New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-04
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ue gIodpd. .,... ;,,,s. lono nine io.hes vid.
ard fouY inches thick is Of tho beet sversg- sac ~
n olcins and for building. They ae sometimes msde
a.t.eu inches long and twelve inches vie; III such
tee inch sdobs they afford the ue.os of bHdicg the
vail s'ropgy by al ernahpg hesdtrs and saetcefs ~
Ia bickayng.
IL TIE hot Spring and Summer suns two or thre'
day. uninterrupted y'DR is suicient at tne nrs' the
adj be ere bsn carefully turned up on edg- 80 As %
.x,oe TIE under still wet fac TO the soltbe aud
cid tun,hrne They sb ulo be left 10 this poeiion
fr,n uek to fifteen days to dry th rosghl'-" en-
# lot waited for iDm oiste use they uoy Do stacked
Oh .rR aid GOV er,d from thu weather.
1.-The four workrnen before mentioned should be
abb. r. NAL q from 40 TO $50 sdoo@ per day
The poorer cissses of M-1caos work at bulldog
much In The intervals Of other labor. This has re 40
vantage in p4rm ting The portion OF vail slresdy
,ad 10 sette ano dry before portion is laid UPON
H. The wall II laid about too feet high, aud extending
slOpg the grouId plan OF the building AZ Tar Is ,neS
can work until cal I'd away tor farm snd other lad r.
Bat not more than two feet in hight built uuh' the
utv u. two feet has had at e-ss seven days orsins
X good Gather In this way his houst-w4l 10 biilt,
sp6 when trey completed the Ssli 10 permitted 10
CRY foI week or ten Gays b. 70 the roof covering
laid en- l. u not uDfequsnty left to DRY fer year
but this because toey have Lot the Means or leisure
time TO cover IT, This has s advantage N the N ne
G. npi.'e teth and dry ns Of ths ~nli hodss. 10
Ees MEXICO nre seldom built over o1e story his1'
This .psbl.s The BUILDER g place on the roof covering
al once II In base 70 OccuDy. But In all cases inter-
v.t in lbs ork must b allowed or thu house gill not
ony be u1.sf-, but # i'll Dedi,tsIy occupied, de- up
nj dirsRree,ble. The iDeide plssering to mud 10
uost nequeny done before the ruof 70 covered In 90
% to CRY with the wall.
"If The vail has t, Be left unfinished through the
Fall IaiDe or the Winter the top Of covered win
a busfy weed called carhanala aud this topped NTH
a covering Of earth thus tff ctusly xouIins ~stsr
AID projecting II TIL the ensuing year If door aud
wbco~ Fl ames ready At hsd tns MeIc.ns prefsr
to put them in they build up bat it is oteosr the
car that they cave tbe gap for doors and Siado"s un
bl "a 9th the frames till the whole Is hoshet. ONT
It'd 10 say Il at the sdobes are laid with msd norter
made tom the earh 1T the base d tho wall the holes
bus truto are readily d len asain with the rubbish
from N G house when compile ed.
The wall beiIg now supposed finished aud resty
to receive he 1907 covering be Wy jo~t, I'm Spoush,
riRdJ ole aio about 80 feet spart on the top OF tle
rui,r .ropg enough bear o-,t depth Of EARN
al over tire roof, the vgas as they rest upon he wall
are suppNrt<d upOb bcsror plates "a they ara csef
20 distribute the stigat Of the root aud prevent the
io Ia irou crushing Dto the wallis Auose the vlgts
and over the Whole roof we now psce polls svcdayios
sb ut t~o ipcb.s in disneter ed totpLds th-
lar.e Get on the highest side Of the Of u begin the
roIstD this they place close covering of the cacn
nind tefore mel toned ~hich IL aromatc aud IN ct
pet rsble to keep out bus; it b evergreen aud
ait Ut The meet suitable length To l the n'er tics 10
s.rce of eaehanIa TIE covering of tina roof il
row put op extend all round the roof TO the psrapet
.bo,e he vigas which is only one half the Width Of
u e va. belO~-ths trings rbe dutroJf to oOver
@, e.half the width thickness Of the wall, BY which
Leaks in he room b.lov are proven I'D.
I" 1his diagram may serve 70 give g better idea OF
what have said: