The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-02-18
70 Contractors and Builders.

- EALED Proposals will be received by the under
~ signed committee or either of them, in Shreve
port, until the first Saturday in April next for h
BUILDING OF A JAIL in said town, for the Parsl
OF Caddo, on the following plan and of the following
dimensions viz: The building to be of brick 40 by
oo feet two stories high each story to be feet from
floor to ceiling, erected the foundation of the burn
jail, which Is to be used as the foundation of the
jail as far the same is solid firm and suitable TO
the building to be erected upon and if any portion
OF 1t has been injured by the fire or otherwise
to render 1t unsafe and unfit for that purpose theT
the same is to be removed, much of it is un
suitable and good firm, solid, substantial and suf
hc1ent foundation is to be laid in lieu thoreof.
The foundation walls are to be built up three fee
above the surface of tlw ground and laid in gooc
strong MORTAR then coated over with good hydraulic
cement half an inch thick, before the floor is laid
leaving airholcs in the wall under the floor one OF
each side.
The outer brick walls from the foundation or lowe,
floor to the top of the building TO be Is inches thick
and to be run up 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, l3 inches thick.
There to be eight apartments in the building:
four Oh the lowerand four.on the upper floor with a
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
Jallor's residence. Size of prison rooms l515 by Is
feet, and the jalors rooms 1877 by Is feet in the
clear he first or lower floors Of the iail or prison
part OF the building are to be of squared post oak
timber by II inches laid close the ends to extend
and rest on at least inches of the foundation wall
Inside of the jail part of the brick walls are to be
built four pens 1.-TWO below and two above) of post
oak, white oak or overcup timber, s by IL inches
square, six inches from the brick wall, neatly and
closely dove tailed and well chinked the corners to
prevent much settling The space between the pens
and the brick wall Is to be filled in with squared post
oak tlmbers by 10 inches set 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 set up endwise and fastened to the tmbers with
five 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 III by 10 inches laid close, and to extend ont
the brick wall. Both the lower and upper floors of
the Jail are to be laid with post oak plank 2 by s
inches, spiked to the timbers with inch spikes three
inches apart, and III penny nails between, to
have one nail to every square inch and the oist or
top of the upper be covered with quared
post oak timber III 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 oist
tlmbers with one ~ penny aail to every six inches
square, and one III penny nail to every inch. The
partitions between the jail prison to be
OF white or post or overcup oak timber s by IL, the
same on 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 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 the out
side, we'll 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 IL inches deep, with three sets of CRATES, to be
made of "a inch square barred iron riveed into two
a Ibp h1rs h, ln-
the window sills 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 of the iailor's
part of the building are to be laid with hard and we'll
burnt brick, put down edgewise, and the other
IN that part of the building to be laid with flooring
plank, planed, tongued and groved.
The jailors part of the building is to be built like
other dwelling houses, with strong joiss and base
boards around the walls in each The rooms to
be separated by partition of wood lathed and plas
tered. There are to be two front doors opening on
Milan street, and one in the middle wall of the east
room opening into the hall, and in the wall sepa
rating the two lower rooms, and three doors in the
second story OF the alors resdenceo one opening from
the hall into each room above and in the wall sep
arating the two The doors opening from the
hall into the jalors rooms are to be placed where
they Will not front those opening into the prison
rooms. All the doors are to be ; by feet III size
those to the ailor's to made of the stuff
common y used for making doors, two panels each,
bead and butt.
There are to be three windows in each room two in
front and one i'll the end) and two in the hall above
and two below with strong iron bars across those
in the hall. The windows to have u lights II by
is inches one chimney to the east jailors with
two tlues and fire places, below and one above
with two good mante pieces over each. The wall of
the four jalors to be well plastered and white
washed. The jaiors 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 in the hall running
from the lower to the upper hall floor the side
next to the ailors rooms.
The roof of the building is to be hpped and cover
ed with galvanlsed iron, with tin cutters all around
it, inclined as to convey the water from the front
the part of the building, where it can be CON
Quoted into the cistern.
The contractor contractors to furnish the mate
rials which is to be of the best kind and to do and
com plete the work in good, substantial and work
rranlike manner by the first of November next and
give bond with two good and solvent securities for
the faithful performance ofhe contract. The propo-
sails will be opened at y 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 time let
out to the lowest bidder public auction in front of
the Market House. Shreveport. Payments to be made
as the work progresses at the discretion of the build
ing committee. R. L. GILMER,
J. c. BEALL
n. E. WRIGHT,
February IL 1857. Building Committee