Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1848-02-23
NOTICE. TO BUILDERS.

~ until the 4th day of March next, by the
Board of Trustees of the town OF Bellevue,
Jackson county, Iowa, for erecting q pub
lie building in said town, after the follow
ing plan, viz: The building to he 81 by so
f., stone foundation, 20 inches thick, 2 feet
below, and l fl. above the surface Of the
ground, face of the stone above ground to be
dressed--main wall to be brick, the first
story 20 in. thickness in the wall, all above
that in. The first story to be 8 feet in the
clear and arranged as follows, viz: A L. hall
extending 29A f., and opening by double
door into room in the rear Is by 3O4 feet
there are to be two small rooms and 6 #.
stairway on each side of the IEal--the parti-
ton walls to consist of 4 by in pine or
white oak studding, placed lG'in. from CEN
ire to centre, lathed and plastered. Jhe
inside foundation walls are to be 10 inches
thick, two lengthwise and two crosswise
Of the building. The front and rear doors,
like that Of the hall are to he double, 3 in
ches thick. 9 feet 6 inches wide, and 8 feet
high, single panel. The said first story to
be lighted by II windows, 4 on each side,
and 2 each front and rear. Side windows
to consist of "a lights, 10 in. by IA inches;
front and rear windows "a lights, 9 in. by
! 10 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 a lobby IL feet wide, and one large
room "a f., by full width of the building
entrance from the lobby into the large room
to be 16 # wide, in the centre post 8 in
square each side of which to be filled
with PANEL WORK, containing two panel
dcors.--;l of which to slide back each way
into double partition wall constructed of
the same material as the lower partition
walls. The large room 10 be Is feet to the
ceiling, making the whole building about
q it. high The side and rear windows Of
this story, l in number, to be the same as
The lower side winLows--the front windows,
3 in number, same as the lower front wiz
dows. Above the lobby are to be two small
rooms, reached by two flight of steps. lead
ing up from the large room, and lighted by
three windows, corresponding to the other
front windows-partition of the same mater,
al as those below. All the small doors in
the building, = in number, to be single panel,
2 feet eight inches by feet 8 in. and in.
thick-casing corresponding. All 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 s..
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 a. the top, the other ct the bot
tom. The lower ioists to be 2 in. by 10 in,
placed l6 in. from centre to centre second
tier Of ioiste, q in. by l2 in. ]6 in. from
centre to centre ;--those over the lobby q
| in. BY 10 in, Is in. from centre to centre
the upper and last tier of joists "a BY 10 IN,
| Is from centre to centre-all to be of pine or
I white oak-as also the timber for girders,
&c. That part Of the large room over the rear
room Of the first story tobe 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 width--matched
and laid down rough--the stair steps to be
dressed--suitable pine wash boards for al
the rooms. good, fashionable, and lea
IVY cornce. 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, d in. to the weather.
! A good fashionable Belfry Of suitable
size, the roof Of which to be tin. There
are to be five chimney fues in the build
4 ing. The walls and ceiliog to have three
coats Of clustering hard finish. The lnm-
Der used in the joiner work to be Of white
4 pine. The frame work Of the roof either o.
! 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--lumber well seasoned and
| put up in good substantial, workmanlike
manner. Three payments will be made, j
II, 6lred, during the progress Of the work
rcscrying a. each payment, one third the
value Of tile work already done. The
building to be completed by or before the
first day or December next. Tie bes,
. quality Of stone can be obtained within Q
half mile OF the building, and the brick
can be made within mile and q huff
Timber and water convenient for making
! them.
JAS. L. KIRKPATRICK,
President Of the Board
Id. T.. SrURR. Clerk. a.#
I: January 28th, 1913. n2l-3t