Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-10-20
LARGE GOVERNMENT SAFE
TIMBER, LUMBER, AND hBATflS
IN TIE DISMANTLED FORTS
AROUND WASHINGT0N CITY.

HEADo'Es, CHEF ENGINEER OF DEFENcEs,
WAsHINGToN, D. c., Sept. ,, 1863
SEALED PROPOSALS are invited, and will be
received Ct these Headquarters, until MONDAY 2}d
of OCTOBER, at Il NJ. for the purchase Of the abat-
It's around the several forts and batteries hereinafter
named: and also for the timber, lumber, and other
materials within the several forts and batteries, viz
SOUTH SIDE OF TIE POTOMAC.
Fort Marcy and batteries north Of Pimmct Run
Forts Bennett, liasgcrty, Woodbury., Cas-, CaSS,
| Scott, jackson. Runypn. Berry and batteries be-
tween Forts Craig aud Berry and at the crossing If
| the Columbia turnpike. Fort Bernard and its cXtc-
ri0r battery and magazine Forts Reynolds, Care
west of this fort The two batteries in the valley of
Hunting Creek and Fort Willard and its exterior
Also six (G bIockhouses-Three at the south end of
the Aqueduct brdge-Onc at the LeesbuIg turnpike,
Also the stockade acros the south end of the Aque
duet bridge. and the abattis across the valley of
Four-mile 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 Blockhouse and Stockade at the Navy
"i' 'i-1 NORTH OF WASHINGTON.
Forts Jameson, Thayer, Morris, Saratoga Bunker
Hill, Slemmer, DeRus6y, Smeade, kearny, Rossel,
Gaines, Bayard, Simmons, Mansfield and the field
batteries adjacent to these forts.
Also, the following river batteries, viz: Vermont
Martin Scott, Kembe, Parrot and the two field bat
terics on the bank Of the river.
Also, the Blockhouse and Stockade on the Wash
ington Aqueduct Road, near Fort Sumter.
The aba.llS around the several fOItS and batterlc
is made OF the tops of trees and is suitable for fires
wood.
The timber framework and heavy log roofing of the
bomb-prOOiS, guard houses, magazines and implement
rooms is of hard wood-Oak, chestnut 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
any other purpose to which common cuttings are
usually applied.
The stOckades are of hard wood posts, from nine %
to twenty 20 inches IN diameter and generally about
thirteen Q3 feet long. This timber is very valuable
and may be easily removed.
The reyements consist either ofpoSts from five (5J to
eight ~ feet long, and from five 90 to nine 90 inches
in diameter; of white pine cuttings, and will be
valuable for fencing.
Separate proposals will be received for the abbatiS
and for the timber, lumber and other materials in
each fort and battery above named.
Proposals to be endorsed as follows viz:
Proposals for AbattiS at Fort -"
Proposals for Timber, Lumber &c, at Fort"
and addressed to the undersigned.
Proposals for the Abattis by the cord, or running
entertained. The bidders should offer so much for the
Abbattis of each Fort, and so much for the timber
and other material in each Fort, in the gross.
The undersigned the right to reject any Of
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 TO the re-
mOval of the property.
Purchasers will be required to remove their prop
erty within thirty (3O days after their proposals are
accepted.
For further information inquire at the Office of the
Chlet Engineer OF Decnces, corner of Nineteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
B. S. ALEXANDER,
Breyet Brigadier General, U. S. A.,
oc 2-tO23 Chief Engineer of Defences.