Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1848-02-09
NOTICE TO BUILDERS.

GEALED PROPOSALS will be received
~ until the 4!h day of March next, by the
Board of Trustees of the town of Bellevue,
Jackson COMFY, Iowa, for erecting pub
nc Quilting in said town, after the follow
ing plan, viz: The building to be "a by so
IT,, stone foundation, 90 inches thick, 2 feet
below, and l #. above the surface Of the
ground, face of the stone above ground to be
dresssd--main wall TO be brick, the first
story ~ IN. thickness in the wall, all above
that 10 IN. The first story to be 8 feet in the
clear and arranged as follows, viz: A #. hall
extending 2Sa it., and opening by double
door into room in the rear Is by 3Oa feet
there are to be two small rooms and 6 #.
stairway on each side of the Hall--the parti-
ton waIls to consist of4 BY in, pine or
white oak studding, placed Is in. from GEN.
ire to centre. lathed and plastered. The
inside foundation walls are to be lS inches
thick. two lengthwise and two crosswise
of the building. The front and rear doors,
like that Of the hall arc to be double, 3 in
ches thick. 3 feet inches wide, and feet
high, single panel. The said first story to
be lighted by IL windows, 4 On each side,
, and 3 each front and rear. Side windows
to consist Of "a lights, 10 III. by ID inches;
front and rear windows. "a lights, in. BY
~ in. The frames Of the windows and of
front and rear doors to be of white oak--the
casing to consist of panel work correspond
ing with the doors: the second story to con-
sist of lobby IL feet wide, and one large
room "a IT,, by full width of tho building
entrance from the lobby into the large room
to be l6 # wide, in the centre post 8 in.
square each side of which to be filled
xyifh al
doors all Of which to slide back each way
the same material as the lower partition
walls. The large room 20 be Is feet to the
ceiling, making the whole building about
q it. high. The side and rear windows of
this story, II in number, to be the same as
the lower side windows--the front windows,
in nu amber, same us the lower front win
dows. Above the lobby are to be two small
roome, reached by two flight of steps. lead
ing up from the large room, and lighted by
three windows, corresponding to the other
front windows-parttion of the same mater
ial as those below. All the small doors in
the building, = in number, to be single panel,
feet eight inches by 6 feet 8 in. and , in.
thick-casing corresponding. Al! the doors
to be hung with patent butts Of suitable
dimensions. The locks on the front and
rear doors to be large and worth about SIS.
All the other doors to be trimmed with Car.
pentel's patent locks; and on one each Of
the front, rear, and hall doors to be- two
bolts, one at the top, the other at the bot.
tom. The lower jOists to be 2 in. by 10 in,
placed Is in. from centre to centre--se
tier Of ,joists, 81 in. by IL in. is in. from
centre to centre ;--those over the lobby 81
in. by 10 in, Is in. from centre to centric
the upper and last tier of joists % by 10 IN,
l6 from centre to centre-all to be of pine or
white oak-as also the timber for girdcrs,
&c. That part of the large room over the rear
room of the first story to be supported by two
turned pillars, 10 inches in diameter. The
flooring to be ii in. white oak or white ash
not to exceed inches in Mathematical
and laid down rough--the stair steps to be
dressed--suitable pine wash boards for oil
the rooms. A good, fashionable. and hea-
Wy cornice, suitable for the building. All
the caps and stills to be Of good cut Stone
of suitable dimensions. A good substantial
roof, framed to support itself--No. pine
shingles, 4 in. to the weather.
A good, fashionable Belfry Of suitable
size, the roof Of which to be tin. There
are to be five chimney Aues in the build
ing. The walls and ceiling to have three
coats Of plassering--hard finish. The lum-
Der used in the joiner work to be Of white
pine. The frame work of the roof either Of
pine or white oak. The wood work Of the
building to have three coats Of paint. All
the materials in the building to be Of the
best quality--lulnber well seasoned; and
put up in good substantial, workmsn!iko
manner. Three payments will be made, if
required, during the progress of the work,
reservipg et each payment, one third the
value of the work already done. The
building to be completed by or before the
first day of December next. Fac best
quality Of stone can be obtained within q
half mile of the building, and the brick
can be made within mile and half
Timber and water convenient for making
them. ...-.ss .s...~. .
JAS. l.. KIRKPATRICK,
President Of the Board.
D. F.. SruRR, Clerk.
January 2Sth, le4S. n2l-3t
rThe TRIBUNE will please copy, and
charge this Office.