Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1846-05-02
To Builders.

GEALED proposals will be received by The M
- designed until the 25ih day of May next,
for building house on the land of the county OF
GIANT, about one and half miles from Lancaster,
for the accommodation of the poor Of said county,
of the following plan and dimensions:
! The house 10 be 3S b. % feet from outside to
outside; cellar under the whole house, TO be dug
feet deep, the cellar walls 10 be 81 inches thick
good stone well laid in good sand & lime mortar,
and TO be sunk at least one foot below The cellar
bottom aid raised 10 make the cellar feet in the
clear; the upper water-tabe, to be of cut
stone six inches thick with projection of two
inches a cellar windows,with good frames of inch
whiteoak plank-3 lighted with 10 by 12glass; to
| be l outside cellar way well walled up each side,
with cut stone steps, with double out side doors
and inside door, said doors to be double batten
doors with good substantial frames and hangings;
the cross stills TO be supported by two posts, each
inches square, of white oak, sci upon firm lounda-
lions.
The house to be two stories high, built OF good
well burned brick, well laid in good sand and lime
mortar, with mortar joints of not exceeding one
oulth of an inch; the lower story to be feet be-
tween joists, and have wall OF IL inches, the
upper story = feet high between josts, with 8
inch wall; the walls to have good substantial brick
cornice and the gable ends of the walls to be car
red up to suit roof of 4 pitch to make one fire
place for the kitchen, with good brick oven, Tex
tending outside ofthe wall with flue coming into
the kitchen chimney 20 be carried up with the wall
and to extend at least IS inches higher than the
ridge of the roof; to carry up three chimncys with
the walls commencing 2 feet below the ceiling of
the upper story, and extending as high the kitch-
en.Chimney, the chimney above the roof to be in
size brick by % brich; there are to be 10 twelve
lighted windows of l0xl2 glass in the lower, and
8 windows OF same size in the upper story; to be
2 outside doors.
CARPENTERS AND JOINER'S WORK.
To be 2 cross stills of Sxl0 hewed timber for
lower floor, beams Of same size for the two upper
floors, and the beams Of the upper floors we'll fast
ened iii the walls by irons coming through to the
outside of the walls with heavy iron S. The
oists TO be placed 16 inches from centre to centre,
of white oak 2x6 inches and well secured in the
walls and cross timbers the f1oois to be made of
well faced, matched and laid of Ii inch pine or
with oak plank; there are to be II doors, 2 six
panel and Is four panel doors; the outside door
frames and window frames be made of clear
stuff of % inch plank the partitions to be set
} cordng to plan and made of 3x4 studding set 16
inches from centre to centre; the inside door
frames and all castings to be made of Il inch stuff
clear pine stuff; the sash and doors 10 be of II
inch pine, clear stuff, well made the front door to
have side-lighis of inches in width to put base
boards of 10 inches wide / inch thick, with good
mouldings thereon in all the rooms; the kitchen,
, DINING room and sitting room to have surbase
IWltn gOOu mOuiQlnSS, 10 DC Dhnu iHOuuf1g5 AROUND
all doors and windows; to make stairs leading from
the hall of the lower to the upper story with hand
I, rails and bannisers-also stairs leading TO the
sear; the pantry to be we'll shelved; the roof to
a have IA pitch, the rafters to be 3xS white oak
placed 20 inches from centre to centre, well Sc
| cured against spreading by collar beams and to
i rest on plank plates of inches thick, white oak
the roof to be well sheahedMith square edged
sheathing aud shingled with good pine shingles
laid inches to the weather, with good barge
o boards at the gable ends the doors to be well hung
and each provided with good locks to lath all par
!. titons and ceilings with good pine or lynn lath
7 ard to plaster said house throughout, two coat
c r~.h,) paint all the wood. work outside, ex-
cept the roof with three good coats of white lead
and on, and all the inside woodwork with at least
two coals all lumber to be well seasoned and all
the finishing lumber to be of clear stuff pine plank
There are /, be rooms below, beside hall and
above beside hall all materials to be furnished
by the contractor
: Bids will be received FOR the whole work or sep
arate bids for mason's work and for the carpenters
and joiner's work.
The plan may be seen at the office of tho Clerk
of the Board. The undersigned will reserve the
right to reject amy bid they deem too high, or not
likely to be complied with ny the bidder. Bond
and security will be required, and payment made
on completion of the job.
III. l.. MASSEY,
, JAMES P. COX, Board Com.
JNO.F. KIRKPATRICK,l
Mny 2, 1876. e-4t.