Daily national Republican., 1865-09-29
r ARGE GOVERNMENT SALE OF TIM
IL BRR, LUMBER, AND ABATTIS IN THE
DIsMAETLED FORTS AROUND WASHING.
TON CITY.
HKApe'ps, CHtHy ESoISRsn oP DyrRscRs,


HHApa'ns. CHrsp EsoIsRHR OF DKyEsoBs,
- x WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 23, 1855.
SEALED PROPOSALS are invited, and will be
received at these Headquarters, until MONDAY,
23d Of OCTOBER, at IL m. for the purchase oi
tbs abattis around the several forts aud batteries
hereinafter named and also for the timber, lum
ber, and other materials within the several forts
SOUTH SIDE OF THE POTOMAC.
Fort Marcy and batteries north Of Pimmet Run,
Forts Bennett, Haggerty, Woodbury., Cas., Al
ries between @ Forts Craig and Berry, and at the
crossing uf the Columbia turnpike. Fort Barnard
and Its exterior battery and magazine. Forts
Reynolds, Gars,che, Williams, and the two bat
batteries In the valley OF Hunting Crock, and
Fort WILLARD and Its exterior batteries.
Also six'(6D block -houses-three 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
Aqueduet bridge, and the Absttis across the VAL
ley OF Four mile run. -
ACROSS THE EASTERN BRANCH.
Forts Snyder, Rickstts, Wagner, Davis, Meigs,
Chaplin, and the two new forts on the right and
Also. the Bloch. house and stoekade at the
NORTH OF WASHINGTON.
Forts Jameson, Thayer, Morris, Saratoga, Bun
ker Hill, Slemmer, DeRussey, smeade, Kearney,
Rossell, Gaines, BAyArd, Simmons, Mansfield,
and the neld batteries dJscont to these forts.
Also, the following river batteries, viz: Vor-
mont, Martin Scott, Kemble, Parrott, and the two
neld batteries on the bank Of the river.
Also, the Block house and Stockade on the
Washington Aqueduet road, near Port sumner.
The Abattis around the soveral forts and bat
teres Is made Of the tops OF trees, and Is suitable
The timber framework and heavy log roofing
Of the bomb proofs, guard houses, magazines,
and Implement rooms, Is Of hard wood--oak,
Ak nnNa nd aaAa Ia L. in fKnnla 4.
tion, and may be removed without much labor.
The lumber with which many Of these build
iuss are hned is sound, and may be used for
fencing or any other purpose TO which common
The stoeksdes are OF hard wood posts, from
nine (9) to twenty (20) inches In diameter, aud
generally about thirteen C3) feet long. This
timber Is very valuable, and may be easily re-
moved.
Tho rsvetmepts consist other Of posts, from
i've 10y to eight 10y feet long, and from hve 10y to
nino (e) inches In diameter or Of white pine eul-
nngs, and will be valuable for fencing.
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, &e., at Fort
and addressed to the gned.
Proposals for the Abattis by the cord, or run
ming foot, or for timber or lumber by the foot,
so much for the Abattis Of each fort, and so much
for the timber and other material In each fort, In
the gross.
The undersigned reserves the right to rel ect
any Of the proposals, deemed to the Interest OF
the Government so do SO.
Payments to 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 thelI
property within thirty (30) days after their pro-
posAls are accepted.
For further information, inquire at the Office Of
the Chief Engineer Of Defenees, corner Of Nine
teenth street and Pennsylvania avenue.
B. s. ALEXANDER,
Brevet Brig. Gen. U. s. A.,
se26- -2std Chief Engineer OF Defenoes.