
ion, md 10 be divided as fellows: forward of the
m achners I'm and mess room for the hands; aft
af the machinery, CABIN and mess roomAfor officers
also to have cooking room, stewards ROOM paat, v
water c sets, and customary cabin and kitchen fur
i'ure for not less then twenty hands and Elk Of
foers. Tx .,i ID. n
Ths upper deoE, or cain roof, to be sufficiently
fsm for customary
iilat or, wheel houfes to be on the upper derk
and to be supplied with custom ,ry venlsntes tor
stserieg. -
The heat to be .shooner riggsd and to Re suppliea
with requisite spars sails and rigging. To be prop
erly painted; to have two adequate anchors, with
'dequate chain cables and all customary. fixture
Of has ser holes, chain cable boxes windlass levers
&C. &c.
Each proposer to enumerate details and dimen
sion Of parts, and to furnish drawing and model
OF the boat. 3 an o.. - =
The boat to bs supplied With two good yaw! boats
not LEES than 20 f ct long each, an each boa. to
have two good oars, With rudder and til'er
No advances 70 tie made on the contract and the
War Department to have authority, for reasons, to
declare the contract void, and to advertise anew
The War Deps tmsnt reserves to itself the right to
accept any of the proposals or to reject the whole
md 70 advertise anew. '' e1''-,
The boat {. be able ut common steam pressure to
maintsins speed Of ten miles the hour and to te
supplied, With suitable coal bunkers, capable o.
slowing not Less than 100 tons Of coal
Materials tn be Of the best quality, put together
in a worknanlike manner, and all customary pre-.
cautions and fixtures for strength, and against fire
to be Observed The boat to have not less than 20
adequate water buckets. I'-
The steam engin- OF bsst quality to be Of the 10
pressure kind, with the beet recent improvements
When the boat is reported ready, by the con rae
tor one inspector will be appointed bY the War Dc
psrtmsnt, one. officer OF tbs Navy, to bs cho en-
by the contractor These two to reject third, and
to employ not exceeding tro profess ionsl steam
boat ihsn.' >AlG TO employ the requisite hremen,
faborera, &c IN order to make inspection and trial
The bost aftsr inspection TO be posed to t iaI
trip Of not less than 100 miles, in moderate wssth.
er, en- which trfa trip, eaid boat shsn maintain an
average speed Of not less than ten miiss the hour
for ten consecutive hours. SfE - - -.'- = .
The rtifcate Of said inspectors, In reverence to
the condition, strength 0fmatsrials and machinery
sorkmAnship, finish, and psr fbrmance of the boat,
to received as evidences that ths contractor has
fulfilled his contract; also evidences Of expenses
of inspection and trial. half Of said expenses to
be paid by the Uoised States, and one hHlf BY the
contractor. ~s.F ssig,. j. JrABERr,
a. -2 Col Corps Top. KDg'rs.
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