Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1862-12-08
PRoposALy FOR MnAnS Ar rosT

THE NAVY bEPxRfmEHT wi hi, until IN, i: asd
s e. sSs ss y Fort A.
South Carolina, In conformity with the general
spsSaeston. herewith witt, : .s
which the wharf, derricks, hoisting engine scale,
rail tracks and ears will be completed, according
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Parties intending to bid can examine the draw
the Constructing s Engineer in the New York Navy
Yard, at the ONCE OF the Navy Agent At Philadel-
The bid must be accompanied By the usual guar
antee that II accepted the party will execute the
contract, which win be dated from the time the
party e notified that ne 0, + and the
Specifications for q Wharf al 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 o2i feet
20i feet long and ~ feet inches wide. From high
water mark to y 81 water the distance is 26s feet,
from is 81 depth to Is, 81 depth the distance is 10
feet, and the front wharf will stand In about 26"
water, all at high tide.
The piles are TO be Of good sound heart-pine, not
less than ~" diameter at the butt, and must be
driven TO good firm bearing; they will be In rows
9 feet nom centre 20 centre, running across the
wharf, and seven piles In each row, with fender
pile on each side, making piles In each cross row.
These piles are to be barked and covered with sheet
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mud, well and securely put on, to protect them
nom the worms.
shown on the plan, and capped with hard pine tim
Der i2u 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 feet long.
Around the outside Of the wharf there is to be q
strnger Of hard pine timber o" by 1917 resting upon
the caps and strongly bolted at each crossing, and
between these stringers there are to be hard pine
joists ~ by I2 laid i2n apart upon the caps, and
fastened with 6-ineh spikes at each crossing Upon
fastened with one s-inch spike in each plank al
each crossing. Around the edge Of the wharf there
is to be cap sill o" by io OF hard pine well fas-
The fender piles are to be 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, 2D in diameter
well driven and strongly secured TO the wharf, at
the pSints on The PLAN these aS VIII be four
to be sheathed with zinc, as before described.
At each end Of the front wharf, and on each side
landing stair - 81 wide, strongly secured to the
wharf, and reaching to low water mark.
The contractor will be required to build q bulk
head where the wharf joins the shore, and I'LL up
with EARTH TO receive the rail track hereinafter de-
scribed.
will be four derricks Tor hosting COAL similar TO
those used al the coal depots on the North river,
provided with all the necessary falls, with sufficient
rope TO reach the hOfsting engine ana snieNes LOT
changes of direction, and all ready for In hoist
ing coal Apartieuisr description ofthese derricks
VIII be given. H- .....
There is to be a hosting engine of most APP
proved construction, having four drums, and to be
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 1t from the
weather.
In the eapsills around the wharf there are to be
iron ring-bolts Of u inch iron, and ring inches
diameter in the clear placed at every 60 feet, and
strongly fastened TO the stills and stringers.
On the wharf, and extending up on to the land,
will be a ran track Of iron, about fifty pounds 10
the yard, with such branches as may be required;
fhe total length Of single track being u OF mile;
the track on the wharf will be laid on the plank
noor with suitable chairs, and that the land on
ties a. 6" apart, laid In the usual manner. This
track is to be provided With 70 dumping cars prop
ery constructed for moving coal
On the land near the shore end Of the wharf, rs
shown the plan, there Is 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, near
the scale, and two of similar size on the wharf.
The propositions will be addressed to the Navy
Department. and must be addressed "Propossls
for Wharf at Port Royal" that they may be dis
tinguished from other business letters.
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