Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-03-23
PROPOSALS.

WILL be received until the LIST day of May next for build
vile, OF the following plan and dimensions
81 feet long by % feet broad g feet in the clear of first
story and s. feet in the clear of the story
sucted OF hewn sawed tmbers by 10 inches with the
10 inch vertical resting solid foundation of brick work.
as follows: feet below the surface and foot above
below the outside order receive wall plate for the
support of tie fooro the outer wall follows the tim
of building, and dovetaed at the angleshe tmbers
mnatng at the opening to be framed into vertical piece
wall strips of by inch pieces be spiked in hes a.
part to which the capboads to be Nailed the boards
boards thick enough to receive the entire thickness of the
weatherng also the at the windows and doors the
Wang to be well trunnelled together the os composing
the ceiling of the second story to- project inches beyond
the weatherng on all sides, and from this projection emba
tIementsto be raised 81 feet high, of flush work. mred
the angles and of the same thickness the walls and fin
shed shown iii the drawings the roof to be of good
cypress shingles 10 windows in wall located
IN drawings one door in front the windows to be II lights,
by TO- we'll secured with iron bars passing through
al bars inches wide and inch thick which is to
be boted to the SILL and passing through Of the logs form
ing the WALL and secured by NUT also on the head in like
also, two intermediate to the jambs
and vertical which the ends of the logs framed
the vertical bars to be Of inch rod IRON well rvette6
through the bottom and top bars the frames windows
be wood the stills to be covered with sheet ron
from under the bars outside underneath the SILL and nailed
to the sill the door to be of outer wooden door and
side iron door of solid plate each one to open on the inside
the step the be The interior as follows
passage feet wide around the building enclosing two
cells the floors to be composed of by 10 inch timbes
touching and supported in the centre by wall the same
the OUTER and extending the breadth of the build
ing every fifth jos to doveta in the OUTER wall
ne and the remainder to abut against the OUTER wall and
rest upon the wall plate the brick worthe whole
face of this floor to be covered with good sheet best
quality and nailed down with wrought nails over which
floor of inch plank to be laid and spiked to the log floor
the walls of the cell to be laid the floor framed the
the OUTER wasin each cell windows and door,
located shown in drawngs-he door be the same as
the OUTER door, of good solid plate iron
feet inches high and feet wdethe doors and windows
to be secured in the manner the OUTER ones
The cells to be furnished With prvie pit the cell
lower floor Immediately under partition WALL feet deep
and feet square the inside walls brick II inches
thick and ventilated by tin pipes inches square pass
ing through the roof also, pit of the for the
upper cells to be reached by pipes each to have separate
ventiaor the inside wall of each cell be covered with
sheet iron the the floor and stripped with Il by
inch strips Is inches apart and spiked to the walls the
whole of the interior to have two good coats of pasteng
gder by 10 inches the entire length the build
ing and doveta and trunnel to the OUTER wallis the cells
to be II by 10 feet on the inside.
The ecOndstsy to be in every respect similar the
lower one and accessible by two stairs each side
front door shown in drawings; the ceiling ost of the
second floor be covered with iron the the walls
the to be inches thick the windows of the outer and
inner walls to be furnished with sash hung hinges from
the inside be opened at pleasure the work
All the timber to be of good heart pne and the materials
throughout of good materials in workmanke manner
the whole of the outside work. except the bricks have
two coats of white paint, and the inside two coats
Drawings for the above may be seen at Richlands.
n. B. Address JASPER ETHERIDGE and others, Com
missioners. Jacksonville, Onslow CO., n. G..
March 23 1855. 29-tf.