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No. 430. [2d Session.
21st Congress.]
EXPLANATORY ESTIMATES FOE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THREE SCHOONERS FOR THE NAVY; THEIR RESPECTIVE ANNUAL EXPENSE IN SERVICE, AND THAT OF A SLOOP-OF-WAR.
COMMUNICATED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DECEMBER 22, 1830.
Mr. Hoffman, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following documents relating to the building of three schooners for the naval service.
House of Representatives, Committee on Naval Affairs, December 14, 1830.
Sir:
The Committee on Naval Affairs have directed me to request of your Department estimates of the expense of building each of the three schooners suggested in your report to the President, of December 1, 1830, and such estimates of arming, manning, and continuing one year in service each of them, and a sloop-of-war, as will enable them to state the comparative expense of each of these class of vessels to the House.
They desire these estimates at as early a day as may be consistent with the duties of the Department.
With esteem and respect, your humble servant,
MICHAEL HOFFMAN.
Hon. John Branch, Secretary of the Navy.
Navy Department, December 20, 1830.
Sir: In obedience to the requisition made by the Committee on Naval Affairs of the House of Representatives, dated 14th December, 1830, and addressed to this Department, the following communication from the Commissioners of the Navy Board is herewith transmitted.
In this will be found the estimates called for by that requisition.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, &c., &c., JNO. BRANCH.
The Hon. M. Hoffman, Chairman Committee on Naval Affairs, H. R.
Navy Commissioners' Office, December 17, 1830.
Sir:
In compliance with your request, the Commissioners have the honor to submit herewith papers marked A, B and C.
A. An estimate of the expense of building, equipping, arming, &c., a schooner of 115 tons, amounting to the sum of |
$29,120 00 |
B. An estimate of the pay and subsistence, provisions, hospital stores, and wear and tear of a schooner for one year |
24,291 00 |
C. An estimate of the pay and subsistence, provisions, hospital stores, and wear and tear of a sloop-of-war of the first class, for one year |
62,254 09 |
I have the honor to be, with great respect, sir, your obedient servant,
JNO. RODGERS.
Hon. John Branch, Secretary of the Navy.
A.
Estimate of the expense of building and equipping a schooner of 175 tons.
Materials of hull, of wood, iron, copper and tin |
$9,000 00 |
Labor on hull |
5,500 00 |
$14,500 00 |
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EQUIPMENTS. |
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Masts and spars, materials and labor |
750 00 |
Pumps |
130 |
Boats |
400 00 |
Anchors |
500 00 |
Rigging, materials, and labor |
1,600 00 |
Cables |
410 00 |
Chain cables |
400 00 |
Sails, materials and labor, hammocks and awnings |
2,550 00 |
Blocks |
150 00 |
Kentledge |
900 00 |
Camboose |
230 00 |
Water casks |
450 00 |
Hardware |
150 00 |
Blacksmiths' labor |
330 00 |
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Joiners' labor |
$180 00 |
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Painters' labor |
150 00 |
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Leather, paints, tar, &c. |
100 00 |
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Contingencies |
100 00 |
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$24,100 00 |
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ARMAMENT. |
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Ten 18-pound carronades, &c., at $150 |
$1,500 00 |
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Two long 9-pounders, at $180 |
360 00 |
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Fourteen barrels of powder, at $20 |
280 00 |
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Nine hundred 18-pound shot |
810 00 |
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Two hundred 9-pound shot |
90 00 |
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$3,040 00 |
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Fifty muskets, at $12 |
$600 00 |
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Fifty pistols, at $6 |
300 00 |
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Fifty swords, at $2.70 |
135 00 |
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Fifty boarding pikes, at $2 |
100 00 |
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Thirty boarding hatchets, at $1.50 each |
45 00 |
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1,180 00 |
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SPARE. |
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Boatswain's stores |
$250 00 |
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Carpenter's stores |
200 00 |
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Master's stores |
200 00 |
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Gunner's stores |
150 00 |
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800 00 |
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5,020 00 |
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$29,120 00 |
B.
Estimate of the pay and subsistence, medicines, hospital stores and provisions, with the wear and tear of a schooner for one year.
Pay and subsistence |
$13,851 00 |
Provisions, including marines |
5,840 00 |
Medicines and hospital stores |
600 00 |
Wear and tear |
4,000 00 |
$24,291 00 |
C.
Estimate of the pay and subsistence, medicines, hospital stores and provisions, with the wear and tear of a sloop-of-war of the first class for one year.
Pay and subsistence |
$23,625 34 |
Provisions, including marines |
17,428 75 |
Medicines and hospital stores |
1,200 00 |
Wear and tear |
10,000 00 |
$62,254 09 |