Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-07-04

oil the r0Oi, Dut tnefe Couiu oc DO COuu' but
that the carpenters would take care to mike
such door in The shincling for ihr family 20
carry water through, dirty or elem. TO exug,
puish FIRE. either in the cbimnry On III, rot
and that this was the only proper way Of mak,
ing such duor.
sdly AS 10 the ba,tlements, he insisted, ,hat
tAey were absolutely necessary for the psot.c.
lion Of The whole house. Isl. B:caus,, 10 So
Of sudden attack BY robbers, the family eop'd
defend themselves behind these bat,ismen.s,
and annoy and disperse The enemy. 2diy. II
any Of The adjoining buildings should Jake FIRE,
the batlemen,s would screen the roof from the
destructive Aames. And, 5dy they would re.
tain the raiiers in their respective places, in
c.se any Of them should, from rorleuness or
varying, be in danger OF falling from The &c.
ne raj union, and injniing The other parts of The
roof obs. rving aisn, that the batilements should
always be ready Tor these purposes, as there
would be neither iIme nor opportunity Tor rails
ing battlemcrts after an assault was actually
made, or connagra,ion begun. rs 10 the
bricks being blown down, and falling on the
heads of The people, he SAID The whole wonld
always be in The power Of 'he family, who
could at any time repair or remove any loose
and dangerous paris; and there could be no
doub, but thai 1heir vigilance would BIZ fully
sufficen to prryeu, accidents OF This kind.
4thly With respect o tn. twelve pedest.ls,
he acknowledged their use and beaut,: but
obse rived that these, like all other things, were
only so IN their proper places, an" under
circums, ances suited 10 their nature aud de.
sign: * he insisted that the ridge OF roof was
not the place for peGestals, which should rest
! on the solid wall, being made Of tn same ma
teIal,; and ought, in p:oprfty,'o be consider
ed as many projections or sontinnaions OF
the wall itself, and not as component paris OF
the wooden roof. AS 10 The cupola, he said
thai all agreed hat there should be one CT some
kind or o,her, as well for proper finish, tie
building, as for the pu pose OF indicating the
winds, and containing brll 10 sound The alarm
~ cases of necessity The objec,lors to the
proposed cupola, he SAID were too contradIc-
tory to merit a reply.
5thly To the fifth objection he answered:
that the intention really was to make firm
and substania! roof, by uniting the strength
OF the thirteen raftrrs bur that this was so far
from annihilating the several ralt-r,, and rrn-
dering them Of no use Individually, tina i, VS.
manifest, from bare inspection Of The plan
that the strength Of each contributed TO he
stie ngth OF the whole, and that tie xxi tence
Of each and all was essential 10 the existence of
the fabric as roof.
6thIy And lastly, he said, tha, the roof was,
! Ia irLth, SO framed as that the parts should mus
| lually support and check each oth.r. Bur il
was absolutely absurd, ao contrary to the
known laws Of nature, to infer from thence,
| That the whole frame could sand self-supporl-
ed in the air. For, however is component
parts Nigh, be combined VITA respect to each
other, tue whole must necessarily rest upon
and be supported by The walls. That the walls
might, indeed, stand for few years in ruin
Gus aud uninhabitabe condition. without any
roof but The roof could not, for moment,
Stand wiihar. oupirurr OF The walls: and f.
naIIy, that of all dangers and apprehensions,
tris of the roofs remaining after the walls are
gone, was the most absurd and impossible.