Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-10-04

HEADQ'Rs, CHIEF ENGINEER OF DEFENcEs. !
WAsHIHGToN, d. c., Sept. 3, 1865. !
SEALED PROPOSALS are invited, and will be
Of OCTOBER, at p 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 THE POTOMAC.
Fort Marcy and batteries north of Pmmet Run
Forts Bennett, Haggerty, Woodbury., Cass, Cass,
Scott Jack Jackson on Rnygn Berry and batteries be-
the Columbia turnpike, Fort Bernard and its exte-
rior battery and magazne. Forts Reynolds, Care
west of this fort The two batteries in the valley of
Hunting Creek, and Fort Willard and its exterior
Also six (6) blockhouses-Three at the south end of
the Aqueduct bridge-one at the Leesburg turnpike
and t., two in in the valley Of Hunting Creek.
duct bridge, and the abatts across the valley of
Four-lniie run,
ACROSS THE EASTERN BRANCH.
Forts Sn ny th Ricketts, Warner Davis Megs
v Also, the Blockhousc and stockade at the Navy
NORTH OF WASHINGTON.
Forts Jameson, Thayer, Morris, Saratoga Bunker
Hill, Slemmcr, De3ussy, Smeade, Kearny, RosselI,
Gaines: Bayard, Simmons, Mansfield and the field
batteries adjacent to these forts.
Also, the following river batteries viz: Vermont
Martin, Scott Kemblc PARROT and the two field bat
tcries on the ban of the river.
Also, the BlockhouSe and St0ckade on the Wash
mglon Aqueduct Road, near Fort Sumter.
The ahallis around the several foLts and h".--.
Is made OF the tops Of trees 81 . u;+LI go 81
wood ''-" 10 s'l''olc lor hreS
The timber framework 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 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 (9
to twenty 0 inches in diameter, and generally about
thirteen Q3 feet long. This timber is very valuable
and may be easily removed.
The reyementS consist either posts from five % to
eight 80 feet long and from five 90 to nine 90 inches
valuable for fencing.
Separate proposals will be received for the abbatts
and for the timber, lumber and other materials in
each fort and battery above named.
Proposals to be endorsed as follows, viz;
Proposals for Ahattis at Fort -
Proposals for Timber, Lumber, &c, at Fort"
and addressed to the undersigned.
Proposals for the Abattis by the cord, or running
foot, for timber lumber by the foot, will not be
entertained The bidders should offer so much for the
Abbatts 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 if deemed to the interest of the Govern
ment to do so.
Payments to be made in Government funds upon
theacceptance of any proposal and prior to the re-
moval of the property.
Purchasers will be required to remove their prop
erty within thirty 800 days after their proposals
accepted.
For further information inquire at the Office of the
Chief Engineer of Defcnces, corner of Nineteenth
~ '''-'> '''-, B. S. ALEXANDER
Brevet Brigadier General, .. S. A.,
oc 2-t023 Chief Engineer of Defences.