The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-16

II ARGE SALE OF IOVERRMENT BUII,D-
~, 1NGStSS NSGStSS AND AND orhEk PROPERTY AT POINT
HRADoUARrERs DEPARTMENT wAsHrNaror,l
rr 0FEloE OF HIEF QgARTEBMAsTER,
Win be sold az Public Auction 60 the highest bid
der at POINT LOOKOUT Nd, commencing
M, the following frame buildings and other pubic
piOPHS UNITED Ii ,Tsi STATES STf GENERAL HosPITA1
- One headquarters Building, 175 by 25 feet; l5
Hospital ards, each 116 by rs feet; one Mess-house
one Con1aband Quarters GO BY Ia feet; one Kitchen
20 b9 Is feet; one Chapel, N by 20 feet; one Laun
dry, 81 BY % ieet, with stationary Engine, LocomO
i've Boiler and all the necessary apparatus for steam
laundry and crying; one Cow Stable, 81 BY IA feet;
one Horse Stable, 81 by q feet; one WAGON House,
warehoSso s 6 By 25 iet % oDe @ lee OSs
40 by 80 feet, and 10 feet high; Water-tank
water tank, 10 feet diameter; two Coal Houses, one
| saw House one Forage House, ole Dead Housp, and
covered Plank Footwalks connecting the above
bqlloings; aggregate length 1850 feet, and feet
lhe aforementioned Headquarters Building is
two stories high athed and plastered, ana the ff-
teen Hospital Wards, the Mess-house, and a lew
~ PRISON CAMP
~ Hospls W. Wards each l4O by % icet Cook
26 feet one Cook-house, llO by % ieet. with Two
wings; each 40 by 20 feet; one Headquarters Build
one ~ = storehouse, 90 by % feet; one Dispenssry
4O by ~ feet one Chapel, 100 by "A feet; one Ex,
pEtcs ny lect; one Guard House (b
| so by 10 ieeti one Quart,Is. one Office and one
StoreToom, OF various Dimensions; also 9lSS lineaI
ieet OF Eencmg ~ eet high 8l0 lneal feet OF board
Fence feet high 400 lineal feet of covered Plank
kootwaks, IL feet widei and 9lSS hneal feet Of PLANK
FOotH9lk, 4 leet wide with rail.
One Quarters, 100 by Is ieet one Quarters, 100 by
"a ieeti one Quarters, 12 by % feet one Quarters
90 by % ieet three Stables averaging l30 by "a ieet
each one Storehduse, "a by u feet; one smith
! shop, 63 by "a feeti one Wheelwright Shop, 81 by
IA feet ana four Offices, three Quarters Two Store
houses, one oi-house; one Saddier's shop ana one
| Mess House, OF various dimensions
MISCELLANEOUS Bull oINGs, AND oTHEI
| ...... -l..l.--r PROPERTY. ,..I,....- -
| One Post Hospital, 20 by % eet; one Commissar!
! SroIehouse, 200 by 85 1eet one Commissary Saiei
feet one Guard House dog 60 90 by 90 fest ~ ~ On
Guard House Qogl, 81 by 20 ieet two frame Guari
co by 20 feet; one Ordinance StorshoUse SV q 6V 70
ieet one Slaughter House 40 by "a feet, with She'd
"a by 13 feet and Outbuildings, by feet; one Sta.
be, SO by % feet; ana 10 KIchens, Quarters ETC.
| of various dimensions. -
one wharf OF Timber and Lumber, AS feet long
and varying in width from % to 102 feet 248 lineS
feet OF Stockade II feet high on the Potomac side
| with bockhouse 20 by 80 feet, four platforms eacl
l6 by " eet and lOO lineal feet OF plank footwak
| feet wide l57 nea feet OF Stockade on bay side
| with tlocF house 25 by 20 feet ana three platforms
! OF various dimensions and tOotwalk.
One Hose Carriage; 28 Fire Ladders; "a Axes; 116
tne Buckets; and six lengths OF Hose each o1 feet
! Three Cooking Ranges; one Perpetual Oven: n
| quantity OF oid LUMBER and number Of Pumps
Point lookout, situated at the junction Of the Po-
war, afavor1te watering place. and is we'll adapted
for the purpose now, having excellent facilities tor
salt.N ater bathing and abundance ottish and game
The buildings above enumerated under the head of
United StaIes General Hospital . are located di-
rectly on the Point, the principal structures being
arr langed in a circle radiatng from O common
centre, and connected by covered footwalks, and
| could with moderate expense be fitted up properly
tor the acco mmodation Of visitors, steam iaun-
dry, ice-house, coal house. water.tanks, and many
other necessary structures for the purpose ready
Tor immediate use. An excellent opportunity Is
aso afforded to land owners the vicinity and else
where, to secure valuable ioncing and building
material.
A steamer will leave the Government wharyes
south side OF the basn near Fardy's shjpyard Bal
timore, Md, at 10 O'clock on the morning of We'd
nesday January IL, 1865, for the transportation of
bidders to Point Lookout; and will be retaned until
the close OF the sale to return the passengers Bal
tlmore. Meals will be furnished the boat at the
usual steambo rates.
The Buildings will be sold singly, and otherpros
pertY in lots to suit purchasers. I. g. d. ts'f
The military guard will remain In charge of the
Buildings etc, tor fifteen days after the sale, If
desired and purchasers will be allowed twenty days
| in which TO remove their property.
| TeIms-Cash, IN Government funds.
| NJ. J. LUDIHGT0N,
| Colonel and Chief Quartermaster,
/ lot department OF Washington.