The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-09-29

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pond with the fence posts, and the be painted
| in the same manner. Windows in the rear 10
have shutters on hinges. Carrlage-house TO have
a firm plank floor. Doors TO be uniform and
batten. Door and window sills 10 be of stone,
and TO be finished inside as marked on plan
| No. 3.
| "Ice-house, to be l6 feet deep at least, with
be shingled with heart shingles, the well TO be
fourteen feet square at the top, walled with skid
pine poles, good strong batten door with lock,
and floor above.
/ Hood house, 10 be 80 feet long by "a feet
wide, and Is feet high. To have two doors on
the end, and one in the centre TO be under
pinned with stone; 10 be weather-boarded and
shingled, and to be painted with three good coats
OF paint.
aBafting house, to be eight feet square, at
tached 10 one end of the kitchen, as per plan
No. 2; eight feet high, covered with shed root,
and shingled; one window in the rear, of the
same size, and finished in the same manner as
| the kitchen windows; plastered and whitewash-
ed as the Kitchen with fixture for a shower
bath panel door, with a transom light; Tin pipes
! TO run from well and engine to kitchen and bath,
and a drain from bath TO lead of water to cul-
| vert.
| Summer house, to be octagonal and plain,
about IL feet across, to stand upon eight posts,
with a single roof; to be painted to have seats
of plank, marked w in plan A.
"The whole Of the buildings, &c. herein des-
cribed to be furnished with good and suitable
knob and stock locks and hinges, and all the
walls to be of the thickness Of a brick and
half, and all to be roughcast except the wood
house, and all the wood work to have three good
coats OF paint except where otherwise speci-
| fed.
"Fencing, &c.-The front fencing TO cores
pond with plan No. L. The walk from the
| portico to be of the full width of the portico,
rocked on each side, levelled and graveIled The
rock to be furnished by the Mint ready cut
The walk from gate T TO the house to be raised
up level in the centre and graveled, and to be
Of the width of ten feet. Two flights of steps,
made of stone to the terrace walls.
! Fence marked r, X, and S, TO be six and a
| half feet high, of plank one inch thick and. six
| or eight inches wide, paned, tongued and
| grooved, and capped, with moulding under it,
as also the fence from |, M, @, TO with the
| exception of tongueing and growing, as also the
cross fence from l. to z and from to 0. The
POSTS to be of good heart oak, either white or
post oak, eight inches square, hewed and dressed,
and to be sunk two and half feet deep, the butts
to be left with the bark on. All the railing and
plank to be of the best heart pine, well kiln dried
or seasoned, to be painted as well as the posts
with three coats of good white paint. The
gates, wherever marked upon the plans, to be
/ hung upon hinges going entirely across and Sc
cured to the gates with screws and taps. The
staples to be driven through the posts and clinch-
ed. Latches, hasps, and staples, TO lock upon
the gates. The gates to correspond with the
| fencing, and of the same height. Balls to be
| turned upon the posts at the front gate at the
gate T, and at the gate between d and NJ
Racks at the front gate, or posts with hooks for
| horses, also at gate T.
N. B. 1t is expressly to be understood
that the Commissioners shall have the inspec-
ton, reception, or rejection OF all the materials
necessary for the buildings and enclosures, and
il is also to be understood that the contractor
shall, at his own proper expense, clear away all
the rubbish, &c, that may be left after com
pleting the work.
9 1t is also to be understood that these specif-
cations and the plans referred to form part of the
contract, and are to be adhered to accordingly,
and that all the buildings shall have a stone
foundation at least one foot under ground
/" 1t is also to be further understood that the
whole of the outhouses, fencing &C., be com
pleted by the lst day of December, 1887
.JONAS BOST.
SAMUEL McCOMB,
Commissioner"
81, William +. Strange, clerk OF the Branch
of the Mint of the United States, at Charlotte,
North Carolina certify the foregoing to be a true
copy of the specifications agreed upon between
Samuel McComb, Commissioner on behalf of
the United States, and Jonas Bost, contractor,
for enclosing the grounds belonging to the Mint
and for building out-houses. As witness the
seal Of the Branch Mint, at Charlotte, North
Carolina, this oath day of September, A. ID.
1889.
Wv. r. STRANGE, Clerk"
Seal of the Mint impressed in wax attached,
with words thereon Branch Mint Charlotte
N. CT
The committee find, accompanying these
papers, the following receipt:
''CBARLoTrE, North Carolina
".June IA, 1888.
Received of Samuel McComb, Commits
soner of the Branch Mint, Charlotte, North
Carolina five thousand five hundred dollars, the
amount in full for enclosing the Mint Square.
and for erecting out houses, as per contract.
JONAS BOST
"S5,500. Test: WIN. F. STRANGE"
There was bundle Of letters sent to the com
mittee from the Treasury Department, tied to-
gether very irregulary, all without regard to
date
One of these is letter from Samuel Nc
Comb the /" Commissioner of the Branch Mint,
Charlotte, North Carolina, June "a 1887 . and
addressed to the Hon. Levi Woodbury., Secre-
tary of the Treasury. (See appendix.)
In this letter, which is long one, and praises
very highly, the beauty of the ed6ce, Mr.. Nc
Comb says: " Col Wheeler, Superintendent of
the Mint, has possession of his part Of the edi
fee, and lodges in it,"
In another part of the letter. Mr. McComb
says: 81 beg leave to say to you that Colonel
Wheeler and myself have come TO the conclu
sion, If II meets your appreciation, TO have the
grounds enclosed with wooden fence made out
Of good heart pine, kitchen. stables, smoke,
house, wood house, &c, all of brick rough cast
like edifice for Mint, all Of which can be com
pleted for FIVE thousand dollars or less"
Thns IL will be- seen that the SECONDARY Of