Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-10-19
LARGE GOVERNMENT sALE
LA sEsSE GOV Ess v Va -ES6 SAFE
OF
TIMBER, LUMBER, AND ABATTIS
IN THE DISMANTLED FORTS
AROUND WASHINGTON CITY.

HEADo'Rs, CHIEF ENGINEER OF DEFENcEs, !
WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. 3, 1865
SEALED PROPOSALS are invited, and will be
received at these Headquarters, until MONDAY, 23d
Of OCTOBER, at u NJ, for the purchase of the abat-
Ills 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 TILE POTOMAC.
Fort Marcy and batteries north of Pimmet Run
Forts Bennett, Haggerty Woodbury. Cass. Cqss,
tween Forts Craig and Berry and at the crossing of
the Columbia turnpike. Fort Bernard and its eXte-
ri9r battery and magazine. Forts. Reynolds, Care
sche, Williams and the two batteries 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 90 blockhouses-Three at the south end of
the Aqueduct bridge-onc at the Leesburg turnpike
and two in the valley of Hunting Creek.
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 Blockhousc and Stoekaie at the Navy
'''N '' NORTH OF WASHINGTON.
Forts Jameson, Thaycr Morris, Saratoga, Bunker
Hill Slemmer DeRussy, Smeade, keamy, Rossell,
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
teries on the bank Of the river
Also, The BlGckhousc and Stockade on the Wash
ingtOn Aqucduct Road, near Fort Sumter.
The abd4IlS around the several tOitS and battCre-
is made of the tops of trees, ard is suitable for fires
wood.
the timber framework and heavy log roofing of the
b0mh-pr0ofs guard houses. magazines and implement
rooms is of hard wOod--Oak, chesnut 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 arc
usually applied.
The stockades are of hard wood posts from nine Co.
to twenty go inches in diameter and generally about
thirteen 3) feet long. This timber is very cable
and may be easily removed.
The rHyctmcnts consist either ofpOsts from five % to
eight 90 feet long, and from five ~ to nine % inches
in diameter; of white pine cuttings, and will be
valuable for fencing.
Separate proposals will be received for the abbattis
and for the timber, lumber and other materials i'll
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 Tor the Abattis By the cord, CT running
foot, for timber or lumber by tle foot, viii not be
entertained Inc bidders should ocr much for the
AbbattlS Of each Fort, and much for the timber
and other ma tcral in each Fort i'll the gross.
The undersigned reserves the right to reject any
the proposals deemed to the interest of the Govern
ment to DO so.
Payments 10 be made in Government funds upon
he-aeeeptancc Of any proposal, and prior to the
mOval of the property.
Purchasers will be required to remove their prop
crty within thirty go days after their proposals arr
accepted.
For further information inquire at the Office of thu
Chief Engineer of Detcnces corner of Nineteenth
| street and Pennsylvania avenue.
b. S. ALEXANDER,
BreVet BrlgadIer General, U. 5. A.,
Engineer of