Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1846-05-09
To Builders.

CEALED proposals will be received by The un.
~ designed until the 25,h day of Nav next.
for building house on the land of the county of
Grant, about one and half miles rom Lancaster.
for the accommodation of the poor Of said county
of the following plan and dimensions:
The house TO be 80 by % feet from outside m
outside cellar under the whole house, to be dug
feet deep, the cellar walls to be 81 inches thick
of good stone well laid in good sand & lime mortar,
and to be sunk at least one foot below the cellar
bottom aid raised TO make the cellar feet in the
clears the upper course 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 IL glass; 10
be 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 hangngs.
the cross slls be supported by two posts, each
inches square, of white oak, set upon firm founda
tIons.
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
foulth Of an inch; the lower story to be feet be-
tween joists, and have wall of I2 inches. the
upper story feet high between joists, with a9
inch wall the walls to have good substantial brick
comce and the gable ends of the walls to be car.
ried up suit roof of 4 pitch; to make one fire
place for the kitchen, with good brick oven. Tex
the kitchen chimney 20 be carried up with the wall
and to extend at least 1S inches higher than the
r'ge of the roof; to carry up three ehimleys with
the walls commencing 2 feet below the ceiling of
the upp. story, and extending high as the kitch-
en:Chimney, the chimney above the roof 70 be in
size brick by "a brich; there to be 10 twelve
lighted windows of 10xl2 glass in the lower, and
9 windows OF same size in the upper story; to be
outside doors.
CAPpENTEp,S AMI JoYNCp,c u,opv
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 aoors well fast
ened in the walls by irons coming through to the
outside of the walls with heavy iron 5. The
osts be placed 16 inches from centre to CENTRE
of white oak 2x8 inches and we'll secured in the
walls and cross timbers; the hools TO be made of
well faced, matched and laid of Ii inch pine or
width oak plank; there are to be II doors, 2 six
panel and Is four panel doors; the outside door
frames and window frames to be made of clear
stuff of % inch plank the partitions to be set ac-
cording to plan and made of 3x4 studding set l6
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 to be of II
inch pine, clear stuff, well made the front door TO
have side-lgh,s of inches in width; to put base
boards of 10 inches wide II inch thick, with good
mouldings thereon in all the rooms; the kitchen,
dinning room and sitting room to have a surbase
wi tn good mouldings; to be band mouldings around
all doors and windows; to make stairs leading from
the hall of the lower to the upper story with hand
rails and bannisters-aiso stairs leading 10 the
sellar; the pantry to be we'll shelved the roof to
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
rest on plank plates of 3 inches thick, while oak;
the roof to be well sheathedIwith square edged
sheatning aud shingled with good pine shingles
laid inches to the weather, with good barge
boards at the gable ends; the doors to be we'll hung
and each provided with good locks; to lath all par
titions and ceilings with good pine or lynn lath,
and to plaster said house throughout, { two coat
work J to paint all the woodwork outside, ex-
cept the roof, with three good coats of white lead
and oil, and all tine inside woodwork with at least
two coats; all lumber to be well seasoned and all
the finishing lumber TO be of clear stuff pine plank
There are to be rooms below, beside hall and
by the contractor
Bids will be received for the whole work or sep
arate bids for mason's work and for the carpenters
and joner's work.
The plan may be seen at the Office of the CLERK
of the Board. The undersigned will reserve the
right to reject any bid they deem too high, or not
likely to be complied with BY the bidder. Bond
and security will be required, and payment made
on completion of the job.
III. l.. MASSEY,
JNO.F. KIRKPATRICK
Mny 2, 1886 6-4t.