Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-01


Office Of Chief Quarternnaster
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dee ~ 1855.
VIII he sold at public auction to the highest bid
TfURSDA January IS 1866 at 10 oc ioein an m
the following frame buildings and other bubble mon
UNITED STATES GENERAL HOSPITAL.
One Headquarters Building, It's by 25 feet; Is Hos
Pltai Wards each li5 by . feet, Mess House 30
by . feet; one Guards Quarters. 1877 by u feet one
By ee one cRapo g By Feet khe g
by Y feet, with stationary Engine, Locomotive Boil
er and all the necessary apparatus for steam laundry
Snd drying; one Cow Stable, 81 by 4 feet one Horse
stable, % by q feet; one Wagon House. small one
!B5aggage House. IS by 25 feet one Warehouse s. by
- feet one House, 30 by 30 feet and 10 feet biqh
Water Tank Building II by Il feet 30 feet high With
circular water ankl6 feet diameter; two Coal Houscs
one Saw House, one Forage House one Dead HSoS'
ana one Wash House. Of various dimensions. also
covered Plank Footwalks connecting the above buid
lngs Aggregate length, l960 feet, and feet vide
TWO stories high; lathed and plastered and the If
teen Hospital Wards, the Mess house, and a few
other structures, are also lathed and plastered.
PRISON CAMP.
10 Hospital Wards, each Ii0 by Is feet: cool,-
houses, each 1i3 by q feet: one Cook-house 10
by y feet; one Cook house, 40 by 25 feet, with
quarters Building, z by q feet with two wings each
~ by ~ feet one G. S. Storehouse 90 by % feet ono
dns TSnTyS, 40 6E So feet one Ghae 100 by q feet
House, (bock) 50 by Is feet one Quarters, one Once
a1d one Store-room, of various dimensions: also
feet of Board Fence feet high: zoo nea all fen ea az
covered Plank F9otwalks, Z feet wide and 9S8
'lAc"l Ieet OF RANK footwalk, feet wide with rail
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT.
One Quarters, 100 by % feet: one Quarters ion bv
IA feet one Quarters p by y feet; one Quarters 81
by . feet three Stables averaging I$9 by q feet eaeb
one StorehoGSe 81 by 2 feet one Smith Shop So bv
"A feet one Wheelwright Shop s. hy IA faat op22
four Offices three Quarters two store bcnsoS oo
Ui,jnouse one Sadler2 Shop and one Mess-housc of
MISCELLANEOUS B BTILDINGS AND OTHER
One Post Hospital 20 by % feet one Conm;ss,rv
otQrehouse, 200 by 3 feet one Comnssary Saiesroom
ana Occ, 81 by y tcct Office u by Is feet. ono
Guard House, Qog,) so by 50 feet one Guard House
Qog) 80 by % feet; two frame Guard Houses smaI |
SIZE one BarTac at Fort Lincoln 60 by 20 feet one
ordnance Storehouse, d by L feet one Slaughter
House, 10 by "a feet with Shed q by - feet and Ont
Budng by feet; one Stable, So by y feet, and 10
Kitchens Guarters, dc. Of various dimensions.
One wharf Of Lumber and Lumber, l76 feet long, and
Stockade II feet high on Potomac side, with bI0cE
house ~ by 80 feet four platforms each Is by y feet
Ineal ieet of Stockade Bay side with blockbonse
p by ~ feet and three platforms of various dmen
SONS, ana fOotwaik.
One Hose Carriage IS Fire ladders. 81 Avos ne |
ire buckets; and six lengths Of Hose each 5l feet
Three Cooking RANGES: one PerpetuaI o,.on.
quantity OF Old lumber, and ii number of Pumps
POINT Lookout, situated at the junction of the Po
lohlac river with Chesapeake Bay was, before the |
q =
1or the purpose now, having excellent facilities for
salt water bathing, and abundance of fish and game
ar Inc buildings above enumerated under the head of
nted states General Hospital are located direct
~ on the Point, the principal structures being ar
ranged IN circle, radiating from a common centre
ana connected by covered toOtwalks, and could with
moderate expense be fitted up properly for the ac-
Gomnodati94 OF visitors, as steam laundry ice
mouse coal -house, watcr-tanks, ANA many other
necessary structures for the purpose, are ready for
inme9iate use. An excellent opportunity is also af
iorded TO landoWners in the vicinity, and elsewhere
to secure valuable fencing and building material
a steamerWi leave the Government wharyes south
SIDE OF the Basin. near Fardy's shipyard Baltimore
Ma: at - % Qclock, on the morning of Wednesday,
January q 1866, for the transportation of bidders TO
Point Lookout and will there be retained until the
cose OF the sale to return the passengers to Balt-
more Meals will be furnished on the boat at the
usual (steamboaD rates
The buildings will be sold singly. and other pro-
perry III lots to suit purchasers
Ihg 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
NJ. |. LUDINGTON,
Colonel and Chief QUarternaster,
IDpn1rtiDpOt pf Wosk