Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-04-18
PROPOSALS.
n O1ISE TO CONTRACTORS FOR HARBoR
WORK.

seated Proposals viii be received; addressed to
.dJ-ug the tollOSiuE work az Erie, Pennsylvaais.
CLASS A
l.em TO tskt OF from the works put Ia by Vim
pl1nEs pIsts, and upper timber, from the north
per rev extension for extent pierwise of
It'm2 To take out from the north side Of the
- 90 Ne, say y cords more or less, sad
ne stone thIs taken out on the natural bed =
sis ~ bot,am sna al s.Sns OF rp rap" Is teet
on tie B0ltn edge To height Of We feet next to
20 Per Inc lepsth ofthis "rip-rap," pierwise
iiem To dredRe a trench in the sand, close mp
fr length Of 200 feet and width OF 20 feet, and 20
a s'eIazs 81 - inches depth of cutting There
1--dEed snd dumped
Item 9 To pull up as many Of tn. pile. that may
ue reqEir.d 20 be pulled.
lt,n T1 drive As may piles In, and for stay
Ter OF 90 50 that their points may not be less than
Item s To furnish and put properly in the pier
rIp rap what additional rubble stone may be re-
Item7. To frame. it. i,strn in place in the SUI
1.r-truGt'.n all tim Ger that may BE required upon
Hens To eslace aud fa.ten the joists and GOV.
-5mr n amir as before their removsI - ''''
Item = Remove, BY dredsins or otherwise, as
tie tractor may tleSt. TO uEifOrm depth OF IA
iest selGw low stage Of water, all the outer $40
i,5 CT pier extension OF said north pier, 50 clean
BE- IN " hich bed there shall nothing be left ris az
cr sticking higher than the horizontal plane n
let below said Low stage OF water; the that
may be dFedGed here TO be pu. iHto the rip ra, or
that 10 To be raised to effect the removal to be de-
-lted where the Engineer may direct for the use
% the United Stat.
In thls 20 feet there were put in By Vincent 4
hing SIS cords OF Stone, SO cubic feet $50 cords
Of piEe timber bsIted with inch iron bolts from "a
% y ineles long: but this work has sunk much
that probably not more than one third one half
The original amount will have 10 he torn out or
raised before coming to the requr red depth. There
l. ample depth of water To work any machinery on
&C, all aIouno that portion to be raised. -
A. the work under class A TO ne conmencsd
soon as the legal papers be executed With the
rgatractor, and completed on OF before the lst day
u August, 1865
GLASS u.
ITEM To dredge, tow away, and dump the earth
Tased At such place IS the engineer In charge NAV
1'seet-the present interior channel of thf, hsr-
tuI-at such place, In such direction, to such an
extent. width, depth, and manner a the engineer
barge shall direct to the amount of sos ubic
3 ARDS more or less, as the funds already appro-
Ertated shall justify The me tsurems of the
i-rd gng 10 be made by the ii seer in charge in
III Natural he'd before dredging, upon the data
1Urulshed By the survey. under tie direction of
she Lake survey y in 1886, and the contractor
g. he paid pom this estimate The dredging TO be
.OnmeOced as sOen the legal papers can be
-NrcUtfd with the contractor, aud all to be com
Pletrd on or before the Ist Of September next aud
a. much sooner as the engineer in charge may
direct.
lhe bidder will forward his proposal in dunH
Gates 70 h. written in the following form filling
tie blanks with his prices
7. Erevst MAJOR e. neral L. J. Gram. UoIOneI
1,rP- of Engineers, Detroit, Michigan:
H.. UndvI signed proposes to do the work at Erie