The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1837-04-12

| the ridge Of the house and well secured toe
gether by girtls and braces the posts Y,
he ten by twelve inches square, and planed,,
the girihs ten by eight inches, the braces OF
oak, six hy four inches, all to be Of sound
timber and free from sap; the outside at
the towers above the roof of the house to l,c
boarded, the edges jointcd and halved,
collared with sheet lead and sbingled. On
the top of each tower 10 be deck eleven
and half feet in diameter, of three inch
planks free from sap, on which is 10 be laid
tarred sheathing-paper aud that covered
with copper thirty-two ounces TO the square
foot, the copper to be well secured to The
decks, and so brazed or secured together as
to make the decks tight I; in one side of the
decks small scutlle twenty-four inches by
twenty, to enter the lanterns, the scut,le
doors TO be made of double boards and
lowered with copper same ms the decks; the
frames and ra55eis also to be covered with
copper, one window in The upper story Of
each tower, twelve lights seven by nine glass.
A sutlicien, number of steps to lead from
the attic chamber of the house to the Gu
trance of the scut,les, with good hand rails :;
the stairs, summers, and floors to be hard
pine, clear of sap; the stairs and floors 10
be of two inch plank aud planed /; scutias.
TO enter the towers from the chambers.
On the top of the towers, 10 be iron Ian
terms of octagon forms, the posts 10 be two
inches square, and to pnss through the deck
four feet and secured to the posts with iron
bolis well rvcted, or with nuts. The hcinlt
: and diameter of the lanterns to be suffi-
cient 10 admit Ito each octagon an iron
sash TO contan twenty one lights twelve by
eleven, the sashes To he iron capped, to
be glazed with glass Of double thickness
irum the Boston glass munuiactory, the
lower tier to be filled with copper, the rab-
bets of the spshcs 10 be three quarters of an
inch deep IN one of the octngons of each
Is lantern TO be MI iron framed door covered
10 with copper, five feet by two in the clear tn
Is shut tight into rabbels with strong iron hinges
= and turn buttons, aud in one or two other
= of the octngons the sashes to be filled will,
$ copper shcets instead OF glass il so required.
|. i he top Of each lantern 10 be n dome
. formed by sixteen iron raiers of prorcr.
, Dimensions, bun sufficiently large, cuucen-
5 trating in nn iron hoop five inches wide and
nine inches dinmeter, covered with conner
thirty two ounces To The square foot, vlch
is TO come down aud rivet into the pircrsJ
that form the top of The sash which are 10
be three inches wide.
On each dome to be lra,ersing ycn,ilu
tor, thirty inches long and fifteen inches
diameter, on which is To be secured a vunc
three feet long aud tweuty inches wide !,
The ventilators and vunes To he framed with
iron and covered with copper. Around tl,,,
,aatcrns to be Ton railings, the posts of
which to be one and three cighths inch
square, connected By three iron ratings Que
inch square; the railing posts 10 run up
parallel with the caves Of the lanterns nnd,lrc
upper Rulings to be four feet from the deck.
The lanterns to be constructed and finish
cd in the best aud most approved manner,
, The wood work of The towers, the lanterns.
, vcn,ilators and vanes To be painted twice
over, all the iron and copper work black,
the putty on the sashes and woodwork white.
to have one complete electrical conductor
made from copper, three quarters ofan inch
diameter, g. painted; the points silver, to
extend five feet above the yape, and five
feet from the house, into the ground a suHi-
cient depth. A square, five feet, out build
: inc, of wood, to be erected, six feet high :;
franed with two pieces oftimber cachtwevc,
feet long aud crossing ot the centre and tn
be covered with boards nnd shingles and
whi,ewashed throughout. The whole To
be completed in n workmanlikc manner Nv
: tho first day of September next.
Separate proposals will be received for
fitting up the said light houses, within fif-
teen days after they shall be built. with sc,-
en- patent lamps and seycn sixteen inch re-
: ilcctors, in eacr lantern, 10 be placed on
two circles, four 9r the lower and three on
;. ihs upper tin butts for keeping oil, and
4 all The necessary npparnratus IN HE same
manner rs the light houses of tl- United
. States hnvc been fitted by WinsIow Lewis,
y with the addition If the patent apparatus
> for conducting the heat Of The lamps to the
oil therein the said rtlcctors to have sew
> EN- ounces and Twelve penny weights pure
silver in each reflecior The whole to be
approyc, By the Superintendent Of Light
houses in Rhode tsnnd, or such other per-
son rs may be designated by him. In the
, proposals for building, the terms to be sta
ted for building the dwelling house with
Lard-burnt bricks in lieu of split undrcsscd
stones walls of eighteen, instead oftwentv-
four inches; III case this mode should he
preferred the use of salmon and other in
ierioI bricks will be prohibited Payment
10 be made when the work shall be COM
pIeicd and approved.
Those who urc disposed to contract, sill
please transmit, their proposals to the Col
lccior Of ibc Cnstonls a, Newport, on or be-
fore the fifteenth day uf April next.
WIN. LiTTLEFIELD, Coil.