Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1862-12-04
DRoposALs roR WHARF AT PORT
II -. |HF ROYAL.

THE NAVY DEPARTMENT win, until the asd
q sf.ss .S $ sss. a so
South Carolina, In conformity with the general
spscinestion. herewith .eecmRanying: g.
which the wharf, derricks, hoisting engine, scale,
rail- tracks, and ears will be completed, according
to S sra VIII ses 10 af
Parties intending to bid can examine the draw.
ire constructing Engineer in the New York Navy
Yard, at the office OF the Navy Agent at Phiiadei-
p The BID must be accompanied by the usual guar
antee that n accepted the party will execute the
Contract which will be dated from the time the
part, e notified that h II. one, + and the
SPECIFICATIONS for Wharf al Port Royal, S. C.
The wharf lie TO be In the form Of II the part
leading from the shore to the mont will be e2i feet
2oi feet long and ~ feet inches wide From high
water mark to u 6r water the distance IL 2es feet,
rom i o. depth to ss' o. depth the distance Is u
feet and the front wharf will stand in about 276'
water, all at high tide.
less than 10" diameter at the butt, and must be
driven to good firm bearing; they will be in rows
feet from centre to centre, running across the
wharf and seven piles in each row, with q fender
pile on each side, making sples in each cross row.
These piles are to be barked and covered with sheet
Down H1 70 below lie s%nSs o
mud, well and securely put on, to protect them
from the worms.
shown on the plan, and capped with hard pine tim.
Der l2, by i2, every third pile being 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 q
stringer Of hard pine timber ~ by 1871, resting upon
the caps and strongly boited at each crossing and
joists ~ by 49, laid 1871 apart upon the caps and
fastened with 6.inch spikes at each crossing Upon
fastened with one s-inch spike in each plank at
each crossing. Around the edge OF the wharf there
Is to be cap sill 0" by lou, Of hard pine, well fas-
The fender piles are to be strongly bolted to the
stringers and cap sills -Four clusters of about six
to be driven and
mooring posts Of white oak timber l2 In diameter,
well driven and strongly secured to the wharf, at
ee sSove the oor Of the wharf, and piles are
to be shesthed with zinc, as before described.
At each end OF the front wharf, and on each side
landing stair - s"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 fill up
with EARTH to receive the rail track hereinafter de-
scribed
will be four derricks for hosting coal, similar to
those used at the coal depots on the North river,
provided with all the necessary falls, with sufficient
rope 10 rttcn the nOibtinb tnknef hhu ioi
changes of direction and all ready for use In hoist
ing coal. Aparticular description ofthese derrieks
VIII be given.
There is TO be a hosting engine Of most ap.
proved construction, having four drums, and to be
Of sufficient power to work the four derrcks at the
same time in hoisting coal over this engine there
is to be a frame house, to protect II from the
weather.
In the capsills around the wharf there are to be
iron ring-bolts Of iH inch iron, and ring inches
diameter in the clear, placed at every 60 feet and
| strongly fastened to the sills and stringers.
On the wharf, and extending up on to the land
will be rail track OF iron, about fifty pounds "a
the yard, with such branches as may be required
the total length Of single track being y OF mile
| the track on the wharf will be laid on the plank
floor with suitable chairs, and that the land on
ties 81 6" apart, laid in the usual manner. Thii
track is to be provided with 70 dumping cars prop
erly constructed for moving coal.
On the land near the shore end OF the wharf, AZ
shown on the plan, there 10 to be platform scale
capable of weighing ten tons; the rail track will
pass over this scale as shown on the plan; there
win also be 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 be dis
tingushed from other business letters.
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