Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-09
T ARGE SALE OF GOVERNMENT
- BUILDINGS AND OTHER PROPERTY AT
POINT LOOKOUT, MARYLAND.

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win be sold At public auction 10 the highest
bidder At POINT LOOKOUT, ND, eommsncing
THURSDAY. January Is, 1886, q 10 o'clock a.
public property at that place, viz:
UNITED STATES oeNBEAL HOSPITAL.
One Headquarters Building, l76 BY % feet
One Mess house, $50 by Is feet
One Guards Quarters, 1877 by "a feet.
0ns ContrabAnd Quarters, 90 by Il feet.
One Kitchen, 90 BY Is feet.
0ne Chapel, II by Is feet.
One Laundry, % by "a feet, with stationary
Engine Locomotive Boiler, and all the necessary
apparatus for steam laundry and drying.
One Cow Stable o. By Il feet.
One Horse Stable, % BY q feet.
One Wagon house, small.
One Bass.gs-ho IS BY IS feet.
| One Warehouse, IS by rs feet.
| One Ica-house, 20 BY 20 feet, and 10 feet high
high, with circular wGisr .taniIo feet dian stsr.
| Two Coal houses
ons Saw house.
| One Forage house. w
| One Dead house, and
| One Wash house, Of various dimsnsions.
| Also Covered Plank Footwalks connecting the
above onildinss; aggregate length $50 feet, and
The above mentioned Headquarters BuiIdIn o.
z two stories high, lathsd and plastsred, and
the nfesn Hospital Wards, the Mess house, and
few other structures are also lathed and plas-
tered.
PRISON CAMP.
Ten Hospital Wards, each lao by Is feet
Seven Cook houses, each l4S by % feet.
One Cook house, 100 by % feet
One Cook house, l4o BY Is feet, with two wings,
One Hssdqu.rters Building, "a by a feet, with
two wings, each 10 by 20 feet
One 9: 8, storehouse, 90 BY % feet.
Ono Dispensary, 20 by IS feet.
One Chapel, 100 by ~ feet.
One Express once, 50 by 10 feet
One Guard House, (block,) 80 by 10 feet.
One Quarters, one Once, and one Store room,
Of various dimensions.
Also, 1888 lineal feet Of Fencing, 70 feet high;
$40 lineal feet Of Board Pence, 9 feet high 700
lineal feet OF covered Plank Footwalks, u feet
wide and 81 ss linsal feet Of Plank Pootwalks,4
agARTRRMAsrER,s DEPARTMENT.
One Quarters, 100 BY Is feet.
Ono Quarters, 100 by u feet.
One euartsrs, z by % feet.
Thiss Stables, svsf.sius iss by 81 feet each.
One storehouse, 81 by q feet,
One Smith Shop, IS by ~ feet
ope wheelyrisht shop, 81 by u feet
And four 0mess, three quarters, two Store
one Mess house, Of various dimensions.
MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS AND OTHER
PROPERTY.
One Post Hospital, 10 by IS feet.
One Com missary storehouss, 200 by rs feet.
q feet,
oao once, q BY Ia feet,
oae Guard House, gos( so BY 80 feet.
One Guard House, (log,l 80 by % feet.
Two frame Guard Houses, small size.
One Harraek at Port Lincoln, 60 by 20 feet.
One Ordnance storehouse, 81 by II feet.
ons slaughter House, 20 By q feet, with Shed
"a By Is feet, and out-building 0 by o feet.
One Stable, IS by n feet; and,
Ten Kitchens, Quarters, &c, of'various dimen-
One wharf Of Timber and Lumber, 47s feet long.
and varying In width from % to io2 feet
Ae lineal feet Of StockAde, IL feet high on Po-
tomae side, with blookhouse 20 by 30 feet, four
platforms, each 10 BY ~ feet, and 100 hnsal feet
Of plank footwAlk, 8 feet wide.
1877 lineAl feet Of stoekAde on Bay side, with
block house Is by 20 feet, and three platforms Of
various Dimensions, and footwalk.
One Hose Carriage
Twenty light Fire Ladders,
Twenty -four Axes
One hundred and sixteen Fire Buckets, and
six Lengths Of Hose, each 81 fest long.
Three Cooking Ranges.
One Perpetual Oven.
A quantity Of Old Lumber and = number Of
Pumps.
Point Lookout, situated at the junction Of the
Potomac river with Chesapeake Bay, was, be.
fore the war, fAyorite watering place, and 10
we'll adapted for the purpose now, having Sx-
eellent facilities for salt water bathing And
abundance Of hsh and game.
The buildings above enumerated under the
head Of ''Unitsd States General Hospitaln are
located directly on the Point, the principal Struc
tares being arranged In u circle radiAting from
. common centre, aud connected by covered foot.
walks, and could with moderate expense be ntted
up properly for the accommodation Of visitors, as
steam laundry, Ice house, coal house, water
tanks, and many other structures for the purpose
are ready for immediate use. An excellent op.
portunity 10 also Afforded to land Owners In the
Vicinity, and elsewhere, to secure valuable
fencing and bulldog material.
A steamer will leave the Government wharyes
south side Of the basin, near FRrdy's shIp. yard
Baltimore, Md, at 10 o. clock, on the morning OF
Wednesday, January II, 1885, for the transport
alton Of bidders to Point Lookout, and will be
retained until the close Of the sale to return the
passengers to Baltimore. Meals will DO fur.
nished on the boat at the usual (stsA mboat rates
The buildings will be sold singly, and other
property In lots to suit purchasers.
The military guard will remain In charge of
the buildngs, &c, for hfteen days after the sale,
u desired, and purchasers will be allowed twenty
days In which to remove their property
Terms: Cash, in Government funds
N. |. LUDINGToN,
Colonel and Chief Quartermaster.
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