The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1851-04-19
Scaled Proposals.

ea<S<.uS Addressed 10 the Chief Engineer, CO.
eest.ss lurnl,a, will he received until the Ist
lsE-sa5---of May, for building TWO DEPOT3
Tor the lirccnvilc uDd Columbia Railroad, one ut
Abbcvile and tho other at Anderson court house,
according to the following specification:
Tho Depot TO BE- built will good hard burn
cd bricks, of the best quality.
g. The house shall be eighty E.rr Ionr bv forty
feet wide, divided mt end bv brick fartitioi,
walls into two ro0nis, about eighteen frrf sut,are
from the bottom OF foundation to top OF floor will
he sx feet from top of floor to under side of ,oo
glrdcr twelve feet the foundation walls To be Y
l-2 bricks thick, reaching up from tho basc tho
outside walls TO be bricks thick, and partition
walls l = bricks thick; gube cnds to bc run vi,
- bricks thick the interior OF tie foundation,
TO DC divided by seven parallel walls, l-2 bricks
thick, extending cr0xswisc of the hIilding the
Whole to be laid in good lime ,nortur, aud outsid.
faces Of wall TO In pointed.
3..Iwo platforms shall be built, one OH cnch
side of the building, extending the whole length,
ten feet wide, and supported, by continuous brick
wall - bricks thick, raised UP from, foundation.
L.. Upon the walls will be- Ibid continuous
ly tinbcrs 3xI0, and upon these the floor boards
will be placed 3xl2 nnd IL inches npan and notch
cd down, nnd upon these again floor will he laid
2 inches thick, closely fitted aud spiked down; IN
the same manner the floor of the plutfor will be
la'l. The flooring Of two ls-f.ot rooms will bc of
IL inch heart pine flooring plank, tongucd und
groovcd.
The large room will have five doors, eight
icct square Inclusive OF rancs two open each
side and one ut the end the smaller ROOMS will
have door in PARTITION wall between the rooInn,
door in each leading INTO the large room, and
door in each leading to the pl,tform-in all five
doors, ixs. The doors will all he panclled, very
substantially nude and secured by strong locks
and l,,stcnings the lurgc doors will be- secured on
the inside by wooden bars. There will DO in euch
small room two windows Of eighteen lights each
the sash to be hung with weights and panmelled
shutters to hang outside, will, secure fastenings.-
places md chimneys will be built in each of
the small rooms, and muntel-pieccs set 10 them.
6..The small rooms shall be iuthed upon the
ceiling aud walls, all plastered with two rough
coats, nnd one Of hard white finish.
1.-The roof shall be supported by sevcn truss
cd frames, set ten feet apart each shall con-
sist Of tic beam l2x9, two principal rufters SKI,
king post 12x9, and two braces 6x4 the tie
beam for each truss shnlI be of one piece, and
shall be laid upon plates 3xlO, extending the whole
OF the side wallis; this beam shall be strapped and
bolted TO the king post and each raier shall be
cured III the same why 70 the tie beam. P..!iers
4x6 shalt be laid across the trussed frames, und
notchcd down inch, at distances feet apart
Upon the pnreus will be nailed securely pnnka
inch thick by inches wide, well seasoned and
laid with close square jonts-the whole to be COW
cred will. lest quality n urd painted three coats
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