The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-06-28
ENGINEER OFFICE OF FORTS AND SEA
~ WALLS, Boston Harbor, rs State Street. Bos.
ton, Mass, June %, 1867.

ENGINEER OFFICE OF FORTS AND SEA
IL WALLS, Boston Harbor, rs State Street Bos-
ton, Mass, June %, 1867.
Proposals will be received at this Office until noon
of SATURDAY, July Is, next for the delivery OF the
following describe cut granite sea wall facing upoD
the beach of Lovell's Island, Boston Harbor he
tween the 18th day of August and the 18th day of
October next.
This stone to be OF the following descrp ion and
amount, the offer stating the price per superficial loot
lace measure Tor the front the wall anu separate.
y ior the face OF the coping. The Of stone
required is for the facing and coping of 800 800 linear
feet OF wall. For the facing three c0urses-ihe
or course OF loot IL inches rise The middle course
feet rise, and the upper course feet inch rise;
and the coping shall have rise oil ieet-the who
making front OF wall s feet high For the facing
the sretchers are not to be more than long on
the face, and are to average in width equal To che
rise, not varying more than inches that
width. The breadth OF the headers tor length
face be not less than the rise of the course and
they are to average at least that breadth and be
at least 4 It, long. The headers will be dovetaiteu
"a OF an inch to loot from the 'front.' the ends OF
the stretchers being beyelled TO correspond. The
entire beds OF the headers, and their BULLS and
joints, for inches from the front, than the Use
OF the course, also the entire lid OF the headers o.
the upper OF IT, i'll. Course, and tne beds, builds
and 10 nts of all the stretchers, VIII be trough ham
cred straight; that Is, out Of wind, true the
square Devel with gooJ full joints, the ARISES
shall be Strengthened according 10 "a batter the
wall OF IT, to tt. in heigut The coping to be 2
rise, to be not less than it, deep from the 'front.'
least width #. inches ana to average at least IT,
WIDE, and the beds aIe 10 be rough halnmC red
straight, and the joints OF alternate stones of tie
coping to be dovetailed as double headers and
fully 10 inch to the loot from the front,
leet distance from the front they will be inches
rover than the face, the remaining half in num- er
these coping being cut with loz nse-shaped
joint to tit these dovetais.
Also required to be delivered-upon said Beach at
LOyes Island, betose the rst OF October next about
5000 t. 5000 cuUic Ieet of jetee stone upon
beach on the inner side OF Deer Island, so about
5000 to 5000 cuDc feet may be needed, of jettee
stone, 10 be of the following description:
These stones may have quarry faces on upper and
lower, or raj her inner anu outer BEDS and Ihey
vary from is to "a inches in thickness and even
the same stone, bur no more; they must have good
split edges not varying more han inch to the
foot on the square with the best bed or tacs; the
ends need square with the edges, but they should
have split ends. They NAV vary from 10 4 ieet in
width, but not more than Oot the ends OF the
stone. The lengh Of the stones may vary from
10 feet. averaging between The two lengths, AMI
the dimensions as they will square with OF the
sides one euge, length breadth and thickness and
the cubic feet 10 be 1 arked on each stone.
Offers will be received the and for the
jettee stone, either separately together, and
The ettee stone either of the Islands separately
ii desired. Each offer must be accompanied by at
least accepting sureties, and to fourth
the amount bid, and be certified 10 their sutfie-
eney by some principal United States civil officer of
the vicinity. -
II. w. BENHAM,
Colonel OF Engineer,
june27eod1W Bvt. Maj. Gen. u, 5. A.