The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-05

Il AH6E SALE Of GOV MENT BUILD
u INGS AND OTHER PROPERTY AT POINT
LOOKOUT, MD.
HTADoUARTERs DEPARTMENT wAsHrNeToN,l
OFF1oE OF HIEF QUARTERMAsTER,
WASHINGTON, ID c.. December 49, 1865 J
VIII be sold at Public Auction 10 the highest bid
THURSDAY January 49, 1866. at 10 O'Clock, A.
M, the following frame buildings and other public
UNITED STATES GENERAL HOSPITAL.
One headquarters Building, 175 by % feet; 10
Hospital ards each l76 by % feet; one Mes douse,
20 by 28 feet; one Guards Quarters 167 by u feet;
one Conuaband Quarters, 60 by IA feet one y ;hon,
60 by S ieetj one Chapel " Uy 20 teetj one Dtun-
tive Boiler and all the necessary apparatus for scam
lal ndiy and drying; one Cow Stable 81 bv "a 'et;
small OfI one sS BaesSSo az % House. bv q @ w ne
MaTenouse, % by % teeti one Ice u 'se,
Gg % i9et ana do, P % feet & higb h mater nix
water tank, l6 feet diameter; two Coal Houses, 10
saw House, one Forage House, Que d cad HOus d
covered Plank Footwalks connecting the ab. ;e
buidingsj aggregate length 1850 feet, ana 8 ct
wide.
he aforementioned Headquarters Buildn- is
two stories high, lathed and plastered, and ,hy #
other structures are also laihed aud pasereO
PRISON CAMP.
10 Hospital m 1Ho Wards F 30 eaon l4O by q feet Co
rs feet; one Cook-house, 140 BY 25 feet VITA
w'ngs; each 30 by 20 feeti one Headq quarter Blu Dc.
one =. ). Storehouse, 80 by % feet one Dispens y
4O by 3S feet; one Chapel, 100 by a leet; one =
d
so by 10 eet; one Quart rs, one Office, and ,,le
S,oreToom, OF various dimenslons also 91ss H. II
feet OF Fencing, IL feet high; 80 la, feet OF 10 q
Fence, feet high; 200 lineal feet o covered p k
Footwaks, IL feet wide; and 9lSs h al feet Pink
FOotwalk leet wide, with rail.
| QUARTERMASTER'S DEL RTMEA :,
One Quarters, 100 by 2S feet; or Quarter 0J by
"a Ia eeti one Quarters Y by ~ tt- one $aa- ers,
! each one Storehouse, S4 by q feet; orc Sn u
sho1, 90 by "a feeti one Wheslwright sh D. Q, 7
il ieet; and four Offices, three Quarters two :, .
| houses, one Oihouse; one Saddler's SHOP lnd o
! Mess House, OF various dimensions. ILL.
MISCELLANEOUS Bull 0INGS, AND or Il
One Post Hospital 20 by % feet; one Cour ,''-y
StoIehouse, 20O by 30 ieet; one Con ar, ..
! feet; one Guard House uog) 80 by 50 t.e, ne
Guard House, Qog), 81 by 20 feet; two i,ame I'd
| Houses small size one BarrGck, at Fort L.u r' L,
| co by 20 feet; one Ordnance Storehouse "a 3
| ieet one Slaughter House 40 by q feet, W tn l.,
"a b, 10 feet and Outbuildings, by ieet; .at "a
| be, SO by % feet: ana 10 Kitchens, quar- gtr,
| OF various dimensions. .'.r
One wGarf OF Timber and Lumber 476 fee :,
| and varying IN width from % to 1O2 feet. 2iS L
| ieet of Stockade II feet high on tho Potou.' ,,
with block.house 20 by 30 feet four D otftri ii
| 16 by II teet, and 100 lineal feet ai plank K,
feet wide. 157 lineal feet OF Sockade on g,
| with locR. house 20 by 20 feet, ana three is
| OF various dimensions, and footwak.
| One Hose Carriage; 2S Fire Ladders; "A q I6
| Fne Buckets; and six lengths OF Hose, ca, Get
long.
| Three Cooking Ranges; one Perpetual a
quantity of Old Lumber; and number OF i
Point Lookout, situated at the junction Po-
| war, a ayorlte watering place, and is wei ted
| ior the purpose now having llent lacI,, Tor
salt " ater bathing, and abundance fish aul me.
The buildings above enumerated under the he IF
Omitted States General Hospital" lUcJ.C liz
recty on the Point, the principal structure b ug
arranged in circle, radiatng IRON conn ON
centre, and connected by covered tootwalas, md
could with moderate expense be fitted up p Cpuriy
1or the acco ommOdatOn of visitors, a steam IN
dry, icehOuse, coal house. water.tanks, and many
other necessary structures for the purpose ready
LOT immediate use. An excellent opportunity is
afforded to landowners the vicinity, ana else
where, 10 secure valuable fencing and building
material.
A steamer Will leave the Government wharves,
south side OF the BASIN, Fardys shpy ard, Bal
timoTe Md, at 10 O'Clock, or the morning of We'd
nesdaY, January IT, 1866 for the trans poration OF
bidders TO Point LooEout; and will be reaIned until
the close Of the sale to return The passengers Bal
tImore Meals will be furnished on the boat at the
usual steamboat rates.
The Buildings wIll be sold singly and other pro-
| perry in lois TO suit purchasers.
The military guard win remain IN charge of the
Buildings, etc. Tor fifteen days after the sale, II
desired and purchasers will be allowed twenty days
, in which TO remove their property
1eIms-Cash, IN Govern ment funds.
NJ. l. LII DINGTON,
Colonel and Chief QuartermasIeT,
| 15t Department of Washington.