The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-01


HLADQUARrERs DEPARTMENT WAsnINGToN,l
OFFICE or HIKE QuARTERMAsrER, !
WASHINGTON, ID @ December 20 1855 ]
VIII TO so d at Public Auction TO tho highest bid
der at lOlN1 IOO kOUr, Md commencing
THURSDAY, January lS. 1866, at 10 o'clock, A.
prOperty at that pace, Uz;-
UNITED STATES GENERAL HOSPITAL.
- One headquarters Building, 176 by 25 feet; Is
Hospital ards. each l76 by 25 feet; one Mess-nouse
lJO bN sS feet; enc Guards Quarters l67 bv "a fet;
one Conuaband Quarters GO by IA feet. QUO Kitchen
dry 81 by 22 ieet, with stationary Engine, Locomo.
tive Boier, and all tne necessary apparatus steam
al nulY ana dry ng; one Cow Stable, 81 by IA feet;
one Horse stable, 81 by 21 feet; one Wagon House
small; one Baggage Reuse, b5 by 25 lee. oae
10 by 50 tcS aud 10 feet hiPH; S w WaterSSe %aS
BUILDING, IL by IL feet 30 feet nigh with circular
Saier tank, l6 feet ameter; two Coal Houses, on
Saw House, one Forage House, Que Dead Hous aud
one Wash House, OIL various Dimensions; also,
covered Plank Footwalk- connecting the above
bu dings; aggregate length 1850 teet, and feet
wide.
Inc aforementioned Headquarters Building is
two stories hIgh Rthed anu Diastered, ana the ff-
teen Hospital ards, the Mess-house and lew
other slIucUrts are also lathed aud plastered
PRISON CAMP.
10 Hospital Wards, eacn 140 by 25 feet; Cook.
hous 5, each 143 by % ieot; Cook house. 100 Dy
26 ieotj one Cook-house, 140 by 25 ieet, with 20
ing 52 by "a iee with wings each 40 by 20 feet;
one - :. StOrehouse, 30 by % feet; one Dspensary,
40 by 50 feet; Chapel, 100 by "a feet; one Ex-
press Office, 30 by l6 lee one Guard House 10 ock)
TO by 10 Get; one Quart rs. one Office and one
StoreToom, OF vaTious dimensions; also 9lSs lineal
feet OF Fencing, IL feet high $40 lneal teot OF BUaid
Fence, eet high; 700 lineal teet Of covered Plank
Eootwak, II feet wide; and 9lSS hnea feet OF PLANK
FOotvalk eet wide, with rail.
QUARTERMAsTER's DEPARTMENT,
Ore Quarters, llO by rs feet; one Quarters, 100 bv
a feet one Quarters Il by q feet; one Quarters
each one Storehouse, "a by 27 feet; one Smith
ShoI, 30 by "a feet; one Wheewright shop, 81 by
houses, one OihOuse; one Saoders shop, and one
Mess House, OF various dimensions.
MisCELLANEoUp1 D ,6pHDI B6HpIHLD9IHHGs' AND OTHER
One Post Hospital, 10 by 25 feet; one Commissary
StoIehouse, ZgO by 30 ieet one Commissary Sales
room and Office, S4 by ~ ioet one Office, q by Is
ieet; Guard House log) so by so feet; one
Guard House dog, 81 by 20 feet; two frame Guard
GO by 20 feet; one Ordnance Storehouse "a by u
ieet SLAUGHTER House 40 by "a feet, W Tn Shed
"a b 10 feet and Ouibuildings, by eet; one sta.
be SO 10y 20 feet; and 10 Kitchens, Quarters etc
of various dimensions
one wnarf OF Timber and Lumber, 476 feet long,
and vary ing in width from % to 100 feet 248 ne5
teet of Stockade II ieet high on the Potomac de-
with block house 20 by 30 feet four Platforms each
16 by IL eet, and 100 ineal feet plank footwalS
feet wide. 157 lneal feet OF Stockade on bay side
with locs house rs by 20 feet, and three platforms
| of various dimensions, and footwak
| One Hose Carriage; % Fire Ladders; "a Axes 1l6
FIRE Buckets; ana six lengths OF Hose, each oil feet
| long,
quantity of o,d Lumber; and a number OF Pumps
| Point Lookout situated at the Junction of the Po-
tomac nver with Chesapeake bay. was, before the
L
Tor the purpose now having excellent facilities Tor
salt ater bathing, and abundance OF fish and game.
| The Iuildngs above enumerated under the head Of
| United States General Hospital" loca,eu di-
rectly on the Point the principal structures beng
| arranged in a circle, radiatng from a common
| centre, and connected by covered foOtwalks and
| could with moderate expense be fitted up properly
| Tor the accommodation OF visitors as a steam aull-
| dry, icehoUse, coal house. water.tanks, and many
other necessary structures for the purpose ready
| Tor immediate use. An excellent opportunity Is
so Afforded to land owners the vicinity and else.
where, to secure valuable fencing and building
| material.
a steamer will leave the Government wharves
south side the BASIN, near FaTdys shpy ard Bal.
timore Md, at 10 o'c ock, on the morning of We'd
nesday, January II, 1866 for the trans portaton o
| bidders Point Lookout; and will realned unul
the close of the sale to return he passeng rs to Bal
| tmore Meals will be furnished on the boat at the
| usual stPa boat rates
| Ihe Buildings Will be sold singly and other pro
| perty IN lots TO suit purchasers.
| The military guard will remain IN charge of the
| Buildings, etc, Tor fieen days after the sale n
desired and purchasers will be allowed twenty days
| in which 10 remove theiI property
| 1eims--Cash, III Government funds.
| M. l. LUDINGTON,
| Colonel and Chief Quartermaster,
| IL 15t Department OF Washington.