Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-07-11
pR9IQsALs FOR ARMY BAGGAGE WA
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PnofoshLs are Invited for the furnishing of
o.p g sSY state he ros sAio they
"a or Msshinston, stating the price delivered
The number which can be made by suy bidder
the number which he can deliver within one week.
The w agons must exactly confirm 70 the follow
o ths Is and d.
scription a. follows. 70 wit:
hubs ten inches In diameter and fourteen and q
quarter inches long; hind wheels four fest ten in
ter snd fourteen and quarter inches long; feihss
two and half inches wide and two and tlree quar-
long and Ss Sohs!p at the large sna aad
one ana seven elshths inch at small end; tire two
thick, fastened with one screw bolt and nut m
eaoh fe9le; hubs made { gum, tee spokes and fe-
wheel to have sand band and inncbpin band :wo
and three-quarter inches wide of No. band iron
and two driving bands-outslde bad Que aad
quarter .uch BY one-Qua ter inch thick, inside
h md whc Is to be made and boxed 50 that hey
large mi i he box sig ana c hs inches. AID
font W.. sig x lGd oue-eiChth inches n e pa
el line, a1d esch axle to n three feet eleven IN.
III Zee slF :n iaehss tie outside of o0s Shout
der Tssner {" the outYlt, OF me other, 80 a TO
centrs 70 .cent.e of the wheels. AK eirees to b
made Of the best quality ,e6nsd Am loan T
perins down 70 one ana 3 Lf mon in the middf
tn se.eH-e ghtns i.ch KING IL 10. q in anh
sIz 4 linchpins one inch " dc, three tig htns OF
a. Inoh .hIck, With q hole in each md; W oden
inches, d ep, fastened sub tan ia ~ t tn xIatr e
win eilPs op IN. en- sud Nth two DO s.. s'k liz
ana 70 ster the Ool 80 10 l.. f'pr f'ct i've nore.
Ons five ! ohes wi @, go three anu a half niche
10 p, til four hall i;:sr bo =.
Inc tongue ~ be f.et eight l. ches ,nng -four
in hes wi"e and three inches mick ~ fro.t n Of
the G"unds, aGd tee and qua to- inches vice b..
81 : Z q fh..f rnnfp and
and so ar 8nget 10 M up, the & nj -nd If It T.
hang within = Q teet OF he ground win tbs WACO
Tie front hOu Los to bs xix feet tao slches long
three incaes res thio., ard i1nr iaeaos wide owe,
inches long sad three inOhes siu.fs at ne fl6at
eud, with plate Of ION two odd q half Inc hes
wide b' Tires eIghths of N inoh tn ck, fastened
on top Of the hounds over the back EN- of tue
each end one and q half inohes to clamp the ffoEt
and at front end of hounds wits half iuoh screw
bolt through each hound, seven-eishth inch bolt
TO secure the tougue the hounds; plate OF IRON
three inches wide, one quarter inoh thick snG one
jaws Of hounds, with two rIvsts an q plate OF
Same dimensions Oh each side Of the tongue where
ike %anns-s Of OF an noS
round r"L to extend from under the front Ak elree
same brace hree quarters Of az inoh round to osr-
lnue TO the baoE part CT the hound s, and TO be
the hounds and one through the slider and POUNDS;
brace over front bolster one and half iron wide
end 20 fasten 1t to the hounds; the opening be
tween TIE lsws u the hounds Ia receive I! tOny
!. sSs s Inch IN and four
The hind hounds four feet two inches long, two
and three quarter inches thios, and three inches
oousIng pole; the bolster four feet veinohes long
ana hve inches wide by n. ee inches deep. vi e
a has
and fastened OF each end with three nvets; the
half lnch screw bolts, and one haIf-Inoh screw
bolt through the coupling pole.
4. The coupling pole nine feet eight inches .ong,
az front end, and two and thf quarter inches wide
At back end; distance from the ter of sIug bot
inch. and from the center Of kng bolt hole TO the
center OF the nortoe II the hind end of the pole
inches diameter, of best refined iron, drawn down
TO seven OF an lnoh where passes through
inches wlds, and one 9! shth Of an mon tRct e5
the dOubletree and tongue, where they rub tCgeth-
e IRON 0n Rste Shs aPa 6st Ds e an
screw bolt through the hounds; front bolster to
three and half inches vide, and three eiE SthS 6
an lach thick, corners drawn oct and turned down
on the sqes OF the bolster, with nail in each cor
ner. ana Tour counteTsunk nails on top; wo bands
on the hind ho4pds, two and two anO 9 half obss
H S% 70 esa 2s ss Ja: and
9u4rters inches WIDE, and one suarter Of an ILeh
ON sin
,lstree two feet isht inches long, al well made of
hickory with an iron ring sad clip al each end the
TO be three Zee; two Inches long So and md
inches vide, and ons and suaJteI inch thick.
eod bars stretohers, AID slnsietrees for SIX mule
have hooks IN the middle 20 hook to the end Of The
rings 10 attach them to the douUletree and lead
bar:
The fifth o!sin to be ten feet long to the forks tho
tork one foot ten inches long, with the s:retcber
sttaohed To spread the forks apart; the links of the
d3ubIetree, sLaL and tongue chains, three eishths
slxteenth inch In diameter; the fifth oheIn 20 ne
seven sixteenth ipoh diameter to the fork; tork
To be hvs sixteenth inch diameter the links of these
and OF the look chains to be not more thu two and
quarter inches long.
The body to be straight, three foet six inches
WIDE, two feet deep, tea feet long at the bottom,
ard ten feet six inches ~ tbs top, sOping equally
st Zach ,1t end al n .he clear Or l9sde .6 BED
deep; front PieQos two in rheE deep by two and a
half IIohes wide; tail piece two and half inches
WIDE Sno three Inches deep, and lOuT inches deep
IN the middle 70 rect on the coupling pcle; top raj
one snd half i1ch thick By ons and seVen-efghth
segen-eighth inah wide three studs ad ere H an
IN front W.T. sea OF strap hinges 10 oyee it lp rs
long. the bo- tom inches VICE iTouC side nIne
ald hal lrohGn deep, q al eight ard halt iuohes
ciotr y se % ing - s s P5 g, "a 'I,r ss
~ ne ~: 10 r. y: a. t:on .s.sp Pc lRs roend
e ID 70 bs StsaHd @ the onf fsi 0T Gilh i' t1c
.aOp
AFRO IND tie Tea q baf inch n On the .op o re aGS
two sUaPsEs SIG on the lie near the front eise
10 presen' the mgtes fro'n earlLg the hos 90: 10
have join naap fastened TO the middle a the lid
with good wooden l'st on the inside, a stra5 q,
UJn on the centre o. tbs box with a 3 apie DIS .fnr
thrpugI 1t, 10 fastsn the lid to; l. ht atuds And t6
rails on each side; one bo stsr fastened 10 tbs bodv
SIX inches deep anu four inches wide al ding hoIt
hole; IRON rod In II NJ sud centre. of eleven liz
teentIs OF an lnch round iron, with head ON tho
top OF rail- and 9ut on lower end; iron rod And
nTepe bshidd, with shoulders o top of tai paeoa
and nuts on the under sde, and a nut ON Ton az
Taili q plate ~ q and half Inohes wide OF No la
band iron, on tail psoa, aoross the body; two NOR
tees IN tail pteos an. hind bar two end sunrtsr
1pohes wide and one lDoh thick, to 70 oeIve piecsa
three feet four inches long, To be used as hsrnsss
bearers; four rIvets through each side stud and
Two riyets through each front stnd, TO secure the
lining boards T. be of tue bsst quality iron and
rlVeted on good bGI; one TIvet through each and
OF the rails, floor i've eighths Of al inch OAK
boards; sides hve-elghths of an inch white hin
tall board three quarters of inch thick of hts
pine, TO be well oleated with hve oek oeat. riyet
ed at each end through the tail board: an iron
plate three feet sight inches long, two and a sn.r
ter inches wIde, and three eighths of an Inch hck
on the under side of the bed oe TO extend from
the HIND end of the body TO eight inches in frOnt
of the hind holsters, TO be fastened by the rod At
tpe I'D OF the body, by the lateral rod and two
three eighths OF an inch screw bolts one AZ the
forward end OF the plate the other about 60 nj
distant osfTeen 10 and the lateral rod. A belf
ilca rs1:: iron rod or bolt to pass diagonaIIy
through .nS rails between the two hind sfuds IN
aES ;i-orgn tne bed pieoe q plate under IT. with
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