Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-10-17
LARGE GOVERNMENT SALE
TIMBER, LUMBER. AND ABATTIS
IN THE DISMANTLED FORTS
AROUND WASHINGTON CITY.

HEADQ'Rs, CHIEF ENGINEER OF DEFEYCEs /
WASHINGTON, d. G., Sept 3, 1863.
SEALED PROPOSALS are invited, and will be
received OF these Headquarters until MONDAY, 23d
of OCTOBER, at Il NJ for the purchase of the abat-
tbs 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 THE POTOMAC
Fort Marcy and batteries north of Pimmet Rum
Forts Bennett llaggerty, Woodbury. Cas-. Cas-,
Scott, jackson, Runyon, Berry, and batteries be-
tween Forts Craig and Berry and at the crossing of
rior battery and magazine. Forts Reynolds, Care
sohe Williams aRS the two batteries to the east and
Hunting Creek, and Fort Willard and its exterior
batteries.
Also six 6) blockhouses-Three at the south end of
the Aqueduct hridge-0ne at the Leesburg turnpike
and two in the valley of Hunting Creek
Also the Stockade acros the south end of the Aque-
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.
y, Also, the Blockhouse and Stockade at the Navy
NORTH OF WASHINGTON.
,, Forts Jameson, Thaycr, Morris Saratoga, Bunker
lliil, slemmer, DeRussy Smeade. keamy, Rossell,
batteries adjacent to these forts
Also, the following river batteries, viz: Vermont
teries on the bank Of thu river.
Also, the Biockhouse and Stockade on the Wash
lngt0n Aqueuuct Road near Fort Sumter
The aballis around the several foIs and batterie-
is made of the tops of trees and is suitable for fires
wood.
The timber framework and heavy log roofing of the
bomb-pro0ls 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 lum Der with which many of these buildings
lined is sound, and may be used for fencing or
any other purpose to which common cuttings are
usually applied.
The stockades are hard wood posts from nine %
to twenty 90 inches in diameter aud generally about
thirteen 2) feet long. This timber is very valuable
and may be easily removed.
The revetments consist either ofposts from five 81 To
eight 80 feet long, and from five o. to nine 90 inches
valuable for fencing
Separate proposals will be received for the abbattis
and for the timber, lumber and other materials i'm
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 Ahattis by the cord, or running
foot, or for timber lumber by the foot will not be
entertained. The bidders should offer so much for
Abbattis of each Fort and so much for the ffmber
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 ~
Payments to be made in Government funds upon
the-accept2pca Of any proposal and prior to the re-
moval of the property.
Purchasers will be required to remove their prop-
erty within thirty 3Q days after their proposals are
accepted.
For further information inquire at the Office of the
street and Pennsylvania avenue
b. $. ALEXANDER,
o,, Brevet Brigadier General, u S. A.
&C z-tozo Chief Engineer of Defences.