The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-17
GOVERNMENT SALES.
7 ARGE SALE OF OOvEBEMENT BUILD.
i lE&S AND OrhER PROPERTY AT POINT

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l INGs AND oTAER PkOPERTY AT POINT
HHADogARTERs DEPARrMENT wAsHINeToE,)
OFFICE OF HIFB QUARTKRMAsTER
WARRINGTON, ID. O December 49, 1885 J
win be cold at Public Auction 20 the highest bid
THURSDAY, January Is, 1866 at 10 O'CLOCK. A.
M, the following frame buildings and other public
p'tHS UNITED r Isl STATES GENERAL HOSPITAL.
One Headquarters Building, 17b by 25 feet; l6
Hospital ards each 115 by rs feet one Mess house.
2t0 BY 2S feet; one Guards Quarters 167 by "a feet
one Cenraband Quarters 60 by IA feet one Kitchen
dry 81 by "a eot with Stationary @ Engine TocomS
i've Roller, and oil the necessary apparatus tor
ai noiy and dry ng; one Cow Stable 81 by "A feet;
Cne Horse stable, 81 by II feet; one WAGON House,
small; one Baggage House, So by % feet; one
warehoHse, 50 by % feet; one Ice House,
Building, II by IL feet 30 feet high with circular
water tank, l6 feet diameter; two Coal Houses, one
saw House, one Forage House, one Dead Hous-, and
one Wash House, OF various d,mensions; also.
covered Plank Footwaks connecting the above
bun diHgs; aggregate length 1850 feet, and feet
The aforementioned Headquarters Building is
two stories high, lathed and plastered, ana the af
other structures are 9lso "a Isthed aud Dastered.
,opo.r,.o, vVo-sl Ellison CAMP. FAN os
hous each 143 by 70 feet; one Cook house. 100 by
26 ieeti one Cook-house 140 by % Ieet with tRo
ing, 70 by "a ieei with TWO wings each 40 bs 20 eot,
one T. s. storehouse, 80 by % feet; one Disponsary
40 by 8s feet; Chapel, 100 by "a feet; ono Exx
press Office, 80 by 16 rect; Guard House ID ock
80 by 10 eet; one Quart rs. one Office, and one
feet OF Fencing, ~ feet high 80 nea feet OF Board
Fence, feet high; 200 lineai feet Of covered Plank
Footwaks, 12 feet wide; and 91s8 hnea feet of Plank
wv QUARTERMxsrER'Is'' ID DEPARTMENT.
One Quarters, 100 by 28 feet; Quarters, 100 by
SO by 2S ieet three Stables averaging ISs Sy "a feet
each; one Storehouse, "a by "a feet; one Smith
ID eet; and four Offices, three Quarters two store
houses. one Oihouse; one Saodler's shop, and one
Mess House, OF various dimensions = ~
MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS, AND oTHEI
PROPERTY.
One Post Hospital, 20 by 25 feet; one Commissar
room and Office, s4 by 27 feet; one Office, 81 byi
| ieet; one Guard House nogl so by so feet; ON
Houses small size; one Barrack, at Fort Lincoln
co by 20 feet; one Ordnance Storehouse, "a BY q
ieet one Slaughter House 40 by "a feet with Shed,
"a By 18 feet and Outbuildings by feet; one sta.
bIe 36 by ~ feet; and 10 Kitchens, Quarters, etc.
One wharf of Timber and Lumber, 47e feet long
and varying in width from % to 102 feet 248 linea
feet OF Stockade II ieet high on the Potomac SIDE
l6 by IL ieet and 100 ineal feet OF plank footwak
feet wide. 157 lneal feet OF Siockade on bay side
| with tlocP house 25 by 20 feet and three platforms
| OF Various dimensions, and footwalk. -
| One Hose Carriage; 28 Fire Ladders; "a Axes; 1l6
Fne Buckets; and six lengths of Hose, each 61 feet
Three Cooking Ranges; one Perpetual Oven; a
quantity OF o'd Lumber; and number of Pumps
Point Lookout, situated at the junction of the Po-
| tomac nver with Chesapeake bay was before the
war a faVorite watering place, and is well adapted
for the purpose now, having excellent facilities tor
salt. Naer bathing, and abundance OF fish and game
The buildings above enumerated under the head of
United States General Hospital" are locaIed di-
reetly on The Point, the principal structures beng
arranged in circle, radiatng from common
| centre, and connected by covered footwalks, and
cou with moderate expense be fitted up properly
Tor the accommodation of visitors, as steam iaun-
dry, ice-house, coal house water-tanks, and many
other necessary structures for the purpose ready
| 1or immediate use. An excellent opportunity Is
so afforded to land owners the vicinity and else
where, to secure valuable iencing and building
material
A steamer will leave the Government wharves,
south side OF the BASIN, Fardys shipy ard, Bal
timore, Md, at 10 O'Clock, on the morning of We'd
nesday January H. 1866, for the transportation of
bidders to Point Lookout; and will be retained 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 snGly, and other proo
pertY in lots to suit purchasers.
The military guard will remain IN charge of the
Buildings, etc, for ff cen days after the SALE If
desired, and purchasers will be allowed twenty days
| in which TO remove their property
| TeIms-Cash, in Government funds.
| NJ. / LUDINGTON,
| Colonel and Chief Quartermaster,
| II lot Department OF Washington.