Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-06-06
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IN OElCe 10 STlGSS GullClSTS.
V1HE Commissioners of Meigs County will
/ attend nj the Auditor 5 Office in said county,
on Wednesday, the 18th day of June, next, To
receive and consider proposals for the con-
struction of Bridge over Leading Creek, a
short distance belo6 the mouth OF Thomas
Creek, 10 he built according to the plan and
specifications hereinafter stated: =
The wood worl; is 70 be similar to hat Of the
Chester Bridge the tinbers to be of white
yellow. pine, the covering to be of twe-inch
pine OF yellow poplar plank lined with 4 inch
boards.
1t is to be 90 feet wide from outside to out
side, the sides 10 be inclosed TO within two feet
of,the plate. 1t is TO be covered with good oak
lap shingles, the roof to have Two feet projec-
ton at the caves and ten feet at each eGd.
The whole span to be about l30 feet.
The bridge will rest on an abutment a each
end to be as follows: fhe foundation for the
aJbuimentS to be a platform of timber fiattened
on two sides to the thickness of one foot with
the edges so stroightened that they shall lay
close together, and TO be covered with 3 inch
plank laid across the timber; the whole of each
platform to be 80 fees long hy 10 feet wide, and
to be sunk feet beloW tae bed of the creek,
and deep enough that the peryoanence of the
! foundation shall be satisfactory to the Com
missieners; the cost of the labor on tbs founda-
tion deeper than feet to be paid for as extra
work. The stone work to be on the platforms,
each 10 feet by 30 feet at the base, and the top
course to be % feet above the bed of the crAek,
and to be feet by 20 feet, and to be over the
middle of the base.
The bottom tier of rock 10 be not less than
, feet square, and not less than feet long, the
top course to be Of rock 2 feet square by feet
long, and the intermediate courses to be not
! less than 8 inches high, each rock to be well
| 6edded anu Joints web bfekerl
| The wood work to be fastened down by 6
iron rods, three on each end, l. inches in di-
ameter and extending from the bottom Of the
| abutment, where they are well secured to a
| large iron BAR to timhers at the top of the
abutments, Mt the end of the bridge, to be
well secured at the ends, under the direction
| of the Commissioners.
! There is to be a fill at each end of the bridge
of Bubble stone and dirt. That is. On the
east side of the creek, at the end of the bridge,
the fill is to be of rubble stone, as wide as the
bridge at the top, and running back 20 feet
from the end of the bridge, the remainder of
the fill to be of dirt, and raise sufficiently to
make an easy grade and good road to the end
| OF the bridge. On the west end the fill is to
be of rubbe stone, wide as the bridge at the
top, and filled in in such manner as to make
+ a good road, with easy grade to the end Of the
| bridge. ss,
Proposals will be received at the time and
place above specified, for the entire work. OF
| for the abutments and fill, and wood work
| separately.
| Any further information can be had of Mr.
Lemuel Powell, residing near the proposed
bridge. JOHN r. ELLIS, Com.
Pomeroy, May 2lst, la62-2o-3t
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