The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-03-18
To Contractors and Builders.

| SEALED proposals VIII De received by the under
! ~ signed committee, or either of them in Shreve
port until the first Saturday in April next for th,
BUILDING OF A JAIL in said town, for the Parisl
OF Caddo. the following plan and of the following
dimensions, viz: The building to be of brick 40 by
50 feet, two stories high each story be feet from
floor to ceiling erected the foundation of the burn
jail, which is to be used as the foundation of the new
jail far as the same is sold firm and suitable fo
the building to be erected upon, and if any portion
OF 1t has been injured by the fire otherwise as
to render it unsafe and unfit for that purpose, ther
the is to be removed, so much of it as is un
suitable, and good firm, solid, substantial and suf
| fcient foundation is to be laid in lieu thereof
The foundation walls are to be built up three fee
| above the surface of the ground and laid in gooa
strong mortar then coated over with good ydraulit
cement half an inch thick before the floor is laid
leaving airholcs in the wall under the floor, one
each side. s -E -'f
The outer brick walls from the foundation or lowe,
floor to the top of the building to be Is inches thick
and to be up one and half feet above the caves
all around the roof and the partition walls between
the Jail proper and the ailors room to be also OF
brick, IL inches thick. = ..--.
There to be eight apartments in the building:
four on the lower and four on the upper floor with
hall passage eight feet wide between them on both
floors -Four of which rooms on one side of the hall
are for the prison rooms, and the other four for the
jailors residence. Size OF prison rooms l515 BY Is
feet, and the jaiors rooms ls1a by Is feet in the
clear The first or lower floors Of the Jail or prison
part of the building to be of squared post oak
timber by II inches laid close, the ends to extend
and rest at least inches of the foundation wall
Inside of the Jail part of the brick walls to be
built four pens 1.-TWO below and two above) of post
oak, white oak or overcup timber. 8 by ~ inches
square, six inches from the brick wall, neatly and
closely ovetaed and we'll chnked at the corners to
prevent much settling The space between the pens
and the brick wall is to be filled in with squared post
oak timbers by III inches upon their ends close
to each other but not fastened and the inside of the
pens are to be lined with post oak plank, 2 inches
thick up endwise and fastened to the tmbers with
tive inch spike nails, to every six inches square
and one ten penny nail to every inch square.
The second floor of the Jail to be of squared post
oak 10 BY 10 inches laid close, and to extend out
the brick wall. Both the lower and upper floors of
the Jail are to be laid with post oak plank by s
inches, spiked to tie timbers with inch spikes three
inches apart, and 10 penny nails between, so as to
have one nail to every square inch; and the ost or
top OF the upper rooms to be covered with squared
post oak timber 10 by 10 inches; the ends of which
are also to extend to the brick wall and to be firmly
fastened down to the inner wall timbers, and to be
celed with inch post oak plank, nailed to the jost
tmbers with one 2O penny nail to every six inches
square, and one III penny nail to every inch. The
partitions between the Jail prison rooms to be
OF white or post or overcup oak timber s by r. the
same the inside of the brick wall closely dove
tailed at the ends, without any space between them;
but to be lined inside with inch post oak plank, as
the other sides.
Each room of the jail is to have one door and two
windows. The doors to have two shutters. The
outer shutter to be made of 2 inch post oak plank
crossed and lined with thick sheet iron on the out
side, well spiked on The inside shutter to be made
with iron bars, half inch thick and two inches wide
crossed and well rvetted together three inches apart
The hinges and locks to be strong and substantial
with strong bolts. The windows to be 10 feet long
by III inches deep, with three sets of CRATES to- be
made of "a inch square barred iron riveted into two
axe-bars Tie bars forming the CRATES to be set into
the window slls on caps at suitable places, that
nothing will show but the CRATES and to extend six
inches beyond the sides. The lower floor of the hall
and the floor in the east lower room of the TAILOR S
part the building are to be laid with hard and we'll
burnt brick, put down edgewse, and the other rooms
in that part of the building be laid with flooring
plank, planed, tongued and groved.
The lallors part of the building is to be built like
other dwelling houses with strong ioists and base
boards around the walls in each room. The rooms to
be separated by partition of wood, athed and pas-
tered. There tn be two front doors opening on
Milan street, and in the middle wall of the east
opening into the hail. and one in the wall sepa-
rating the two lower rooms, and three doors in the
second story of the aiors residence opening from
the hall into each room above and in the wall sep
arating the two rooms. The doors opening from the
hall into the lailor's to be placed where
they will not front those opening into the prison
rooms All the doors are to be 3 by feet in size:
those to the lalor's to made Of the stuff
commonly used for making doors, two panels each,
bead and butt.
There are be three windows in each room 1.-TWO in
front and one in the end and two in the hall above
and two below, with strong iron bars across those
in the hall The windows to have - lights, II by
Is inches; chimney to the east jalor's room with
two fues and ire-places, one below and one above,
with two good mautel pieces each. The wall of
the four aors to be well plastered and white
washed The jailor's part of the house is to have
two good coats of paint inside and out, including
doors and windows. All the doors to have good
hinges and locks.
There is to be neat stair case in the hall running
from the lower to the upper hall floor on the side
next to the jailor's rooms.
The roof of the building is to be hipped and cover
ed with galvansed iron, with tin cutters all around
it, so inclined to convey the from the front
to the rear part of the building, where it be
Quoted into the cistern
The contractor or contractors to furnish the mate
rias which is to be of the best kind, and to do and
complete the work in good, substantial and work
manlike manner by the first of November next and
to give bond with good and solvent securities for
the faithful performance of the contract The propo-
sails will be opened at l2 o'clock NJ of the first Sat
urday in April next and the contract let to the lowest
bidder, and should the two lowest proposals be equal
in amount the contract will be at the same time let
out TO the lowest bidder at public auction in front of
the Market House, Shreveport. Payments to be made
the work progresses at the discretion of the build
ing committee. R. i. GILMER,
J. C. BEALL,
N E.. WRIGHT