Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-03-30
PROPOSALS


WILL be received until the ls day of Law next for br
w ing Jail for Onslow County, in the town Of Jackson
vile, of the following plan and Dimensions:
81 feet long 10y % feet broad 81 feet the clear of first
story and St feet in the clear of the story 10 be con-
struced of hewn sawed timber by inches with the
10 inch vertical resting solid foundation of brick work
follows: feet below the surface and one foot above
ground. IL inches thick the half of wall to be inches
below the outside, in receive wall plate for tho
support of the ooroist the outer wall follows the tim
bers composing the wall to the entire eng ard breadth
of building and dovetailed at the anges-t6e timbers ter
mnatng at the opening to be framed into vertical piece
of the zeand from the brick work to the top of
wall strips of by inch pieces to be spiked on Is in hes
part to which the capboards IRE to be nailed the boards
show inches abuting at tho angles against good
boards thick enough to receive the entire thickness of the
weatherng also, the at the windows and doors the
wang to be well trunneled together the jos composing
the ceiling of the second story to project inches beyond
tementsto be raised 81 feet high, of flush work. mitred
the angles and of the thickness the walls and fiji
ished shown in the drawings the roof be of good heart
cypress shingles 10 windows in wall located shown
in drawings; door in front the windows be II lights
by TO- we'll secured with iron bars passing through horizon
tai bars inches wide and inch thick, of which BO
be boed to the SILL and passing through of the
ing the WALL and secured by nut, also the head like
manner ALSO two intermediate secured to the ut
and vertical piece in which the ends of the logs framed
the vertical bars to be Of one inch rod iron well yed
through the bottom and top bars the frames of Windows
to be wood, the stills to be covered with sheet passing
from under the bars outside underneath the sill and nailed
sill the be of an outer wooden door md an
side iron door of solid pate each open the inside
the step at the door to be of wood The interior follows
passage feet wide around the building enclosing two
cells, the floors to be composed of by 10 inch tbe
touching and supported in the by wall the
the OUTER one, and extending the breadth Of the build
ing every fifth lOs to dovetal in the cutter wall and rn
nell and the remainder abu against the wall and
rest upon the wall plate the brick workthc whole sur
face OF this floor to be covered with good sheet best
quality, and nailed down with wrought nails which
floor of inch plank to be laid and spiked to the log floor
the walls of the cell to be laid the floor and framed Ae
the OUTER wasn each cell windows and door,
located as shown in drawingsthe door to be the SANE M
the OUTER door, of good solid plate, set in rae
feet inches high, and feet wdethe doors and Wnd0N
to be secured in the the OUTER
The cells furnished with pTYieg pit for the cell
lower floor immediately der partition wall, feet deep
and feet square the rsde walls OF brick, II inches
ing through the roof also, pit Of the size for The
upper cells to be reached by pipes each have separate
ventiator, the inside wall of each cell be covered win
sheet iron the the floor and stripped with u '
inch strips Is inches apart, and spiked to the walls W
whole of the interior have fo good coats Of plaste
and immediately over and in connection with the side w
girder by 10 nches to the entire length Of the bu
ing, and doVeta and trunne the OUTER walls the CELL
to be II by 10 feet on the inside.
The sec0nd-stsry to be in every respect similar TO NV
lower and accessible by two stairs each SIDE
second floor to be covered with the the "a
the Jost to be inches thick the windows Of the ou
inner walls to be furnished with sash hung hinges TOE
the inside to be opened at pleasure the masos "
to be of good hard red brick laid in good strong mort
All the timber to be of good heart pine, and the mae
throughout of good materials, In wOrkmanllke mann
1.-THE whole of the outside work, except the bricks, to nav
two coats of white paint, and the inside two coats.
Drawings for the above may be at Richards -
n. B. Address JASPER ETHERIDGE and Others IoI
| missioners, Jacksonville, Onslow CO., N. c.. ,
| March %, 1855. Igt.-