The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-27
GOVERNMENT SALES.

new orleans, La, July .. 1867
Sealed Proposals will be received AT this of1ea
Until II NJ, Auguat 10, 1867, for the purchase Of
Sii IL the right, title and Interest OF the United
6allLoad Ssl rom Brazos Santiago To Whites
The sale viii include the entire track nm,
sidings, buildings, water stations. turn tables
bridges etc, the railroad materials, the suppljes
pertaining to the road, together with the rolling
stock. cars, machinery, and other eduipments
as fOllows;- -"
81 miles Railroad Track.
Tarn-Tables
$4,000 pounds Railroad Chairs. .-t
500 Cross Ties.
Railroad Frogs aud Switch Standa
Locomotive and Tender (named "West.
ern'l
Flat Cars
Hand Cars lad.
Push Cars.
6s6 pounds Car Springs
Crow Feet.
Spike Mauls.
Track Guage.
! Fire Tongs.
Railroad Depot Building,
EoTeman's Quarters.
l57 pounds American Packing.
% pounds Jute Packing.
20 feet Rubber Hose
Douglas Pump. . .......-
Water Casks
] Feed Pipe.
j Cistern.
2 Office Desks.
Cooking Stove
i Stove.
Claw Bars.
2 Shackle Bars.
Lantern,
Signal Lanterns
Grind Stones
2 Padlocks
Turning Lathe.
45 Shovels
3 sets Carpenters Tools,
Water Buckets.
Jackscrews and Levers
Anvils
Bellows.
Pinch Bars.
i Cold Chisel.
Blacksmiths' Hammers
Sledge Hammers.
10 Hammer Handles.
Spike Punches.
l set Blacksmiths' Tools.
Blacksmiths' Topgs.
Nises.
! Cross-cut Saw.
173 Pick Axes.
"A Pick Axe Handles.
Square Brasses.
Stufhng Boxes.
i Brass Faucet.
l Hose Nozzle.
The sale will not include the title to the land
which does not belong to the United States.
This road is about ten miles In length, and
extends from BTaZos Santiago to Whites
Rancho, on the Rio Grande. From this point
connection is made by steamer Wlth BroRnA-
vile and Matamoras. .I
The route is the shortest and best for the in-
mense traffic between the Gulf Of Mexico and
the interior of Southern Texas and Northern
Mexico, and the communication by rail alone
can readily be extended 10 Brownsville.
The road already completed saves thirty niles
Vi ullDCulb anu lOIIuOuS ndVlRablOns Inc Odu
is hve feet gauge, good ties, rail, and fuH
spiked a'-I.E
ton to Captain G. ii. Hoyt, A. O. M, Browns
vile, Texas, and any information desired nay
be obtained from that officer, or from the dice
OF the Chief fQuartermaster, Fifth Mil1taryDis
condition of the sale will be that tnns-
portation shall be furnished for all Government
troops and supplies whenever required, at rites
not 10 exceed those paid by the United safes
to other railroad companies in the Fifth lili-
The terms of payment accepted will be nose
considered the most favorable to the Goern-
ment
Ten per cent cash, in Government fr1nc to
be paid on acceptance of proposal
The government reserves the right to rect
Proposals should be indorsed proposals for
the purchase ofBrazos Santiago and Rio Grnde
Railroad" and addressed "Brev. Lieut. 90. A.
j. McGonnigle, A. Q. NJ. U. s. Army, dice
Chief Quartermaster, Fifth Military District,
A. ]. MoGONNIGLE.
BreV Leut-Col. and A. Q. M. U. s. Army
7l7l9t In charge of offe.
r ,ARGE SALE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY
OFFICE OF ARMY CLOTHING, AND EoUrPAn)
No. 20 BROADWAY. NEW YORK, July II, lSa
VIII be sold at Public Auction at the Debt Of
INGTON Street, New York clty. on TfJESAY.
the 9th day of August next, commemorate II
O'Clock A. NJ, TO be continued from day tday,
the following articles of Army Clothinand
EQuipage:-
5000 Uniform Coats.
"a, 600 Uniform Jackets
7,775 Veteran Res Corps Jackets
$4,000 Knit Drawers.
128.000 Knit Shirts.
10000 Great Coats (Footmen'sl
S00O0 Great Coats (Horsemen'sl
10000 Woollen Blankets
10000 Rubber Blankets
10000 Rubber Ponchas
10000 Lined Sack Coats
100000 Unlined Sack Coats.
100 600 Forage Caps.
$4,000 pairs Bootees, Nj. s,
$500 pairs Boots, Nj. S.
15O00 Brogans.
900 Leather Neck Stocks
$4,000 Hat Feathers.
100000 Knapsacks (Regulationl
II 900 Mann Patent Knapsacks.
10000 H9veTsacks Regulation.
7,5OO Haversacks (Enamened)
Il UOO pairs Trowsers, HOrseInen's
$1,000 pairs Trowsers, Footmen's.
2eW pairs Leggings.
434 HusSar Jackets,
900 Straw Hats ...
2l73 Dark Blue Trowsers
2,l5l Buckles for Trowsers
54 yards Dark Blue Cloth
40 yards Blue Flannel
1892 yards Green Merino
l29 yards Black Wigans
799 yards Black Alpaca
443 yards Brown Hollands
Also, a quantity Of various articles of irra0r-
lar Clothing and Equipage Samples of aiTcan
be seen at the depot within ten days of sale
and catalogues had.
Terms-Cash in Government funds: ten coeK~
cent. down and the balance before thegooafssI
taken from the depot, which must be W. ~ az
nVe days after the sale, under forfeiture Ob ai
chase and the ten per cent deposited Pr-
BVt. Major-General ID. II. VINTOir
72O lot Asst. Qr.-Master Genn u S'A
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PROPOSALS.