The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-15
GOVERNMENT SALES.

Il ARGE SALE OF OOYLBRMENT RuIID.
IN&S AND oThER PROPERTY AT POINT
HEApoUARTERs DEPARTMENT wAsHrNaroN,
OFFICE OF HIER QuARTERMAsrER,
WAsHINeToN, ID. G., December 20 IRsb
win be sold at Public Auction 70 the highest bid
der at POINT LOOKOUT Nd, commencing
THURSDAY, January 49, 1866, at 10 O'clock A.
M, the following frame buildings and other pubic
properly at that pace, viz = ..
UNITED STATES GENERAL HOSPITAL
One headquarters Building, 175 by 25 feet; l6
Hospital " ards each 176 by % feet; Mess house.
2O BY 2S feet; one Guards Quarters, l67 by "a teet
60 BY 2S feet; one Chapel, II by % feet; one Laun
dry % BY 70 ieet. with stationary Engine, Locomo
tive Boiler, and all the necessa apparatus for steam
IaInary and dry ng; one Cow Stable, 81 bv II feet;
one Horse stable, So by 81 feet; one Wagon Ho lse,
,,malli one Bageago House, b5 by % roa. one
4O A. by 90 feet, and 10 feet high; Water-tank
water tank S feet t two Coal Housps oSe
saw House, one Forage House, one Dead Hous and
o60S Que wash w., House OF various Dimensions; also,
hui dngsj aggregate length 1850 feet ana 5 feet
The aforementioned Headouarters Building "a
two stories high, latbed and piastered ana the az.
Teen Hospital " ards, the Mess-house, and lew
''Afi 'uO'Oi'S "Y PRis0N sS S10 GSMP GPd paS'ered
10 Hospital Wards, cacn I4O by 25 feet; Cook
26 feet; one Cook-house, 40 by 25 ieet with I So
ngs each SO by 70 feet; one Headquarters Build
mg ~ Sy "a eg with oo Jwo wings each 40 b. 20 feet;
40 by SS feet; one Chapel, 100 by "a feet; ore Exs
press Office, 30 by 16 leet one Guard House 10 ockl
80 by 10 ieet; one Quart rs one Office. aud one
Siortroom, OF various dimensions; also 01SS lineal
feet OF Eencing IL feet high $40 lineal feet Board
Fence feet high; 200 lineal feet of covered Plank
Ioowalks, IL iee wide; and 9lSS hnea feet of Plank
FooiTqlk ,4 eet vide, with rail
Orc Quarters 10 by 28 feet; one Quarters 100 by
u feet; one Quarters IL by % feet one Quarters
GU by 20 eej three Stables averaging 139 ~ % feet
Shop So by "a feet; one wheelwripht Shop, 81 by
IA ieet; ana four Offices three Quarters two store
houses, one Oilhouse; one Saadler's shop, and one
Mess House, OF various dimensions
lSCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS, AND OTHEI
PROPERTY. -
One Post Hospital, 20 by 25 feet; one Commissar
StoIehOuse, zUO by 20 1eet; one Commissary Salei
room ana onice, S4 by u feet; one Office, q byI
Guard House Qogl 81 by 20 ieeti two frame Cuar
Houses small szej one Barrack at Fort Lincoln
co by 70 feet; one Ordnance Storehouse. "a by / Q
feet; one Slaughter House 40 by "a feet with She'd
q b, 18 ieet, and OutbudinVs by feet one sta.
be 30 by 22 feet; ana 10 Kitchens Quarters, etc.
OF various dimensions.
One wharf of Timber and Lumber 476 feet long
and vary inP IN width from % TO 102 feet. 2aS inea
feet of Stockade, II teet high the Potomac dc
with block.house 20 by 80 feet, four platforms eacl
16 by IL feet and 100 lineal feet OF plank footwalk
ieet wide. 157 hneal feet OF Stockade on BAY SIDE
with locF house 70 by 20 feet, and three platforms
| OF various dimensions, and footwak
Ore Hose Carriage; % Fire Ladders; "a Axes 116
tlle buckets; and six lengths OF Hose each oil feet
| long.
Three Cooking Ranges; one Perpetual Oven; a
| quantity OF oid Lumber; and a number OF Pumps
Point Lookout situated at the junction of the Po-
| tomac nver with Chesapeake bay. was, before the
war, tavorlte watering place, and Is well adapted
for the purpose now having excellent facilities tor
saltwater latbing, ana abundance of fish and game.
The buildings above enumerated under the head of
United States General Hospital" located di-
rectly on the Point the principal structures being
| arranged in a circle, radiatng from q 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. water-tanks, and many
other necessary structures for the purpose ready
Tor immediate use. An excellent opportunity Is
so afforded to land owners the vicinity aud else
| where, TO secure valuable Iencing and building
| material.
a steamer VIII leave the Government wharves
south side OF the BASIN, Fardy's shipy ard Bal
| timore, Md, at 10 o'cl ocE the morning of Wed.
nesdaY January II, 1866, for the transportation of
bidders TO Point LOOKOUT; and will be reIaned until
the close Of the sale to return The passeng Bal
| tlmore Meals will be furnished on the boat ut the
usual steamboat rates. .ee
The Buildings will be sold singly, and other pres
| peTty in lois 10 suit purchasers.
! 1he 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
| 1eIms-Cash, III Government funds.
NJ. l. LUDINGTON,
Colonel and Chief QuartermasJer,
Il lot Department of Washington.
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