The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-01
To Contractors and Builders.

~ EALED Proposals Will be received by the under
| ~ signed committee, or either of shem in Shreve-
port until the first Saturday in April next for the
| BUILDING OF A JAIL in said town for the Parish
of Caddo, the following plan and of the following
dimensions, viz: The huilding be of brick 40 by
so feet stories high, each storyto be feet from
floor TO ceiling, erected on the foundation of the burnt
Jail, which is to be used as the foundation of the
Jail far the same is solid, firm and suitable for
the building to be erected upon, and if any portion
of it has been injured by the fire or otherwise as
to render it unsafe and unfit for that purpose then
the same is to be removed, or much of it is
suitable, and good firm, solid substantial and suf-
fcient foundation is to be laid in lieu thoreof.
The foundation walls TO be built up three feet
above the surface of the ground and laid in good
strong mortar then coated over with good hydraulic
cement half an inch thick, before the floor is laid
leaving air-holcs in the wall under the floor one on
each side. -- --e- .z
The outer brick walls from the foundation or lower
floor to the top of the building be lS 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 jallors to be also of
brick, l3 inches thick. toa
There are to be eight apartments in the building:
four Oh the lower and four on the upper oor with
hall passage eight feet wide between them on both
floors. Four of which on one side of the hall
for the prison rooms, and the other four for the
jailor's residence. Size of prison rooms 15n by IS
feet, and the jalor's rooms lS15 by l8 feet in the
clear. he first or lower floors of the Jail prison
part of the building to be of squared post oak
timber by - 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. 8 by l2 inches
square, six inches from tie brick wall, neatly and
closely dovetailed and well ehnked 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 10 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 setup 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 10 by l0Inches laid close, and to extend to
the brick wall. Both the lower and upper floors of
the jail to be laid with post oak plank 2 by s
inches, spiked the timbers with inch spikes three
inches apart, and lo penny nails between SO as to
have one nail to every square inch and the oist
top of the upper rooms to be covered with squared
post oak timber l0 by 10 inches; the ends of which
also to extend to the brick wall and to be firmly
fastened down to the inner wall timbers, and to be
ceiled with inch post oak plank, nailed to the oist
timbers with one 90 penny nail to every six inches
square, and one 10 penny nail TO every inch. The
partitions between the jail prison to be
of white or post overcup oak timber Shy -, the
same as Oh 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
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 inch post oak plank
crossed and lined with thick sheet iron the out
side, well spiked on. The inside shutter to be made
with iron bars, half inch thick and woinches wide,
crossed and well rlveted together three inches apart
The hinges and locks to be strong and substantial,
with strong bolts. The windows to be 10 feet long
by inches deep with three sets of CRATES, to be
made of inch square barred iron, riveted into two
axebars TIE bars forming the CRATES to be set into
the window sills caps at suitable places that
nothing will show bnt 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 jaor 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, paned, tongued and groved
The lalIors part othe building is to be built like
other dwelling houses, with strong josts and base
boards around the walls in each roen The rooms to
be separated by partition of wood lathed and pas-
tered There TO be two FROM doors opening
Milan street, and one in the middle wall of the east
opening into the hail. and one in the @all sepa-
rating the two lower ro0mS and three doors in the
second story of the alors residence ;one opening from
the hall into each above and inhe wall sep
arapg the two rooms The doors opening from the
hall into the jalor's to be placed where
they will not front those opening into the prison
rooms All the doors are to be by feet in size;
those to the alors rooms are to made of the stuff
commonly used for making doors, two panels each,
bead and butt.
There are to be three windows in each room 1.-TWO in
and two below, with strong iron bars across those
in the hall The windows to have y lights, - by
Is inches; chimney to the east ailors with
two fiues and fire places, one below and one above,
with two good mantel pieces over each. The wall of
the four ailors rooms to be we'll plasered 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. .g-J..s L.-......
There is to be neat stair case in the hall running
from the lower to the upper hall floor the side
next to the jailor's rooms. ...--t
The roof Of the building is to be hipped and cover
ed with galvansed ron with tin cutters all around
it, so inclined convey the water from the front
othe rear part Of the building where it be CON
Quoted into the cistern. 1881. .Ezr - }r=9.a.
The contractor contractors to furnish the mate
rials which is to be of the best kind and to do and
complete the work III 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 the contract. The propo-
sails will be opened at II o'clock M, of the first Sat
urday in April next and the contract let to the
bidder and should the two lowest proposals be equal
in amount the contract will be at the same time let
out the lowest bidder at public auction i'll front of
the Market House, Shreveport. Payments to be made
the work progresses at the discretion of the build
ing committee. r. L. GILMER,
| ~@ J. C. BEALL,
g.. .=..a ...s. ..-. N. E. WRIGHT,
Fnhruarv 1897 Puldinn Committee