The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-24
SEA WALL AT FORT GASWELL
THE ENGINEER COPS OPENED BIDS FOR
MATERIAL YESTERDAY
Thirteen Thousand IONS OF Stone,
$4,000 Lineal Feet of Poles and 600
Cords of Brush to be Used-Bids to be
opened August 3Ist for a FIJI Requfr-
Ing SOC, 900 Cubic Yards of Earth or
Sand-work TO Commence in Sep
TENDER.

During the great West India hurr1-
cane ON the 31st of October last year
the mad ocean e~ncroached on the sand
island on which Fort Caswell is in
structed. at the mouth of the Cape Fear
river, doing damage estimated atS5O,Ooo.
Ii became absolutely necessary, in or
der to protect the Notifications, to
build a seawaIl in order to keep back
the ocean in the event Of any future
storms. The secretary Of war ordered
a survey and it was decided 90 build
around the ocean front of the island,
a great seawaIl of rock, that will hold
back the waves if they should even
make another assault on the fort.
According to the survey, it was esti-
mated that the work Of constructing
the seawall would require an expendi-
ture of S225, 900, but congress only ap-
propriated S14S, 900 for the construction
of the wall. That amount is now avail
able for the work and as soon as pos
sible work will begin on this big under
taking. The wall will be nearly a mile
long and will be six TO eight feet in
height and about twelve feet thick.
Having advertised for proposals to
furnish the stone, brush and poles for
the construction of the seawall, Capt.
T.. W. VanCourt Lucas, chief of the
engineer corps here, yesterday at B p.
m, in the office of the engineers, in the
postoffice building, opened the various
bids.
The bids for furnishing 5000 long tons
of broken stone and 1000 tons of large
stone in pieces weighing not less than
100 pounds nor more tina 300 pounds,
delivered at Point Peter or Wilmington,
were as follows:
Stewart Contracting Company, OF
Columbia, S. c., $1.62 per ton for the
large stone, and S1.90 for. the broken
stone, delivered at either Wilmington
or Point Peter.
CCggins Granite Company, of Elber-
ton, Ga, $1.65 per ton for large stone
and s1.95 for broker one.
w. r. Bonsal & Co., of Hamlet, n.
c., $1.53 per ton for large stone and
$1.73 for broken stone, from either Will
mington or Point Peter.
Thomas Woodroffe & Sons, of Mt
Airy, N. :, $1.6S for large stone and S1.Ss
for broken stone, delivered at Whining
ton or Point Peter, or sos per ton fol
large stone and 1925 for broken stone
delivered at Fort asWell.
FOR TRANSPORTATION OF STONE
The bids for transporting the stone
from Wilmington or Point Peter tc
Fort Caswell were as follows:
Belden & HoWey, of Wilmington, n
c., so cents per ton for large stone and
IS cents for broker stone, from either
Point Peter or Wilmington.
Charles VESSEL, of Wilmington, n,
c., 80 cents per ton for large stone and
so Gets per ton for broken stone, from
either Wilmington or Point Peter.
w. A. Sanders, of Wilmington, N. c..
40 cents per ton for large stone and
Al cents per ton for broken stone, from
either Point Peter or Wilmington.
T. n Williams of Wilmington N q
95 cents for large stone and So cents
for roken stone, from either Whining
ton or Point Peter.
S. w. Skinner & Son, of Wilmington,
so cents per ton for broken stone and
go cents per ton for large stone, from
either Wilmington or Point Peter; to
Fort Caswell go cents per ton for large
stone and 80 cents per ton for broken
stone.
The bid include the unloading of
stone at Point Peter or Wilmington,
and the transportation of stone to the
wharf at Fort Caswell in lots of not
less than 80 to 100 tons per day. AT
Fort CaSwell the stone will be unload
ed by the government.
The bids for 600 cords of birch brush,
the brushes not to be less than II feet
long and 8 inches in diameter, and no
single brush to be larger than IL in
h e in diameter, bound with No. IL
bTONH @ SHdI pc SdINdHlLeu WHc, uc-
livered at the wharf at Fort Caswell,
were as follows:
j.. A. and c.. H. Zibelin, of Viola, n.
c., S2.49 per cord or $50 per 1000 feet.
s. w. Lehew, of Southport, So per
cord or 2 cents per foot.
J.. D. McRae, of Wilmington, So per
cord or $40 pc r thousand feet.
w. H. Robbins, of Wilmington, Gn-
formaD 2 cents per lineal foot for poles
only.
The successful bidder is required to
give bond in the amount of % per cent.
Of the contract for the faithful per-
Torrance of the contract.
Captain Lucas reports the bids
to the secretary of war, with his
recommendations, and the secretary
awards the contracts. He will forward
his recommendations today.
Bids will be opened August 31st for
filling in 500, 900 cubic yards of earth
or sand at the fort.