Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-09
Z ARGE SALE OF GOVERNMENT
u BUILDINGS AND OTHER PROPERTY AT
POINT LOOKOUT, MD.
HEADQUARTERS DEpARrMExr OLE WAsH1xGrox.l

Office of Chief Quarermaster,
WAsHIyGToN, d. c., Dec. %, 1865.
VIII he sold at public auction to the highest bid
der at POINT LOOKOUT, MD, commencing
THURSDAY, January y. 1866, at 70 o'clock: A. M.
UNiTED Skirts GENERAL HOSPITAL.
One Headquarters Building, lis by 3 feet; Is Hos
Pita Wards, each Us by 3 feet one Mess House 2l0
Conraband Quarters 60 BY Il feet; one Kitchen. 90
by % teet one CaaRel, n b{ y teet one Laundry 70
err and all the necessary apparatus for steam laundry
and drying Cow Stable, 81 by Il feet; one Horse
Baggage House. 55 by % feet ono Warehouse IS by
p feet one Ice House. 40 by 20 feet and 10 feet high
circular water tankl6 feet diameter; two Coal Houses
one Saw House, one Forage House, one Dead House,
and one Wash House., of various dimensions; also
covered Plank Fo0twalks connecting the above build
ings. Aggregate length ls60 feet, and feet wide.
The above mentioned Headquarters Building is
two stories high Iathed and plastered and the fif
teen Hospital Wards the Mess house, and few
other structures, are also lathei and plastered.
10 Hospital Wards, each 40 by . feet; : Cook
houses, each l43 by y feet: one Cook house, l2O
by Is feet; one Cool, house $40 by 25 feet, with
40 by 20 feet c. s Storehouse 80 by % feet one
one Expes Once, s. by Is feet oR ny Guard Sg
House block0 50 by Is feet one Quarters one Office,
and ono St9re-room, of various Dimensions; also,
feet Of Board Fence feet high 700 lineal feet Of
covered Plank Footwaks, Z feet wide. and 91SS
lncal feet of Plank FOOtwalk, feet wide, with rail
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT.
One Quarters, 100 by . feet; Quarters 100 by
ss one b2e aaEeF . by ~ Eo = d ~
one Sorehouse 81 by q feet; Smith Shop, % by
q fees, one Wheelwrish. Shop, 81 by Il feet, and
oil-house one Sadlers Shop and one Mess-hOuse, of
MISCELLANEOUS ,BTILL.DINGs AND OTHER
PROPERTY.
One Post Hospital, 70 by % feet; one Commissary
StOrehouse, 200 by 3 feet one Commissary Salesroom
and Office, 81 b. 2 feet; Office y by l6 feet
Guard House dog 30 by 50 feet; one Guard House,
dog 80 by 70 feet; frame Guard Houses, small
size one Barrack at Fort Lincoln 50 by - feet one
Ordnance Storehouse, 81 by Il feet; one Slaughter
House, 10 by a feet, with Shed q by - feet and Out
building by eet; Stable, Sc by y feet, and 10
Kitchens Quarters, &C. of various dimensions.
One wharf of Timber and Lumber, 476 feet long and
varying in width from Y to O2 feet 24S nea feet of
rt0ckade II feet high on Potomac side, with block
house 20 by 30 feet four atorms each Is by y feet
and 100 linea feet of plank footwalk feet wide, l57
neal feet of Stockade Bay side, with blOckhouse
. by 70 feet and three platforms OF VARIOUS dimen-
sions and footwalk.
One Hose Carnage; . Ere Ladders; "A Axes: JIG
Fire Buckets; and six lengths of Hose each 81 feet
Three Cooking Ranges one Perpetual Oven;
quantity OF old Lumber, and u number OF Pumps.
Point Lookout, situated at the junction of the PO
t0mac river with Chesapeake Bay, was, before the
W.. favorite watering place, and is well adapted
for the purpose now, having excellent facilities for
saltwater bathing, and abundance Of hSh and game:
The buildings above enumerated under the head of
ly on the Point the principal structures being ar
ranged in circle, radiating from common centre
and connected by covered tOOwalks, and could with
moderate expense be fitted up properly for the &C
commodati3n OF visitors as a steam laundry, ice
necessary structures for tho purpose are ready for
immediate use. An excellent opportunity is also af
tOrded to landowners in the vicinity, and elsewhere
to secure valuable fencing and building material.
steamer will leave the Government whIrves. south
side Of the Basin near Fardy's shpyard. Baltimore
Md. at 10 O'Clock, on the morning of " Wednesday,
Il
Point Lookout, and will be retained until the
ore u Weas 70 he rnisbed n tbo boat ~
usual steamboat rates.
The buildings will be sold singy. and other pro-
perry in lots to suit purchasers.
The military guard will remain in charge of the
Buildings, &c for fifteen days after the sale if de
sired and purchasers will be allowed twenty days in
which to remove their property.
Terms cash. in Government funds. ,r,-,,ro,r
Colonel and Chief Quartermaster,
de30-15t Department of Washington.
Il AiSGE SALE OF UNIFEn STATES Orb
IL NANCE PROPERTY.
ALLEGHENY Arsenal,
December %, 1865 !
viii be sold at Public Auction, by I A \. McCiel-
AeFeeEE AFsP MPTbB4gY
| jan 18th, 1866 the following articles, viz:
Iron Cannon.
! IS Sets Artillery Harness.
| 1922 Foreign Muskets and Rifes-new and re-
| 1892 United States Muskets and Rifes-new and
repaired.
| 62S37 Foreign Muskets and Rifles.
! 1854 United States Muskets and Rifles.
3,53S Breech- Loading and other Carbines.
453 Colts and Sharp's Rifles.
| Isl Sporting Rifles.
SO Shot Guns.
| sop Musket and Rifle Barrel
| 1898 Bayonets-Tr Triangular and Sword.
2,l85 Revolvers.
| 1875 Sabres and Swords.
1900 Sets Cavalry Announcements.
| 5000 Sets Infantry Accoutrements.
| $500 Enthusiastically and Artillery.
| 10000 Parts Of Horse Equipments, Brides, Horse
Brushes Curry Combs, &c.
5000 Saddle Blankets.
$500 Parts of Artillery Harness.
1000 Pounds Powder Cannon, Musket, Rife, and
Sporting.
80 Incomplete Sets of wrought Iron Parts for
Casemate Carriages.
800 Tons Scrap Cast Iron.
50 Tons Scrap Wrought Iron
| so Tons Lead and Antimonyin Pigs-Type Metal
100 Wrought Iron Axles.
| 5000 Pounds Lead DroSs.
1900 Packing Boxes.
A large lot of Appendages for Muskets, Carbines
| &C.
A large lot of Artillery Implements and Equip
ments
large lot Of spare parts for Muskets &c.
large lot of Tools and Machines
Purchasers will be required to remove the property
| within ten days after the sale
| TERMS CASH.
r. Ii. R. WHITLEY,
Lit. Col of Ordnance and
de3O-tJal3 BIT. Brig Gen. U. S. Aamy.
HEUBLIC SALE OF GOVERNMENT
ILL., PROPERTY