Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1848-02-16
NOTICE 70 BUILDERS.

g. EALED PROPOSALS will be received
" until the 4!h day of March next, by the
Board of Trustees of the town Of Bellevue,
jackson county, Iowa, for erecting pub
lie building in said town, after the follow
ing plan, viz: The building to be "a by 50
IT,, stone foundation, 20 inches thick, feet
below, and it. above the surface of the
ground face Of the stone above ground to be
dressed--man wall to be brick, the first
story 20 in. thickness in the wall, all above
| that Is in. The first story to be 8 feet in the
clear and arranged as follows, viz: A I fl. hall
extending 2s3 f., and opening by double
door into room in the rear Is by BOA feet
| there are to be two small rooms and 6 f..
stairway on each side ofthe Hal!--she patti
ton walls to consist ofl by in pine or
white oak studaing. placed Is in. from, cen
ire to centre, lathed and plastered. The
inside foundation walls are to be Is inches
thick, two lengthwise and two crosswise
of the building. The front and rear doors,
like that ofthe hall are to be double, 3 in
ches thick 2 feet inches wide, and feet
high, single panel. The said first story to
be lighted by II windows, on each side,
and each front and rear. Side windows
to consist of - lights, 10 iE by ID inches;
front and rear windows. "a lights, 8 in. by
10 in. The frames Of the windows and of
front and reur 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 - feet wide, and one large
room 81 f., by full width Of the building
entrance from the lobby into the large room
to be Is # wide, in the centre post 8 in.
square each side of which to be filled
with PANEL work, containing two panel
DOORS all of which to slide back each way
into double partition wall constructed of
the same material as the lower partition
walls. The large room to be Is feet to the
ceiling, msk1ng the whole building about
81 Ii. high The side and rear windows of
this story, IL in number, to be the same as
the lower side windows--the front windows,
3 in number. same as the lower front wiz
dows. Above the lobby are to be two small
roome, reached by two fight Of steps. lead
ing up fronthe large room, and lighted by
three windows, corresponding to the other
front windows-purttion Of the same mater
al rs those below. All the small doors in
the building, s in number, to be single panel,
2 feet eight inches by feet s in aud 2 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 ball doors to be two
bolts, one at the top, the other at the boz:
tom. Tho lower jcists to be in. by 10 in,
placed Is in. from centre to centre second
tier of joists, % in. by IL in, 16 in. from
centre to centre;--those over the lobby "a
in. by 10 in, lG in. from centre to contre--
the upper and last tier OF joists % by 10 IN,
| 1G from centre to centre-nll to be of pine or
white oak--as also the timber for girders,
&c. That part ofthe large room .ovtr the rear
room Of the first story to be supported by two
turned pillars, 10 inchesi in diameter. The
flooring to be II in. white oak or white ash
not to exceed 8 inches in wdth--matched
and laid down rougl--the stair steps to be
dressed--suitable pine wash boards for oil
tho rooms A good, fashionable, and hea
Wy cornice, suitable for the building, All
the caps and sills to be Of good cut stone
ofsutable dimensions. A good substantial
roof. framed to support itself--No. pine
shingles, a in. to the weather,
| A good fashionable Belfry of suitable
size, the roof Of which to be tin. There
are to be Ave chimney fues in the build
ing. The walls and ceiliog to have three
coats Of plastering- finish. The lum-
Der used iii the Joiner work to be Of white
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
nut up il q good substantial, workmanlike
| manner. Three payments will be made, if
required, during the progress Of the work,
rescrying a. each payment, one third the
value Of the work already done The
building TO be completed BY or before the
first day or December next. The best
quality Of stone can bo obtained within 2
half mile Of the building, and the brick
can BE- made within mile and q half
Timber and water convenient for making
them. 81. -
JAS. L.. KIRKPATRICK,
| President Of the Board.
4 d. II. SpUnR, Clerk.
/ January 25th. 1913. n2l-3t !.
4 05-l'ho TRIBUNE willplease copy, and
chargc this Office. 3