The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1829-05-14
DIsTRIcr AND poRT OF NEwPoRr,
Collectors Office, Nav 1874. lslD 4,

a. Office, for building dwelling house
and two light houses at the north west point
of Block Island. Of the following materials,
dimensions and description:
The dwelling house to be built of split un.
dressed stone, forty feet BY twenty, one story,
eight feet in the clear; the walls to be twenty
four inches thick A cellar under the whole
ilour OF thc house, tho walls Of which, 10 be
twenty four inches thick, and to rise from the
level oF low water mark to the bottom or floor
OF The cellar, eight feet; and from the said eel.
lar floor TO the said floor of the house. seven
feet the said floor the collar to be well paw.
ed with fat stones or bricks All the stone
work t. be laid ~ the best lime mortar. The
rooftO be rectangular, sixteen of the rafters 10
be eight inches square and framed to the posts
ofthe towers hereafter named, the lower ends
irussod to the beams. The rafters and beams
h. be- secured with IRON bars TO run down into
the walls Of The hanse fcur feet and secured
with auchors The house 20 be divided into
.wn rooms with A chimney IN he middle and
an entry SIX feet wide IN front of the chimney,
a door into each room and an out door; fire
place Ia oaen rooni,and closets i,b shelves and
!nofs 70 OK oi the chimney Stairs Ia lead from
the entry inio the chambers which are to be
9artitloned Oif, nne door in each lathed and
plasierod, aud donble hoors well nailed. The
inside walls ot The rooms, cntry and ceiling
10 be lathed and plostered, double fcors wei
naied three windows in one room and two in
the other, to contain twenty four lights each,
seven by nine glass and one window Of the
same size in each chamber.
There are 10 be cellar doors with hammer
dressed stone posts and cap, and stone step to
enter the cellar from the outside, and an en-
trance To the cellar aud stairs from ore Of the
rooms inside; al each end of the ccll.r 10 be
small window glazed, with frames and sashcs
inside aud outside the wall
Attached to the house To b.. porch or kiich
en- ten feet by twelve feet in the clear the
walls 10 be eighteen inches thick double floors.
the walls and ceiling lathcd and plastered, one
window oi twenty.lour lights seven by nine
glass, two doors. ono 10 lead into the rooms H.
ihe house and the other outside a chimney
With an iron crane. ,ranmel and hooks; on one
side an oven Of middling size, with an iron
door, on the other side q sink with gutter Ia
iead thr ougll the wall out of the house; the
roofs OF the house and the porch 10 he covered
with good seasoned boards and shingles, the
boards Ia DO pointed aud halyed all the doors
to be four ponnolled, substantial iron hinges
and latchcs, the outside doors 60 have strong
locks, and hammer dressed stone door sills; all
he windows to have suitable shutters hinges
and fas.cnings; iron mantle pieces TO the lirc
places and oven, chimneys cuiarod with sheet
lead; cutters on both sides Of the house, with
spouts TO lead OFF the water; all tho wood work
inside and out 10 be painted twice over, includ
ing floors; the walls ofthe house and cellar TO
be VOL pointed and whitowashcd twice ovsr
Four cisterhs made Of plank two inches thick
to contain two hundred gallons Of water each
the cs,orns to be round and hOoped with stou,
iron. to be placed in the cellar fitted with pipes
or spouts TO lead in the rain water, aud provid
cd with means conveniently to draw it off
In n.h nd of, ba To 10
tower of ten feet in diameter 10 stand On the
beams Of the house, TO rise six feet above the
ridge Of the house and well secured together
by grths and braces; the posts TO be ten by
twelve inches square, and pIanod, the girihs
ten by eight inches, the braces Of oak six by
four inches all to bo of sound timber n nd free
from sap the outside oithe towers above the
roof of the house TO be sIoarded the edges Join
ted and haved, coared with sheet lead and
shinglcd. On tho top Of each tower TO be o
| deck eloyen and half feet in diameter, OF
threo inch plamks free from sap, on which is
| to be laid tarred shea,hing paper and that COW
erod with copper thirty two ounces 10 the
/ square foot, we'll secured to the decks with
copper nails; in onH side of the decks sma u
scuttle tweniy-lour inches by twenty, TO enter
! the lanterns, tho scutt!e doors 10 be made ol
! double boards and covered with copper same
as the decks the frames and rabts also 10 be
covered with copper, one window in the upper
story o! 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 of the scultles, with good hand rails
the stairs, summers, and floors 20 be hard pine
clear Of sap; tho stairs and floors 10 be Of two
inch plank and plnued; scuttlcs 10 enter the
towers from the chambers.
On tho top Of the towers, TO be iron lanterns
of octagon forms, the posts 10 be one and thre6
iourths inches square, and 20 pass through Tho
deck four feet and secured 10 the posts with
| ron bolts well rivctted, or with nuts. Tht
! height and diameter of the lanterns 10 be suiii
ciont to admit into each octagon an iron sasl
10 contain twenty one tights twelve by eleven
10 bc glazed with glass Of double thick ness
from tho Boston glass manufactory, tho lower
tier 20 be flied with copper, the rabi,s Of the
sashes 70 be three quarters of an inch deep; in
one Of the octagons Of each lantern 10 be an
ron framed door covered With copper, five feet
by two in the clear TO shut tight into RABBIT.
with strong iron hinges and turn buttons. and
in ono or two other cf the octagons the oshes
TO be filed with copper sheets instead ofglass
ifso required
The top of each lantern 10 bc dome formed
by sixteen iron rafers Of proper dimensions
but sufficiently large, concentrating in IN iron
hoop fiyr inches wide and nine inches diane
ter, covered with copper thirty two ounces tc
the square foot, which is to com. down and RI
vet into the pieces that form the top Of the
sash which arc 10 be three inches wide.
On each dome 10 be a traversing ven;ilaior
+ thirty inches long aud fifteen inches diameter
on which is TO be secured a vsne three feet
long and twenty inches wide The vontilator,
and vanss TO bo framed with iron and covered
with copper. Around the lahterns 10 bo iron
rsilinCs the posts of which TO be one and
three eighihs inch square connected by three
iron ratings one inch square: the railing post,
TO run up -; 1ilel with The caves Of the Ian.
terms and tho upper ratings 10 be four feet
from the deck.