Daily national Republican., 1865-09-30
T ARGE GOVERNMENT SALE OF TIM
IL BBR, LUMBER, AND ABATTIs IN THE
DIsMANTLED FORTS AROUND WASHING
TON CITY,
HBADo'Rs. CHIEF EsaIsEBR OF DBPRNCRs, !
WLauIaara4 ID q SAM o. 1914

| HBADo'Rs. CHIEF EsaINERR OF DBPBNCEs,
| WAsHNGTos, D. c., Sept. %, 1855.
SEALED PROPOSALS are invited, and win be
| received at these Headquarters, until MONDAY,
2Sd Of OCTOBER, at l2 m. +, for the purchase Of
the abattis around the several forts and batteries
hereinafter named and also for the timber, lum
ber, 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, Haggerty, Woodbury., Cass, Al!
| bany, Scott, Jackson, Runyon, Berry, and bate
| ries between Forts Craig and Berry, and at the
crossing Uf the Columbia turnpike. Fort Barnard
| and Its exterior battery and magazine. Forts
Reynolds, Garesche, Williams, and the two bat
teries to the east and west Of this fort. The two
batteries In the valley Of Hunting Creek, and
| Fort Willard and Its exterior batteries.
| Also six (6) block -houses--thrse at the south
end Of the Aqueduct bridge-one at the Leesburg
turnpike, and two in the valley Of Hunting Creek
Also, the Stockade across the south end Of the
Aqueduct bridge, and the Abatts across the val
VI ACROSS THE EASTERN BRANCH.
| Forts Snyder, Ricketts,, Wagner, Davis, Meigs,
| Chaplin, and the two new forts on the right and
Also. the Block house and stOckade at the
NORTH OF WASHINGTON.
Forts Jameson, Thayer, Norris, Saratoga, Bun
ker Hill, slemmer, DeRussey, smeade, Kearney,
Rossell, Gaines, Bsyard, Simmons, Mansfield,
and the field batteries adjacent to these forts.
Also, the following river batteries, viz: Vor-
field batteries on the bank Of the river.
Also, the Block house and Stocksde on the
Washington Aqueduct road, near Fort sumner
The abattis around the several forts and bat
teries Is made OF the tops Of trees and is suitable
for arewood.
The timber frame work and heavy log roofing
OF the bomb-Proofs, guard houses, magazines,
and implement rooms, is Of hard wood-oak,
chestnut, and cedar-is generally In good condi-
tion, and may be removed without much labor.
The lumber with which many Of these build
Ia mad aaI - q.
fencing or any other purpose to which common
cullings are usually applied.
The stockades are Of hard wood posts, from
nine (sl to twenty C2O) inches in diameter, and
generally about thirteen QS) feet long. This
timber Is very valuable, and may be easily re-
moved.
The reretments consist either Of posts, from
hye ( to eight (sl feet long, and from Ave () to
nine (s) inches in diameter; or Of white pine cul
lipgs, and will be valuable for fencing
Separate proposals will be received for the |
abattis, 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 Abatts by the cord, or run |
ming foot, or for timber or lumber by the foot |
will not be entertained. The bidders should offer
SO much for the Abattia Of each fort, and much
for the timber and other material in each fort, In
the gross.
The undersigned reserves the right to reject
any OF the proposals, II deemed TO the interest OF
the Government so do so.
Payments 10 be made In Government funds
upon the acceptance Of any proposal, and prior to
the removal Of the property.
Purchasers will be required to remove their
property within thirty 800 days after their pro-
posals are accepted.
For further information, inquire at the office Of
the Chief Engineer Of Defences, corner OF Nine
teenth street and Pennsylyania avenue.
b. s. ALEXANDER,
Breyet Brig. Gen, U. 8. A,
se26-2Std Chief Engineer Of Defcncos.