Butte record., 1855-02-03

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erected at BM,ceh, Butte Countg, Cal
Jornia, for tie BidmeH Bridge Com,
pany.
The Bridge may have span Of two hun
dred and forty feet, measured in straight
line from pier to pier. There are to be four
wire cables, two on a side, about two inches
apart on the same plane. Each cable to con-
tain two hundred and five wires, size number
ten; each wire in said cables to be first stretch
! ed, tested and freed from kinks, and if of the
proper strength, TO be then layed together
compactly, giving to each wire in position, the
same tension Each wire, before they shall
have been made into the cables, shall be dip
ped several times into linseed OIL boiled with
small portion of litherage and lampblack-
Each cable is to raped spirally with wire
tightly. Each cable before being placed to its
position, is to receive a thick coating of ;he
foregoing preparation of linseed oil Sc, and
finally painted with wite lead paint. Each of
said cables when placed in its position. to have
the same sine and versine. The swag Of
each cable to be not less than twelve feet
The cables at each end are to run over tow
ers, and resting on east iron saddles, the same
as hereinafter mentioned, running back with
a versine to the tower, twenty feet, on to the
point, where they strike the anchorage, each
| being fastened to different anchorage on the
same line, on the same plane, and making
equal verslnes. The anchorages are to be
wrought iron bars, imbedded securely TO the
best advantage ia the bed rock, SO that each
anchorage will bear pressure or pull in the
direction Of tho cables, equal to one hundred
tons, the same to be done in the best and most
durable manner. Each cable is to be fastened
TO the anchorage by an adjusting screw or
keys, in the most approved manner, having a
equal "a c;th 10
The suspension Chains are to be of number
ten wire, and about three. fourths of an inch
in diameter, each wire to be tested and paint
ed as those in the cables Said chains are to
be fastened alternately to each cable They
are TO be fastened at the top to their respect
i've cables, by iron saddle clasping the ca
bic securely. The saddle and suspendnr
chains on each cable are to be apart alternate
ly seven feet measuring from the centre Of
each saddle through the entire span, making
the road way bearers three and-a-half feet
apart. The saddles on each cable are to be
fastened one to the other in suitable manner
by number seven wire tapping its respective
cable three or more times between cash saddle
The chains at the lower ends are to be fasten
ed securely to stlrrup that shall clasp the
tranversal road bearers. The strruIs at the
suspending points to be made with an impres
sion at the point of suspension, to receive the
chain. These chains from the point of sus-
pension are to have slight and uniform obli-
guilty towards the longitudinal axis Of the
Bridge. as well as toEords the centre Of the
curve.
ABUTMENTS OR PIERS.
There is to be one on each siie If the river,
about two hundred and forty feet apart lis
foundation is to be icveled an / solid. Each
abutment might be thirty feet long, ten feet
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way passes above high warter mark. That
particular portion Of the pier which is design
ed to support the towers. if the same shall be
built Of cast iron-shall be raised about one
loot above the road way These abatments
shall have groove on their face towards each
other, Of the proper Dimensions and quality,
for the roadway to abut against
These abutments or piers shall be constructed
Of the strongest and best quality Of stone
within one half mile of the site of said Bridge
The same is to receive batter on ali Sides
The stone is to be layed in hydraulic cement
and grouted The cement to be the best and
l. o durable. The work to be dressed Iu5-
ble Masonry.
There shall be four towers, cast iron or
stone They shall each be composed Of four
east iron columns, inclining inwards at the
top, and their base resting on. and fastened to
a tabular iron plate of sufficient SIZE and
strength. Said plate thall be anchored to the
pier The columns 1T the top shall be firmly
united to each other, and 50 constructed that
the towers on the same side, can be firmly
! fastened at the top to each other by an iron
cross bar of sufficient strength Said cross bar
to have iron bracse connecting it with the
towers. Each tower to be constructed with
view to fasten the cast iron saddles over which
each cable is to pass. The saddles to be
seated ON rollers on the top Of the towers so
that the cables can accommodate themselves
The same to be done securely. They are to be
sixteen feet high, ana bear pressure of nine
ty tons.
If the towers should be constructed with
stone, they are to be sixteen feet high and
sufficiently strong to bear a pressure of ninety
tons, with proper batter, to be connected at
the top by a cross bar of iron or timber. and
braced to the towers The tops shall receive an
iron plate, made fast and permanent to the
tower, to which shall be fastened the cast iron
saddles made as aforesaid.
The road way is to be eighteen feet in the
clear, and the timber used shall be Yellow
Pine, or other timber Of equal strength and
durability 1t is to be crowned at the centre
about two feet The road bearers are to be
four by twelve inches, and not less than twen-
ty feet long, excepting every sixth one, which
shall not be less than twenty five and-a-half
feet. The road bearers are fastened to the
suspending chains bp stirrups as heretofore
described, and shall at least be one for every
chain, three and half feet apart The road
way bearers shall be covered diag0nally with
plank two and a-half inches thick by not less
than twenty-five feet l5ng. upon which flooring
there shall be n second flooring of the same
thickness and dimensions, layed in a cross di-
agonal to the first, each TO be thoroughly
spiked. Inside of the suspendiug chains a
piece of timber two by eight inches shall be
layed the length Of the road way. which shall
be fastened by iroa bolts to every fourth road
bearer
THE PARAPET
Shall be constructed on the principle Of
Towns Lattice. The upper cord shall be a
curve with 4 crown of not less than FIVE feet
above the crown of the Bridge The cords
shall be two by eight inches, with diagonal
braces, with three and -a-half feet run,
screwed together with iron rods also, iron
straning rods. connecting the upper cord of
the parapet with the road bearers, and the
same screwed together firmly The circular
cords of the parpet at each end to be securely
anchored into the stone abutments The road
bearers that are twenty-five and a half feet
long, are to be braced at each end to the para
pet, to prevent any outward pressure of the
parapet. There is to be corresponding num-
Der GU the inside. The parapet is to be built