The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-05-11
PROPOSALS,


CHIEF QUAR1ERMAsTER' OFFICE,
DEPOT OF WAsuINGTOT,
WAsHnGTo ID. g., May 3, 1866 J
Sealed Proposals will be received a. this Office
MONDAY, May 81, 1906 at 10 O'Clock NJ,
for the purchase OF 843 800 feet of Government
Lumber, Of the following sizes and descriptions,
l5 Geo feet Il inch Oak.
100000 ieet 2 Inch Oak
100000 feet 81 inch Oak
l29 coo feet inch Oak
lOOOO teet 81 inch Oak
73tO0 feet inch Oak.
10 600 feet inch Oak
10000 feet inch Hickory
8 500 feet 3 inch HIckori
l4,6OO feet inch HicEoTY.
$1,000 feet Is inch Ash.
"a 500 feet 2inch Ash.
SO 900 feet 3 inch Ash.
10000 feet inch Ash.
10000 feet inch Ash
$500 feet inch Pine.
34 500 feet inch Pine.
$1,000 feet inch Pine
600 feet inch POpRr,
goo feet inch Poplar.
The above is a very superior lot Of wcll-seasoned
Lumber, and can be seen bv applying to BreYet
Colonel {. II. 1ompkins, Quartormaster in charge
at Lincoln Depot, about one mile east Ol the
Capitol
BIDS will be received for the purchase of ten thou
sand feet upwards. The undersigned reserves
the right to reject oil the bids should they be con-
sidered toO low
upon not ticatiOn of acceptance OF bids, ana prior
TO the delivery OF the LumOcr which must be
removed within fifteen days after the proposal is
Proposals should be signed with the bidders full
name, and give his post oilce address endorsed
Proposals for the Purchase OF Lumber" and
directed to -
Brevet Major-Gen and Chef Quartermas,er,
54l4t Depot of Washington.
EOYERNMENT SALE OF THE MILITARY
NJ RAlLROAD AT BRAzOs SANTIAGO,
TEXAS.
QUARTEBMAsTER-G ENERAL's OFFICE,
WASHINGTON: ID. e., April 10, 1866.
The attention OF capitalists seeking a profitable
investment is invited to tins sale.
Sealed Proposals will be Teceived at the office of
the Quartermaster General division of River and
Rai TranspOrtatIOnG at WASHINGTON, ID. o.,
until the first cay of June next, at IL O'Clock NJ
for the purchase OF all the right INT e. and interest
of the United States IN and to the United States
Military Railroad from BraZOs Santiago to Whites
The sale will include the entire track and sid
ings, buluIngs, water stations turntables, bridges,
etc. the railIOao materials and suppl es pertaining
TO the road, together with the rolling stock, cars,
machinery, and other equipment
lhe sale will not include the title to the land,
which Goes not belong to the United States.
1hls road is about ten miles IN length and extends
nom Brazos Santiago to Whites Rancho, on the
RIO GRANGE From this point connection is made
by steamer with Brownsville and Matamoras.
This route is the shortest and best for The immense
traffic between the Gulf of Mexico and the interior
Of southern Texas and Northern Mexico, and the
communication by rail alone can readily be eX-
tended TO Brownsville
The road already complete saves thirty miles OF
difficult and tOrtuOus navigation. Boats on the
now charge, stated, Tor freight to Browns
e, high s5 per BARREL and tor passengers SIS
each.
The road is fve-1eet guage, good ties. rail, and
fulspiked.
N ore particular description OF the property can
be obtained at this Office at that of the Chief
QuarteImaster ihtary Division of the Gulf, at New
Orleans.
condition of the sale will be that transportation
shall be furnished for all Government troops and
supplies whenever required, at the rates paid by
Government at the time to the New Ork Central
Raj road.
The terms of payment accepted will be those
considered the most favorable to the Govern
ment,
Ten per cent cash, in Government funds, to be
pad on acceptance et proposal
The Government reserves the right to reject any
or all proposals.
Proposals should be endorsed, proposals for pur.
chase of BrazOs Sanuago ana RIO GTande Railroad ,
and addressed to the DIVISION OF River and Rail
Transportation, Quartermaster Generals Office
Washington, ID. c,
By order OF the QuarteTmaster Geueral.
ALEXANDER BLISS,
Brevet Colonel and A. Q. M, in charge Of Fourth
Division q. Nj, g. o 423 tM3l
INRESH BEEF AND VEGErAB LES