The national Republican., 1861-07-25


o an inch thick. Doublstree three feet ten inches
long, sipgletree two feeS eight inches long, all
we'll made Of hickory, with An iron ring q clip
As each end, the csu're clip 70 be well secured
lead bur and stretbcr TO be throe feet two inches
onc. two and . quarter inches wide, aud Que
and a quarter inch rhlck. Lad bars, stretchers,
and sipgletrees for six mule am the two sn-
eletrees for the lead mules 70 have hooks In the
middle 10 hook TO the end Of the fifth chain, the
wheel and middle pairs with open rings to attach
tn m to the doubletree and lead bar.
The fifth chain to be ten feet long to the fork
the fork one foot ten inches long, with the
stretcher attached to spread the forks apart; the
links of the doubletree, stay and tongue chains,
three-eiQhths of an inch in diameter the forked
chain seven-sixteenth inch in diameter; the fifth
chain to be seven-si1teenth inch diameter to the
fork; the fork to be fva- sixteenth inch diameter
the links of these and Of the lock chains to be
not more than two and quarter inches long.
The body to be straight, three feet six inches
wide, two feet deep, ten feet long at the bottom,
and ten feet sx inches at the top sloping equally
at each end ell in the clear or inside; the bed
pieces to be two and a half inches wide, and
three inches deep; front pieces two inches deep
by two and half inches wide tail piece two
and u half inches wide aud three inches deep,
and four inches deep In the middle TO rest on the
coupling pole top rail one and half inch thick
by one and seven-eighth inch wide; lower rails
one inch thick by one and seven-cighth inch
wide three studs and one rail in front, with q
seat on strap hinges to close 1t up as high as the
sides; box three feet four inches long, the bot
tom Eve inches wide front side, nine md half
inches deep, and eight and q half inches at the
top in parallel line TO the body, all in the clear,
to be substantially fastened to the front end Of
body, to have an iron sup passing round each
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a rivet in each end Of 1t passing through them,
the lid to be fastened to the front rail with two
good strap hinges, strap of fve-eighth inch iron
around the box q half inch from the top edge,
and two straps same size on the Lid near the
front edge to prevent the mules from eating the
boxes; to have a joint hssp fastened to the mid
die Of the lid, with good wooden cleat on the
inside, . strap Of iron on the centre Of the boz
With q staple psssing through 1t, to fastsn the
lid to; eight studs and two rails on each side !;
one bolster fastened to the body six inches deep
and four inches wide at king bolt hole iron rod
In front and csntre, of elevsn-siIieenths of an
inch round iron, with head on the top Of rail,
and mt on lower end iron rod and brace be-
hind, with shoulders on top oftal piece, and nuts
on the under side, and nut on top Of rail;
plate two and Q hall inches wide of No. 10 band
iron, on tail piece, across the body; two mor.ices
In tall piece and hind bar, two and a quarter
inches wide and one inch thick, to receive pieces
three feet four inches long, to be used as harness
bearers four rivets through each side stud and
two r vets through each front stud, to secure the
lining boards, to be OF the best quality iron and
rivetsd on good bur; one rivet through each
end Of the rails, floor ive-eighths Of an inch oak
boards sides uve-eighths Of an inch white pine,
tsil-bosrd three quarters Of an inch thick, Of
white pine, TO be well cleated with Eve oak cleats
riveted at each end through the tail board an
iron plate three feet eight inches long, two and
q quarter inches wide, and three-eighths Of an
inch thick on the under side of the bed piece, TO
extend from the hind end of the bod, to eight
inches 10 frsnt ofthe bind holsters, to be fastened
by the rod at the end Of the bod, by the lateral
rod and two three sighths of an inch screw bolts
one at the forward end Of the plate and the other
about equidistsnt b-tween 1t and the lateral rod.
A half-inch round iron rod or bolt to pass dia-
gonally through the rails between the two hind
studs to and through the bed piece AID plate
under it, with good head on the top and nut
and screw at the bottom, to be at the top one
foot six inches from inside of tail board, and on
| the bottom ten inches from the hind rod An
iron clamp two inches wide one.quarter OF an
inch thick around the bed piece the centre bolt
to which the lock chain is attached passing
through it, to extend seven inches on the inside
Of the body, the ends, top, and bottom to be Sc
| cured by two three-eighths inch ecrew bolts, the
| middle bar It the ends to be flush with the bed
piece ON the lower side. Two lock chains Sc.
cured to the centre bolt of the body, one end
eleven inches, the other two feet six inches long,
| 10 be of three eighths of an inch round iron ;
| feed trough to be four feet six inches long from
out to out, the bottom and ends of oak, tho sides
ofyellow pine to eight inches wide at bottom,
twelve inches wide at top, and eight and a half
inches deep, all in the ciear well ironed, with a
band of hoop iron around the top, one around
each end and three between the end, strong AID
suitable irons to fasten them on the tongue when
| feeding; good strong chains to be attached to
the top rail of the body, secured by staple with
q hook to attach II to the trough Six bows of
good ash, two inches wide and one half inch
thick, with three staples to confue the ridge
| pole to its place; two staples on the body, to
secure each end of the bows one ridge pole
| twelve feet long, one and three quarters inch
wide by fve-eighths of an inch thick: the cover
to be of the first quality cotton dnck, No. -,
fifteen feet long and nine feet eight inches wide,
made In the best manner, with four hemp cord
on each side, and one through each end to close
it at both ends; two ring, on each end OF the
body, to close and secure the ends Of the cover
a staple In the lower rail, near the second stud
from each end, to fasten the side cords. The
outside of the body and feed trough to have two
good coats of white lead, colored to a blue tint,
the inside of them to have two coats of -enitian
red paint; the running gear and wheels to hsve
two good coats of venitisn red, darkened to a
chocolate color, the hub and felies TO be well
pitched, instead of painted, II required
A tar-pot, an extra king bolt, and two extra
singletrees to be furnished with each wagon, the
king bolt and singletrees similar in all respects
to those belonging to it.
Each side of the body Of the wagon to be
marked q. s., and numbered as directed; all
other parts to be lettered g. S.; the cover, feed
box, bolts, linchpins, tar-pot, and harness bear
ers for each wagon to be put up in u strong box,
(coopered) and the contents marked thereon.
1t Is to be distinctly understood that the wag-
ons are to be so constructed that the several
parts of any one wagon Will agree and exactly
fit those Of any other, 80 as TO require no mum.
bering or arranging for putting together and all