The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-04

I ARGE SALE OF GOVERNMENT BUILD
LOOKOUT, MD.
HrADoUARTERs DEPARTMENT WAsHEeToN,l
OFFICE OF HIEF QUARTmSMAsTER,
WAsuINGToN, ID G December 90 1885 J
, WIN be SOD at tn6ho Auction TO the highest bid
der at POINT I0OKoUL Nd, commencing
THURSDAY, January l6 1866. at 10 O'Clock, A.
M. the following frame buildings and other public
property az that pace VIZ =
One Headquarters building, 175 by % feet; 10
Hospital ards each 175 by % feet; one Mess aouse
go by rs eeJ; Guards Quarters 167 bv u teet;
one Conuaband Quarters, 60 by IA feet one Kitchen,
GO by % ieet; ole Chapel n ny 70 feet; Laun-
dry % by 20 ieet, with stauonary Engine, LOcomo-
tive Boiler and all the necessary apparatus tor steam
ainaiy and Dry nRj one Cow Stable. 81 bv IA teet;
tne Horse stable, 81 by q ieeti one Wason House,
Warehouse, 55 by 20 feet; one Ice II iuse,
80 by SO feet, and 10 feet hiehi Water-ank
Building, II by II feet 30 feet high with circular
water tank, A6 feet diometer two Coal Houses, one
saw House, one Forage House, ore Dead Hous aud
one Wash House various dimensions; also,
covered Flank Footwalks connecting the above
bui dingsj aggregate length 1850 teet, and feet
he aforementioned Headquarters Building is
two stores high, lathed and plastered the fife
teen Hospital W ards, the Mess-house, and q lew
other structures are also lathed aud plastered
Prison CAMP.
IO Hospital WARDS, eacn 14O by % feet; Cooke
26 tcet one Cook-house, lao by % 1eet. with two
wnes; each 80 by 70 feet; one Headquarters Build
ing ~ OY "a iee with TWO wings, each 40 b. 20 eet;
one y. ). Storehouse 90 by % feet; one Dspensary
40 by 81 teet; one Chapel 100 by "A feet; one Ex-
UO ny 10 leet; one Quart rs one Office and one
Stoferoom OF various dimensions; also 9lSS lineal
feet OF Fencing II feet high $40 ineal feet Board
Fence, feet high; 700 lnea feet of covered Plank
FOotwalks, IL feet wide and 91SS nea feet of PLANK
Fooiwak leet VIDE, with rail
QUARIERMAbIER'S DEPARTMENT,
One Quarters 100 by rs feet; one Quarters, 100 bv
ia leeti one Quarters Y by % feet; one Quarters
So by 2S feet; three Stables averaging 139 by q feet
each; one Storehouse, S4 by 81 feet; one smith
shol, 63 by "a ieeti one WhetlwriPht shop, 81 by
IA ieet; ana four Offices three Quarters, two store
l houses, (0l-hOusp. nd
Mess House, OF various dimensions
MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS, AND OTHER
PROPERTY
One Post Hospital, 20 by 25 ioet one Commissary
SIoIehouse 2CO by 30 eet; one Commissary sales.
feet; one Guard House tog), SO by so feet; one
Guard House Qog) 81 by 20 feet; two frame Uard
GO by 20 feet; one Ordnance Storehouse, "a by u
feet; one Slaughter House 40 by "a feet with She'd
"a b, I8 icet, and OuIbudines by ieet one sta
be, 3G by 70 feet; and 10 Kitchens Quarters, etc.,
OF various dimensions.
one wnarf OF Timber and Lumber, 476 feet long,
and varying in width from % TO 100 feet 24S neal
feet OF Stockado, II ieet nigh the Potomac de-
with block.bouse 20 by 30 feet, four atorms each
l6 by u ieet and 100 lineal feet OF plank ootwalk,
ieet wide. l61 ineal feet OF Stockade bay side,
with locp house 25 by 20 feet ana three platforms
/ OF aIlOus dimensions, and iootwak
! One Hose Carriages 2S FIRE Ladders "a Axes 1I6
tne Buckets; and SIX lengths OF Hose each oil feet
! long.
! Three Cooking Ranges; one Perpetual Oven: a
! quantity OF I'd Lumber; and number OF Pumps.
Point Lookout, situated at the junction of the PO-
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war lavorlte watering place, and is well adapted
lor the purpose now, having excellent facilities tor
salt.N ater bathing, ana abundance Otish and game.
Tie buildings above enumerated under the head of
United STATES Gen raj Hospital are loca.ed die
reetly ON the Point the principal structures being
arranged in circle, rauat ng from common
centre, and connected by covered footwalks and
could with moderate expense be fitted up properly
Tor the accommodation OF visitors as a steam aun-
dry, ice-house, coal house. wator.tanks, and many
other necessary structures for the purpose ready
LOT immediate use. An excellent opportunity Is
afforded to land owners the vicinity and else
/ where, to secure valuable lcncing and building
! material.
a steamer Will leave the Government wharves
south SIDE OF the BASIN, near Fardys ship ard, Bal
timOre, Md, at 10 oc ock, on the morning OF We'd
nesday, January II, 1866, for the poraton of
bidders TO Point Loob out; and VIII De Teaned until
the close OF the sale to return tho passeng to Bal
| hmOrc, Meals will be furnished on the boat at the
/ usual steamboat rates.
The 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 fifteen days after the sale, If
desired and purchasers will be allowed twenty days
in which TO remove theiI property
1eIms-Cash, III Government funds.
Nj. J. IL DINGTON,
Colonel and Chief QuaTtermaster,
! IL lot Department of Washington.