The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-01
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DUMPING PLACE MOVED 70 SANDY
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TASosana Feet wide 70 De
made - the Opea sea-Presens
DeDtA Averages Tweufy-sax Feet.

Specifications and instructions 20 bidders
OF the contract for Dredging the East. Bay
Ridge ard Red Hook channels II New
York harbor show mary Interesting details
81 20 the character ~ the work and the
manner in which IL viii 5s soae. Incl
densasiy. 500. tn~y show ire .roreiod ma
ture Of the contrac. hy which the govern
Mers seeks 20 protecE Itself against dis
aonssx work
The attention Of bidders sx called az the
outset says the New York Pest, TO the
contract labor laws, and they are i.-
formed thai conditions % quality ard
price being equal preference viz ne gwen
80 articles and materials cf domestic pro-
dactson- Then follow some twenty Eve
articles Of instruction as to the guarantees
by cats. 5cnts. and other securities. lsay-
fnr seemingly no point unprotected Each
BID Esst 10 signed by two responsible
guarantors. WHO must tie vaurhed for BY
. judge Or clerk OF the United States
court United States dsstrsc: attorney. a
United States commissioner. or 8 judge
or clerk NJ state court Of record This
official mass swear that 10 his personal
knowieGzs the guarantoY is worth sss. ese
''over and above his ce5ts and liabilities"
Eas. channel TO be improved accord
ing 10 the river and asraor act - March
:. by dredging II to q depth o. forty feet
feet, from the Sarrows across Sandy Hook
bar 20 the open sea The secretary Of war
Is empowered by the act to enter into con-
tracts for this work. as aprropria lions
may from ,trne to tine be made. no. to
exceed In ali 81. G.ds9 exclusive o. tho
81 .W.1e already appropriated. The sum
now available for the work Is ssa.5.. The
amount OF excavation necessary TO COM
pIe,e this work iE calculated q; y o. 90
cubic yards. measured ia place. So far
as IL known. the material 10 be exca.
waited 10 mainly sand On the outer or sea-
ward parts Of the channel and mud on
the inner part. with small but varying pro-
portions Of tans gravel. shells and clay
The government does not. however hold
Itself responsible for this Information. but
expects bidders TO make their own inYes-
LEGATIONS az 10 the nature Of the material
TO be excavated. The excaya;ed material
fE 10 BE dumped at sea at aa average dis
lance. for the work On East channel, OF
eight miles.
One hundred thousand dollars was ap-
procriated under the same act for the i'm
provemsnt OF the Bay Ridge and Red
Hook channels. Of which ssa1p ig now
available. The work IL to 5e begun at the
fnrty-foot curve at the southsriy end OF
Bay Ridge channel. opposite Sinety-afth
street. South Brooklyn, and be continued
along the Brooklyn shore TO Twenty
eighth street, and On through Red Hook
channel to it's Junction with But.srmiik
channel. They are TO be brought TO q
depth OF forty feet az low tide and a width
OF DO feet. For this work contracts may
be given TO the amour, % & Eo 20. ex-
elusive OF the appropriation already made
Bay Ridge channel has neen recently
dredsed - feet deep and $50 fee; wide
and Red Nook channel d fee; deep and -
feet wide The present depths In the area
TO be dredged range from 10 10 - feet a,
mean low water averaging about d feet
The amount II dredging necessary 10 ai.
the requirements IL said not to exceed
Is,#so1 cubic yards. Below FTft!esa
street. BROOKLYN, the material 10 be exea,
waited Is r1ainly mud er sofs sand At the
upper ers9 OF the work sJrue clay gravel o,
hDsii1erg may be encountered TIE aver
age distance which the material must be
carried from saeEe channels 10 the dump
Ing place a, IL twenty-one miles
On the Bay Ridge and Red Hook chan
neis the contractor must begin work with
In thirty days Of fhe date Of The approval
Of the contract on the Eas. channel ne
need not begin for year He must work
at an average monthly rate Of 20. go cubic
yards Of excavation until the approrria-
ton under which he Is working is exhaust
cd. TIE contract provides. apparently
for every possible case In which dispute
could arise between the contractor and
the government and each clause proyid :.
ing for such a eontingency ends with the
words. 'the Judgment os the engineer of
hcer IL charge tor TIE Inspector shall be
accepted as final" TO read tho ssseiaca-
lions ore would think that the man who
signs the contract vii, be completely in the
power Of the United States government.
but judging from the usual outcome Of
such contracts the results will probably
not he disastrous for the contractor what
ever they may BE- for the government
An interesting poln, has come up in re-
gard 10 tho dumping Of the material
brought up by the dYecges. The specahca-
tions for the work in the Bay Ridge and
Red Hook channels say that "the average
distance tn the place Of depnsi, I'm deep
water Will be about twenty ere miles"
This makes the dumping ground not the
ere that has been in use for fne last ten
years. Just north ~ the seward erd OF
East channel. bat ou; IN the retgf arisecd
~ the Sandy Hook ligh,<hip The long
distance Will. OF course add materially 70
ihe cost ~ the work on me Inner channels
A contractor who wishes IL hEd on the
work has consulted with the supervisor Of
the haTbor with q view e, obtaining a
change in the specifications So as II per
nit The use 81 the old dumping xraur,
II says .hat this will rot as wax SUD-
posed arm into East channel az tAe
T&ffFhf ts*f~ SITS the QGker saS n
proof II this ne SHOWS charts which eSfns-
lisa the fact that tn tho ,ass ten years
since the dump was established shere Hast
channel has been a,epenea two feat ~
theTeahouts by he scouF az tho s4rrent
fha emily aepnsi; that IS male In Fac.
channel now IS the slight ore from the
nNsestifinss - tire city that Inevitably get
irio Re barber, such "a ire wasting Down
~ the rain and the sweeping u deck =
D
shwsf, presents a sertsus problem wt.eA
a; present seems alrros, impossible. %
solve.
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