Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-10-21
LARGE GOVERNMENT SAFE
TIMBER, LUMBER, AND ABATTIS
IN THE DISMANTLED FORTS
AROUND WASHINGTON CITY.

HEADQ'Rs, CHEF ENGINEER or OFFENCES,
WASHINGTON. ID. c., Sept. 3. 1863.
SEALED PROPOSALS are invited, and will be
received at these Headquarters until MONDAY. 23d
OF OCTOBER, ut Il NJ, for the purchase of the abat
lis around the several forts and batteries hereinafter
named; and also for the timber lum Der, and other
materials within the several forts and batteries, viz
SOUTH SIDE OF THE POTOMAC.
Fort Marcy and batteries north of Pimmet Run
Forts Bennett lIaggerty Woodbury. CasS. Cas-.
Scott, jackson. RunyGn, Berry, and batteries be,
the Columbia turnpike. Fort Bernard and its eXte
rior battery and magazine. Forts Reynolds. Care
west of this fort The batteries in the valley of
Hunting Creek, and Fort Willard and its exterior
batteries.
Also six % blockhouscs-Threc at the south end of
the Aqueduct bridge-one at the Leesburg turnpike,
AM, two in the valley of Hunting Creek.
duct bridge, and the abattis across the valley of
Four-nie run.
ACROSS THE EASTERN BRANCH
Forts Snyder, Ricketts,. Wagner, Davis, Meigs,
Chaplin and the two forts on the right and left of it.
" Also the Bloclhouse and Stoekade at the Navy
NORTH OF WASHINGTON.
Forts Jameson, Thayer, Morris, Saratoga, Bunker
Hill, Slcmmer, DeRuSSy, Smeade, kcarny, R0Ssell,
Gaines, Bayard, Simmons, Mansfield and the field
batteries adjacent to these forts.
Also, the following river batteries, viz: Vermont
Martini Scott, kcmble Parrot and the two field bat
teres ON the bank of the river.
Also, the BlockhouSe and St0ckade on the Wash
ington Aqueluct Road. near Fort Sumter.
The abalIiS around the several tuItS and hattcre-
is made of the tops Of trees, and is suitable for fires
wood.
The timber framework and heavy log roofing of the
bomb proofs, guard houses, magazines and implement
roOms is of hard woUd-oak, chcSnut and cedar-is
generally in good condition, and may be removed
without much labor.
The lumber with which many of these buildings
are lined Is sound and may be used for fencing or
any other purpose to which common cuttings are
usually applied
The stockades are of hard wood posts, from nine ~
to twenty @ inches in diameter, and generally about
thirteen (3 feet long. This timber is very valuable
and may be easily removed.
The reyements consist either OF posts, from five % to
eight 81 feet long, and from five % to nine 80 inches
valuable for fencing.
Separate proposals will be received for the abbattis
and for the timber, lumber and other materials in
each fort and battery above named.
Proposals to be endorsed as follows, viz;
Proposals for Abatts at Fort -"
Proposals for Timber Lumber, &C., at Fort"
and addressed to the undersigned.
Proposals for the AbattS by the cord, or running
foot or for timber lumber BY the foot will not be
entertained. The bidders should offer so much for the
Ab5atts OF each Fort and so much for the timber
and other material in each Fort, in the gross
The undersigned reserves the right to reject any
the proposals if deemed to the interest of the Govern
ment to do so.
Payments to be made in Government funds upon
the acceptance of any proposal and prior the
moval of the property
Purchasers will be required to remove their prop
erty within thtty 3O days after their proposals are
accepted.
For further information inquire at the Office of the
Chief Engineer of DefcnceS, corner of Nineteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue.
B. S. ALEXANDER.
Brevet Brgadier General, U. S. A.,
Oc Z-tOS Chief Engineer of Defencrs