The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-11
GOVERNMENT SALES.

I AB1E SALE Uf 1OVEBNMENT BUILD.
! lNSS AND OrhEk PROPERTY AT POINT
HKADoUARrERs DEPARTMENT WARRINGTON
OFFICE OF HIKF QuARTmMAsrER,
- WAsHINeToE, ID December 20, 1855
win be sold at Public Auction TO the highest bid
der at POINT LOOKOUT Nd, commencing
THURSDAY, January 49, 1866, at 10 O'CLOCK A.
Nj. the following frame buildings and other pnbhc
property az that pace VIZ =
UNITED STATES GENERAL HOSPITAL.
One h Headquarters Building, 175 by 25 feet; Is
HOspna " ards each l15 by 25 feet; one Mess-Aouse,
20 by ls ieet; enc Guards Quarters 167 by "a eet;
one Cenraband Quarters go 10y "a ieet one Kitchen,
GO b. 2S feet; one Chapel II ~ 20 feet; Laun-
dry ~ by - ieot, with stationary Engine, LocOmo-
i've boiler and all the necessary apparatus tor s'oam
Glnoly and CRY ng; one Cow Stable. 81 bv II feet;
ere Horse stable, 81 by 81 feet; one WAGON House,
,mnn one Baseage House 65 by % tee; one
40 by 30 ieet, and 10 feet high; Water-tank
building, II by II feet 30 feet high with circular
saw House, one Forage House, one Dead Hous and
ore Wash House OF various Dimensions; also,
covered Plank FOOtwalks connecting the above
wide
Ihe aforementioned Headquarters Building is
tecn Hospital " ards, the Mess-house, and a lew
other structures are also lathed aud plastered.
=, 10 Hospital Wards, eacn 14O by 25 feet; Z Cook
hous s. each l48 by % feet; one Cook house. 12O by
vines each 30 by 20 feet; one Headquarters Build
ing I2 by "a eei with TWO wings each 40 b, 20 eet
one I. ). Storehouse 80 by % feet; one Dspensary
40 by So ieeti Chapel, 100 by "A feet; ore Ex.
press Office, 80 by 16 ieot one Guard House M oekI
60 by Is leet; one Quart rs one Office, and one
SIoTeroOm, OF various Dimensions; also 9lS8 lineal
feet OF bencing, 10 feet high 80 linea feet of uard
Fence, ieet high; 7C0 linea feet Of covered Plank
FCOtWnk eet wide, with rail
QUARTERMASTLR's DEP ARTMENT
One Quarters, 1C0 by 2S feet; one Quarters, 100 by
"a feet; one Quarters, u by % feet; one Quarters
69 by % feet; three Stables averaging l39 Uy q feet
shor, SO by "a feet; one whceiwriSht shop. 81 bV
il ieet; ana four Offices three Quarters, two store
houses, one Oil.house; one Saodlers Shop, and one
MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS, AND OTHER
PROPERTY.
One Post Hospital, 40 by 20 feet; Commigsary
StolehOuse, ECO by 30 eet; one Commissary sales.
room and Office 81 by u feet; one Office, q by IL
Guard House Qop) 81 by 20 feet; two frame Cuard
Houses. small size; one BarTack, at Fort Lincoln,
GO by 20 feet; one Ordnance store house. "a by 2
feet; one Slaughter House 40 by "a eet with She'd
"a bN IL feet, and OutbuildnVs by teet; sta
be, 96 by % feet; and 10 Kitchens, Quarters etc.
| One wnarf OF Timber and Lumber 476 feet long,
and varying IN width IRON % to 1O2 feet 2S lineal
feet Of Stockade, II teet high the Potomac sde
with blockhOuse 20 by 30 feet, four Platforms each
16 by IL teet and 100 lineal feet plank footwak
feet wide l57 lineal feet OF Stockade bay slde
with blocF. house 70 by 20 feet ana three platforms
| OF various dimensions and a footwalk.
One Hose Carriage; 2S Fire Ladders; "a Axes; 116
tne Buckets; and six lengths OF Hose each oil feet
Three Cooking Ranges; one Perpetual Oven;
quantity of O,d Lumber; and number of Pumps.
tomac rver with Chesapeake bay, was, before the
war a favorte watering place, and is well adapted
Tor the purpose now, having excellent facilities tor
saltwater bathing, and abundance Ottish and game
| The buildings above enumerated under the head of
| United STATES General Hospital" are locased di-
recty on the Point, the principal structures being
arranged in circle, radatng from q common
centre, and connected by covered footwaks, and
| could with moderate expense be fitted up properly
Tor the accommodation OF visitors as a steam iaun-
dry, ice-hOuse, coal house. water.tanks, and many
other necessary structures for the purpose are ready
Ior immediate use. An excellent opportunity Is
so afforded to land owners the vicinity aud ese-
where, to secure valuable fencing and building
material.
a steamer Will leave the Government wharyes
south side OF the BASIN, Fardy's shipyard Bal
tjmore, Md, at 10 O'Clock, on the morning of We'd
nesday, January II, 1866, for the transportation Of
bidders 10 Point LooRout and will pc retained unrl
the close of the sale to return The passengers to Bal
tlmore Meals will be furnished ON the boat at the
usual steamboat rates.
The Buildings Will be sold singly, and other IrcC
| pertY in lois to suit purchasers.
The military guard win remain In charge of the
Buildings, etc, Tor fheen days after the sale II
desired. and purchasers will be allowed twenty days
! in which 10 remove their property
1eIms-Cash, IN Govern ment funds.
M l. LUDINGTON,
Colonel and Chief Quartermaster,
l. lot Department OF Washington.