Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1862-12-09
ron WHARF AT PORT
III ROYAL. ..lr.


THE NAVY DEPARTMENT. win, until the 2sd
Of December, 1882 receive prcpositic ms for the
South Carolina, in conformity with the general
specifications herewith accompanying.
The proposition must state me Eross AMOUNT ior
rail tracks and cars will be completed, according
to the plans and specifications, and name the time
within which the party will agree to have II nm
Parties intending to bid can examine the draw.
ngs In the Navy department, and in the ofice OF
the Constructing Engineer In the New York Navy
Yard at the office OF the Navy Agent at Philadel-
phia and at Boston.
The bid must be accompanied by the usual guar
antee that IL accepted the party will execute the
contract, which will be dated from the time the
party is notified that his offer Is accepted, and the
contract will embrace the usual conditions
Specifications for a Wharf at Port Royal, S. c.
The wharf is to be In the form OF T; the part
leading from the shore to the front will be 62i feet
Sng and q feet iss VIDE Prom he
water mark to y 6u water the distance Is 26S feetj
from ~ 6" depth to 10, 81 the distance Is lao ieeti
feet, and the font wharf will stand in about 2e"
water, all at high tide. - - :,
The piles are to be of good sound heart-pine not
less than 1917 diameter at the butt and must be
driven to good firm bearingj they will be In rows
8 feet from centre to centre, running across the
wharf and seven piles In essh row w,'n ienaer
These piles are to be barked and covered with sheet
zinc, 10 ozs. to the square foot, from high-water
s Ms and 40 .,eSrey pa 10 protect them
The piles will be cut of at the proper height as
shown on the plan, and capped with hard pine tim
Der 1917 by 1917, every third pile being tennoned into
the cap and pinned and the others secured with an
iron bolt one inch In diameter and Two ieet long:
stringer OF hard pine timber 81 by i2, resting upon
the caps and strongly bolted at each crossing, and
between these stringers there are to be hard pine
infa 10 nv
fastened with 6-inch spikes at each crossing upon
the iosts there Is to be floor OF ~ hard pine plank,
fastened with one s-inch spike in each plank at
each crossing. Around the edge of the wharf there
is to be cap sill Q" by iO, OF hard pine, well las
tened and rounded on the top to shed the rain a.,
stringers and cap stills. -Four clusters of about six
piles each are to be driven capped and prepared as
for derricks there also TO be twelve
moorine posts Of white oak timber 1917 in diameter,
well driven and strongly secured to the wharf, at
the points Indicated the plan; these will be four
TO be sSesthed with zinc, as before described.
At each end Of the front wharf, and on each aide
Of the wharf leading from the shore, there Is to be
landing stair 81 81 wide, strongly secured TO the
| wharf and reaching to low water mark.
| The contractor will be required TO build a bulk
head where the wharf joins the shore, and MI W
with earth to receive the rail track hereinafter de
On the wharf, at the points indicated on the plan
will be four derricks for hosting coal, similar tc
those used at the coal depots on the North river
provided with all the necessary falls, with sufhcien
rope TO reach the hosting engine, and shelves io
changes Of direction and all ready for use In hoist
| ing coal Aparticular description ofthese derrek'
| viii be given
There is to be hosting engine of most ap
proved construction, having four drums, and TO bt
Of sufficient power to work the four derricks at the
same time in hosting coal Over this engine there
is to be a frame house, TO protect It from the
weather.
In the cspsills around the wharf there are to bt
iron ring-bolts of y inch iron, and ring inche
diameter in the clear, placed at every 90 feet ant
strongly fastened to the stills and stringers.
on the wharf, and extending up on to the land
will be a rail track of iron, about fifty pounds tt
the yard with such branches as may be required
the total length Of single track being OF mile
the track on the wharf will be laid on the planl
ioor, with suitable chairs and that On tie land OF
ties 81 O" apart, laid in the usual manner. Thu
track is to be provided with ~ dumping cars prop
erly constructed for moving coal. E
On the land near the shore end of the wharf, a
shown on the plan, there Is to be platform scale
capable of weighing ten tons; the rail track vii
pass over this scale as shown on the plan; Their
will also be n small office, eight feet square, nes
the scale, and two of similar size on the wharf
The propositions will be addressed to tn" Nav!
Department" and must be addressed Proposal
for Wharf at Port Royal" that they may be dis
tinguished from other business letters.
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