List of contracts made by the Engineer Department, &c.—Continued. Objects and terms of contracts. For furnishing at Fairport Harbor, Ohio, delivered and piled in such storehouse as the contractor for such pier-work shall designate, the iron bolts and spikes (estimated at 8,000 pounds drift-bolts and 2,000 pounds ship or boat spikes) required by specifications for repairs to the east pier, at, for drift-bolts, 2 cents per pound; for spikes, 3 cents per pound. For removing from the channel of the Sacramento River, Cal., at and below Colby's Landing, such snags as may, in the judgment of the inspector to be appointed by the government, be necessary to insure a safe and convenient navigation for the classes of boats and barges that are used in the river trade, at $39.50 for each snag removed. Expired September 30, 1879. For furnishing copper plate and engraving thereon lake-survey chart entitled Lake Ontario Coast Chart, number five (5), and delivering the same at office of the Chief of Engineers at Washington, D. C., for $1,150. March 15, 1880. For furnishing copper plate and engraving thereon lake-survey chart entitled Lake Erie Coast Chart, number two (2), and delivering the same at'office of the Chief of Engineers, at Washington, D. C., or $817. Expired January 15, 1880. For furnishing all necessary materials and constructing a crib-dike, in the lower Ohio River near the Grand Chain, in accordance with the requirements of advertisement and specifications, at, for round timber, 7 cents per linear foot; for square timber, $18 per thousand feet, board measure; riprap stone, 88 cents per cubic yard; for brush, $1.50 per cord; for iron, 3 cents per pound. Expired December 31, 1879. for [Supplementary to contract of October 29, 1878.] For additional dredging in Buffalo Breakwater, N. Y., $4,500. August 31, 1879. For furnishing the necessary material and labor for grading grounds south of the Executive Mansion, 7,000 cubic yards of earth, at 13 cents per cubic yard. Expires March 1, 1880. For furnishing the necessary material and labor for grading grounds south of Executive Mansion, 1,000 cubic yards of earth, at 14 cents per cubic yard. Expired August 15, 1879. For furnishing and delivering fuel for the public buildings and grounds, in the quantities and of the quality and at prices as follows: 250 tons white ash furnace coal, $3.85 per ton; 76 tons red ash, range, or stove coal, $4.25 per ton; 56 tons red ash, egg, or grate coal, $4.25 per ton; 37 cords kindling wood, 4 cuts, into 5 pieces, and split, $4 per cord; 10 cords oak wood, 2 cuts, into 3 pieces, and split, $4.50 per cord; 2 cords hickory wood, 2 cuts, into 3 pieces, and split, $5 per cord; 24 cords oak wood, cut into 2 pieces, and not split, $4.50 per cord; 75 barrels charcoal, 16 cents per barrel. Expires June 30, 1880. For building and sinking two cribs at Port Washington Harbor, Wisconsin, on the line of the pier, or piers, at, for pine timber, 12 by 12 inch, framed, 21 cents per linear foot; oak timber, framed, $25 per thousand feet, board measure; pine timber, laid, $13 per thousand feet, board measure; white oak or Norway pine piles, 11 cents per linear foot; iron drift-bolts, headed and pointed, 2 cents per pound; iron screw-bolts, nuts, and washers, 4 cents per pound; wrought-iron spikes, 4 cents per pound; stone, $6.75 per cord; driving piles, $3 each. Expired December 31, 1879. For furnishing all necessary materials and constructing two crib-dikes in the Ohio River, at Four Mile Bar, at, for oak timber, $19 per thousand feet, board measure; pine timber, $18 per thousand feet, board measure; hemlock timber, $17 per thousand feet, board measure; riprap stone, 95 cents per cubic yard; brush, $2.50 per cord; iron, per pound, 43 cents. Expires December 31, 1880. For furnishing a copper plate and engraving thereon Lake Survey Chart, entitled Lake Erie Coast Chart, No. 3, and delivering the same at office of the Chief of Engineers, at Washington, D. C., for $1,145. January 15, 1880. For dredging 15,000 cubic yards of mud, clay, sand, &c., from the channel through the bar at the entrance of the piers, and in the Raisin River and canals, between the outer ends of the piers and the docks at Monroe, Mich., at 11 cents per cubic yard, measured in scows. Expired September 30, 1879. For furnishing labor, materials, and appliances, and constructing a dike at Fredericksburg Bar, in the Rappahan nock River, Virginia, designated as dike No. 6, and such List of contracts made by the Engineer Department, &c.-Continued. Contractors. Date. Object and terms of contract. 1879. Danaher & Kelley, with Mr. Aug. 2 S. T. Abert, United States Robert Watson, with Maj. G. Aug. 2 neers. W. J. Spradling and William Bangs & Dalby, with Lieut- Aug. 16 wing dams at Spottswood Bar, in the same river, as may be required, at, for dike, $2.77 per linear foot; for dams, $2.77 per linear foot. For furnishing for use of the United States, at such times as may be required during the year 1879, the steam tug Rip Van Winkle, fully manned and equipped and in complete running order, for $550 per month (United States legaltenders.) For furnishing the material and building a bridge across the Rito Blanco, at the upper crossing, at about twelve miles from Pagosa Springs, Colo., for the sum of $469. October 10, 1879. Aug. 19 [Supplement of contract dated September 4, 1878, for construction of an apron foundation for the north jetty in Charleston Harbor, S. C. For construction of mattresses of timber and brush, at $5 per linear foot. For dredging in the Thames River, Connecticut, between the city of Norwich and Indian Point, to a depth of 14 feet below mean low water; removing about 38,500 cubic yards of material, at 28 cents per cubic yard, and as much more as may be required, not to exceed the available limits of the appropriation. December 31, 1879. Morris & Cummings Dredg- Aug. 21 ing Company, with Maj. J. W. Barlow, Corps of Engi neers. Williams & Upham, with Capt. Aug. 21 neers. Robert White and Asa Hairgrove, with First Lieut. E. H. Ruffner, Corps of Engi neers. Aug. 25 David V. Howell, with Lieut.- Aug. 25 For dredging in the inside harbor of Duluth, Minn., (amount not stated,) at 14 cents per cubic yard. Expires under extension June 30, 1880. For furnishing materials and building a wagon bridge across the Nutritas Creek near the town of Nutritas, New Mexico, for the sum of $75. Also for grading the road on what is known as the Sierra A warrilla hill on the road to Ojo Caliente, through a distance of about 1,500 feet, or the whole of the hill, making the road-bed 16 feet wide at the narrowest part, for the sum of $400. [Supplement to contract of October 10, 1878.] For furnishing in submerged dam, at Cross Tides, Savannah River, Georgia for earth-work, 90 cents per cubic yard; for stoneballast pavement, $2, per square yard; for brick pavement, $1 per square yard. W. E. Broad, with First Lieut. Aug. 25 For furnishing material and building a wagon bridge across E. H. Ruffner, Corps of En the Rio Chama, New Mexico, and for cutting and grading approaches to same, for $824. Expires June 1, 1880. For building and placing 4 cribs, more or less, at Ontonagon Harbor, and nine crib superstructures, more or less, at prices as follows: For pine timber, 12 by 18 inch, framed, 25 cents per linear foot; for pine timber, 12 by 12 inch, framed, 17 cents per linear foot; for oak timber, framed, $10 per M feet, board measure; for pine plank laid, $13 per M feet, board measure; for white-oak or Norway-pine piles driven, 10 cents per linear foot; for iron drift-bolts, headed and pointed, 3 cents per pound; for iron screw-bolts (9inch), 4 cents per pound; for iron wrought spikes (9 inch), 6 cents per pound; for stone placed in cribs, $6.79 per cord of 128 cubic feet; for brush placed in cribs, $2.75 per cord of 128 cubic feet. Expires June 30, 1880. Hiram Hamilton, with Lt.Col. Aug. 27 For furnishing and placing upon the breakwater at PortsGeorge Thom, Corps of En gineers. Whitney & Son, with Capt. Aug. 27 Hiram Hamilton, with Lt Col. Aug. 27 gineers. mouth Harbor, New Hampshire, 12,000 tons, more or less, of rubble stone, at 69 cents per ton of 2,240 pounds. Ex pires May 15, 1880. For constructing dams and shore protections in the Mississippi River, and on its banks at Fort Madison, Iowa, as fol lows: For brush, including all the labor and material necessary for furnishing, making into mats, putting in place and securing, at 75 cents per cubic yard; for stone, placed as per specifications, $1.30 per cubic yard. Expired Novem ber 10, 1879. For furnishing and placing upon the breakwater at Richmond's Island, Maine, 2 000 tons, more or less, of granite grout, at $1.05 per ton of 2,240 pounds. Expired November 15, 1879. Williams & Upham, with Aug. 27 For dredging in the harbor at Grand Marais, Minnesota, at Capt. J. C. Allen, Corps of Engineers. Whitney & Son, with Capt. Aug. 27 28 cents per cubic yard (amount not stated). Expired November 20, 1879. For dredging in the Galena River, Illinois, at the following prices: For dredging, towing loaded scows a distance of more than 5 miles and less than 6 miles, and depositing the material, at 27 cents per cubic yard; of more than 4 and less than 5 miles, 25 cents per cubic yard; of more than 3 and less than 4 miles, 22 cents per cubic yard; of more than 2 and less than 3 miles, 20 cents per cubic yard; of more than 1 and less than 2 miles, 17 cents per cubic yard; of less than 1 mile, 15 cents per cubic yard. Expires June 30, 1880. List of contracts made by the Engineer Department, &c.—Continued. Contractors. Date. Objects and terms of contracts. Whitney & Son, with Capt. A. Mackenzie, Corps of Engineers. 1879. Aug. 27 For furnishing material and constructing dams and shore protections in the Mississippi River and on its banks, near Quincy, Illinois, at the following prices: For brush, including all the labor and material necessary for furnishing, making into mats, putting in place and securing, at 64 cents per cubic yard for stone, placed as specified, at $1.15 per cubic yard. Expired December 10, 1879. New England Dredging Co., Aug. 28 For dredging (38,000 cubic yards, more or less, in Boston Harof Boston, Mass., with Lt. Col. George Thom, Corps of Engineers. bor, Massachusetts) to a depth of 23 feet at mean low water at Anchorage Shoal, 74 cents per cubic yard as measured in situ; for dredging (6,000 cubic yards, more or less, in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts) to a depth of 23 feet at mean low water at Lower Middle Shoal, 84 cents per cubic yard, as measured in situ. Expires June 30, 1880. Carkin, Stickney & Cram, Aug. 28 For dredging (25,000 cubic yards, more or less, of sand or other with Maj. S. M. Mansfield, Corps of Engineers. material) a channel between Lake Michigan and Portage Lake, at 14 cents per cubic yard, measured in the dumpScows. To complete at the earliest date possible. Samuel S. Sample, with Capt. Aug. 28 For furnishing materials and constructing dams and shore A. Mackenzie, Corps of En gineers. protections in the Mississippi River and on its banks, at Canton Chute, near Canton, Missouri, at the following prices: For brush, including all material and labor for mak ing into mats, placing and securing same, 77 cents per cubic yard; for stone, placed as specified, $1.90 per cubic yard. Expired December 1, 1879. Sid. J. Truax, with Capt. A. Aug. 29 For furnishing materials and constructing dams and shore Mackenzie, Corps of En gineers. protections in the Mississippi River and on its banks, at Smith's Bar, 5 miles below Prescott, Wisconsin, at the following prices: For brush, including all the labor and material necessary for furnishing, making into mats, putting in place and securing, at 79 cents per cubic yard; for stone placed as specified, 89 cents per cubic yard. Expired December 1, 1879. Squires & White, with Major Aug. 30 For furnishing materials, labor, machinery, and appliances, S. M. Mansfield, Corps of Knapp & Gillen, with Major Sept. D.C. Houston, Corps of En gineers. and constructing 350 feet, more or less, of pile revetment, and dredging and removing earth, slabs, &c., at the harbor of Pentwater, Michigan, as follows: For furnishing, framing, bolting, and putting in place pine timber, at 20 cents per cubic foot: rock elm timber, 10 by 12 inches, 35 cents per linear foot; rock elm timber, 4 by 8 inches, 20 cents per linear foot. For furnishing and using drift-bolts and spikes, 3 cents per pound; screw-bolts and washers, 5 cents per pound. For furnishing in work stone, $7.50 per cord of 128 cubic feet; edgings, $1.50 per cord of 128 cubic feet. For furnishing white oak or rock elm piles, 12 cents per linear foot. For furnishing Norway pine piles, 8 cents per linear foot; for driving piles (driven into the ground), 14 cents per foot; for removing slabs, &c., 5,400 cubic yards, 25 cents per cubic yard; for dredging sand, &c., 4,600 cubic yards, at 25 cents per cubic yard. Expires September 30, 1880. 1 For constructing and putting in place 50 feet, more or less, of pier-work, and building superstructure over 2 cribs at Kenosha Harbor, Wisconsin, at the following prices : For pine timber, $13.75 per M feet, board measure; for 3 inch pine plank, $9.50 per M feet, board measure; for iron drift-bolts, 3 cents per pound; for iron spikes, 4 cents per pound; for stone, $7.25 per cord of 128 cubic feet; for framing, including all labor of constructing, placing sinking, and filling cribs with stone, and building superstructure, $4 per M feet, board measure. Expired November 15, 1879. Knapp & Gillen, with Major Sept. 1 For constructing and putting in place 50 feet, more or less, D. C. Houston, Corps of En gineers. of pier-work at Racine Harbor, Wisconsin, at the following prices: For pine timber, $13.50 per M feet, board measure; for 3-inch pine planks, $9.25 per M feet, board-measure; for iron drift-bolts, 3 cents per pound; for iron spikes, 4 cents per pound; for stone, $6.50 per cord of 128 cubic feet; for framing, including all labor of constructing, placing, sinking, and filling cribs with stone, $4 per M feet, board measure. measure. Expired November 15, 1879. Stark, Smith & Co., with Ma- Sept. 1 For dredging and excavating from the channel at the mouth jor D. C. Houston, Corps of Engineers. of the Milwaukee River, from the west end of the "straight cut" between the harbor pier to the line of the 18-foot curve of water in Lake Michigan, 30,000 cubic yards, more or less, to the depth of 18 feet below lake level, at 193 cents per cubic yard. Expires June 30, 1880. Joseph H. White, with Lieut. Sept. 1 For depositing rip rap granite at Hyannis Breakwater, Mas Col. G. K. Warren, Corps of Engineers. sachusetts, $1.43 per ton of 2,240 pounds. Expired November 30, 1879. List of contracts made by the Engineer Department, &c.—Continued. Contractors. Date. Objects and terms of contracts. 1879. E. H. French, with Major F. Sept. gineers. John S. McCoughey, with Ma- Sept. jor S. M. Mansfield, Corps of Engineers. 1 For dredging in Saginaw River, Michigan, at 11 cents per cubic yard (measured in scows). Expires June 30, 188). 1 For furnishing materials, labor, machinery and appliances, and constructing and placing cribs at harbor of White River, Michigan, as follows: For furnishing, framing, bolting, putting in place and sinking pine timber, 21 cents per cubic foot; oak timber, 21 cents per cubic foot; for furnishing and using drift-bolts and spikes, 3 cents per pound; screw-bolts and washers, at 4 cents per pound; for furnishing in work stone, $7.25 per cord of 128 cubic feet; brush, $2 per cord of 128 cubic feet; for furnishing, driving, and securing piles, $5 each. Expires September 30, 1880. Jenkins & Van Gorder, with Sept. 3 For furnishing materials and constructing dams and shore Capt. A. Mackenzie, Corps of Engineers. protections in the Mississippi River and on its banks at Mount Vernon Bar, about 2 miles below Minneiska, Minnesota, at the following prices: For brush, including all the labor and material necessary for furnishing, making into mats, putting into place, and securing, 53 cents per cubic yard. For stone placed as per specifications, $1.23 per cubic yard. Expired December 1, 1879. 3 Furnishing materials and constructing dams and shore protections in the Mississippi River and on its banks at the bar, 1 mile above Winona, Minnesota, at the following prices: For brush, including all the labor and material necessary for furnishing, making into mats, putting in place, and secur ing, at 53 cents per cubic yard; for stone placed as per specifications, $1.17 per cubic yard. Expired December 1, 1879. Hervey S. Dale, with Maj. S. Sept. 3 For furnishing materials, labor, machinery, and appliances, M. Mansfield, Corp of Engineers. Hervey S. Dale, with Maj. S. Sept. 3 Hervey S. Dale, with Maj. S. Sept. 3 and constructing 1 crib and placing same, and building such superstructure as may be required (crib and superstructure 150 feet) at harbor of Grand Haven, Mich., as follows: For furnishing, framing, bolting, putting in place, and sinking pine timber, 21 cents per cubic foot; oak timber, 21 cents per cubic foot; for furnishing and using drift bolts and spikes, 3 cents per pound; screw bolts and washers, 3 cents per pound; for furnishing in work stone, $7.75 per cord of 128 cubic feet; brush, $2 50 per cord of 128 cubic feet; for furnishing, driving, and securing piles, $10 each. Expires September 30, 1880. For furnishing materials, labor, machinery, and appliances, and constructing 200 feet of cribs, and dredging 16,000 cubic yards, more or less, of sand, &c., at Manistee Harbor, Michigan, at the following prices: For furnishing, framing, bolting, putting in place, and sinking pine and oak timber, 21 cents per cubic foot; for furnishing and using wrought-iron drift bolts and spikes, 3 cents per pound; screw bolts and washers, 34 cents per pound; for furnishing in work stone, $7.25 per cord of 128 cubic feet; brush, $2.50 per cord of 128 cubic feet for furnishing, driving, and securing piles, $10 each; for dredging and removing sand, &c., 18 cents per cubic yard. Expires September 30, 1880. For furnishing all materials, labor, machinery, &c., and using same in the construction, securing in place one 50-foot crib at Franklin Harbor, Michigan, pine and oak timber, 24 cents per cubic foot; wrought-iron drift bolts and spikes, 3 cents per pound; screw bolts and washers, 34 cents per pound: stone, $8.60 per cord of 128 cubic yards; brush, $2 per cord of 128 cubic yards; furnishing piles, driving, and securing, $10 each. Expires September 30, 1880. Bangs & Dolby, with Lieut. Sept. 3 For furnishing materials and constructing jetties in CharlesCol. Q. A. Gillmore, Corps of Engineers. ton Harbor, South Carolina, at the following prices, viz: For each linear foot having a bottom width of 54 feet and cov. ered with a layer of stone 1 foot thick, $13.45; for each linear foot having a bottom width of 54 feet and covered with a layer of stone 2 feet thick, $21.90; with a pro rata allowance for such courses as may be of greater or less width or thickness of stone; for galvanized-iron mooring chains, 43 cents per pound. Expires November 1, 1880. For excavating and removing from the channel at the mouth of Salem Creek, New Jersey, 8,000 cubic yards, more or less, of sand, clay, and small bowlders, and depositing the same, at 35 cents per cubic yard. Expires May 1, 1880. For excavating and removing from the main channel of the Delaware River, through Bulkhead Shoals, and depositing the same, 150,000 cubic yards, more or less, of sand, 27 cents per cubic yard. Expires June 30, 1880. List of contracts made by the Engineer Department, &c.—Continued. Contractors. Date. Objects and terms of contracts. For excavating and removing from the channel of Mispillion Creek, Delaware, 7,000 cubic yards, more or less, of mud and gravel, and depositing the same upon the bank, at 35 cents per cubic yard. Expires June 30, 1880. For excavating and removing from the harbor at New Castle, Del., 15,000 cubic yards, more or less. of sand and mud, and depositing the same, at 15 cents per cubic yard. Expires December 15, 1879. For excavating and removing from the channel of the Delaware River, at Cherry Island Flats, 400,000 cubic yards, more or less, of sand and mud, and depositing the same, at 23 cents per cubic yard. Expires September 15, 1880. For dredging in Little Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island and Connecticut, at 234 cents per cubic yard, measured in scows. Expires June 30, 1880. For dredging in Little Harbor, Wood's Holl, Massachusetts, at 243 cents per cubic yard, measured in scows. Expired December 1, 1879. For removing bowlders or rocks from Wood's Holl, Massachusetts, at the following prices: For all of 2 cubic yards or less in size, $8 per cubic yard; for all larger than 2 cubic yards, $7 per cubic yard. Expires June 30, 1880. For dredging 'between 300,000 and 400,000 cubic yards from Providence River, Rhode Island, between Fox Point and Field's Point, and about 120,000 cubic yards at Pawtuxet Shoal, at 16 cents per cubic yard. Expires December 1, 1880. For the removal of Bulkhead Rock, Providence River, to a depth of 20 feet at mean low water, for the sum of $7,169. Expires June 30, 1880. For building an extension of the break water off Wamphassuck Point, Stonington Harbor, Connecticut, and furnishing 38,000 tons riprap, and dimension granite of 2,240 pounds each. and the necessary gun-metal dowels and clamps, and the labor required for pier heads, at 89 cents per ton. Expires June 30, 1880. For furnishing the material and labor required, and constructing about 500 linear feet of dike, as per specifications, for the improvement of Woodbridge Creek, New Jersey, at $3.50 per linear foot. Expired December 1, 1879. For excavating and removing from the channel of Elizabeth. River, in the vicinity of Atlantic street, city of Elizabeth, New Jersey, 15,000 cubic yards more or less of sand, gravel,. mud, and small stone, and depositing same, at 37 cents per cubic yard. Expired December 15, 1879. For excavating and removing from the channel of the Rahway River, from Edgar's dock to the stone bridge, head of navi. gation, city of Rahway, N. J., 20,000 cubic yards more or less of sand, gravel, mud, and stone, at 37 cents per cubic yard, and depositing same. Expires under extension July 1, 1880. For dredging in channel of Schuylkill River, 85,000 cubic yards, more or less, of sand, mud, coarse gravel, cobble-stone and bowlder, and depositing same, as per specifications, at following prices: for 40,000 cubic yards mud and sand, Letween the mouth of the river and Girard Point piers, at 21 cents per cubic yard; for 20,000 cubic yards of mud, sand, and gravel, between Pemore Ferry Bridge and Yankee Point, 30 cents per cubic yard; for 25,000 cubic yards of mud, coarse gravel, cobble-stones and bowlders, between Point Breeze and Gibson's Point, 42 cents per cubic yard. Expires. June 30, 1880. For furnishing all materials, labor, machinery, &c., and constructing. placing, and sinking 100 feet of cribs at the harbor of Ludington, Michigan, as follows: for pine timber, 19 cents per cubic foot; oak timber, 50 cents per cubic foet; iron drift bolts and spikes, 3 cents per pound; screw bolts. and washers, 4 cents per pound; stone, $8.25 per cord of 128 cubic feet; brush, $2 per cord of 128 cubic feet; for piles (driven), $8 each. Expires September 30, 1880 For furnishing all materials, labor, machinery, &c., and constructing, placing, sinking, &c., one 50-foot crib at Saint Joseph Harbor, Michigan, as follows: Pine timber, 24 cents per cubic foot; for oak timber, 30 cents per cubic foot; drift bolts and spikes, 3 cents per pound; screw belts and washers, 4 cents per pound; stone, $8 per cord of 128 cubic feet; brush, $3 per cord of 128 cubic feet; for piles (driven), $10 each. Expires September 30, 1880. For furnishing all materials, labor, machinery, &c., and constructing, placing, and sinking one 50-foot crib at Muskegon Harbor, Michigan, as follows: Pine timber, at 20 cents per S. Ex. 56-5 |