Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-12-15
COLLECTORS OFFICE,
WILMINGTON NC

PROPOSALS will be received at this Office
until the 10th day of January. at IL o'clock NJ,
for finding materials. AID building two Light
Houses, TO range with the channel on Oak Island,
and dwelling House, of the following materials,
dimensions. and description, viz:
lst. Light House to be 20 feet high, to be
built of hard bricks the form round foundation
TO % laid as deep as necessary to make the fabric
secure, to be laid in Rosendale cement The diam
eter of the base to be IL feet and that Of
the top nine feet The thickness of The
walls at the base to be three feet to he
uniformly graduated to tive feet at the ton.
where an arch is to be turned, on which is TO
be laid soap stone deck, eleven feet inches di.
ametar. four inches thick in which is to be scut-
lie door, and rabbets to he covered with copper;
TO be two Windows in the tower. twelve lights
each. 8 by 10 glass, and door, six feet by three.
made of double inch board, cross nailed with sub
staEtal hinges. latch and lock- the door posts cap
aud sill to be ofdressed stone ten inches square; the
ground floor paved with brick circular stairs to
lead from the floor to within six feet of The lantern,
connected by centre post from the top of the
stairs TO the entrance to the scuttle TO be an iron
| ladder, with steps two inches wide, one half inch
tnlck; on The top ofthe tower to he an iron lantern
OF me octagon form; post to be and half inch
es square, to run down into The brick work four
feet; the height and diameter of the lantern to be
sufficient to admit in each oc,acon six lights "a
ny Ia inches of best French plate glass; to be fas-
tened with strong iron pins, and well putled ex-
cePt the lower tier, which is to be fitted with cop
per; In one of the octagons TO be an hon framed
door, four feet by two, covered with copper,
to shut tight into the rabbets, secured with
two turned buttons; the top Of the dome to be-
formed with sixteen iron rafters, concentrated
! in an iron hoop four inches wide and nine inches
in diameter, covered with copper, thirty ounces to
the square foot, which is to come down
and rivet to the hoop Of the lantern. On
the dome TO he traversing ventilator fif-
teen inches high and twelve inches diameter,
in which is to be secured a Vane covered with cop
per. feet long, one foot wide; round the lantern
to be an iron railing. the post of which to be
| and quarter inch square; two ratings three
quarters OF an inch square; the lantern and wood
work OF the tower to be painted twice over; the
light house to have one complete electrical con-
ductor, made of copper three quarters of on inch
diameter; well to I've sunk sufficiently deep to
procure good fresh water at a convenient distance
from the dwelling house, bticF ed or stoned up.
with curb, wndlass, chain and bucket. or if wa
ter cannot be had by WELL then q suitable sized
cistern TO be built.
2d. Light House 10 be built in all respects
like the above, except that it is to be carried up
thlr feet instead of 81, and to be placed q suta-
BILE distance from it, and with the latter to range
with the channel in entering Cape Fear River.
| The Dwelling House, to be aced convent
ent distance from the two towers, is to be built of
brick, as follows:
The Dwelling House 10 be ofhard brick thirty
four feet by twenty, story, of eight feet high,
divided into Two rooms, with an entry between
TIE stairs to be in the entry, to go into the cham
bers, which are TO be lathed AMI p!astered-a chin
ney the middle of the house with fire. place
IN each room. iron stone pieces celIer under the
whole OF the house, with sufficient walls of brick
laid up in lime mortel. The roof TO be rectangu-
lar, the boards of which to be joGted and haIved,
and well secured and covered with good merchan-
table shingles-three windows in each room Of
| sixteen lights of by 10 glass each. and one of
the same dimensions in each chamber. The
doors to be four pannelled, with good hinges and
thumb laches to each, and good lock on the out
side door. Closets 10 each room back fthe chimney
all othc floors to be double, and well nailed the
inside walls and ceilings to be lathed and plaster
, ed, and all the inside work to be finished in a
plain decent style, and with good seasoned
timber. Also porch or kitchen. attached to the
! dwelling house, fourteen by twelve feet in the
clear, eight feet high-the room to be athed and
plastered, with double floors, two windows and
one door-a chimney, with fire place and sizea.
BILE oven with an iron dOor-crane trammels and
= hooKs IN INC IRE place In the porch or Ktchen-
one side of the chimney a sink, with spout lead
ing through the stone wall. All the wood work in
side and out to be painted with two coats Of good
. Paint--guers to lead round the house, with spous
to carry off the water out house of brick, feet
by 4, the roof shngled and painted.
. The two towers and dwelling house to be COM
pleed in workmanlikc manner on or before the
st day of September next.
No payment to be made until the buildings are
completed, inspected and approved.
VIM. e. BETTENCUURT, Col.
Dec Is, l84S-Tl4-5t
TO Ii IRE