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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,

OCTOBER TERM, 1am 1914

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SUPREME COURT OF THK UNITED STATES

OCTOBER TERM, 1913.

No. 435.

MARYLAND STEFI. COMPANY Of BALTIMORE COUNTY,

APPELLANT.

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THE UNITED STATES.

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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS.

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Be ee tesa iarincosiny Semeesngeiie 1 1

Agreement of tations Bose Rare 4 4

‘AOietetenape mee ee ae 2 12

Answer and baie ele tahctecarsar CET EST eet OR ae 81 81

Claimant's replication and Fe OR es ich ler ies. 85 83

Argument and I as sigs veakin eter 87 83

Wiadings of fact.................. Lh Re eK we Awe Rete EEE 88 84

oni niscwcunr succeed 90 .

aba a ON can aie gs 90 86

psig eee ECC oee Cree ter nee tonne 9 90

Application for and allowance of PON i cae nnedaslnaacece ck 6 91

BF I cin anne ccaesistuac ee ne 97 91

Jupp & DETWEILER ( INc.), PRINTERS, WASHINGTON, D. C., Aprin 16, 1914,

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In the Court of Claims

No. 31281.

Marytanp STEEL Company or BALTIMORE County,

Claimant,

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant.

(Petition filed December 20, 1911.)

To the Court of Claims of the United States:

The Maryland Steel Company of Baltimore County re-

spectfully states as follows:

1. The Maryland Steel Company of Baltimore County

is a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State

of Maryland, and makes and files this petition in its own

right.

2. Heretofore, to wit, on the 24th day of February, in

the year 1908, the claimant entered into a written contract

with the defendant in and by which it was covenanted

and agreed that in accordance with the advertisement and

Specifications attached to said written contract the claim-

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ant should furnish all the necessary labor and material

to build and should build one steel hull, twin screw, suc-

tion dredge, furnish and install in the dredge the propell-

ing machinery, pumping machinery, and electric light

plant, and all other machinery and other parts required to

be installed; all work to be prosecuted faithfully and dili-

gently and the dredge when complete in every respect

should be delivered to the defendant at Sparrow’s Point,

in the State of Maryland.

3. And in and by said contract the defendant cove-

nanted and agreed with the claimant that said defendant

would pay to the claimant in full payment for said above

described work completed and accepted by the defendant

after the final trial provided by said specifications the sum

of three hundred and fifty-seven thousand and five hun-

dred dollars.

4. A copy of said contract is hereto attached, together

with the advertisement and specifications therein referred

to, and prayed to be taken as part hereof as if the same

had been fully at large set forth herein.

5. The claimant did furnish the necessary labor and ma-

terial, and did build, furnish and install said hull and ma-

chinery and plant, and do all the claimant had agreed to

do under the terms and as required by said contract, all

of which labor, material, work and construction were duly

accepted by the defendant on the 6th day of January in the

year 1909, and thereupon the claimant became and was

entitled to receive the money due therefor. The defend-

ant from time to time paid the claimant as required by the

terms of said contract with the exception of four thousand

seven hundred and fifty dollars, which amount is now just-

ly due and owing to the claimant from and by the defend-

ant, exclusive of all set-offs and just grounds of defense,

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With interest thereon from the 4th day of November in

the year 1908.

6. There has been no action on the above set forth claim

by the Congress, but it has been disallowed by the Auditor

for the War Department. The claimant is the sole owner

of said claim, and solely interested therein: no assign-

ment or transfer of said claim or any part thereof or in-

terest therein has been made: said claimant is justly en-

titled to the amount therein claimed from the United

States, after allowing all just credits and off-sets: the

claimant, a corporation duly organized under the laws of

the State of Maryland, has at all times borne true alle-

giance to the United States. and has not in any way volun-

tarily aided or abetted or given encouragement to rebel-

lion against the said Government: and the facts stated

in the above petition are true.

MARYLAND STEEL ComMPANy oF

BALTIMorE County,

By F. W. Woop, Prest.

ALEXANDER PRESTON,

Wa tterR D. Davince,

Attorneys for Claimant.

City and County of Baltimore.

State of Maryland, } =

I do solemnly swear that I am the agent and Attorney

in fact of the Maryland Steel Company of Baltimore Coun-

ty, the claimant in the above petition, that I have read the

said petition and the facts therein stated are true.

F. W. Woop, Prest.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this llth day of

November, 1911.

Joun H. K. SHannanan, Jr.,

(Notarial Seal) Notary Public.

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FORM 19.*

*(To be used when the specifications call for liquidated

damages. )

1. This Agreement entered into this Twenty-fourth day

of February, nineteen hundred and eight, between Major

J. C. Sanford, Corps of Engineers, United States Army,

of the first part, and Maryland Steel Company of Balti-

more County, of Sparrow's Point, in the County of Bal-

timore, State of Maryland, of the second part, WITNEsS-

ETH, that, in conformity with the advertisement and

specifications hereunto attached, which form a part of this

contract, the said Major J. C. Sanford, for and in behalf

of the United States of America, and the said Maryland

Steel Company of Baltimore County, do covenant and

agree, to and with each other, as follows:

In accordance with its written proposal dated February

10th, 1908, the said Maryland Steel Company of Baltimore

County shall furnish all the necessary labor and material,

except as specified in the specifications to be furnished by

the United States, and build one steel hull twin-screw suc-

tion dredge, furnish and install in the dredge the propel-

ling machinery, pumping machinery, and electric light

plant, and all other machinery and other parts required

to be installed, all work to be prosecuted faithfully and

diligently, and the dredge when complete in every respect

shall be delivered to the United States at Sparrow's Point,

Maryland; all in strict accordance with the conditions and

requirements of the specifications hereunto attached.

The said Maryland Steel Company of Baltimore County

shall receive in full payment for the above described work

completed and accepted on the part of the United States,

after the final trial of the inachinery required by para-

graph 236 of the specifications, the sum of Three Hundred

Fifty-Seven Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars ($357,500),

in accordance with this agreement.

2. All materials furnished and work done under this

contract shall, before being accepted, be subject to a rigid

inspection by an inspector appointed on the part of the

Government, and such as do not conform to the specifica-

tions set forth in this contract shall be rejected. The de-

cision of the engineer officer in charge as to quality and

quantity shall be final.

3. The said party of the second part shall commence

the work herein contracted for within ten (10) days after

date of notification of approval of the contract by the Chief

of Engineers, U. S. Army, and shall complete the same

within nine (9) months from the date of notification of

approval of contract, including time necessary for trials

as described in said specifications, except final trial of ma-

chinery.

4. If the party of the second part shall delay or fail to

commence with the delivery of the material or the per-

fermance of the work as specified herein. or shall, in the

judgment of the engineer in charge, fail to prosecute faith-

fully and diligently the work in accordance with the speci-

fications and requirements of this contract, then, in either

case, the party of the first part, or his successor legally ap-

pointed, shall have power, with the sanction of the Chief

of Engineers, to annul this contract by giving notice in

writing to that effect to the party of the second part, and

upon the giving of such notice all payments to the party of

the second part under this contract shall cease, and all

money or reserved percentage due or to become due the

said party of the second part, by reason of this contract,

shall be retained by the party of the first part until the

final completion and acceptance of the work herein stipu-

lated to be done; and the United States shall have the right

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to recover from the party of the second part whatever

sums may be expended by the party of the first part in

completing the said contract in excess of the price herein

stipulated to be paid the party of the second part for com-

pleting the same; and the party of the first part may de-

duct all the above-mentioned sums out of or from the

money or reserved percentage retained as aforesaid; and

upon the giving of the said notice of the party of the first

part shall be authorized, if an immediate performance of

the work or delivery of the materials be in his opinion re-

quired by the public exigency, to proceed to provide for

the same by open purchase or contract, as prescribed in

Section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

5. It is further expressly understood and agreed that

time shall be considered as an essential feature of this con-

tract, and that in case of the failure upon the part of the

party of the second part to complete this contract within

the time as specified and agreed upon that the party of the

first part will be damaged thereby, and the amount of said

damages being difficult, if not impossible of definite ascer-

tainment and proof, it is hereby agreed that the amount of

said damages shall be estimated, agreed upon, liquidated,

and fixed in advance, and they are hereby agreed upon,

liquidated, and fixed at the sum of seventy-five (75) dol-

lars for each and every day the party of the second part

shall delay in the completion of this contract, and the party

of the second part hereby agrees to pay to the United

States as liquidated damages, and not by way of penalty,

the sum of seventy-five (75) dollars for each and every

day the party of the second part shall delay in the comple-

tion of this contract, said delay not being the fault of the

party of the first part.

It is further understood and agreed that the United

States shall also have the right to recover from the party

of the second part all costs of inspection and superintend-

ence incurred by the United States during the period of

delay, and also a reasonable value of any labor and ma-

terials which may be furnished by the party of the first

part to the party of the second part during the time the lat-

ter is proceeding under this contract. And the party of

the first part may deduct or retain ‘all of the above-men-

tioned sums out of or from any money or reserved per-

centages that may be due or become due the party of the

second part under this agreement.

Provided, however, that if the party of the second part

shall by strikes, epidemics, local or State quarantine re-

strictions, or by abnormal force or violence of the elements,

be actually prevented from completing the work or deliy-

ering the materials at the time agreed upon in this con-

tract, and such delay is without contributory negligence on

his or their part, such additional time may, with the prior

sanction of the Chief of Engineers, be allowed him or

them, in writing, for such completion as, in the judgment

of the party of the first part, or his successor, shall be just

and reasonable; but such allowance or extension shall in

no manner affect the rights or obligations of the parties

under the contract, but the same shall subsist, take effect.

and be enforceable precisely as if the new date for such

commencement or completion had been the date originally

herein agreed upon.

6. If, at any time during the prosecution of the work, it

be found advantageous or necessary to make any change

or modification in the project, and this change or modifica-

tion should involve such change in the specifications as to

character and quantity, whether of labor or material, as

would either increase or diminish the cost of the work,

then such change or modification must be agreed upon in

writing by the contracting parties, the agreement setting

forth fully the reasons for such change, and giving clearly

the quantities and prices of both material and labor thus

substituted for those named in the original contract, and

before taking effect must be approved by the Secretary of

War: Provided, thet no payments shall be made unless

such supplemental or modified agreement was signed and

approved before the obligation arising from such modifi-

cation was in d.

7. No claim whatever shall at any time be made upon

the United States oy the party of the second part for or

on account of any extra work or material performed or

furnished, or alleged to have been performed or furnished

under or by virtue of this contract, and not expressly bar-

gained for and specifically included therein, unless such ex-

tra work or materials shall have been expressly required

in writing by the party of the first part or his successor, the

prices and quantities thereof having been first agreed upon

by the contracting parties and approved by the Chief of

Engineers.

8. The party of the second part shall be responsible for

and pay all liabilities incurred in the prosecution of the

work for labor and material. |

9. It is further agreed by and between the parties hereto

that until final inspection and acceptance of, and payment

for, all of the material and work herein provided for, no

prior inspection, payment, or act is to be construed as a

waiver of the right of the party of the first part to reject

any defective work or material or to require the fulfill-

ment of any of the terms of the contract.

10. The party of the second part further agrees to hold -

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and save the United States harmless from and against all

and every demand, or demands, of any nature or kind for,

or on account of, the use of any patented invention, arti-

cle, or process included in the materials hereby agreed to

be furnished and work to be done under this contract.

11. Payments shall be made to the said party of the

second part as prescribed in paragraph .... of the speci-

fications hereto attached and forming part of this agree-

ment.

12. Neither this contract nor any interest therein shall

be transferred to any other party or parties, and in case

of such transfer the United States may refuse to carry

out this contract either with the transferor or the trans-

feree, but all rights of action for any breach of this con-

tract by said party of the second part are reserved to the

United States.

13. No Member of or Delegate to Congress, nor any

person belonging to, or employed in, the military service

of the United States, is or shall be admitted to any share

or part of this contract, or to any benefit which may arise

herefrom.*

But this stipulation, so far as it relates to members of

or Delegates to Congress, is not to be construed to extend

to this contract.

14. This contract shall be subject to approval of the

Chief of Engineers, U.S. A.

*Note.—Here add to any contract made with an incor-

porated company for its general benefit the following

words, viz: “But this stipulation, so far as it relates to

Member of or Delegates to Congress, is not to be construed

to extend to this contract.” —See Sec. 3740, Revised Stat-

utes.

In witness whereof the parties aforesaid have hereunto

placed their hands the date first hereinbefore written.

WITNESSES :

(Signed) J. M. Hoopner as to (Signed) J. C. SANForD,

Major, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

Attest: As to MaryYLanp STEEL COMPANY OF

BALTIMORE COUNTY,

by F. W. Woop, President.

(Signed) FRANK TENNEY, Secretary.

(Executed in triplicate.)

Approved: March 21st, 1908.

(Signed) A. MACKENZIE,

Brig. Gen., Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army.

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annexed is an exact copy of a contract made by me per-

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made the same fairly, without any benefit or advantage to

myself, or allowing any such benefit or advantage cor-

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person; and that the papers accompanying include all those

relating to the said contract as required by the statute in

such case made and provided.

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+NotE.—This affidavit is required only on the quin-

tuplicate copy of contract intended for the Returns Office,

Department of the Interior.—A. R. 561.

tI certify that the award of the foregoing contract was

made to the lowest responsible bidder for the best and most

suitable articles and service, on proposals received in re-

sponse to advertisement hereto attached, which was pub-

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and that further advertisement was impracticable.

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Corps of Engineers, C ontracting Officer.

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tNore.—Certificate to be given by the contracting offi-

cer on the copies of the contract for the Chief of En-

gineers and the Auditor for the War Department.

§ Nore.—Insert “Newspaper” or “Poster and circular

letter,” etc., as the case may be.

Nore.—The copy of contract for the Bureau must be

accompanied with an abstract of the bids, and copy of

each bid and advertisement, unless previously furnished.—

A. R. 547,

Note.—The name of the principal intended to be bound

as party of the second part, whether an individual, a

partnership, or a corporation, should be inserted in and

signed to the contract. An officer of a corporation, a part-

ner, or an agent signing for the principal should add his

name and designation after the word “by” and under the

name of the principal; and an agent of the principal or an

officer, if the principal be a corporation, should file evi-

dence of his authority.

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Form 19.

Authorized April 30, 1896.

With Amendments to June 12, 1905.

ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT

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Sea-Goinc Suction DREDGE FOR GALVESTON HARBOR.

Advertisement.

U. S. Encrneer Orrice, 815 Witherspoon Building.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 15, 1908.

Sealed proposals for constructing one steel, twin-screw

suction dredge for Galveston Harbor, Texas, will be re-

ceived here until 2.30 P. M., Feb. 14, 1908, and then pub-

licly opened. Information furnished on application.

J. C. SANForD,

Major, Engrs.

GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS.

1. No proposal will be considered unless accompanied

by a guaranty, which should be in manner and form as di-

rected. At the option of bidders certified checks for the

amount of the guaranty required may be furnished in

place of the guaranty.

2. All bids and guaranties must be made in duplicate

upon printed forms to be obtained at this office.

3. Each guarantor will justify in the sum of forty thou-

sand (40,000) dollars. The liability of the guarantors

and bidder is determined by the act of March 3, 1883, 22

Statutes, 487, Chap. 120, and is expressed in the guaranty

attached to the bid.

4. The bidder to whom award is made will be required

to enter into written contract with the United States, with

good and approved security, in an amount of one hundred

twenty-five thousand (125,000) dollars within ten (10)

days after being notified of the acceptance of his proposal.

The contract which the bidder and guarantors promise to

enter into shall be, in its general provisions, in the form

adopted and in general use by the Engineer Department

of the Army, blank forms of which can be inspected at this

office, and will be furnished, if desired, to parties proposing

to put in bids. Parties making bids are to be understood

as accepting the terms and conditions contained in such

form of contract, which will provide for liquidated dam-

ages in an amount of seventy-five (75) dollars per day for

any period of delay beyond the time agreed upon for com-

pletion.

5. The proposals and guaranties must be placed in a

sealed envelope marked “Proposals for constructing

dredge, to be opened Feb. 14, 1908,” and inclosed in an-

other sealed envelope addressed to Major J. C. Sanford,

Corps of Engineers, U. S. A., 815 Witherspoon Building,

Philadelphia, Pa., but otherwise unmarked. It is suggested

that the inner envelope be sealed with sealing wax.

6. Whenever the term “Engineer” is used in the specifi-

cations it is understood to refer to the officer of the Corps

of Engineers, U. S. Army, in charge of the work. He

will be represented on the work by as many assistants as

may be necessary. Whenever the term “contractor” is

used it is understood to refer to the second party to the

contract. Subcontractors, as such, will not be recognized.

7. It is understood and agreed that the quantities given

in these specifications are approximate only, and that no

claim shall be made against the United States on account

of any excess or deficiency, absolute or relative, in the

same. No allowance will be made for the failure of a

bidder or of the contractor to estimate correctly the diffi-

culties attending the execution of the work.

8. The contractor will not be allowed to take advantage

of any error or omission in these specifications, as full in-

structions will always be given should such error or omis-

sion be discovered.

9. It is understood and agreed that the contractor as-

sumes full responsibility for the safety of his employees,

plant, and materials, and for any damage or injury done

by or to them from any source or cause.

10. In the prosecution of the work herein specified, the

employment of persons undergoing sentences of impris-

onment at hard labor which have been imposed by courts

of the several States, Territories, or municipalities having

criminal jurisdiction is prohibited.

11. The contractor will be required to discharge any

employee who, in the opinion of the Engineer, is objec-

tionable or incompetent. Such discharge shall not be made

the basis of any claim for compensation or damages

against the United States or any of its officers or agents.

12. The contractor must at all times either be personally

present upon the work or be represented thereon by a re-

sponsible agent, who shall be clothed with full authority

to act for him in all cases and to carry out any instructions

relative to the work which may be given by the Engineer,

either personally or through an authorized representative.

13. No work shall be done on Sunday or legal National

holidays, except in cases of extraordinary emergency.

14. The contractor will be required to commence work

under the contract within ten (10) days after the date of

notification of approval of the contract by the Chief of

Engineers, U. S. Army, to prosecute the said work with

faithfulness and energy, and to complete it within the

times stated in his proposal.

15. The decision of the Engineer as to quality and quan-

tity shall be final.

16. Payments will be made as provided in paragraph

239.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

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The hull of the dredge, as well as the bins, shall be of

Steel.

17. Dimensions.—Length over all .......... 304 feet.

Length between perpen-

sega Sa ae ee 290 feet.

Moulded beam .......... 51 feet.

Moulded depth .......... 27 feet.

18. Material—The hull shall be constructed to conform

in every respect with the rules and regulations of the

American Bureau of Shipping for vessels of the first class

unless otherwise specified; and all material used shall with-

stand successfully the test prescribed by said rules. The

expense of testing the material, except salary and travel-

ing expenses of inspector, will be paid by contractor. In

gauging the thickness of plates, measurements will be made

at each corner and throughout the area. <A variation of

more than 214 per cent, in any one of these measurements

below the specified thickness will cause the plate to be re-

jected. All wood entering into the construction of houses

and fittings shall be of the hest quality, live, sound and

free from any defects that would render it unserviceable

for the purpose intended. All wood to be thoroughly

Seasoned. Forgings shall be subjected to the same tests

prescribed for forgings under propelling machinery (Par.

114). Tensile strength 60,000 pounds per square inch. In

all cases where weights of steel is stated in pounds, it shall

mean per lineal foot for angles and shapes, and per square

foot for plates.

19. Frames—The frames shall be of bulb angle 8

inches by 3% inches, 23.9 pounds from frame 28 to frame

121 and 19.1 pounds at ends. They shall be spaced 24

inches from center to center except at gate openings and

shall be in one piece from midship line to main deck. The

spacing at gate openings shall be 30 inches as shown.

These frames shall be properly beveled to give a good con-

nection to shell plating. At the upper end where frames

connect to brackets and deck beams all rivet holes may be

punched in either beam or frame and one hole in the other

member for connection. The remaining holes in this mem-

ber shall be drilled in place after erection.

20. Reverse Frames.—There shall be an angle bar 3%

inches by 4 inches by 11.9 pounds on every floor plate.

From frame 55 to frame 94 these shall be double.

21. Floor Plates—These shall be 27 inches and 36

inches deep at center line. Those under engine and boiler

rooms shall be 25 pounds, the remainder from frame 28

to frame 121 22% pounds and the end ones 18 pounds.

22. Vertical Keel.—This shall be continuous, 57 inches

wide and 25 pounds. It shall be secured to each floor by

double angle clips 3% inches by 3% inches by 11.1 pounds.

There shall be a continuous floor stringer on each side of

this plate 20 inches wide by 25 pounds between points 5

feet forward of forward bin and the same distance aft of

after bin. At the ends this plate shall be 20 pounds. On

each side of this vertical keel plate there shall be three 6-

inch by 4-inch by 20-pound angles, one at the lower edge

for attaching to the flat keel, one at the top and one be-

tween these for attaching to the floor stringer. On the

upper angles put a stringer plate about 13 inches wide by

25 pounds to points past the bins and 20 pounds at ends.

23. Side Keelson.—This shall be intercostal and shall

consist of 25-pound plates, flanged on the bottom edge,

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extending above the floors 6 inches. It shall be secured

to the floors by angle clips 3!4 inches by 3% inches by

11.1 pounds. Riveted to the tops of these plates and the

reverse frames there shall be two angles 6 inches by 4

inches by 20 pounds. Where reverse frames are single a

3M%-inch by 34-inch angle clip 11.1 pounds, 12 inches

long, shall be riveted to top of floors.

24. Bilge Keelson.—This shall

consist of two 6-inch by

4-inch by 20-pound angles rivete

d to the reverse frames.

Where reverse frames are single a 34-inch by 34-inch

angle clip, 11.1 pounds, 12 inches long, shall be riveted

to top of floors.

25. Upper Bilge Stringer—This shall consist of a 25-

pound plate, the width of the web fra

two 4-inch by 6-inch by 20-pound angles. The outer edges

of the plates shall be connected to the shell plating by angle

clips 314 inches by 31% inches by 11.1 pounds, Clips 12

inches long of the same size angle shall be riveted to the

back of the bulb angle frame to rivet the inner angle to.

The stringer plate shall be intercostal between web frames,

and at these frames shall have riveted on clips of 31-inch

by 34-inch by 11.1-pound angle. Connection between

stringer and web frames shall be made by means of dia-

mond plates about 24 inches square by 20 pounds, and

double angle clips 31% inches by 31% inches by 11.1 pounds

at each end. The ends of all stringers, where practicable,

shall terminate in tie plates and breast hooks. AJ] keelsons

and stringers may be reduced at ends in accordance with

the rules of the American Bureau of Shipping.

26. Side Stringers.—These shall be in all respects sim-

ilar to the upper bilge stringer except that the lower side

stringer has four and the upper three longitudinal angles

4 inches by 6 inches by 20 pounds. Clips, diamond plates,

etc., shall be as specified in the preceding paragraph.

mes, 27 inches, with

27. Deck Beams.—These for the main deck shall be of

bulb angle 10 inches by 35.2 pounds on every frame from

four frames forward of forward bin to four frames aft

of after bin. The remaining frames at ends shall be 10-

inch by 26.2-pound bulb angle. The midship beams shall

have a crown of 6 inches ia the span. Two lower deck

beams each end of each bin shall be 10-inch by 35.2-pound

bulb angle. The remaining lower deck beams, except at

bulkheads where angles may be needed, shall be 10-inch

by 26.2-pound bulb angle. Where angles are required at

bulkheads they shall be of strength and stiffness equivalent

to the bulb angle beams specified. The lower deck beams

shall have no crown.

28. Web Frames.—These shall be located as shown, and

shall consist of a 25-pound plate 27 inches wide reinforced

on the inner edge by two angles of the same size as the

reverse frames.

29. Stem.—This shall be in two pieces. The upper por-

tion shall consist of a steel bar 10 inches by 234 inches

scarfed to the lower casting. The lower part shall be a

steel casting of the same size as the forged stem at top

and scarfed to it. The lower portion shall be V-shaped

to connect to plating and shall extend far enough aft to

make a secure connection to the flat and vertical keels.

30. Stern Post.—This shall be a steel casting as shown

extending at bottom far enough forward to make a secure

connection to the flat and vertical keel. This post shall

have cast on it lugs for rudder stops and pintle bearings,

these latter being bushed with lignum vitae. The top of

this post shall extend under and forward of transom floors,

and shall be attached thereto by heavy angle clips.

31. Stanchions.—These shall be installed as required by -

the Rules of the American Bureau of Shipping. Addi-

tional stanchions shall be installed under the pumping plat-

form and electric light plant and as may be required.

32. Rudder.—This shall be of steel of the single plate

type, the plate being 1 inch thick, and the stock and pintles

conforming to the requirements of the American Bureau

of Shipping for a steamer whose second numeral is 40,000.

The arms supporting the plate shall be forged. It shall be

provided with pintle lugs to correspond with those on the

stern post. A bearing shall be provided on lower deck to

take the weight of the rudder. A loose, flat bronze ring

shall be placed between the collar on rudder and bearing

plate, riveted to deck. Means for oiling shall be provided.

A suitable stuffing box shall be provided at the point where

the rudder head passes through the stern plating. There

shall also be a bearing at upper deck for rudder head. All

rudder pintles shall be fitted with brass sleeves. Rudder

stops shall be forged on. The contractors. if they so de-

sire, may submit for consideration a cast steel rudder, of

the size and shape shown, and equal in strength to that

above described.

33. Quadrant.—This shall be of steel, forging, casting

or combination, shall have double grooves for chain, and

shall be fitted to rudder head with two keys and clamping

bolts. This quadrant shall be placed above the deck as

shown.

34. Stern.—This, from transom floor aft, shall be

framed with angles 6 inches by 4 inches by 20 pounds.

35. Flat Kecl—This shall be of the flat plate type in

two thicknesses from frame 24 to frame 12] inclusive.

The inner course shall be 32 inches wide by 25 pounds,

and the outer course 44 inches wide by 36 pounds to four

feet beyond the end of the inner keel at each end. The

remaining lengths at ends may be 25 pounds.

36. Plating.—This shall be of the weights shown on the

midship section, the heavier weights running from frame

27 to frame 122 with lighter weights at ends. All outside

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plates shall have doubling plates at bulkheads, and shall be

reinforced at openings, the total strengili at these places

being at least equal to the original plate. Transverse or

vertical joints below the light water line may be lapped, all

other vertical joints shall be butted with single straps. All

plating shall be worked “in and out” in longitudinal

strakes. Longitudinal laps to be double riveted, and all

vertical laps and butts to be treble riveted. The plating

shall be double riveted to stem and stern posts. The inner

strake of all plating shall be worked up close to the frames.

No liners will be allowed except for the outside strakes,

and in such places where they become a necessity from

causes other than bad fit. All edges and butts shall be

planed. All plates shall be thoroughly cleaned of dirt,

rust, etc., before being fitted.

37. Riveting.—All rivet holes in hull plating shall be

countersunk on the outside. After assembling all holes

shall be reamed; the use of a drift pin to bring holes in

line will not be allowed. Rivets must be so heated that

they are of an equal temperature throughout. The size

of the rivets shall be as specified by the rules of the Ameri-

can Bureau of Shipping. All outside rivets above the light

water line shall be finished flush with plating; all rivets

below this line and all rivets in bins shall be finished con-

vex projecting about '¢-inch beyond the plating.

38. Staples —aAll staples for making watertight connec-

tion between beams, plates, etc., shall be forged from an-

gles, well fitted to place and caulked. :

39. Deck Stringers —The main deck stringer plate shall

be 60 inches wide by 25 pounds to 20 pounds at ends. It

shall be butted, double riveted to straps and connected to

sheer strake by an angle 6 inches by 6 inches by 24 pounds.

Where scuppers occur the strength of the angle shall be

maintained by reinforcing it. In the way of the coaling

hatches and at all corners of bins, the stringer shall be

doubled. The lower deck stringer shall consist of a 25-

pound plate in way of bins and a 20-pound plate between

and fore and aft of these.

40. Deck Plating.—The deck plating shall be 14 Ibs. to

12 Ibs. at ends. Plating under windlass and capstan to be

Ya-inch thick. Plating on lower deck to be 12 pounds. All

rivets shall be countersunk on the upper side. On the fore

and after ends of both bins at the main deck put a trans-

verse stringer about 28 inches wide by 20 pounds, and at

lower deck as shown. All decks under wood floors shall

have a coat of pitch with cement on top.

41. Bulkheads—There shall be a watertight bulkhead

on frames Nos. 12, 46 and 131, These shall extend only

to lower deck. There shall also be a water tight bulkhead

on frame No. 76, separating the boiler from the engine

room. This shall extend to main deck. Plates of bulk-

heads to be 16 to 12 pounds and stiffeners of bulb angle 6

inches by 3 inches by 1334 pounds vertical on one side

spaced 24 inches centre to centre and horizontal on the

other, spaced 48 inches centre to centre. Attachment of

ends of stiffeners and all other details to be as required by

the Rules of the American Bureau of Shipping. Put a

watertight door in bulkheads 76 and 46 to be operated

from either side. The spaces forward of bulkhead 12 and

aft of bulkhead 131 will be used as Water tanks, and both

bulkheads shall be stiffened and tested by filling the spaces

with water before launching, to the level of the lower deck,

under an additional head of 6 feet. The other two bulk-

heads to be tested by a stream from a fire hose. Sluice

valves to be placed in all bulkheads. Where keelsons or

other members pass through bulkheads, collars shall be

fitted around same, riveted and caulked watertight.

42. Scuppers.—Twelve Scuppers 6 inches diameter shall

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be placed on main deck where directed. The two central

ones will not be located until after the vessel is launched

and the trim determined. These shall all be provided with

removable composition gratings, and the discharge be car-

ried by pipes to points below the sheer strake, where it

shall be discharged outboard.

43. Bunkers—These shall be built on each side of the

ship where shown and be adapted for carrying coal or oil,

and the construction and riveting on the bunkers shall be

“oil tight.” The hatches on deck shall be provided with

oil-tight covers, and also gratings fol use with coal. Where

shown on midship section put in an intercostal longitudinal

the length of the bunkers, on each side, making oil-tight

connections to plating, floors, ete. This is to form one

side of a space for collecting any oil drippings, and this

space will be connected to a special bilge pump. From the

top of the bunkers carry a 6-inch vent pipe about 6 feet

above the deck, put on a return bend and cover the opening

with heavy galvanized wire net. Each of the three bunkers

shall have a slat door into the boiler room and also remov-

able oil-tight doors to close openings. The side of the

bunkers in the boiler room shall be covered with 2 inches

of 85 per cent. magnesia, properly secured and protected

with a galvanized iron cover.

44. Foundation for Engine and Thrust Bearings.—The

foundation for the main engine will be built up from and

form a part of the framing of the vessel. The founda-

tion for the thrust bearing will be similar to, and form a

continuation of, the engine foundation. Both will be

stiffened in a fore and aft direction by intercostals. The

top of both foundations will be formed of 34-inch steel

plates, secured together at joint by butt straps flush riveted.

45. Limber Holes——Limber holes, 3 inches by 5 inches,

properly located, shall be made in all floor plates and

frames, except those forming watertight bulkheads, and

where directed.

46. Bitts—There shall be 12 heavy cast-iron bitts, se-

curely fastened with 1-inch bolts. Place wood pad under

bitts.

47. Chocks.—There shall be 12 heavy cast-iron closed

chocks and two heavy open roller chocks all securely fas-

tened to foundation on deck and sheer strake.

48. Haiches and Skylights—These shall be located

where shown and the tops of all skylights shall be operated

from the room below by suitable fixtures. The wood used

shall be Michigan pine, and the glass, the best quality of

skylight glass ribbed. Glass to have guards of 3¢-inch gal-

vanized iron rods. Put in round hatches where shown, 18

inches diameter. On the main deck forward put a hatch

with trunk for entering hold. This is to have a water-

tight cover.

49. Eye Bolts, etc—AN the necessary eye bolts, ring

bolts, ete., for handling pipes, chains, boats, coal, cargo,

provisions, ete., shall be provided and fitted in place on the

dredge. The location of these will be determined during

the construction of the dredge. Put a 1-inch eye bolt

aft and forward of forward hatch.

50. Hawser Pipes—There shall be two cast-iron hawser

pipes, to take stockless anchors, fitted in place.

51. Chain Lockers—There shall be two chainlockers in

the fore peak, to be built of angles, 5 inches by 3 inches,

12.8 pounds, spaced 24 inches center to center, and covered

with plate \%-inch thick, riveted to angles. Attach two

heavy rings in each locker for securing chain.

52. Companion HWays.—There shall be one companion

Way, constructed of angles, 3 inches by 3 inches, 7.2

pounds, and '4-inch steel. Doors with lock and proper

attachments to be placed as directed.

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53. Hose Racks.—There shall be four hose racks, built

of oak and placed where directed, each being of such size

that it will hold a coil of 50 feet of 21-inch double-jacket

fire hose.

54. Ladders.—Steel pipe and wood ladders shall be

placed where shown and necessary. All fittings for hold-

ing ladders in place shall be furnished. Furnish rope and

Jacobs ladders.

55. Ventilators—There shall be one 20-inch ventilator

between frames 3 and 4; two 36-inch vents on frame 66

to boiler room; four 20-inch vents over main engine room

and four 20-inch vents on after house. The cowls to all

these shall turn easily and those in the engine and boiler

rooms shall be operated from these rooms. The ventila-

tors leading to the fire room shall be provided with ash

hoist gear lined with angle iron and have doors at main

deck. All cowls and exposed parts of these ventilators

shall be made of heavy galvanized iron. There shall also

be placed four 12-inch mushroom ventilators over rooms

of after house and three on pilot house. These shall be

opened and closed from within the rooms. All parts of

the mushroom ventilators within the quarters aft, of brass.

Put 6-inch goose neck ventilators where shown, and make

them 2 feet above the deck at crown. Put in two ventila-

tors for lower toilets aft—as shown. The two exhaust

ventilators on main deck forward shall be supplied with

electric exhaust fans, 24 inches diameter, General Electric

Company make, or equal.

56. Railing—There shall be a_ polished machinery

steel railing, 114 inches in diameter, around the propelling

and pumping engines. The railing will be secured to 1%-

inch diameter steel stanchions spaced 3 feet apart. In the .

pilot house there shall be a brass railing 1% inches in

diameter, around front of pilot house, also across the par-

tition between the pilot house and captain’s room. On the

outside of pilot house, at the doors, there shall be two (one

at each outside door) grab rails of brass 1% inches in

diameter, and two feet long. The railing in the pilot house,

and the grab rails outside of the pilot house doors, shall be

fastened to brass stanchions about 6 inches long; stan-

chions to be secured to woodwork by brass screws. Put

grab rail each side of door to passage.

57. Winch.—Place on foundation over after bin a steam

winch, Lidgerwood or equal. This shall have double 8-

inch by 10-inch cylinders, non-reversible, and shall have

two large gipsey heads, operated independently of each

other, with positive clutches and friction bands. Fur-

nish canvas cover for winch. Steam shall be reduced to

about 90 pounds for this.

58. W’indlass.—There shall be one No. & Hyde Com-

bination Steam and Hand windlass, Lidgerwood or other

equally good, with reverse lever. Cylinders 10 inches by

10 inches, or of equivalent dimensions. Wild cats for

17-inch stud link chain, regulation size, winch ends me-

dium size. A canvas cover shall be furnished for windlass,

Steam pipe to this to be supplied with a suitable reducing

valve to give a pressure of about 90 pounds per square

inch. Set on pine pad.

59. Steam Capstan.—There shall be one No. 3 Hyde

Steam Capstan, Lidgerwood or other equally good, with

double cylinders, 7 inches by 8 inches, or equivalent dimen-

sions. The throttle for operating capstan to be on deck.

Put reducing valve on steam pipe as specified under wind-

lass.

60. Flag Poles.—There shall be two pine flag poles; one

forward 15 feet long, 5 inches in diameter; one aft, 18

feet long, 5 inches in diameter, both to have gilt ball, 4

inches in diameter, with sheave for flag halyards.

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61. Main Railing —The main railing shall be as shown,

having 1!4-inch diameter, wrought-iron stanchions, 3 feet

high, riveted to sheer strake. There shall be three rows of

galvanized-iron pipe through these stanchions. There shall

be two gangways for coaling and two gangways for lad-

ders. The top rail shall be of 11-inch pipe, the other two

of 1-inch.

62. Side Lights—There shall be 60 side lights, 12

inches in diameter, clear opening, with composition frames,

and provided with rubber gaskets, eye bolts, and hooks.

They shall be made water tight. Eight lights at stem to

be fitted with guards. Each light to be secured by three

bolts with wing nuts—composition.

63. Mast.—There shall be one mast of Oregon pine, 20

inches in diameter at the deck, 14 inches at the hounds,

and 6 inches at the head. It shall be 54 feet from main

deck to mast heads. It shall be fitted with all the necessary

iron work and rig. Mast head to have gilt ball 8 inches

in diameter, with two sheaves for signal halyards. Two

derricks shall be fitted of Oregon pine, 10 and 6 inches

in diameter and 28 and 16 feet long, to be fitted with lifts,

double blocks, with double falls, guys, etc. All ropes for

falls and guys to be fitted and furnished by the contractor.

Chain plates shall be riveted to sheer strakes. All iron

work of masts and derricks shall be galvanized.

64. Derrick Masts—There shall be two derrick masts

placed as shown. These shall be 20 inches diameter at

the deck, 14 inches at the top and 40 feet high above the

deck. To each of these masts there shall be attached one

boom 40 feet long and 14 inches diameter. These masts

shall be well tied together and to the vessel, all iron work

extra heavy and galvanized, and all designed for lifting .

8,000 Ibs. with one boom at a radius of 30 feet from the

center of the mast. Furnish the necessary blocks and steel

wire rope falls for handling. Leads for hoisting and rais-

ing boom to be taken to winch over after bin.

65. Water Tanks—From frame No. 76 to frame No.

93, shall be made water tight, as shown on section.

Lightening holes, 14 inches by 29 inches, shall be cut in

floor plates from frame No. 77 to frame No. 92, to allow

for cleaning, painting and for circulation of water. The

center keelson shall have two 3-inch holes drilled in it be-

tween each floor space from frame No. 77 to frame No.

92. Two tanks, 1,500 gallons capacity each, with filling

pipe, splash plates, man hole, drain pipe, and vent. Tanks

to connect to pump in galley and as specified. Tanks to

be placed aft of after bin and cemented inside, and to have

three coats of paint outside. Two filling plugs for tanks

placed where directed on deck. Engine room tank to have

valve for draining into bilge.

66.. Steam Steering Engine —There shall be one Will-

iamson or equal steam and hand steering engine, cylinders

6 inches by 8 inches, diameter of wheel 5 feet, brass col-

umn and shaft in pilot house, with bell attachment. The

engine shall be fitted with adjustable thrust bearing and

double worm. It shall be provided with a Leslie, or equal,

reducing valve.

67. Rigging.—There shall be six shrouds to mast, three

on each side and one fore stay. The shrouds and stays

shall be of 7-inch galvanized steel wire rope served their

entire length. They shall be set up to chain plates with

1¥2-inch galvanized-iron tutnbuckles. The shrouds shall

have iron ratlines.

68. Name.—The name shall be on the stern in 10-inch

cast brass letters. All lettering to be polished.

69. Draft Figures—Draft figures shall be cut each side

on stem and stern post and amidship for indicating draft

of water.

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70. Guard Sponson.—There shall be two long and two

short guard sponsons built of angle bars 6 inches by 4

inches by 16.2 lbs., and 2-inch wrought-iron braces as per

drawing. There shall be 4 oak guards, 8 inches by 10

inches, fastened to a 10-inch by 31-inch channel, channel

to be riveted to shell plating, at forward end. The guards

shall be covered on the outside with 4-inch by ™%-inch

wrought-iron, fastened with %-inch by 5-inch round

spikes, heads of spikes to be countersunk. Two of these

guards shall connect to the two long sponsons.

71. Waste Lockers.—There shall be two waste lockers,

placed where directed, built of '%-inch steel, fitted with

locks. Each shall have a capacity of 250 pounds of waste.

72. Bins—There shall be two sand bins, built as shown

on the drawings. The top of the forward bin shall start

on frame No. 30 and extend to frame No. 55. The top of

the after bin shall start on frame No. 94 and extend to

frame No. 119. The bin studs shall be of bulb angle 6

inches by 3 inches by 13.8 pounds, spaced 24 inches center

to center. The sides of the bins shall be braced as shown.

On the top of the floors on each side of the gate openings,

there shall be a 20-pound stringer plate extending at least

one frame space fore and aft of bins. Stiffening at lower

deck shall be as shown. Studs on ends of bins shall be

connected at top and bottom as shown; and be supported

between these points by two transverse girders. These

shall connect to side stringers as shown. Bins shall be

thoroughly caulked.

73. Hips in Bins.—The hips shall extend fore and aft

and across the bottom of bins as per plan. The studs of

hips shall be angle bars 4 inches by 3 inches, 11.1 pounds;

they shall connect at the top by a 1714-pound gusset plate. >

At the bottom there shall be two 17!4-pound gusset plates

riveted to studs, one on each stud. At the bottom the gus-

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set plate shall rivet to the floor plate stringers. The fram-

ing and plating for the central transverse hip shall extend

from side to side of bin for Strength. The longitudinal

hip shall member to this and the bin ends, and the fore and

aft transverse hips of each bin shall member to the longi-

tudinal hip and the bin sides. There shall be & gate open-

ings in each bin. Where the frames and floor plates are

cut for gate openings the 5é-inch intercostal plate shall

rivet to floor plates with angle clips 34% inches by 314

inches, 11.1 pounds, and also rivet to stringer plate and

shell plating with 34-inch by 34-inch, 11.1 pound angle

clips. At each side of the gate openings there shall be a

20-pound plate, long enough to reach between the stringer

plate running fore and aft each side of the gate openings.

This shall be riveted to angle bars on floor plates. In-

ierior of all gate openings to be lined with plates ¥g-inch

thick, with angles in corners and staple angles on lower

edge.

74. Casting for Gate Frames.—There shall be 16 steel

castings for gate frames, as per plan. The casting shall

be made in accordance with the detail drawing. Each

casting shall be riveted to stringer plates. The surface of

contact between gate frames and gates shal? be faced.

Lugs for gate hinges shall be cast on one side. The pat-

terns for the gate frames, as well as for the gates, shall

become the property of the United States.

75. Gates—There shall be 16 cast-steel gates as per

drawing. Lugs shall be cast on each gate for hinges.

There shall also be cast near the center of each gate a lug

to connect to the rod used to close and open the gates.

On all wearing edges of gates rivet a steel bar as shown,

making close joints at corners. .

76. Bin Plating.—The plating in the bins shall be as

shown on section. The top of hips shall be covered with

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a 4-inch by 4-inch by %-inch angle, riveted to hip plating.

There shall be at each corner of each bin a 4-inch by 4-inch

by '%-inch angle riveted to bin plating.

77. Riveting in Bins and Hips.—All rivets entering into

the construction of the bins shall be of 34-inch diameter,

with countersunk heads in bins, convex.

78. Foundation for Sand Pumps.—The foundation for

sand pumps shall be constructed as shown on plate No. 2.

Under the center of each crank of the pumping engine

there shall be a solid wrought-iron stanchion, 3 inches in

diameter, riveted to beam and floor plates. The beams

shall be covered with a %-inch plate, riveted to beams, and

to bulkhead by angle bar 4 inches by 3 inches, 11.1 pounds.

Put in other stanchions as may be required.

79. Gate Mechanism.—The gate mechanism for opening

and closing the gates shall consist of two plates connect-

ing to lug on gates, and to a wrought iron rod 3 inches

in diameter. The exact length of the plates and rods will

be determined during the construction of the ship. A guide

shall be placed over the center of each gate opening. The

guide shall consist of steel casting with cap holding the

5-inch pipe encasing rod firmly. The 3-inch diameter rod

shall have at the top a '%4-inch square faced thread 1-inch

pitch. This shall pass through a large cast iron nut, which

nut shall form the hub of an operating wheel made of 1%4-

inch and 34-inch gas pipe. The casting in which this nut

revolves shall be of cast iron, and be in halves bolted to a

34-inch plate. There shall be girders, as shown on the

drawing, riveted to deck beams and coaming by angle bars

4 inches by 3 inches by 11.1 pounds. On the hub there

shall be mounted a worm wheel, engaging a worm on a

side shaft as shown. This shaft shall be operated by a re--

versible engine with double 8-inch by 8-inch cylinders.

There shall be one engine for each bin arranged to oper-

ate all the gates or those on either side.

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80. Overflows.—These shall be constructed as per draw-

ing. They shall be built of 3¢-inch steel, and shall be con-

nected to bin and shell plating by angle bars 4 inches by 3

inches, 11.1 pounds. The connections shall be made water

tight. The hull plating at the overflows shall be reinforced

by a plate at least 4 feet by 4 feet, 22 pounds.

81. Gates for Overflows.—There shall be eight gates

provided for lower overflows. These gates shall be held

in position by two plates forming a groove. The operating

mechanism of these gates shall be similar to that of the

sand bin gates, except no steam gear, and shall be made as

shown by the drawing.

82. Coaming Around Bins.—There shall be a coaming

around the bins, consisting of a 3g-inch plate, about 30

inches high, riveted to main deck stringer plate on sides

and to steel deck across ends by 4-inch by 3-inch, 11.1

pound angle. The top of coaming shall be finished with a

3-inch angle. Sheath house at forward end of after bin

with 5-pound plate to under side of windows. and make

watertight.

83. Cementing.—The entire inside bottom of the dredge

to the top of the floors, the inside of the engine room tank,

fore and after peak tanks and surfaces of the chain lockers

shall have a coating of Bitumastic solution and a coat of

Bitumastic enamel, or other preparation of equal value ap-

proved by the Engineer.

84. Painting —All surfaces of steel inside of the vessel,

not cemented, and outside of the hull above the light water-

line shall receive four coats of paint, the last coat tinted

as directed; this coat shall be put on after the trial of the

dredge (See Par. 234). Red lead for the first two coats,

white for the last two. All houses, masts. ventilators,

derricks, windlass, capstan, rails, skylights and canvas cov-

ers on top of houses, shall receive three coats of lead,

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tinted as directed. Inside of houses shall be finished with

one coat of shellac, and two coats best spar composition.

Ceilings in all rooms to be finished in white, three coats.

In the quarters on lower deck, the sides and deck overhead

shall be covered with granulated cork. This shall receive

three coats of white lead. Draft figures to be colored as

directed.

85. Below Water Painting —All the exposed surface of

the vessel and appurtenances below the light water shall

receive four coats of red lead paint. The last being put on

after the hull is dry and in dry dock. Each coat shall dry

24 hours before the next is applied on the vessel put in

water.

86. Pilot House, Captain’s and Inspector's Rooms.—

These shall be built as per plan. Sills shall be of pine, 4

inches by 5 inches; studs, spruce, 3 inches by 4 inches;

carlins, pine, 3 inches by 4 inches; plate, pine, 4 inches by

6 inches. Outside sheathing to be of Michigan pine, 3

inches wide 76-inch thick; to run fore and aft below belt

rail, above belt rail up and down, decking 3 inches wide

%-inch thick Michigan pine; water batten 2 inches by 5

inches of pine; drip plate of pine, 134 inches by 6 inches.

Inside sheathing of oak, 1% inches by 7-inch. Floors to

be of oak. Inside sheathing, outside sheathing, decking

and floors to be T and G. There shall be at least ten hold-

ing-down bolts, 34-inch. Overhang of this house to be 18

inches. Floor of pilot house to be covered with a remov-

able oak grating. All nails and bolts in pilot house to be

of brass.

87. Upper Boiler Room.—The upper boiler room shall

be built as per plan. Sills shall be of Georgia pine, 6

inches by 9 inches; studs of spruce, 4 inches by 5 inches;

carlins of Oregon pine, 3 inches by 5 inches; plate of pine,

4 inches by 6 inches; decking, Michigan pine, 3 inches by

%-inch ; water batten 2 inches by 6 inches pine, drip plate,

134 inches by 6 inches, pine. Inside sneathing to be of cy-

press or Oregon pine, 3 inches wide, 78-inch thick. Outside

sheathing to be of Michigan pine, 3 inches wide by %-inch

thick. Decking, inside and outside sheathing shall be T.

and G. Boiler room to be covered at deck with wrought-

iron grating. Vise bench, store rooms, shelves and lockers

to be placed as shown. 34-inch holding-down bolts in this

house to be placed where directed.

88. Bolt Shelf and Lockers.—The bolt shelf shall be

placed where shown. It shall be of pine 6 feet long, and

shall extend from top of house to within 36 inches of

floor. It shall be 12 inches deep and fastened to battens.

The shelf shall be divided into one-foot square places, to

hold the different size bolts. Each division shall be 34-inch

thick and 1 foot long. There shall be one locker, built,

fitted with doors, having locks. This shall be built of cy-

press or pine, and extend from top of house to deck, and

shall be 6 feet wide and 12 inches deep. The locker shall

have 5 shelves of 34-inch cypress. Across the front of the

shelves there shall be a batten to prevent tools from falling

out.

89. After House—This shall be built as per plan. The

sills shall be of Georgia pine, 6 inches by 9 inches; studs,

spruce, 4 inches by 5 inches; plate, pine, 4 inches by 6

inches; carlins, pine, 3 inches by 5 inches; decking, Mich-

igan pine, 3 inches by 7é-inch thick: water batten, pine, 2

inches by 6 inches: drip plate, 134 inches by 6 inches ; out-

side sheathing, Michigan pine, 3 inches wide, 7-inch thick;

inside sheathing, oak, 11% inches wide, 74-inch thick. All

inside and outside sheathing of houses to have chamfer.

Decking, inside and outside sheathing, also floors, shall be

T and G. Carlins in this house to extend to main rail,

and shall be supported by iron stanchions, 114 inches diam-

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eter, from rail to carlins, placed where directed. There

shall be 34-inch diameter holding-down bolts, as required.

90. Galley—A dumb waiter, about 18 inches by 24

inches, shall be built in the galley; also all the necessary

shelves, racks and dressers shall be placed in the galley and

store rooms, all as hereinafter described. One porcelain-

lined sink, 18 inches by 24 inches, by 10 inches deep, with

pump connecting to fresh water tank, shall be placed in the

galley. This sink shall not be enclosed. The bulkhead

back of the sink shall be covered with sheet copper from

the deck to a point 2 feet above the sink, and 1 foot longer

than the sink and drip board. Put in brass steam pipe for

heating the water, noiseless discharge end. Dumb waiter

to be hung on braided sash cord, over brass pulleys to

counterweight. Put in Born or equal 8 hole range, com-

plete with coal hod, tools, etc., for burning soft coal.

91. Dish Racks.—In the galley there shall be a dish rack

located as directed. It shall be constructed of oak. There

shall be 15 divisions in it of dimensions to accommodate

the different size plates, platters, saucers, cups, mugs, vege-

table dishes, etc. The sides and bottom of the rack shall

be 72-inch thick, the shelves and partitions, 5¢-inch thick.

There shall be a neat moulding of oak around all the open-

ings for dishes.

92. State Rooms.—All state rooms shall be provided

with one or two berths, as per plan, with 4 drawers under

lower berths, one enameled washstand, not inclosed, with

basin, 12 inches in diameter. Drips from basins in state

room, bath room, and from sink in galley, also scuppers in

toilet rooms, shall run overboard each side of ship. All

lockers in state rooms shall have one shelf with 6 heavy

brass hooks. All keys to doors shall have brass tags.

93. Doors.—All outside doors shall be of Michigan pine

134 inches thick, with four raised panels. Outside doors

shall have 3 heavy brass strap hinges each, 1 heavy brass

lock, drop handle outside, knobs inside. Inside doors shall

be of the same material as the finish in the room, and shall

have raised panels. Al! inside doors shall have brass butts

and brass locks of an approved pattern. All doors shall be

fitted with brass buttons, catches and hooks where neces-

sary. All drawers and locker doors shall have brass locks.

Drawer pulls shall be of polished brass. Screen doors, cop-

per wire, same finish as room, shall be placed in all state

rooms, galley and mess rooms. ‘These doors shall be pro-

vided with spring hinges, buttons, catches and hooks, all of

brass. Door sills shall be covered with sheet brass. Fire

room door sills shall be covered with No. 18 galvanized

iron, also jamb of doors 3 feet high. Doors to have rub-

ber-tipped stops.

94. Windows.—-\Vindows in pilot house shall have sash

Of hard wood, finest quality of double-thick glass, fitted

with weights and pulleys. All other windows shall be of

same finish as room, glass finest quality double thick, 18

inches by 24 inches. Windows to drop into pockets. All

windows shall be fitted with catches and lifts of brass.

Screen windows shall be furnished for all state rooms and

mess rooms and galley; sash, Michigan pine; screen, cop-

per wire 18 mesh. Windows to be fitted with buttons and

catches of brass. |

95. Blinds.—All state rooms, mess rooms. galley and

officers’ bath room, shall be furnished with inside blinds,

of same finish as room. They shall slide up and down,

and shall be fitted with buttons and catches of brass.

96. Cushions.—Red corduroy cushions of durable, first-

class, approved quality shall be furnished for seats in pilot

house.

97. Covering.—All houses shall be covered with No. 3

cotton duck canvas, fastened with 34-inch copper tacks;

canvas to have 3 coats of paint, and be laid in paint.

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98. Scuppers—The after house shall have six 12-

inch scuppers leading from top of house to deck. The mid-

ship house shall have sixteen 12-inch scuppers leading

irom top of house to deck. The pilot house shall have

two 14-inch scuppers leading from top of house to top of

captain's room. House after pilot house shall have two

14-inch scuppers leading from top of house to top of

house below. The upper part of scupper to be of lead,

and be continued to the deck by. galvanized-iron pipe same

size. There shall be eight scuppers on the bridges with

pipe leading to deck.

99. Bridges —There shall be four bridges built as

shown, supported by forged stanchions.

100. Railing around Houses —There shall be a galvan-

ized-iron rail around amidship and after houses and bridges.

The stanchions of wrought iron 3 feet high, spaced about

4-foot centers, with 3 rows of galvanized-iron pipe running

through them. They shall be fastened to water batten with

four lag screws in each foot.

101. Heaters.—All sleeping rooms, mess rooms, toilets

and bath rooms, shall have approved iron heaters. The

pilot house shall have a brass heater. Drips from all heat-

ers to run into trap, trap to overflower into filter box. All

iron heaters to be covered with aluminum paint.

102. Tables—All tables in the mess room shall be of

oak, they shall be secured to the deck and the tops have

a batten around outer edges.

103. Firemen’s and Sailors’ Quarters —These shall be

located aft on the lower deck as shown and shall be reached

by a companion way entrance in after house. Floors for

toilet and bath rooms raised as shown. The berths to be

two in height, have pipe standees and rails, wire bottoms

and all finished in white enamel.

104. Petty Officers’ Quarters.—These shall be arranged

on the lower deck forward as shown. Berth shall be simi-

lar to those specified, for the firemen and sailors with lock-

ers as indicated. Basins to be about 12 inches diameter,

enameled iron, to drain outboard. Bath tub to be 4 feet

6 inches long, roll rim, enameled iron. Water closets to

be cast-iron hopper, enameled inside, with oak rim at-

tached. The closets, bath tub and basins shall have inde-

pendent discharges through the ship side. On the dis-

charges from the tubs and closets put quick opening gate

valves inside the hull, operated by suitable and easily ac-

cessible levers. On the discharge of each basin above the

deck put a gate valve. All to be so arranged that if de-

sired the ingress of water from the outside can be pre-

vented. The discharge from the basins to unite below deck

into one discharge pipe.

105. Satlors’ and Firemen’s Toilets.—These shall have

‘closets as above specified. The bath room shall have an

overhead spray, and the walls of the bath room shall be

lined with copper. The closets and bath shall discharge

overboard, and on each discharge there shall be placed, in-

side the hull, a quick opening gate valve operated by an

easily accessible lever. All toilets and bath rooms shall

have a scupper in the floor with gate valve and pipe leading

outboard—for washing out.

106. Officers’ Bath and Toilet-—The toilet shall be of

earthen ware, J. L. Mott, Pl. 709 Y or equal, with double

oak seat, with water connection for flushing; bath tub, 5

feet long, roll rim enameled: both to discharge overboard

below the sheer strake. Both the officers and petty officers’

bath to be supplied with cold water and a steam water

heater.

107. Hardware.—Al hardware shall be extra heavy,

of brass polished and shall be approved before putting up;

doors shall have rim locks with knobs inside and drop

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handle outside, hook to hold door open, and heavy strap

hinges. Panels of screen doors shall be fitted with bronze

wire cloth 18-mesh. These doors shall be fitted with spring

hinges, catches and hooks, screen windows to be held in

place by brass buttons. Sash to have brass lifts, and in-

side blinds to have lifts and catches working on a cast-

brass rack on frame holding blind at any height. All

drawers to desks shall have brass locks, flat keys.

108. Chafing Plates—At joints of the suction pipe

where shown, put 5¢-inch chafing plates, 24 inches wide,

located so as to protect the hull from wear. Build guard

of channel to keep drag from side of ship.

109, Dry Docking. —After the preliminary trials and

just before completion, the dredge shall be placed in dry

dock, when, after cleaning, the last coat of paint above the

light water line and one coat below this line shall be put on.

110. Refrigerating Room.—This room shall be built as

shown. The insulation on all sides, top and bottom, shall

be made as shown. In one portion of this room there shall

be constructed an ice box capable of holding 800 pounds of

ice. The door to this box to open into entry. In the re-

frigerating room put up 6 heavy meat rods with two hooks

on rollers on each, and shelves as directed. In this room

also put two 20-gallon tanks of sheet zine with covers.

These are to hold drinking water. A pipe from one of

these tanks shall lead to the officers’ mess room and ter-

minate in a faucet. A pipe from the other shall lead to

the petty officers mess room and terminate in a faucet.

These pipes, where they are outside of the refrigerating

room, shall be thoroughly insulated.

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PROPELLING MACHINERY.

TEsts oF MATERIALS.

111. Test for Cast-iron—From each heat of cast iron

a tensile piece shall be cast in the presence of the inspector.

A test coupon will be attached to each of the larger cast-

ings. The test pieces for cylinders, valve chest linings,

packing rings and main guides shall show a tensile strength

of at least 25,000 pounds per square inch. All other cast-

ings will show a tensile strength of 20,000 pounds per

square inch,

112. Test for Cast-stecl—One test coupon will be re-

quired from all steel castings. The tensile strength of all

castings shall be at least 60,000 pounds per square inch,

with an elongation of at least 24 per cent in 2 inches for

all castings for moving parts of the machinery, and 20 per

‘cent in 2 inches for other castings. The sectional area of

test specimens shall be at least '4-inch. The elastic limit

shall be one-half of the ultimate strength.

113. Bending Tests for Cast-steel—From each large

steel casting or from each heat of smaller castings, a bend-

ing bar, l-inch square, shall bend cold without showing

cracks or flaws, through an angle of 120 degrees for mov-

ing parts of machinery and 90 degrees for other castings,

over an inside radius not greater than 1! inches.

114. Tests for Shafting, Stcel Columns and Reverse

Shaft—These shall be made of open-hearth steel. A ten-

sile test specimen shall be taken from each. They will

have a length of 2 inches between measuring points, and

a section area of at least %-inch. Each of these test

pieces shall show a tensile strength of 60,000 pounds per

square inch and an elongation of 28 per cent in 2 inches,

with elastic limit one-half the tensile strength.

115. Quenching and Bending Tests for Shafting, Col-

umns, etc—A bar %-inch thick and from ™% to 1-inch in

width will be taken from each forging and must stand bend-

ing double over an inside diameter of 1 inch after quench-

ing in water at 82 degrees F. from a dark cherry red

heat in daylight, witheut showing cracks or flaws.

116. Tests for Piston, Connecting and Eccentric Rods,

Valve Stems, Crossheads, and Main Links——These shall

be of open-hearth steel. All test specimens shall be cut from

the forging and shall have a length of two inches between

measuring points. Each of these specimens shall show a

tensile strength of 80,000 pounds per square inch and an

elongation of 24 per cent in two inches. The sectional

area of specimen shall be at least Y%-inch. Elastic limit

one-half the tensile strength.

117. Bending Tests for Piston, Connecting and Eccen-

tric Rods, Valve Stems, Crossheads, and Main Links.—

One bar %-inch thick, cut from the upper end of each

forging, must stand bending double when cold to an in-

ner diameter of 1 inch without showing cracks or flaws.

118. Miscellaneous Forgings.—The connecting rod bolts,

main bearing bolts, eccentric rod bolts and studs, and link

and valve stem bolts, shall be subjected to the same tests as

those specified for piston rods. Other miscellaneous steel

forging for machinery shall be subjected to the same tests

as those specified for shafting. Coupons shall be cut from

the end of forgings, midway between center and outside.

This applies to all forgings, shafting, rods, etc.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

119. There shall be two vertical, inverted, direct acting,

open frame, surface condensing, fore and aft compound -

engines, with cylinders 22 inches and 46 inches in diameter,

and a common stroke of 30 inches, driving four-bladed

cast-iron propellers 8 feet 6 inches in diameter, and 14 feet

pitch. Engines to exhaust into condenser and also have at-

mospheric exhaust. Template to which the propellers are

bored shall be furnished. Column and bed plate castings

shall be smooth and free from surface defects.

120. Cylinders.—The high pressure will be 22 inches

diameter, made of hard, close-grained cast-iron. All the

necessary lugs and flanges are to be cast on for required at-

tachments. The low pressure cylinder will be cast separate

from the high pressure cylinder, and will be 46 inches in

diameter. The internal parts of the cylinders and valve

chests shall be pickled to remove scale and sand. The H.

P. cylinders of main and pumping engines shall be tested

by internal water pressure of 200 pounds per square inch,

and the L. P. cylinders by a pressure of 100 pounds.

121. Counter Bore-—The counter bore of each cylinder

‘will be 44-inch larger than the diameter of the cylinder,

and of sufficient length, top and bottom.

122. Clearance—There will be not less than \4-inch

clearance from top of piston to bottom of cylinder cover,

and not less than 5¢-inch clearance from bottom of piston

to bottom of cylinder.

123. Cylinder Relief Valves.—On each high pressure

cylinder shall be two adjustable spring relief valves 1%

inches in diameter. On each low pressure cylinder there

shall be two adjustable relief valves 3 inches in diameter.

They shall be of composition, finished all over.

124. Covering.—Cylinders and valve chest to be cov-

ered with magnesia blocks and laged with the best quality

of Russia iron, neatly finished with brass bands and round

headed brass screws.

125. Cylinder and Chest Covers.—Covers to be made

of proper depth, strongly rabbed and filled with magnesia.

A cast-iron covering plate to be securely fastened to each

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cover. Covers with turned grooves to be polished and free

from all imperfections, eye bolts to be fitted for lifting.

126. Balance Cylinder—The low pressure steam chest

shall have a balance cylinder cast on cover with a bore of

about 8 inches in diameter. Cylinder to be polished. All

necessary brass piping from balance cylinder to condenser

to be fitted in place.

127. Stuffing Boxes.—The stuffing boxes of each cylin-

der will be cast separate, and packed with approved metallic

packing. The stuffing boxes are to be provided with com-

position bushings, and secured by a sufficient number of

studs to make a steam tight joint. The glands shall be of

composition.

128. Piston Valve—The high pressure piston valves

will be of cast iron, made with approved packing rings.

The followers of the valves will be secured in place by steel

stud bolts with wrought-iron nuts and brass split pins.

The packing rings will be of hard cast-iron, turned and

fitted in an approved manner.

129. Low Pressure Slide Valve-—The low pressure

valve will be a double ported slide valve of the usual form,

and will be made of cast iron. The face of the valve will

be finished to a plane, all edges to be finished.

130. Pistons.—Pistons shall be of the best quality of

cast-steel, for L. P. cast iron for H. P., conical. Packing

rings to be of hard cast-iron set out by steel springs of ap-

proved pattern. The followers to be secured to pistons

by shoulder studs of mild steel, with case hardened nuts,

brass split pins to be used on every stud as a locking de--

vice. A suitable number of eye bolts to be furnished for

lifting followers.

131. Piston Rods.—Piston rods to be made of forged

steel, 454 inches in diameter. [Each end will have a shoul-

der, and taper fit into piston and crosshead block, and will

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be securely fastened by nuts about 4 inches deep, pins to

be used as a locking device.

132. Crosshead Blocks and Guides.—Crosshead blocks

to be made of forged steel, in one piece. The blocks to be

about 8 inches square, finished all over. Crosshead will be

be made of cast steel and securely fitted to block by four

through bolts. The ahead and backing sides to be filled

with strips of Parson’s white brass, or equal, not less than

7/16-inch thick. Area of contact to be such that ‘pressure

does not exceed 70 pounds per square inch.

133. Crosshead Guide—There shall be a crosshead

guide of cast iron fitted to each column of engines, and de-

signed for water circulation.

134. Connecting Rods.—Connecting rods to be of forged

steel, with fork at crosshead and a tee at crank pin end.

There shall be furnished at each end a complete set of

‘brasses, butt end to be fitted with Parson’s white brass, or

equal, and securely fitted with bolts. Bolts to be of forged

steel. They shall be fitted with stops to prevent them from

turning while being set up. The nuts for these bolts shall

have a collar turned on them, and fit into recesses on rods,

which will have set screws so arranged as to hold nuts in

place when set. Rods to be finished all over.

135. Valve Stems and Guides.—Valve stems to be of

forged steel, not less than 2'4 inches in diameter in body

and 234 inches in guide, with tee heads forged on their

lower ends and fitted complete with bolts and nuts of steel,

for taking up wear on link block pin. Valve stem guides

shall be of the yoke type, securely bolted to pads under

each cylinder, and provided with suitable brasses and liners

for taking up the transverse wear. All connections to be

of marine type.

136. Links and Link Blocks.—The links will be of the

Stevenson double bar type, about 4 inches wide and 1%

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inches thick, and made of forged steel. Link blocks to be

of forged steel, with separate composition gib fitted on

each side of each link. Links and blocks to be polished all

over.

137. Eccentric Rods, Sheaves and Straps—The eccen-

tric rods will be made of forged steel, finished all over.

The lower end will be secured to the strap, and will have

a tee forged on to receive two steel stud bolts, which are to

be tapped into strap. The upper end of the rods will be

forked and have composition brasses, marine type, securely

bolted as shown. Eccentric sheaves for high pressure en-

gine shall be cast solid and bored out to fit shaft. The

sheaves for low pressure engine will be cast in halves and

securely bolted when in position. Eccentric straps will be

lined with Parson’s white brass, or equal. Sheaves to be

made of best grade of cast iron; straps of cast-steel.

138. Suspension Links, Reverse Shaft and Brackets —

The suspension links shall be made of forged steel. Re-

verse shaft to be 4 inches in diameter, of forged steel, and

polished all over. Brackets to be bolted on back columns

for reverse shaft. Bearings for reverse shaft to be lined

with Parson’s white brass or equal.

139. Back Columns.—The back columns will be of cast

iron. Necessary flanges and lugs will be attached for fit-

ting cylinders and guides to same by a sufficient number of

fitted bolts.

140. Front Columns.—The cylinders will be supported

on one side by 3 forged steel columns, 4% inches in di-

ameter, with heavy flanges on top and bottom. Columns

to be polished and secured to cylinders and bed plate by

fitted bolts.

141. Bed Platcs—These shall be made of cast-iron.

each in one casting, with four main bearings, of tough com-

position, filled with Parson’s white brass, or equal, and so

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arranged that the lower half of the box can be rolled up-

ward from under the shaft and removed when necessary.

They are to be held in position fore and aft by suitable

flanges. Bearing caps to be made of cast-steel, with open-

ing in top for feeling and oiling journals. The main bear-

ing bolts shall be of forged steel. All necessary eye bolts

for removing parts shall be furnished. The engine bed-

plate will be secured to the foundation by holding down

bolts 1'¢ inches in diameter body bound and spaced 10 to

12 inches between centers.

142. Reverse Cylinders—A steam reversing engine,

having a cylinder 9 inches in diameter by 14-inch stroke,

with suitable flanges shall be securely bolted to engines.

The working parts will be protected from shock by an

approved cushion arrangement. Provide also a hand re-

versing gear. The steam cylinder shall have a_ valve,

' worked by a hand lever ona notched quadrant at the work-

ing platform, in conjunction with a floating lever. The

arrangement will be such that the reversing piston shall

follow the motion of the hand lever, and be firmly held

when stopped. Fit drain pipes to the cylinders.

143. Throttle—Throttle valves to be of the balance

type, and will be fitted to steam chest with all of the neces-

sary connections leading to the quadrant. The amount of

opening will be regulated, or the valve firmly closed, by

means of hand wheels and screws working in yokes on the

valve bonnets.

144. Turning Gear. —\Worm wheels for turning the

shafts shall be provided with ratchet and lever of approved

design.

145. Telltales—Carry telitales from each engine to top

of house to show revolutions.

146. Starting and Reversing Gear.—Suitable gear from

throttle valve drain and reversing engine will be furnished.

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Operating levers, quadrant, spring catches, and pull rods,

shall be polished. Throitles of engines to be operated from

top of house, as well as engine room. Engine room throttle

to have locomotive latch.

147. Drain Gear.—Cylinder, chests and pumps will be

provided with asbestos packed cocks, securely attached and

led to condenser. All recesses in stop valves, fittings, cast-

ings, etc., shall be drained. Suitable drain levers and all

attachments shall be furnished and located near starting

| and reversing levers.

148. Clearance ——After the engine is set up in place,

adjusted and connected, the volume of clearance at each

end of each cylinder shall be carefully measured, and the

result plainly marked on some conspicuous part of the cyl-

inders. Marks will also be made on the crosshead guides

showing the positions of the pistons when the clearances

were measured, and also showing the striking points. This

applies to propelling and pumping engines.

149. Indicator Gear—The cylinders will be furnished

with the necessary rigging, piping, angle valves, three-way

cocks, etc., and all required attachments for taking indi-

cator cards.

150. Crank Shaft—The crank shaft shall be forged in

one piece, and made of the best quality of steel, 10%

inches in diameter. The crank pins will be 10 inches in

diameter by about 11 inches long. Couplings to be forged

on shaft. Tapered bolts of proper size fitted to couplings.

Crank shaft to be finished all over. Chamfer on crank

webs to be turned on.

151. Thrust Shaft—The thrust shaft to be of forged

steel, finished all over, 10'4 inches in diameter, and provid-

ed with six thrust collars forged on. Coupling bolts will .

be the same as specified for crank shaft.

152. Thrust Bearing —The thrust bearing will consist

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of a cast-iron pedestal, which will be securely bolted to the

main engine foundation plate by steel bolts in reamed holes.

The forward end of this pedestal will be continued so as

to bolt to lugs on main engine bed plate. The thrust will

be taken by cast-steel horseshoe collars, lined with white

metal and mounted on two Tobin bronze rods, upon which

they will be kept from endwise motion by steel nuts screwed

on the rods. The base of these bearings shall form a

receptacle for oil and shall be cast with recess for water

circulation, and connected to water piping. Put half stuff-

ing boxes at each end to retain oil and galvanized covers

over bearings.

153. Intermediate Shaft.—The intermediate shaft shall

be of forged steel, finished all over, 10 inches in diameter,

with flangs forged on, and coupling bolts as specified for

crank shaft. Faces of couplings to be made male and fe-

male.

154. Tail Shaft—The tail shaft shall be in one piece,

finished all over, 1014 inches in diameter, length to be taken

from work. Coupling on this shaft to be of cast-iron. The

after end of this shaft shall be 11 inches diameter.

155. Spring Bearings.—They will be of cast-iron with

faced flanges secured to the foundation by forged steel

bolts. The brasses shall be fitted so that they can be easily

removed and renewed. The bearing surfaces shall be ac-

curately bored, and faced with white metal strips, dove-

tailed, and hammered in place. The bearings will be sup-

ported on an approved and suitable foundation, built up

of plates and angles from the floor plates.

156. Stern Pipes for Shafts —The after floors through

which stern pipe passes shall be properly bored to receive

the stern pipe. The pipe shall be of cast iron turned at

the bearings, and with faced joints pipe to be thoroughly

fastened in place. At fore and after ends of these pipes

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insert a composition sleeve lined with white metal. On the

inside and end put double stuffing box.

157. Shaft Struts—The shaft struts shall be placed

where shown of cast-steel or a cast-steel hub with forged

arms. These arms shall be egg-shaped in section. The

shaft between the strut and stern tube shall be enclosed in

a pipe made in halves. These halves shall fit closely to-

gether and to the castings at the ends and be made tight

by gaskets.

158. Oiling.—At a convenient place in the after hold

put two oil or grease cups for each stern tube. The cylin-

ders of these cups to have a capacity of about 2 quarts.

Carry a galvanized-iron pipe from the cups to the stern

tube and bearing as shown. Put valves in, these pipes just

below the pumps. Carry a small air pipe from near

the forward end of the stern tube to near the cups, and put

a cock on the end. Where these pipes pass through the

flats, the junction shall be made watertight. Cups to have

screw and piston.

159. Lubrication —tTo the high and low pressure cylin-

ders there shall be fitted one brass multiple feed oiler, equal

in every respect to the “Michigan.” These oil reservoirs

will have a capacity of not less than two quarts each, and

will be provided with a filler at their tops. Pipes will lead

from connections on reservoirs to all moving parts

of the engine. Each steam chest will be fitted with

an approved hand oil pump. Each main crank will be

oiled by cups carried on the crosshead, taking oil from

overhead. Each main crosshead journal will take oil from

an overhead wick cup. Each crosshead guide will be oiled

by dragglers taking oil from a cup at the bottom. Ap-

proved composition oil cups with screw tops will be fitted

for oiling main links. The main bearings, thrust bearings,

and spring bearings will each be provided with compres-

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sion grease cups of an approved design and of '%4-pint

capacity. The main bearings will also have connections to

the lubricators. There will be approved means of oiling

pistons and valve stem rods. The eccentrics will also be

provided with efficient means of oiling. All the working

parts for which oil cups are not specified shall be provided

with oiling gear of an approved design.

160. Trolleys.—Overhead trolleys shall be provided for

main engines, pumping engines, sand pumps and condenser

heads.

161. Water Service.—There shall be brass water service

pipes for each engine, main guides, main bearings, thrust

bearings, crank pins, spring bearings.

162. Oil Drips —Oil drips of sheet brass shall be fitted

where oil can accumulate, and to have drain cocks. Drip

pans shall be placed under all pumping, propelling and

auxiliary machinery where oil can accumulate or drip.

163, Bypass.—Fit bypass to low pressure cylinders tak-

ing steam from main steam pipe.

164. Air Pump—One twin-cylinder, beam air pump,

12-inch diameter steam cylinder, 25-inch diameter air

cylinder by 18-inch stroke, or of dimensions giving equal

efficiency. Piston rods and buckets to be of composition.

Air pump valves to be of brass. Pump to be Blake, Worth-

ington, Davidson or other equally good. Pump to have

head valves.

165. Condenser.—Surface condenser of approved type.

Solid drawn brass tubes, tinned inside and out. Brass

ferrules with shoulder. Tube sheets of brass. Heads,

cast-iron; shell, steel; central supporting plate of brass.

To have not less than 4,500 feet cooling surface. Dis-

charge pipe of copper, with valve at ship’s side. Clean-

ing doors top and bottom. Condenser shall be covered with

magnesia and galvanized irom. Condenser shall be placed

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higher than the air pump. Place on the condenser a soda

cock and copper tank of 2-gallon capacity, and on the

air pump suction pipe a 1l-inch nozzle for boiling out. Con-

nect the tube plates by 3 tie-rods in brass tubes. Put

large ‘perforated baffle plate over tubes. Before erecting in

dredge, condenser shall be subjected to an internal hydro-

static test of 20 pounds per square inch.

166. Circulating Pump.—The circulating pump to be of

centrifugal type with brass shaft and runners and operated

by an independent engine. Pump discharge to be 10-inch

and of sufficient capacity. To have suction to sea and bilge,

with independent discharge overboard; suttion to be of

copper, with copper strainer, located well forward of bin

overflows.

167. Auxiliaries—The circulating pump, and electric

light generators shall be capable of exhausting into the con-

denser, heater or atmosphere, all the other auxiliaries shall

exhaust into either the atmosphere or heater. All auxiliary

machinery shall be mounted on yellow pine pads 2 inches

thick; pads to rest on the steel foundations,

168. Ladders.—These will be fitted wherever necessary

or directed for reaching the engine or fire room from deck

and for reaching the various platforms, passages, and

parts of machinery.

169. Boiler and Bilge Pumps.—There shall be two ver-

tical, duplex, brass lined pumps, of Blake, Worthington,

Davidson, or other equally good type, 9 inches by 5%

inches by 10 inches, or of equivalent dimensions. To draw

from filter, sea, bilge, or either water tank, and to dis-

charge into boiler, overboard, or through hose at sides of

houses, or into either tank. Pumps to be so connected that

one can work in mm: water while the other is working in ,

fresh water.

170. Heater.—There shall be one multi, vertical,

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feed water heater, 32 inches diameter, with proper connec-

tions. Coils to be of copper pipe. Heater shall be cov-

ered with magnesia and Russia iron. To be tested to 50

pounds per square inch, internal hydrostatic pressure.

171. Service Pump.—There shall be one brass lined du-

plex pump, steam cylinder 4!4 inches diameter, water cylin-

der 5% inches and stroke 4!4 inches or equivalent dimen-

sions. This shall draw from the tanks or sea, and dis-

charge into pipe leading to the various toilet fixtures.

172. Pressure Pump—A pump similar to that above

described shall be installed, drawing from the tanks or

sea, and discharging into the water service to the engines

and pumps.

173. Filter —There shall be one filter about 10 feet

long, 2 feet 6 inches square, with four partitions and

cover.

174. Syphons.—Six 2%-inch syphons shall be furnished

and fitted in place.

175. Hand Pump.—There shall be an approved hand

pump, located in lower engine room where directed, fitted

complete to draw from the sea, tanks, or bilge or boilers,

and discharging into the auxiliary feed pipe or overboard,

provided with all necessary pipes, valves, etc. It shall have

a detachable hand lever, which shall be stowed in brackets

at a convenient place. This is not to pump against boiler

pressure.

176. Injectors-—Two Korting injectors, of ample size

or other equally good, shall be furnished, with connection

for hose for washing down.

177. Centrifugal Bilge Pump—This shall have a cast-

iron shell with brass pump shaft and runner, 4-inch suc-

tion and discharge pipe, and be connected to an engine of

proper size. This pump shall discharge out board and shall

have 8 suctions to bilge, each protected by a strainer, and

so placed that any portion of the hull can be drained. This

suction pipe shall be independent of that for the other

pumps. The pump shall have sufficient power to discharge

the bilge water when the dredge is deep loaded.

178. Fire Pump.—One brass lined fire pump, 14 inches

by 7 inches by 10 inches, or of equivalent dimensions ; ver-

tical, Blake, Worthington, Davidson, or any other equally

good. This pump shall have a suction to the bilge; an in-

dependent valve at the ship’s side; it shall discharge over-

board or through fire hose at side of house; and to draw

from sea, bilge or tanks, six 2'%-inch fire plugs shall be

located on main deck as directed. Furnish two reducers

for l-inch hose on deck.

179. Relief Valves.—Relief valves shall be attached to

the discharge of all pumps, discharging into the suction

pipe.

180. Boilers—There shall be four boilers, Scotch re-

turn tubular type 14.5 feet diameter and 12 feet long. To

have three 42-inch corrugated furnaces each, 3%4-inch

tubes, well rolled in tube sheet and ends beaded over.

Boilers to have butt straps inside and out, and to conform

in every respect with the requirements of the United States

Inspectors of Steam Vessels, for a working pressure of

140 and 160 pounds for the furnaces. Dry pipes shall be

placed in each boiler, 8 inches in diameter, and to have two

hundred (200) 34-inch holes or slots of equivalent area.

Uptakes of all boilers to come together, and to have one

stack of nine feet inside diameter. There shall be an air

space of 3 inches and an outer stack provided 9 feet 6

inches in diameter. Both stacks to extend above top of

house as shown and to have six wire guys 5-inch in di-

ameter, each to be set up with lanyards and dead eyes. A

damper shall be fitted. Air space over uptakes covered with

asbestos. Covering on uptakes 1% inches thick, on boiler 2

inches thick, of asbestos and magnesia; this shall be cov-

ered with No. 24 galvanized iron. Bucket racks of iron

around stacks to take twelve buckets. Spring pop safety

valves for each boiler. Bottom and surface blow; stand

pipe with gauge glass; one l-inch drain cock; three try

cocks, and a common drain for all cocks to bilge for each

boiler. Furnace bars, bridge walls, lazy bars, fitted in place.

Four extra sets of grate bars, and four sets of fire tools

with hooks to hang same on. Four steam gauges in boiler

room. Ash pans to be fitted to all furnaces. Sheet-iron

baffle plate in front of boilers to keep ashes out of bilges.

Saddles to be of steel 22!4 pounds, and fastened to hull.

Braces from boiler to hull shall be furnished and fitted.

Fire room floor to extend back to steel bulkhead. Steal

floor plates. Four heavy ash buckets. Sixteen wrought-

iron baskets suspended from braces, with zinc, shall be

furnished. Wrought-iron gratings shall cover boiler hatch

at main deck. All necessary hand and grab rails shall be

furnished and placed where directed. Escape pipe to be

placed inside of stack. Make such connections to one of

the pumps that circulation can be maintained in any boiler

when raising steam. Feed pipes to discharge between the

curtains. Boilers shall be equipped for burning either oil or

coal and so arranged that the change from one to the other

can be easily made. The furnaces shall be provided with

extension fronts and the burners and general system shall

be the “Kirkwood” or other system approved by the En-

gineer. All necessary pumps, blower, heater, etc., shall be

supplied, using air to atomize the oil.

181. Donkey Boiler—Place where shown a donkey

boiler about 4 feet diameter and 8 feet high equipped for

burning coal. The stack from this shall lead into the main

stack ; the boiler shall be built for 140 pounds pressure, and

be supplied with all necessary gages, cocks, fire tools, etc.

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This boiler to be so connected that it can be used for oper-

ating the various pumps, heating system and the oil heater

and burners until the main boilers are in operation.

182. Asi Ejector—Two approved 6-inch hydropneu-

matic ash ejectors, shall be furnished and set up complete,

ready for use. At the discharge end put in a removable

wearing piece and at all bends in the discharge pipe thicken

the outside portion and make it removable. Furnish pat-

tern of removable piece and bends.

183. Tanks.—There shall be four 105-gallon tanks, with

lock faucets with 4 keys, drip pan, and filling pipes from

deck. Fastened in place where directed.

184. Whistle——One 10-inch single chime whistle, with

double pull to pilot house shall be put in.

185. Tools.—Install in engine room a tool board fitted

with 3 monkey wrenches, 3 Stillson pipe wrenches, 3

screw drivers, and 8 epen-end wrenches, hammer and pliers

all finished, held in place with brass buttons. Wrenches,

in racks at convenient places, shall be furnished for all

nuts around engines and pumps. Set on brackets four small

oil tanks of copper, 10-gallon capacity each with faucets.

Furnish 12 steel oil cans, 8-ounce, six long and six short

spouts, and two brass oil sets on tray five pieces each.

186. Bells and Speaking Tubes ——There shall be one 20-

inch and one 12-inch gong in the propelling engine room,

and two jingle bells, with pulls in pilot house and on oper-

ating deck leading to gongs and jingle; also a 14-inch brass

speaking tube from pilot house to engine room, with whistle

at each end and a 1'%4-inch sounding tube of brass. Pul-

leys shall be used for all bell pulls. Put in also a 1%4-inch

speaking tube from the pilot house to the operating deck

aft of the stack with whistle at each end. Pulls to star--

board engine to have open handles, those to port closed.

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187. Electric Bells—There shall be electric bells from

captain and inspector’s rooms to engineer’s, mate’s, stew-

ard’s, and quartermaster’s rooms; also from each state

room to galley, with indicator. The contractor shall fur-

nish dry battery for these.

188. Steam Piping.—There shall be five distinct lines of

steam piping with separate stop valves near boiler; two for

propelling engines, one for each pumping engine, and one

for the auxiliary engines. They shall be of copper, to

stand a working pressure of 160 pounds of steam, and con-

form to the rules and regulations of the United States In-

spector of Steam Vessels. There shall be a bleeder pipe

from main steam pipe to condenser. Small pipes leading

from auxiliary steam pipe shall be of sufficient size to supply

all small pumps and auxiliary machinery. Steam and waste

pipes to heaters in all rooms except pilot house, shall be of

iron, galvanized. All iron pipe shall be galvanized.

189. Steam Separator.—There shall be placed on the

steam pipe to each main engine an approved centrifugal

steam separator of ample size. This shall be supplied with

gauge glass and drain to filter tank. \

190. Valves and Cocks.—All valves shall be Lunkenhei-

mer’s or equal. All steam and suction valves to be brass,

mounted; all pump, discharge, and exhaust valves to be

gate valves. There shall be a combined stop and check

valve close to suction and discharge of feed and fire

pumps; outboard valves, iron bodies, brass mounted, brass

strainers, shall be fitted to all suctions. Sea cocks and

throttle valves shall be furnished by the contractor. All

valves 2% inches and under shall be entirely of brass.

191. Filling Plugs—All tanks and oil cans shall have

filling plugs on deck with screw caps and the necessary

piping.

192. Ash Chutes——The contractor shall furnish 3 ash

chutes with brackets to fit rail.

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193. Injection Valve Seats.—These shall all be located

forward of the forward overflow of the forward bin to

avoid taking sand. The plating at all openings shall be re-

inforced. The openings shall be covered with composition

strainers with area of opening at least twice that of the

valve openings. Strainers to be attached to the injection

seat castings, and provided with renewable zinc protecting

strips. All to be flush with plating. The valve boxes shall

be provided with facings for connection of flanged steam

pipe for clearing them of ice.

194. Labels——All valves and cocks, except such as may

be otherwise directed, shall have attached brass plates show-

ing their use and the direction of opening, and all hand

levers, quadrants, speaking tubes, electric bells and annun-

ciators shall be similarly marked. Marks shall be deep and

filled with black cement.

195. Pipe Coverings.—All steam and exhaust pipes shall

be covered with magnesia. Number 6 cotton canvas shall

be sewed on over the magnesia.

196. Thermometers.—Furnish 4 mercurial thermome-

ters, Hohmann & Maurer or equal, one on suction and dis-

charge of condenser and two on heater.

197. Lower Engine Room Floor.—The lower floor of

the propelling engine room shall be covered with checkered

steel floor plates, 44-inch thick. At the sea and bilge valves

the plates shall be removable.

198. Painting—The engines, tanks, pumps, and boilers

shall have 3 coats of white lead. All pipe covering shall be

treated in the same manner.

199. Steam Heating.—Carry steam pipe to all heaters,

putting reducing valve on line.

200. Toilet Supply.—All basins, closets, and baths are

to be supplied with water from the place in which the

dredge is working. The intake for this water shall be lo-

cated well forward of the overflows of the forward bin.

201. Refrigerating Plant.—This shall be an approved

direct expansion, automatic, anhydrous ammonia plant op-

erated by an electric motor. The plant shall be of such

size and have such a length of pipe in the refrigerating

room that it will keep the temperature of the latter at 34

degrees F. when the outside air is 96 degrees in covered

places, operating not more than 12 hours per day. When

delivered the plant shall be fully charged with ammonia

and two spare drums shall be furnished. This refrigerating

plant shall be mounted on an approved steel platform in the

lower hold aft of the after bin. From near the compressor

carry a 12-inch galvanized-iron ventilator up through the

after house and on top put a ventilating top. In the bot-

tom end of this ventilator put an exhaust fan operated by

an electric motor. The switch for controlling this motor’

shall be located in the engine room. The plant shall be

supplied with all necessary gages, instruments, tools, etc.

202. Gage Board.—In the engine room mount a gage

board containing one 8-day clock, chronometer lever, steam

receiver and vacuum gages for propelling engines. Clocks

and gages to have polished cast-brass cases, with dials about

8 inches diameter for the propelling machinery and 6 inches

for the pumping machinery.

PUMPING MACHINERY.

203. Finish and Tests of Material_—The finish and tests

of material shall be the same as is prescribed for the pro-

pelling machinery.

204. Pumping Engines —The pumping engines shall be

two in number, directly connected to the 20-inch sand

pumps. Bed plates of pump and engine to be bolted to-

gether. Type of engine, vertical, inverted, compound, con-

densing, with cylinders, 17 inches and 36 inches, stroke

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18 inches. To be provided with piston valves for high-

pressure cylinder, double ported, slide valve for low pres-

sure. Both cylinders to be fitted with relief valves, top and

bottom. Crossheads to be of the flat slipper guide pattern.

Crank pin brasses lined with best babbitt metal. A multiple

collar thrust bearing shall be attached. Collars for thrust

bearing shall be turned on shaft. Engine to be fitted com-

plete with automatic sight feed oil service to all bearings.

Oil tank brass 2-quart capacity with wick feed shall be

provided, to which all sight feeds shall be attached. A

complete water service shall be furnished. All places where

oil can accumulate shall be lined with lead and have drain

cocks. Brass fenders, edges wired, shall be placed where

directed to prevent the throw of oil from cranks. Cylin-

ders to be covered with non-conducting material, and neat-

ly lagged with Russia iron held by brass bands. Metallic

packing shall be used for piston rods, United States or

other equally good. All cylinders to have indicator rigs.

including one three-way cock to each cylinder. Engines to

exhaust into condenser and also to have atmospheric ex-

haust, and have an approved shaft governor.

205. Bells —There shall be two 10-inch brass gongs, lo-

cated where directed, with pulls located on the bridges as

directed; gongs shall be of distinctly different tone, and

different from that of the propelling engines.

206. Dredging Pumps——To be 20-inch, of centrifugal

type, and extra heavy construction of cast-steel, especially

adapted for dredging, as shown on the accompanying draw-

ings. The interior of back head of pumps are to be fitted

with renewable lining plates of steel. Pump runner to

be secured to shaft by taper fit, with key and nut. Pumps

to be fitted with approved air exhausters on Y-pipe.

Pumps and engines shall be set as per drawing. The num-

ber of revolutions of the discs of these pumps shall be be-

tween 180 and 200 per minute while dredging. Overhead

trolleys for handling heads. Template to which pump

runners are bored shall be delivered with the pumps.

207. Y-Pipe.—Shall be made of cast-steel as shown on

drawing. This valve shall be operated from top of house,

and main deck.

208. Suction and Discharge Pipes—The United States

will furnish at a railroad station or wharf convenient to

the works of the contractor, the steel suction pipe, drags

and flexible joints. These will be drilled and finished. The

contractor shall pay the freight charges for delivery at his

works, and install them on the dredge, furnishing the chain

slings and bands shown. Blocks from which suction pipes

are suspended shall have 30-inch cast-iron sheaves with

bushing and all made to swivel. Number of sheaves in

blocks to be as shown. The suction elbow, swivel joint,

Y-pipe and connections to pump and casting at ends of

‘discharge pipe shall be of cast-steel. The discharge pipe

between the Y-pipe and end castings shall be of lapwelded

steel pipe 3g-inch thick, 21!4 inches inside diameter, with

flanges riveted on, the bends being formed by bending a

piece of pipe. The pieces of this pipe shall be in uniform

lengths, the necessary adjustment to the ship being made

by small cast-iron space pieces.

209. Steam Hoisters——There shall be two steam hoist-

ers, Lidgerwood, or other equally good. They shall have

double cylinders, and be built to reverse with links. Each

engine shall have two drums for hoisting and lowering the

suction pipes; drums to be turned; if the two drums are

on the same shaft, the ratio of diameters to be such as to-

cause little bending in the flexible joint; if gearing is used,

the same ratio to be maintained by different rates of revo-

lutions. Cylinders to be 10-inch diameter by 12-inch

stroke. Engines to be right and left handed. Throttles

and brake to be operated from top of house. Put rollers

and pans under leads as directed.

210. Piping.—The steam, exhaust, also water service

pipes, to be of copper and brass; exhaust pipes from aux-

iliary to connect to heater. There shall be a valve in each

exhaust pipe, between engine and heater. Auxiliary ma-

chinery shall also be provided with atmospheric exhaust.

211. Tools—There shall be a complete set of wrenches

for engines, pumps and 12 for suction pipes.

212. Cover to Discharge Pipes—Where the discharge

pipes come through the deck the opening around pipes

shall be made tight.

213. Chutes——There shall be chutes built for the dis-

charge pipes, of 14-inch steel at sides and top, %-inch on

bottom, with gates as per drawing. These chutes shall

have distributing doors in the sides and bottom as shown,

and shall be covered with steel.

214. Wire Falls—There shall be 8 pliable plow steel

wire falls furnished. Four of these to be 34-inch diame-

ter, and four to be 5g-inch diameter. These shall be long

enough to successfully operate the suction pipes in 45

feet of water, when the ship is light.

215. Painting.—The contractor shall paint all engines,

suction and discharge pipes, pumps, and chutes three coats

of white lead paint; last coat to be applied after the trial,

prescribed in Par. 234.

216. Gage Board.—On gage boards near the pumping

engines shall be mounted steam and receiver gages for

each engine, a vacuum gage and a gage on discharge of

each pump.

217. Hoisting Davits—These shall be constructed as

shown with braces and guys. The springs on the davit

heads shall be of the construction shown, 3 on each head.

Each spring shall be wound from such a size of wire that

the coils shall not close up metal to metal under a load of

less than 10,000 pounds for each coil.

ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT.

218. General Description—This shall consist of two

engines and generators of 15 kilowatts, capacity 110 volts

each, 6 pole. Each set shall be secured on a common bed

plate, have a solid shaft, and be securely mounted in the

engine room. The bed plates shall rest in metal pans,

with edges turned up 2 inches, to catch waste oil and water;

the pans shall rest on and be secured to wooden bases

not less than 2 inches in thickness, to deaden vibration.

All parts must be accessible for examination, adjustment

and repairs. Oil guards shall be provided where neces-

sary. ‘The sets must be thoroughly balanced, run true, and

must be able to run under full loads for long periods, with-

out undue heating or wear. The generating sets shall be

provided with durable water proof coverings and all nec-

_essary tools, together with wrenches and tool board. The

driving shafts shall be fitted with collars, which will pre-

vent a movement of the shaft in the direction of its length.

This shall be of the General Electric Company’s type or

equal. Put reducing valve on steam lines. The generator

shall operate either singly or in parallel.

219. Switch Board.—There shall be one large 2-panel

switchboard. This shall be of slate, 1'4-inch thick, fin-

ished with paraffine and supported on angle iron frame

where directed. It shall be provided with a suitable water-

proof covering, and shall contain switches for each dynamo

and on it shall be mounted:

Independent switches for each circuit.

2 round pattern Weston voltmeters, reading to 150 volts.

1 round pattern ammeter, reading to 150 amperes.

2 shunt rheostats to regulate voltage from 10 volts below

normal to 10 volts above.

2 two-point voltmeter switches.

1 two-light ground detector.

1 two-point ammeter switch.

2 150-ampere double-pole, double-throw knife switches,

with 150 ampere fuses.

2 110-volt pilot lamps on goose-neck brackets.

2 approved circuit breakers.

And there shall also be furnished :

1 magneto bell with 25-foot leads.

1 15 to 150-volt portable voltmeter with 25-foot leads. |

220. Circuits—Six separate circuits shall be run, one

for the projector, one for the engine room and boiler room,

one for crew's quarters forward, one for midship deck

house, one for after deck house and crew’s quarters, and

one for refrigerating plant and ventilator. Suitable resist-

ance coils, mounted on non-combustible frames, shall be

supplied as a dead resistance for projector mains ; terminals

shall be furnished and located for the following lights:

221. Lamps Required.—16 c. p.

13 in pilot house and room aft.

8 in petty officers’ quarters forward.

2 in chain locker water tight.

3 in lower hold forward.

8 in sides forward bin.

8 in room over boilers.

4 over discharge chutes, hooded.

6 lower boiler room.

10 upper engine room.

16 lower engine room.

8 sides after bins.

32 officers’ quarters aft.

24 lower quarters aft.

12 lower hold aft.

16 on sides of houses.

20 additional to be located later.

12 portable light plugs with 50-foot leads.

8 W. T. plug receptacles on sides of houses.

All to be supplied with key switches.

50 c. p. lamps.

2 lamps for side lights.

1 lamp for mast head.

4c. p. lamps.

2 lamps in binnacle in pilot house.

(Binnacle to be supplied by United States.) :

222. Seachlight—An approved searchlight of 35 am-

peres capacity, and equipped with pilot house attachments,

shall be erected on said pilot house, and controlled from

within. It shall be automatically regulated without the

use of springs, with silvered reflectors 18 inches in diame-

ter. The searchlight circuit shall lead from the switch-

board to the pedestal furnished for the searchlight having

no connection with the incandescent circuits. The area

of the cross section of the conductors shall not be less than

200 circular mills per ampere at full joad. A suitable re-

sistance coil on non-combustible frame shall be supplied

and fitted in dyamo room or at a controlling stand as a

dead resistance for searchlight mains. Furnish an extra

set of glass strips for front, canvas cover, tools and 25

pairs of carbons. This shall be of the General Electric

Company’s make or equal.

223. Lamps—The lamps shall be designed for the

110-volt system of 3.5 to 4 watts efficiency. They shall

have water-tight base connections and be interchangeable

in their sockets. The filaments must not drop when the

lamps are placed horizontally. The lamps must be of the

best quality and finish, and all those of the same candle

power shall be uniform in size. All leading-in wires and

anchors must be fused in glass; all anchors must be made

of metal. Each lamp must be marked on the inside of the

bulk with the date of manufacture, and shall have its

rated candle power, the voltage necessary to give this can-

dle power, and the name of the manufacturer, conspicu-

ously labeled on the outside of the bulb. The material

used for connecting the base to the bulb must be so treated

as to insure against danger of short-circuiting the lamp

when exposed to moisture. The c itractor will be re-

quired to guarantee that all lamps shall have an average

iife with full candle power of 600 hours. Twenty-five ad-

ditional 16 ¢. p. lamps, with three 50 c. p. lamps, shall be

furnished by the contractor. The side lights and head-

light lamps shall be keyless; they shall be properly set and

wired; the lights to be controlled by two switches with

fuses placed in the pilot house. Furnish 4 additional 4 c¢. p.

lamps.

224. Running Light Telltale Board—There shall be

one running light telltale board located in the pilot house,

such as is manufactured by the General Electric Co.. page

43 of their 1900 catalogue, or equal.

225. Wiring.—The wiring through the ship shall be of

the Greenfield Lead covered Flexible Steel Armored Con-

ductors, or other equally good. All junction boxes to be

made water tight.

226. Safety Fuses—Except for single lamp circuit,

safety fuses shall be provided for all switches, and at the

beginning of all branches which are of smaller sizes than

the leads from which they are derived. Each fuse must

carry the current for which designed and open the circuit

when this current exceeds the normal current by one-third.

A 200 per cent. extra supply of fuses shall be furnished.

These shall be of the water-tight type.

227. Design and Fixtures—The following standard

electric fittings shall be furnished and fitted as herein spec-

ified: Fixtures in galleys, Plate No. 23, No. 601. Cap-

tain’s room, spare room, engineer's room, mate’s room, in-

spector’s room, Plate No. 10, No. 521; in the above-men-

tioned rooms there shall be two-light ceiling fixtures, Plate

No. 21, No. 649. Bath rooms, captain’s spare rooms, in-

spector’s room, shall have one fxture each, Plate No. 15,

No. 551. Officers’ mess room, two ceiling fixtures, Plate

No. 23, No. 601. Petty Officers’ mess room aft, two ceil-

ing fixtures, Plate No. 23, No. 601. The balance of the

fixtures shall be from Plate No. 22, No. 321. Portable

hand lamps, Plate No. 1414, No. 5. Fire room fixtures,

Plate 141%, No. 674. Side lights, Plate 84, No. 678.

Mast head light, Plate 8%, No. 682. Two anchor lights,

Plate 8%, No. 681. The above side mast head and anchor

lights shall be fitted for oil as well as electricity. The

above fixtures are taken from Page Brothers & Co., 347

Cambridge Street, Boston, Mass.; Catalogue No. 12.

Those furnished, if not the same as above, shall be equally

good, of a similar design, and of the same finish. All the

above fixtures shall have an oxidized bronze finish.

GENERAL PROVISIONS.

228. The purpose and spirit of these specifications are

that the contractor is to provide and deliver a staunch

dredge hull and first-class machinery complete in every re-

spect; and any parts or appurtenances essential thereto, al-

though not specifically mentioned in these specifications,

shall be provided by the contractor without additional cost

te the United States. The successful bidder must guaran-

tee the materials and workmanship to be first-class in every

respect.

229. Reputation of Bidders —The reputation of the

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bidder as a builder of sea-going ships, and the adequacy of

his resources and facilities for doing the work bid on

within the time stated in his proposal, will be considered

in making award. Each bidder will state, in his proposal,

what ships, intended to be habitually used at sea, he has

built, giving character and gross tonnage of each and

length of time, after date of contract order, occupied in

building.

230. Proposals —The right is reserved to make such

award as, taking into consideration all questions affecting

the total cost, shall be deemed most advantageous to the

United States.

231. Time of Completion—Each bidder must. state

length of time, after notification of approval of contract

within which he will agree to complete the work bid on.

The time for completion is important and will be consid-

ered in making award.

232. Storage for Outfit——The contractor shall furnish

a safe, dry and suitable place approved by the Engineer,

for storage of removable outfit furnished by the United

States for the dredge, and shall be responsible for all dam-

ages to this outfit by fire or water while it is in the storage

place. The outfit will be supplied by the Government and

delivered at such time in advance of the completion of the

contract as may be convenient to the Government. All nec-

essary hauling from the railroad to the store-room and

from the store-room to the dredge, and the labor for put-

ting on board shall be furnished by the contractor. All the

above shall be furnished by the contractor without addi-

tional cost to the United States.

233. Office for Inspector —A _ suitable office, properly

furnished with suitable desks, tables, chairs, water cooler,

wash stand, wash bowl, pitcher, soap and towels, heated

and lighted, shall be provided by the contractor for the use

of the inspector and his assistants, if any, and if hull and

machinery are built at two or more different points, two

or more such offices, if found necessary, shall be provided.

All the above shall be furnished by the contractor without

additional cost to the United States.

234. Trials—Upon the completion of the dredge, with

all parts and appurtenances pertaining thereto, as required

by these specifications, except cleaning, painting, etc., below

indicated, the vessel and all machinery and parts thereof

shall be given a sea trial, extending over as many days

as may be necessary, under conditions, as nearly as may

be, analogous to those under which she is expected to work

in actual practice. This shall be made at a point as near as

practicable to the place of construction, satisfactory to the

Engineer and where proper material at proper depths can

be found. Three days of actual dredging work will be re-

‘quired in this test, the time of going and returning being

dependent upon the locality of construction. A full-speed

run of four consecutive hours will also be required. These

trials shall be made under the direction of the Engineer

and at the expense of the contractor. Should defects de-

velop during this test, due to defective workmanship or

material, or to plans furnished by the contractor and proved

to be unsuitable, even though they had been preliminarily

approved, they shall be made good by the contractor, after

which the dredge will be again tested as above, for such

length of time, not exceeding three days, as may be nec-

essary. If the second test still shows the existence of de-

fects, correction will be made, and the dredge tested again,

and if necessary, this process shall be repeated until the

dredge is found satisfactory in all respects. The dredge

shall then be cleaned thoroughly and put in first-class shape,

dry docked, and painted before being turned over to the

United States. The contractor shall furnish without cost

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to the United States a convenient berth at which she may

lie during the time necessary, after completion of painting,

for putting aboard her outfit. Inclining experiments to

locate metacenter shall also be made once when directed.

When the dredge is ready for final trial and the tenth pay-

ment is made (paragraph 239) the dredge shall be regarded

as completed within the meaning of paragraph 4 of these

specifications, so far as the liquidated damages are con-

cerned.

235. Delivery.—The contractor shall deliver the dredge

complete at the point where either the hull is constructed

or the machinery is installed, as indicated by him in his

proposal.

236. Final Trial of Machinery.—After completion of

the dredge as specified in Par. 234, and before acceptance,

she will be given a trial of 30 working days, and all parts

of the machinery which give out or show undue wear dur-

ing this time, shall be replaced at the expense of the con-

tractor, provided the defects are due to defective work-

manship or material, or to plans furnished by the contractor

and proved to be unsuitable, even though they had been

preliminarily approved. Delay caused by such failure and

replacing shall not be counted as part of the 30-days’ trial.

This 30-days’ trial will be made by the United States by the

regular crew of the dredge after she has arrived at Galves-

ton Harbor, or other point selected by the Engineer. When

practicable and when it appears that no additional cost to

the United States will probably be incurred by the delay

caused by notifying the contractor, he will be so notified

and directed to replace defective or broken parts; other-

wise the defective or broken parts will be replaced by the

United States. On receiving such notice, the contractor .

shall at once proceed to replace the defective or broken

parts in as short a time as the United States could replace

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them, counting said time from the date of receiving the

above notification. If the contractor refuses to replace

said defective or broken parts, or delays in doing so, the

United States will replace them, charging the cost of re-

placing to the contractor, as well as any actual loss due to

the delay in replacing.

237. Spare Parts—There shall be furnished as spare

parts:

1 suction elbow.

1 swivel joint and stuffing box for suction pipe, com-

plete.

1 distance piece for dredging pump.

1 suction head for dredging pump, including inner and

outer rings.

1 dredging pump periphery, bottom half.

1 dredging pump periphery, top half.

1 dredging pump back head liner.

1 dredging pump Y-Pipe complete.

All the above shall be so made that they can be used on

either pump.

There shall also be furnished:

2 dredging pump back heads, 1 port and 1 starboard.

2 dredging pump runners, 1 port and 1 starboard.

2 dredging pump shafts with nuts, 1 port and 1 star-

board.

All the above, together with the other castings used in

the construction of the pumps and pipe lines, shall be

drilled to template and the templates (of steel) furnished

with the dredge. All shall be of the material previously

specified for these parts.

There shall also be furnished, two complete sets of bolts

for the entire pump and suction system, one-fourth of a

set of follower bolts and nuts for each steam piston of

main and pumping engines, one-fourth of a set of springs

for each piston, one crown and one butt brass for crank pin

of main and pumping engines, one set of cross-head journal

brasses of one main and one pumping engine, one com-

plete set of metallic packing for each stuffing box, one set

of water valves for each pump, one set of brasses for valve

gear for one cylinder of main and one cylinder of pumping

engine, twelve shaft-coupling bolts for main shaft, six bolts

for pumping engine shaft, twenty-five condenser tubes, fifty

tube glands, with tool for setting up, and twelve patent

boiler tube-stoppers ; also two approved steam tube-cleaners

with the necessary lengths of steam hose and connections.

238. Patterns.—There shall be furnished a complete set

of patterns of all the cast spare parts, called for and

pattern for the end castings on discharge pipe. These pat-

terns shall be well and substantially made so that at least

12 moulds can be made from each in the future. Full pat-

terns will be required for all parts except pump shell and

runner. The patterns shall be well boxed and crated, the

patterns for no two different articles being in the same

crate or box, and the package plainly marked with the con-

tents. These boxes or crates shall be put together with

screws so that they can be used several times. These pat-

terns shall be delivered either on board the dredge or at a

railroad station or steamer wharf, as may be desired by the

Engineer. The cost of the above requirements as to spare

parts and patterns should be included in the price bid for

the dredge. Patterns for worm and wheel of gate mech-

anism also to be furnished.

239. Payments.—Provided the requirements of these

specifications are complied with, and funds are available

therefor, nine payments, each of 10 per cent. of the total

consideration of the contract, will be made, based on the -

report of the inspector; the first when the dredge as a

whole is 10 per cent. completed; the second when 20 per

cent. is completed, and so on, the ninth such payment be-

ing made when the dredge is ready for the trials prescribed

in Par. 234. From each of these payments 10 per cent.

will be reserved. After being turned over to the United

States as provided in Par. 236, the tenth payment of 7

per cent. will be made, and all reserved percentages paid

to the contractor. The eleventh and final payment of 3

per cent. will be made after the successful completion of

the final trial of machinery described in Par. 236, and de-

livery of the dredge to the United States. Payments will

be made by check on the United States Assistant Treasurer

at New York. In making up percentages of completion,

material and accessories specially ordered for this work

and unsuited for stock or for other work will be counted ;

provided, they are first delivered at the shipyard and satis-

factory evidence presented that they have been fully paid

- for.

240. Ownership.—All parts paid for under the system

of partial payments above specified shall become thereby

the sole property of the United States, but this provision

shall not be interpreted as relieving the contractor from

the sole responsibility for the proper care and protection

of said parts prior to the delivery of the dredge of the

United States, or from any other of the provisions of these

specifications.

The successful bidder will be required to enter into con-

tract, authorizing the United States, in case of default or

failure upon the part of the contractor to go forward with

the work and make satisfactory progress toward its com-

pletion, to annul the contract as provided in the form of

contract to be entered into, and take possession of the con-

tractor’s plant and yard, as well as all machinery, tools,

and appliances appertaining thereto necessary to be used in

finishing the dredge, and any material on hand intended to

be used in its construction, or to remove the dredge and

material to other plants or yards, as the Engineer may de-

termine, the title to said dredge and material to vest in the

United States forthwith upon said annulment of the con-

tract. In such event the contractor shall be liable for any

excess of cost of the construction of the dredge over the

price named in the contract.

241. Insurance.—It is expressly understood and agreed

that, preceding each payment, the contractor is to have

the dredge insured against fire and marine risk at his own

cost for and in behalf of the United States, in the name

of the Engineer who will enter into contract for building

the dredge, to at least tle amount of said partial payment,

and is thereafter to keep the said property insured to at

least the full aggregate of the payments made upon it by

the United States, until final acceptance.

242. Blue Prints—The contractor shall furnish this

office with two complete sets of blue prints and one set of

tracings, of all drawings used in the construction of the

hull and machinery, including piping and electric wiring;

and will also furnish one complete set of the prints to the

inspector. No work shall be started on any part of the

machinery or dredge until drawings have been approved.

This applies to all parts of hull and machinery, except

such parts of the auxiliary machinery of which it is im-

practicable to furnish tracings. Of these, blue prints will

be accepted.

243. Orders—Two copies of all orders shall be fur-

nished the inspector as soon as issued and immediate no-

tice given of the receipt of all material or appliances for

the dredge, and detailed list of same.

244. IVeights—The contractors shall furnish the in-.

spector daily with the finished weights of all material, ma-

chinery, or fixtures that may be taken to the ship.

245. Plate Index.

Plate 1. Lines.

Plate 2. Midship section.

Plate 3. Inboard profile.

Plate 4. Outboard profile.

Plate 5. Deck plans.

Plate 6. Sections of bins.

Plate 7. Miscellaneous details.

Plate 8. Dredging pump.

Plate 9. Engines.

Plate 10. Boilers.

PROPOSAL FOR SEA-GOING SUCTION DREDGE.

To Mayor J. C. Sanrorp,

Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army,

815 Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia, Pa.

Mayor:

In accordance with your advertisement of January 15,

1908, inviting proposals for constructing one sea-going

Suction dredge, and subject to all the conditions and re-

quirements thereof and of your specifications dated Jan-

uary 15, 1908, we (or) I propose to furnish all the neces-

sary labor and material except as specified to be furnished

by the United States and to build the dredge complete

in every respect and to deliver said eet Oh ss

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of notification of approval of contract. including time nec-

essary for trials as described in said specifications, except

the final trials of machinery described in Par. 236 for the

weep art ee LEE ES OT OE OE Po a ee dollars and

We (or) I have built the following vessels intended for

habitual service at sea, within the time stated for each,

counting from date of contract or order. [Bidders who

are not shipbuilders must state what shipbuilder is pro-

posed as builder of the hulls, and must fill out on this form

the building record of said shipbuilder. ]

Name of Gross Time Occupied

Character Tonnage in Construction

We (or) I make this proposal with a full knowledge of

the kind, quantity and quality of the articles required, and,

if it is accepted, will, after receiving written notice of such

acceptance, enter into contract within the time designated

in the specifications, with good and sufficient sureties for

the faithful performance thereof.

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SIGNED IN DUPLICATE.

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GUARANTY.

1908, for

CONSTRUCTING A SEa-GoING Suction DrepcE

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ERRELA EH SE WakOde Seta we will within ten (10) days

after notice of such acceptance, enter into a contract with

the proper officer of the United States to furnish such

articles of supplies and materials and such services of

those proposed to be furnished by said bid as shall be ac-

cepted, at the prices offered by said bid and in accordance

with the terms and conditions of the advertisement invit-

ing said proposals, and will give bond with good and suf-

ficient surety or sureties, as may be required, for the faith-

ful and proper fulfillment of such contract. And said

corporation hereby binds itself and its successors to pay

to the United States, in case the said bidder shall fail to

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enter into such contract or give such bond within (10)

days after said notice of acceptance, the difference in

money between the amount of the bid of said bidder on

the articles or services so accepted and the amount for

which the proper officer of the United States may contract

with another party to furnish said articles and services, if

the latter amount be in excess of the former.

In Witness Whereof, The name and corporate seal of

said corporation has been hereto affixed this...........

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presents duly signed by ‘its... 2.2.0. cs cece wceecens pur-

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‘The president or officer authorized to sign for the cor-

poration.

?The board of directors or other governing body of the

corporation. :

*Here affix the corporate seal.

[To be used oNLY when Guarantors are Individuals. ]

GUARANTY.

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I ar anh ence ase Ra Ome eye kien ee , 1908, for

CONSTRUCTING A SEA-GOING SucTION DREDGE

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be accepted as to any or all of the items and supplies, mate-

rials and services proposed to be furnished thereby, or as

to any portion of the same, within sixty days from the date

of the opening of proposals therefor, the said bidder.....

Ci KAUR REL CRIES Od hae Rieke eee aoe will within ten days

after notice of such acceptance, enter into a contract with

the proper officer of the United States to furnish such ar-

ticles of supplies and materials and such services of those

proposed to be furnished by said bid as shall be accepted,

at the prices offered by said bid and in accordance with the

terms and conditions of the advertisement inviting said pro-

posals, and will give bond with good and sufficient surety

or sureties as may be required for the faithful and proper

fulfillment of such contract. And we bind ourselves, our

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heirs, executors, and administrators, jointly and severally,

to pay to the United States, in case the said bidder shall

fail to enter into such contract or give such bonds within

ten days after said notice of acceptance, the difference in

money between the amount of the bid of said bidder on

the articles or services so accepted and the amount for

which the proper officer of the United States may contract

with another party to furnish said articles and services, if

the latter amount be in excess of the former.

Given under our hands and seals this.................

nineteen

hundred and eight.

In presence of

*If executed in Maine, Massachusetts, or New Hamp--

shire affix adhesive seal.

JUSTIFICATION OF THE GUARANTORS (IN-

DIVIDUALS.)

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Bee wt Rackah ovvtols asta nece hoe hikes , one of

the guarantors named in the foregoing guaranty, do swear

that I am pecuniarily worth the sum of forty thousand

(40,000) dollars, over and above all my debts and liabil-

ities,

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Be heb 6444506 basi ok TES ORE Lea nae , one of

the guarantors named in the foregoing guaranty, do swear

that I am pecuniarily worth the sum of forty thousand

(40,000) dollars, over and above all my debts and liabil-

ities.

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"The oath to be taken before a notary public or some

other officer having general authority to administer oaths.

If the office has an official seal it must be affixed, otherwise

the proper certificate as to his official character must be

furnished.

antor above named,

personally known to me, and that, to the best of my iene ‘

edge and belief, * is pecunilarily worth,

over and above all his debts and liabilities, the sum stated

in the accompanying affidavit subscribed by him.

ST er rnen ree Ter ere Serer ee eee

the guarantor above named, is personally known to me,

and that to the best of my knowledge and belief, he is

pecuniarily worth, over and above all his debts and liabili-

ties, the sum stated in the accompanying affidavit subscribed

by him.

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*This certificate to be by a judge or clerk of a United

States court, a United States district attorney, United

States commissioner, or a judge or clerk of a State court

of record with the seal of said court attached. If the offi-

cial can make the certificates as to both sureties, it will not ~

be necessary to fill out the next form below.

*He or each.

MARYLAND STEEL CO. OF BALTIMORE COUNTY VS, UNITED STATES. 81

81 In the Court of Claims of the United States.

No. 31281.

MaryLanpb Street Company or BALTIMORE, MARYLAND,

Tue UNrrep States.

II, Defendants’ Answer and Cross Petition.

Filed Feb’y 15, 1912.

Come now the defendants, above named, by their Attorney Gen-

eral, and for answer to the claimant's petition and for cross petition

on their own behalf allege:

They admit that a contract existed between the claimant and the

defendants, as set out in claimant's petition, and that from the full

amount otherwise due the claimant upon said contract there was de-

ducted the sum of $4,750, because of the facts set out in the cross

petition herein contained, But the defendants deny that there is

anything due the claimant under and by virtue ef the contract set

out in claimant’s petition.

Il.

The defendants, for a cross petition, hereby claim a set-off in the

said sum of $4,750 so retained by the defendants from the amounts

otherwise due the claimant under the contract herein sued

82 upon. The defendants allege the facts in regard to said set-

off to be as follows:

That heretofore a written contract was entered into by and be-

tween the Maryland Steel Company, the claimant herein, and the

United States, for the construction of a single-screw steamer to be

known as the General Joseph EB. Johnston, That by the terms of

said contract the said steamer was to be delivered to the Govern-

ment on the 9th day of December, 19083, but that the Maryland Steel

Company, the claimant herein, failed to complete and deliver said

steamer until April 1, 1904, being ninety-tive days after the ex-

piration of the contract period, exclusive of Sundays and holidays.

That the contract for the construction and delivery of said steamer

contained the following provision as to liquidated damages:

Article 2. That the Maryland Steel Company shall complete the

construction and equipment of the said steamer and deliver same to

the party of the first part in New York Harbor, or as directed by

him, in one hundred forty (140) days, exclusive of Sundays and

legal holidays, from the date of this contract. And it is hereby

agreed that in case the party of the second part fails to complete in

all respects and deliver the said steamer within the time herein

specified, the loss resulting to the United States from such failure is

1—435

82 MARYLAND STEEL CO. OF BALTIMORE COUNTY VS.

hereby fixed at the rate of fifty ($50) dollars per day for each and

every day, exclusive of Sundays and legal Be ase com-

83 pletion and delivery of the vessel is delayed beyond the

period hereinbefore specified, an it is hereby stipulated that

the party of the first part may withhold such amount as liquidated

damages from any money due and payable to the party of the second

part by the United States for work done under this contract. In the

event of the act of God, war, fire, or strikes and lockouts of work-

men affecting the working of this contract, the date of completion

of the steamer may be extended for such period as may be deemed

just and reasonable by the party of the first part, to cover the time

lost from any of the above-mentioned causes.

That the Maryland Steel Company failed to deliver said steamer

until ninety-five days beyond the contract date, which delay was

wholly the fault of the Maryland Steel Company, and was to no

extent whatever the fault of the Government. That by virtue of said

delay on the part of the claimant there was justly due the Govern-

ment $50.00 as agreed liquidated damages for each of the ninety-

five days beyond said contract date, amounting in all to the sum of

$4,750. That inadvertently and by mistake of fact the officers of the

Government having direct charge of said payment paid the whole

amount of the contract price for the construction and delivery of said

steamer to the claimant, and failed to deduct therefrom the said sum

of $4,750, so fixed as liquidated damages in said contract. That

the said overpayment was due wholly to the mistake on the part

of the officer paying the same, and was not binding upon the

S4 United States, and that the said sum of $4,750, so inadvert-

ently, improperly, and illegally paid by the Government to

the Maryland Steel Company, ever since said payment was and now

is due from said company to the Government. That demand has

been made upon said Maryland Steel Company for the repayment of

said sum, which demand was refused, and the Maryland Steel Com-

pany has failed, neglected, and refused to return the same to the

Government.

The defendants now claim, as a set-off to the amount otherwise

due on the contract sued on by the claimant in this case, that said

amount of $4,750, so improperly, inadvertently, and illegally paid

the Maryland Steel Company under the contract for the steamer

Joseph FE. Johnston, should be set off and allowed as against the

payment of said $4,750 so retained by the officers of the Government

under the contract sued on in said claimant’s petition.

The defendants therefore demand judgment in favor of them upon

this cross petition for the said sum of $4,750, and that the same be

set off as against th® amount otherwise due the claimant under the

contract herein sued on by the claimant in its petition, and that judg-

ment therefor be rencered in favor of the defendants.

JOHN Q. THOMPSON,

Assistant Attorney General.

Ss. Ss. ASHBAUGH,

Assistant Attorney.

THE UNITED STATES. 83

85 In the Court of Claims of the United States.

No. 31281.

MARYLAND STEEL CoMPANY OF BALTIMORE County, Claimant,

UNITED STATES.

III. Claimant's Replication and Answer to Defendants’ Set-off.

Filed April 15, 1912.

For answer to the defendants’ set-off herein filed the claimant says

there was such a contract, an extract of which is set out in the plea

of set-off, but that before the expiration of the time as provided

in said contract for the delivery of the vessel therein pro-

86 vided for and agreed to be built and, to wit, on the first day

of December in the year, 1903, the proper officer and agent

of the defendants under that contract, the Quartermaster-General

of the Army, waived the limit of time within which said vessel was

to be completed ;

That the vessel was subsequently completed and the contract price

paid therefor.

FREDERICK W. WOOD, President.

County or BALTIMORE,

State of Maryland, ss:

F. W. Wood, being duly sworn says that he is the President of the

Maryland Steel Company of Baltimore County and the Agent

thereof, that he has read the foregoing answer and that the facts

therein stated are true.

Subseribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of April, 1912.

| SEAL. | JOHN H. K. SHANNAHAN, Jr,

Notary Public.

W. D. DAVIDGE,

Atty for Claimant.

87 IV. Argument and Submission of Case.

On the 28th day of May, 1912, this case came on to be heard.

Mr. Walter D. Davidge was heard for the claimant; Mr. 8S. 8. Ash-

baugh was heard in opposition, and the case was submitted.

84 MARYLAND STEEL-CO. OF BALTIMORE COUNTY Ys.

88 V. Findings of Fact, Conclusion of Law, and Opinion of the

Court.

Filed December 2, 1912.

MARYLAND STEEL CoMPANY OF BALTIMORE County

Vv.

Tue Unrrep Srares or AMERICA.

This case having been heard by the Court of Claims, the court, on

the evidence, makes the following

Findings of Facts.

The claimant herein is a corporation organized under the laws of

the State of Maryland.

Il.

On June 24, 1903, the claimant as shown by the evidence entered

into a written contract with the United States through D. D. Wheeler,

Assistant Quartermaster General, United States Army, for the con-

struction and equipment of a single-serew steamer for harbor ser:

of the Quartermaster’s Department and submarine cable service, in

accordance with the specifications made a part of the contract, for the

consideration of $88,000, to be paid in various amounts as the work

progressed, less 10 per cent thereof withheld te make good any defects

that might be due to inferior material ov bad workmanship, in the

absence of such defects said retained percentage to be paid within 60

days after the delivery and acceptance of said steamer. and the vessel

to be completed within 140 days, exclusive of Sundays and legal

holidays, or by December 9, 1903.

Said contract was subject to the approval of the Quartermaster

General, United States Army, and was by him approved June 29,

1903.

III.

By the terms of said contract it was provided that if the claimant

should fail to complete and deliver said steamer within the

89 stipulated time it should pay to the United States the sum of

$50 per day as liquidated damages for each and every day

so delayed, exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, which amount

it was provided might be withheld from any money due to the

claimant under said contract, about which there is no controversy.

IV.

On December 1, 1903, before the time stipulated for completion

had expired, and at the request of the claimant company, owing

to unavoidable delays in procuring the necessary material, the

THE UNITED STATES. 85

Quartermaster General, United States Army, within his discretion

under the contract, orally waived the time limit in said contract

for constructing and equipping said steamer, and subsequently on

April 2, 1904, by letter to the Quartermaster General, confirmed

such waiver, about which there is no controversy.

The steamer so contracted for was completed, delivered, and ac-

cepted by the United States on April 1, 1904, or 95 days, exclusive of

Sundays and legal holidays, after the time fixed in the contract

therefor and on April 13, 1904, the Quartermaster General of the

Army directed the depot quartermaster at New York to make final

payment for said steamer, retaining, however, the 10 per cent to

— good any defects there might be in the material or workman-

ship.

Thereafter, July 13, 1904, the entire sum stipulated to be paid by

the defendants was paid without any deduction whatever,

Whether the claimant unreasonably delaved the work after the

waiver of the time limit as aforesaid does not appear,

VI.

It is not shown that the United States suffered any actual pecuni-

ary loss or damage by reason of the delay of the claimant in the

completion and delivery of the steamer.

VIL.

Thereafter, February 24, 1908. the claimant entered into another

contract with the United States, made a part of the petition herein,

by the terms of which the claimant agreed to build one steel hull

twin screw suction dredge and furnish and install therein the pro-

pelling machinery, pumping machinery, electric light plant, and all

other machinery and other Juurts required to be installed for the con

sideration of $357,500, said work when completed to be delivered to

the defendants at Sparrows Point. in the State of Marvland, which

work was completed and accepted by the United States on January

6, 1909, and the claimant was paid therefor the stipulated contract

price, less $4,750, which the defendants claim was the amount aris-

ing as liquidated damages for the 95 days’ delay of the claimant in

the completion of the steamer under the first contract hereinbefore

referred to and which amount the defendants further claim was in-

advertently and under mistake of fact paid to the claimant company,

90 VIII.

Counterclaim.

The Government sets up by way of counterclaim the like sum of

$4,750, which, it claims, was due as liquidated damages for the 95

days’ delay of the claimant in the execution of the first contract

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86 MARYLAND STEEL CO. OF BALTIMORE COUNTY VS.

hereinbefore referred to, which sum, it is claimed, was inadvertently,

improperly, and illegally paid by the officers of the Government to

the claimant, and defendants ask that, if any amount is recovered by

the claimant under said second contract, the amount of said pay-

ment should be offset against the same.

Conclusion of Law.

Upon the foregoing findings of fact the court decides, as a con-

clusion of law, that the petition be dismissed.

Opinion.

PEELLE, Chief Justice, delivered the opinion of the court:

The claimant seeks recovery for a balance claimed to be due on a

contract which was performed according to its terms and full pay-

ment therefor made except as to the sum of $4.750, which the Gov-

ernment by its set-off in the nature of a cross petition alleges should

have been deducted as liquidated damages under a prior contract for

the failure of the claimant te complete the work thereunder within

the contract time, notwithstanding the time limit had been waived

and the claimant permitted te proceed with the work to completion

and full payment therefor was made.

The claimant for replication admits that there was such a contract.

but says that before the expiration of the time fixed therein for the

completion of the work the Quartermaster General waived the time

limit.

No reference is made in the petition to this prior contract. but the

Government by its cross petition alleges that the amount deducted

under the contract sued on was inadvertently and contrary to law

paid to the claimant under said prior contract.

Said first contract provided for the construction. equipment, and

delivery in New York to the Government of a single-screw steamer

for harbor purposes, article 2 of which provided as follows:

“Article 2. That the Maryland Steel Company shall complete the

construction and equipment of the said steamer and deliver same to

the party of the first part in New York Harbor. or as directed by

him, in one hundred forty (140) days. exclusive of Sundays and

legal holidays, from the date of this contract. And it is hereby

agreed that in case the party of the second part fails to complete

in all respects and deliver the said steamer within the time herein

specified, the loss resulting to the United States from such failure is

hereby fixed at the rate of fifty ($50) dollars per day for each and

every day. exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, completion and

‘delivery of the vessel is delaved beyond the period herein-

91 before specified. and it is hereby stipulated that the party

of the first part may withhold such amount as liquidated

damages from any money due and payable to the party of the second

part by the United States for work done under this contract. In the

THE UNITED STATES. 87

event of the act of God, war, fire, or strikes and lockouts of work-

men affecting the working of this contract, the date of completion

of the steamer may be extended for such period as may be deemed

just and reasonable by the party of the first part, to cover the time

lost from any of the above-mentioned causes.” ‘

It will be noted that time was of the essence of the contract and a

breach thereof would have given the opposite party the option of

treating the contract as discharged. Slater v. Emerson, 19 How.,

224. On the other hand, had the contractor failed to perform within

the specified time, the Government's permission for it to continue

performance ‘vould have operated as a waiver of the breach. Jeffrey

Mfg. Co. v. Iron Co., 93 Fed. R.. 408; Davis v. Roberts, 89 Ala.,

402; Barnard v. McLeod, 114 Mich., 73.

In the present case the time limit within which to complete the

work was orally waived by the Quartermaster General before the

expiration of the time fixed in the contract therefor, and accord-

ingly the claimant proceeded therewith and thereafter on April 1,

1904, completed the work. On the day succeeding the completion

of the work, to wit, April 2. 1904, the Quartermaster General. United

States Army, in writing, confirmed the waiver of the time limit as

aforesaid. following which, by order of said Quartermaster General,

the depot quartermaster at New York made final payment to the

claimant for the steamer so completed under said first contract, less

10-per cent retained by way of indemnity for any defects that might

appear in either the material or workmanship.

Thereafter, July 15, 1904, the percentage so retained was paid

over to the claimant company. Thus the transaction under the first

contract, it would seem. was closed,

Nearly four vears thereafter. to wit, February 24, 1908, the claim-

ant entered into a written contract, made part of the petition herein,

whereby the claimant. for the consideration of $357,500, agreed to

furnish all the necessary labor and material therefor and to build one

steel hull twin-screw suction dredge. and to furnish and install

therein the propelling and necessary machinery, electric-light plant,

ete., and to deliver the work at Sparrows Point, in the State of Mary-

land, which work was completed on January 4. 1909, and the claim-

ant was fully paid therefor, less 84.750. which was withheld as due

under the first contract as liquidated damages for the 95 days’ delay

of the claimant in the completion of the steamer thereunder, not-

withstanding the waiver of the time limit by the Quartermaster

General and payment of said amount as aforesaid,

The verbal waiver of the stipulated time within which to perform

work under a contract notwithstanding the act of 1862, 12 Stat., 411.

requiring contracts to be in writing, finds support in the case of

Salomon v. United States. 19 Wall.. 17, 19; 7 C. Cls., 482. wherein

Justice Miller, reversing this court. said:

“Whether we regard the delivery made in October as made under

a verbal extension of the time stipulated in the original contract, or

consider it as a new transaction in which the Government

92 received and took possession of the corn, and used part of it

and permitted the remainder to be injured in its hands, we

think the claimant is equally entitled to be paid for it.

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“The act of 1862, requiring contracts for military supplies to be

in writing, is not infringed by the proper officer having charge of

such matter accepting delivery of such supplies after the day stipu-

lated, nor is a verbal agreement to extend the time of performance

invalid. :

“And if this were not so, when the quartermaster in charge re-

ceives of a person corn for the Government, gives a receipt and

voucher for the amount and the price, and the Government uses

such part of it as it waits and suffers the remainder to decay by

exposure and neglect, there is an implied contract to pay the value

of such corn, which value may, in the absence of other testimony,

be presumed to be the price fixed in the voucher by the quarter-

master.”

In the case of District of Columbia v. Camden Iron Works, 181

U. S., 455, 461, involving the construction of a similar statute. re-

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