Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1862-12-17
pRorosALs Eon wHARr AT FORT

THE NAVY DEPARTMENT viii, until the Esd
,ss rsssiys !, s,, fSs N
speciaessions herewith accompanying.
which the wharf, dsrricks, hoistins engine, seals,
rail tracks, and cars will be completed, according
| to the plans and specifications, and name the time
within which the party viii agree to have II I'm
Parties intending to bid can examine the draw.
inss In the Navy DEPARTMENT, and IN the once o.
Yard, at the office OF the Navy Agent At Phiiadel-
phia and at Boston.
The bid must be accompanied by the usual guar
antee that IL accepted the party will execute the
coatract, which will be dated from the time the
party Ia notified that his offer Is accepted and the
SPECIFICATIONS for Wharf al Port Royal, S. C.
The wharf Is TO be In the form Of 7, the part
leading from the shore to the front will be 62i feet
2oi feet long and q feet inehes wide. From high
water mark TO u O" water the distance IL 2es feet,
from Tsw depth to 10, smthe distance T. " feet
feet, and the front wharf will stand in about sTs"
water, all at high tide.
The piles are 10 be Of good sound heart-pIns, not
less than ~" diameter at the butt, and must be
driven to good firm bearing; they will be In rows
8 feet from centre to centre, running across the
pile on each side, making piles in each cross row.
These piles TO he barked and covered with sheet
rinc, 10 ozs. to the square foot, from high.wa,er
mark down to inches below the surface Of the
mud, wen and securely put on, TO protect them
from the worms.
The piles will be cut of al the proper height, rs
Der i2n by t21 every third pile beiag tennoned Into
the cap and pinned, and the others secured with an
iron bolt one inch In diameter and two feet long.
Around the outside Of the wharf there il to be a
strinRer Of hard pine timber 3" BY ~" resting upon
the caps and strongly bolted at each crossing, and
between these stringcrs there are to be hard pine
ioists ~ BY I2u laid l2u apart upon the caps and
fastened with sineh spikes at each crossing. Upon
the josts there's to be floor Of hard pine plank,
fastened with one s-inch spike in each plank al
each crossing. Around the edge Of the wharf there
Is to he cap sill s"by ior, OF hard pine, well fss-
tened and rounded on the top 10 shed the rain.
The fender piles are TO he strongly bolted to the
stringers and cap stills -Four clusters Of about six
piles each are to be driven capped and prepared as
mooring posts Of white oak timber, le In diameter,
well driven and strongly secured to the wharf, at
the indicated on tn, me plan ,hsss VII n Pc tour
TO he sheathed with zinc, as before described.
Al each end Of the front wharf, and on each side
landing stair - 9" wide, strongly secured to the
wharf, and reaching to low water mark.
The contractor will be required to build bulk.
head where the wharf Joins the shore, and I'LL up
with earih TO receive the rail track hereinafter de.
scribed.
will be four derricks Tor hosting coal similar to
those used At the coal depots the North river,
provided with all the necessary falls with sufficient
10 rtach Ine hOlstink engine, anu bnleNet
changes of direction, and all ready for Use In hoist
ing coal. Apariicusr description oithese derrieks
will he given.
Their Is 10 he a hoistlng engine of most ap-
proved construction, having four drums, and TO be
OF sufficient power TO work the four derrcksa at the
time In hoisting coal. over this engine there
is TO be frame house, to protect 1t from the
weather.
In the capsills around the wharf there are TO he
iron ringbols of ~ inch iron, and ring inches
diameter in the clear placed at every 90 feet, and
strongly fastened to the stills and stringcrs.
On the wharf, and extending up on to the land
will be rail track Of iron, about my pounds To
the yard, with such branches as may be required
the Total length Of single track being Z of mile
| the track on the whsrf will be laid on the plank
floor, with suitable chairs, and that on the land
! ties - ." apart, laid In the usual manner. This
track 10 to he provided with ~ dumping prop
erly constructed for moving coal.
On the land near the shore end Of the wharf, NJ
shown on the plan, there Is to be platform scale
capable of weighing ten tons; the rail track will
| pass over this scale shown ON the plan; there
win also be q small office, eight feet square, neal
| the scale, and two Of similar size on the wharf
The propositions will be addressed to the " Navy
Department." and must be addressed proposals
for Wharf at Port Royal" that they may he dis
tingushed from other business letters.
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