Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-08-01
pRoPosALs FOR ARMY BAGGAGE WA
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can Be furnished, dsIvered at New York, Bait
more, or washington, stating the price delivered
The number which can be made by any bidder
within Sne month aitsr receipt Of ,hf order. also
The Wagons must exactly oonf2rm TO the follow
ing speclfostions and 70 the established psiterns.
scription a. follows 20 wits -
ne front wheels to be tree feet ten aches high
quarter inches long; hind wheels four feet ten in
ches high, hubs ten and uafter inches IN diane
" sfffR enc f.
ger inches deep esst IRON pipe boxes twelve inches
one and seven eisr ,hs incS .: small ens: tlrs t1o
And half inches wide bv i've Gig hths Of an inch
sacb lasteh h WITH one screw bot and MT an
lies Of the best vfite oak free from defeots; each
wheel to have sand band and llnehpin band two
and three-qusrteT inches wide of No. band iron
and two driving bands-outside baud one and
quarter inch by one-qus ter lnoh thick, inside
hind wheels to he made and boxed so tat they
Will measure from the inside of the tire TO the
front wheels SIX aud one-eis nth inches IN parsl-
el line, and each axle to bs three feet eleven and
three eighth inches from the outside Of one shout
der washer to the outside of the other, 90 as 20
have line wagons 81 To track hive feet from the
made of the best quality refined American " n,
two and half inches square at the shoulder, ia
PsrlnE down to one and a half inch in the middle,
With seven-eighths inch king bolt hole in each
aSletres; washers and inohpns for esoh sxletree;
SIZE Of linchpIns one Ineh wIGs; three eiehths Of
STOCK four and thrse quart r inches wide and four
inches deep, fastened sub tan Ialy to the axietree
ches from the middle and ia ,tened to the hounds
and DO ster the bolster to be four feet FIVE inches
de: P,) with four half Oh bo.ts.
Inc tongue 70 be ten feet eight iaches loss, four
the hounds, and two and q qua ter inches WIDE By
two and three quarter inches deep at the front end
hang within Two feet Of the sfenn3 Sssn The wagon
Is standing at rest on a level surface.
The front hOuEds to be Elk feet two inches long /,
:Teltree, ard retain that width to the back end
OF the tongue; jaws OF the hounds one foot eight
end, with a plate of iron two and hall inches
wide b' three eIzhths OF an inoh thick, fastened
on tap Of tho hGuaGs oyer tRe back enc Of the
tongue with one half inch screw bolt in each end,
anu p,a,e OF iroH q ne same SIZE turned ~ at
hounds together, aud fastened on the under side
spd at front end Of hounds with half inch screw
through tongue and hounds IN the center of jaws,
70 secure the to,gue IA the hounds; ate OF iron
foot g ght Inches long, secured on the INSIDE of
J5ws II hou-Gs, WI two rIvets anu plate of
the tongue and hounds run together rec red in
like maDner;a brace OF seven-eshths Of an Inoh
snd take two bolts In front part of the houEds,
tame brace hree quarters Of aE inch round to oon-
1ns q The bsoE par 4 the hounds and 70 be
the hounds and one Through the slider aud hounds;
one aGarter Of an inch tRtok. with boIt 10 esoh
end Ia fssten II TO the hounds; the opening be
tween tire Jaws of the hounds 10 Teceivet etcng ne
four aud TIRES quarter inches in font, and four
and a hall inches at the back part Of the Jaws.
The hind hounds four fset two inches long, two
wide; jsws one foot long where they clasp the
cogGlns Poe tbs bolster four feet i've inches iohs
St IRON two and hs So tcshS SSs I; wh
a md pee Ok n turned s6 ng 9 AID ha inches
bolster stocks and HOUNDS to bs secured with four
pal inoh screw bolts, and one haif-Inch screw
bolt thIoasht tbs coupling pole.
The coupling pole nite feet eight inches long,
three inches deep. and four and half inches vide
al front end and two and thr &c quarter inches wide
at back end; distance from the center of k,ns bolt
hole to the center of the back etree six feet one
Inoh ana from tho center Of king bolt hole 70 the
Ugh: fee: nine iucaes KING bolt one and uarter
inches diameter, OF best refined iron, drawn down
the iron sIe.ree iron plate sT inches long. tRree
inches wide, and one eighth of an inoh thick on
sae es ses sSIsSs they rub
inch on ths sliding bar, fastened Ct each end 10y .
have pses sbovs and Islo esyen ineSss son =,
three and half inches wide, and throe eishths Of
an ,sch thick, corners drawn oSt and turned down
ner, and four counteTsrnk ns,ls on tOp;t wo bands
on the hlnd HOUNDS, two and two ana half inches
wide, o; No 10 band iron; tue run plat on th >
coupling po!e TO De eight inches long, snd sre
thick Doul tree three let ten iacSss inp "a ,in
ctroe Two les. es lat IEehes long, all well ms6e IF
hokoI,, with snifNt IIa. snd ci!P d cash end, the
70 he three feet two inches long, two and suarter
ihohes sias, and ons and o Suarte[ inch thick
Lead b6r5 stretcheTS, AID 81 lstrees for mple
tenn; the two sIngleirees for the lead mules 10
Pave hooks IN the mldelo to h2ok TO the enc of the
HIN chaIn, the wheel and middle pairs with open
rings 10 attach them to the GouUeGee and lead
fork one foot ten inches long, with tne stretch
attached 70 spread the fc ks apo ri; the links Of the
OF 81 irch in dametcr: the forEsd chain seven
s1IeeltD lEon ia qlameter; the Eth cI.sln 20 ne
70 &c Eve sixteenth inch diameter the i'm OF these
sue oil the lock chains 20 be not moro than two and
d quarter inches long.
WIDE, two feet deep, ten feet long al the bottom,
aud ton fset six inches at tbs top, sopipg equally
! BIO two and half ircSes vide, and thfes iSeSes
deep; front pieces Two inches deep by two and .
wide and thres inches deep, and four Inches deep
IN Inc en- HPs % rest SE ts coupling pole Top ta
sevell-eish attn laoh wide; three studs and one rsIl
sb ~ me s a on SLAP hp tipsss 70 close II aR IS
long. the bottom FIVE inches wide front side nIpe
and half ioche0 deep, and eight and half irohes
~ the top In parallel line the body all in the
oIear, to be sutstantslJ as!snsd to the front end
OF tae ooay, 70 Lave an iroE strap passing round
BY rlvet IN sach end of i p6ssinr through them,
tho ia 70 Do fastened to tie front TsIl with two
around the box a half met from the top edge, and
two Straps sane size on the 10 near the front edge
have join: hssP LISTENED 10 The middle Of t6e lid
with good vnoden oleet on the inside q etrsp of
IRON on the centre of the box with stseIs PASSING
through II, TO listen the lid to; zig hit studs and two
rails on each side; bolster fastened to the body
SIX inches deep and four inches wide at king bolt
hoie IRON rod In frr ut and centre, of eleven sx
teenths OF an lnoh round iron, with head on The
top OF rail- and nut on lower end; iron rod ana
brace behind. with shoulders on TOP of taIl piece
And nuts on the under aide, and nut on Ton al
rail- pSte tTo sid half inches wide Of No Id
hand lion, Oh tail piece, aoross the BODY; two NOR
tces Ia tai PIeos an. hind bar tvo and uarter
lnchss wIds and one inch thick, to receive pieces
hree feet folr inches lcDg, 10 be used as hsrness
issrersi Jour rlvSSs through each side stud and
two Tlyets through each trout stld, To- secure the
| lnlnk boards, TO pc OF the best quality iron and
rlyeted on good bur; one Tlvet through each end
hoSrds; sides Eve eishths Gf an inoh white pine.
Tall board three uorters of inch thIck of white
pine, 10 be well oeated with ave oak oleats rivet-
60 az each end through the tail board; an iron
Plate three foet Gig Mt inches long, two and mar
tor inches vce, and three eighths of an inch thck
on the under side of the bed peoe, TO extend from
the hind end OF the body to hit inches in front
OF the hind holsters, to be fastened by the rod N
the end Of the body, by the lateral rod and two
three elghths OF al lnch screw bolts, one At the
FORWARD end OF the plate and the other about e nj
| distant between IL and the lateral rod, A half
| iEcc rousc iron rod or bolt 70 pass diasonally
| through the rails between the two hind studs 10
alc ;I-orgn tne bed piece q d plate under IT. with
| gooG ceaS on the Top and nut and screw at the
bottom TO De at the top, one foot six inches from
IN Ide Of tai board, and the bottom ten inches
| from the hind rod. An iron clamp two Inches
L art offs q inch