The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1829-05-21
DIsTRrcr AND PoRr OF NswpoRr.
DROPOSALS VIII be received at III,

a once, Tor building dwelling house
d two light houses at the north west poin,
Block Island, of the following materials
DIMENSIONS and description
The dwelling house 10 be- built Of split un
essed stone. forty feet by twenty, one story.
ssht feet in the clear the walls ia lie twenty
.nr inches thick A cellar under The whole
+or Of tho house, the walls OF hich, 10 be
enty f'lUr inches thick aud to rise from the
vel Of low water mark TO the bottom or hoor
the cellar, eight feet; and from the said cell
r.foor To the said floor Of the house, seven
eft; the said hoor OF the cellar to be well paw.
! with Hat tones or bricks All the stone
ork 70 be laid in the best lime mortar. The
of to be- rectangular, sixteen OF the rafters to
, eight inches square and framed 70 The posts
the towers bereafler named, the lower ends
used TO the beams The rafters and beams
be secured with iron bars to 'un down into
Q walls Of the house feur feet ni,i secured
ith anchors The house 20 be dvideE INTO
20 rooms with a chimney i'm the middle and
} entry six feet wide in front Of the chimney,
door into each room and an out Iosf~a fire
ace in each room, and closets WITH elves and
pors back ofthe chimney. Stairs To head from
10 entry into the chambers which arc to be
Artitoned Off one door in each. lathed and
astered and donble floors we'll nailed. The
side walls of the roums, entry and ceilings
4 be la,hed and plastered, double floors we'll
ilcd; three windows in one room and two in
40 other, to contain twenty four lights each,
wen by nine glass and one window of the
lme size in each chamber
There are TO be cellar doors with hammer
fessod stone posts and cap, and stone steps to
1ter the cellar from the outside, and an en-.
anco to the cellar and stairs from one of the
al NJ ach apI f,lo III 4
"aU window glazed, with frames and sashes
aside and outside the wall
Attached to the house TO be porch or kitcb-
\ fen feet by twelve feet in the clear, the
ais to be eighteen inches thick double floors,
ne walls and ceiling lathed and plas.ered, one
'indow Of twenty-four lights seven by nine
lass, two doors, one TO lead into the rooms in
ne house and the other outside chimney
nth an iron crane, tramlnel and hooks; on one
idc an oven of middling size, with an iron
cor, on the other side sink with gutter to
;ad through the wall out Of the house: the
oofs Of the house and the porch 10 be covered
18th good seasoned boards and shingles, the
cards 10 bo jointed and halved all the doors
o be four panelled substantial iron hinges
Hd latches, the outside doors 10 have strong
Dcks, and hammer dressed stone door sills: all
he windows To have suitable shutters, hinges,
nd fastenings; iron mantle pieces to the fire
laces and oven ,chimneys aolIared with sheet
cad: cutters on both sides Of the house, with
pouts to lead off the water; all the wood work
inside and out to be painted twice over, includ-
nr floors; the walls ofthe house and cellar to
c woll pointed, and white washed twice over.
Four cisterns made Of plank two inches thick,
q contain two hundred gallons of water each,
he cistcrns TO be round and hooped with stout
ron to BE- placed in the cellar fitted with pipes
n spouts to lead in the rain water, and provid
d with means conveniently to draw it of.
In each end Of the house 10 be an octagon
over Of ten feet in diameter TO stand on the
,eams Of the house, to rise six feet above the
doe of the house and well secured together
" rirths and braces; the posts 10 be ten by
walve inches square, and planed, the girths
on hv eirht inches, the braces Of oak, six by
-our inches, all to be Of sound timber and free
rom san the outside ofthe towers above the
roof Of the house to be boarded the edges Join
led aud halved, collared with sheet lead and
shingled On tho top Of each tower to DO a
deck eleven and a half feet in diameter, OF
threo inch planks free from sap, on which is
TO be laid tarred shea'hing paper and that COW
cred with copper tbirty.two ounces to the
square foot, well secured TO the decks with
-opper nails; in one side of the decks a small
',
'hn lanterns, tho scuttlc doors 10 be made OF
double boards and covered with copper same
rs he decks; the frames and rabbeis also to be
5vered with copper, one window in the upper
story of each tower, twelve lights seven by
nine glass a sufficient number Of steps to lead
from the attic chamber Of the house to the en-.
trance cf the scuttles, with good hand rails
Ihe stairs, summers, and floors To be hard pine
clear Of sap; the stairs and floors to be Of two
inch plank and planed; scuttles to enter the
towers from the chambers.
On tho top Of the towers, 10 be iron lanterns
pf ociagcn forms, the posts 10 be one and three
fourths inches square, and TO pass through the
deck four feet and secured TO the posts with i.
ron bolts well riveted. or with nuts. The
height and diameter Of the lanterns to be sufFi.
cent TO admit into each octagon an iron sash
10 contain twenty one lights twelve by eleven
10 be glazed with glass of double thickness
firm the Boston glass mnnufactory, the lower
,irr 10 be flied with copper, the rabbets of the
rashcs N be three quarters of an inch deep; IN
ono of tho ociagons Of each lantern 90 be an
ron framed door covered " ith copper. FIVE feet
bv two in tho clear to shut tight into raIbet.
with strong iron hinges and turn buttons. and
in one or two other Of the octagons the sashes
10 be filed with copper sheets instead cfglass
ifs1 required
The top of each lantern 10 be dome formed
bv sixteen iron r,fters &C proper dimensions
bu' efficiently large concentrating in an iron
no five inches wide and nine inches diane
ter covered with copper thirty two ounces 70
tho square foot, which Is Ga come down and ri.
vet inlo tho pieces hat form the ten Of the
sash which are 60 Be .hrec inches wiGe
On each dome a. be 4 tFaversinI ventila'cr,
thi-,~ inches Ions ard ffrcrinohes diameter
on v hieh u - be secured varc three feet
loar and twenty inches wide The vcntlstors
,ni vsnes 10 be teamed with iron and rovcrod
with copper. Around the llnterns g. be iron
railu-s. the posts of which 10 be one an q
three eigbths inch square, connected by three
iron ratings ono inch square: TIC railing post
10 run up parall'' with ihs caves of the Ian.
terms and tho uPFeg ..!linss 20 he four .cet
fiotn the deck.