The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-12

MOTTO. TO DOCK BUILoERs-sH. PROPOSALS
orb wharf .na piers 4 sandy HOOK NJ Parties d::s
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and r =. ne plans Two ssouriies and man
Completing he WORK ssreeaSiy % lie following spsnsS
SPECIFICATIONS for Crib wharf and Piers At Sandy Hook,
New Jersey-
the same size T. ss Water level as,sss
wasr faOe 10 built With slope basr
d :: ss: e
headed oonsi " c.SsTs ,s ng ss . ;:
= low wsser level Il Quilt
ss sq 20 &: sHs: r
spiked 70 orp ss 70 he s s% the ss
dock os spikes Srss fest
every crossing form faces and ends su
saa Jour ncss. and . BE- nrny bo.a svsrs ao.:ns
S1es Os iron below low .sr 8
rilingrse -hs,f 70 be Allied . 10. water level v..a
1 ana . s setting
oana pns ,, Oos WIN
not g1s.sr openings oSr between s
four inches y ialIty long one
s. poapd or nase una
square ends enirsy
% oe P;s0' tho 1sc rsSs abs. be- four feet apart
The ' f.ess and ENDS .srns1ss @ soed 9 ana
doveaed into the mbers; bolts to bs inch square,
course dove asd into ooted nSers bois
s G1f
faces and ends; and hs hsss sm0srs me
ends 70 Dc trim ned of properly TO receive hs sssahas
q ssit Zee. fender Di,css ssh inches
extend from low % The Top Of the wharf morning and
and hs as Tor
Mo- ring are s; be ten nj in he was .ssh ;,
the tmbers Of the faces ends with three bolts EACH be
81 the
g~ wssr sesh of nine feet and pSs
e Top % Se leveed ssd he srdsrs be :, S level
aa sss os e. sns s
be eight feet apart between aud TO the Yep Of these gde
JossRssuns the Orders tier q iOists rusains
s%sVs inches timber and Two fee, q. inches from centre q
centres 70 he boed with one inch square bolts At every os.
fioorins-Ths wharf g be aoored with three inch p.s
crc:sas piaSt ,hry oST o se confined Z
s1S eyssy y ood Nc
xi eight GOT spaces along the ess and ends Of the WHAT
least inches eseior and 70 be driven SIX feet no as
nss level with two thirty inch bolts QUE Iron %
q o be g
~ e ana ns
There I, be 100 OF these plies In ALL IS for the wharf, and
zach On @ % Be- Sss
four the bottom be allow wser ssei The spec.
hcsons similar tSo,e given for he
WHIT With me Exception ,hs, hs sarng vii rest on ne
specified for the wharf ksch pier 70 have four oong
posts.
strong buAhesd be built IA point where the bridge
joins the byh bank ss Is to c)nss, OF crib
fe sss isnsS each making an sase o. leo aeSrses III.
face The baat and eesch b. this
butt up weve feet % The level OF he op wharf;
aso h w az s5S n ps a's 4 be
the srec ,lons for tue portion Q, wharf below wafer.
The a angle tar hoorinr ssssihss AID f.ndsSs 70
be precisely specified Tor the piers On the compilation q
the former general line Of the scre Sal bukhead % ssve
two moorrE post and % be set half the beach and bali
be spruse teow low water and pine a5ove fender
sng piers with each other the wh>rf ana
We .ssh bridge TO be twenty v- fee, broad :, coe
long ana OILERS each Il By ID inches and 81 fact long
sarted 10 ranh oher ends ~hrh be centres
tho paSs 70 be twenty i've LONG and he
cononed, ~ on wharf and pers, BY twelve inch baol
the bridging oss gfders and flooring be % good sound
pine timber hand IN o. four py 81 s 70 40, post. .
pier heads each aide q the piers and sdg-s The eusn
comes up % he spec rson. ana on hs consrucon % 30
put en- any doubtful point in the specifications. Tho
Of he besp Few YORK doog. and n' .ss aora
sosc s ss q aPsa,S ~ s @
. nt ss n5o sss s.nF &C. And =, s'sasas o.'ss
dsnags hsi may occur par q te wors whls IN
orSerrst The pier Sesd or what Ut The piers IN sue
cssion from tns 70 ne shore and finally the 5nisaesd
s.r1.s,s, II. 1857. - % y A's'
TwHsrr METH AssuAL FAIR o, IHs AMuRIoAs
1nstuie-Conrbutors and visisers viii hnd superior