New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-03-10
OFFICIAL NOTICES--GITY.

Tapped, and soldered where requisite; the flashing
t me base OF me dome and az those reguret
The whole of the copper and tin work shall be ex
ecuted with the best quality of brazers copper anC
double cross tin in the very best and most
like manner and warranted free from leaks for ong
year after the buildings are finished.
STATING.
| The whole of the roofs shall be slated in the vers
i DesI MoLkmanike manner with the best quality
lOxlo inch Weloh states, put on with inches lap OF
leaks for one year after the building is finished the
riddges ana hi2s 70 be covered with the best English
and mortar S''''' = 7''-O
CARPENTER AND JoINERs' WORK.
TIMBER
All the timber used throughout the buiIdino chs n
9e e 81 tne very f Pes DESCRIPTION Of yellow pine
and Tree from rot, sap, or other bad defects.
LUMBER.
The ioiners work shall be ofthe very best deserip-
or other defects, and perfectly well seasoned
FLOOR JoIsTs.
The floor josts shall be 3xl2 and all placed l6
inches from centre 70 centre and well bIidged with
Ioists shall be inches thick.
CEILING JoIsIs.
The ceiling ioists shall be axl2 and l6 inches apart
from centre to centre.
RAFTERs.
The rafters shall be sx6, all placed 20 inches from
centre to centre on Axe inches resting plates and
All other timbers not herein particularly men
TONED. and which may be required to complete the
work, shall be Of proper dimensions
FLOORS
All the interior floors shall be laid with tina hast
wide and Ia inches thick perfectly seasoned, and
galleries shah have ioors q frst qUaty dressed t ey
press planks, not oyer inches wide and ~ inches
thlck, with tongued and groOved edges put down
with white lead in the joints aad made perfectly
an the straight and heading Joints of the inside
and outside floors shall be smoothed Off
sKIRTNGs.
The Recorders court shall have skirtings with a
double face plinth Il inches deep and capped with
80 inch base moulding, The Lieutenant Office. can
room, Clerks office and Recorders office are to have
skrtings with single face pnth Il inches deep and
capped with 2S inches ogee and beve base moudinT.
turned KNOBS Of wood shall be fixed into the skirt
from breaking the plastering.
GROUNDS.
The doorways and windows as well as the skirtfnRs
OF the 'front.' buildings shall be prepared with proper
grounds TO receive the clustering.
me musings MOTIF be put up until the plastering
STAIRS.
The back stairs on the middle building and prison
shall have IA inch treads of hard yellow pine and ~
handrs with Square balusters Of cypress Ibs4
The neweHs, shall be 8 inches diameter and fancy
turned out OF cypress.
MARBLE MANTELs.
The mantels and hearth in the Iieuteuaptls Office
Recorders office, and cap room are to be of black
marble to the value of $50, each with ornamental
GALLERIES
Galleries TO have plain facias and 4xlO inch wood
pltasseTs neatly s9pPs6 and pnthed side
shall be dressed and beaded.
The upper ceiling to be plastered and hard finished
DooRwAYs.
The front door to the Recorders court shall have
a handsome wood fTontispiece inside and trimmings
psnneled jambs, and ceiling, and other requisite tn
elevation and longitudinal section; it shall have
pair of "a, inches out and inside panneled
R S25 plated bu huhg and wiia astoned r 9f
best kind Of wrought iron bolts, and with firstrate
hand plate knobs, and furniture, and trimmings.
The other ooorways in the court room shall nave i
each one to be hung with 41Sx4I inches best butts,
ana fastened with first rate inch American NOR.
tce lock- with silver Manipulated facings, knobs and
escutcheons,
The opening. to have inch Eebat ed jambs and I9&
inch double face band moulded and bedded archi-
traves with ornamental cap and ornaments on the
ihe doorways in front and rear, lower story shall
have impost and head lights, inch rebRted jambs,
and inch opened arcnitraye with band holdings;
ed pannels, well hung with 41sx41S inch best butts
and fastened with drstrate 5 inch Al erican NOR,
tice lock- with pearl white knobs and silVer.pated
faoings and escuteheons. The doorWays in the mid
die building shall hay? plain sm5s with solid tim
Each doorway to have 10 inch PLAIN pAnneled door,
wen hung with 4A4 men pest outs and hastened with
a good american inch Rimlock's mineral knobs
and bronze drops.
The dOOrWayS HeutenAntS office, can room,
CLERK office recorders otoe, etc, shall have plain
i'm posts and headlights.
The whole of the doorways throughout shall have
champhered yellow pine saddles screwed down to
the floor
The whole OF the windows shall be trimmed and
finished to correspond with the finish OF the several
doorWays they shall have ~ glazed sashes, double
good strong sash cord. The front and back windows
Of the recorders court shall have l4inch fourfold
with best butts, and fastened WITH proper hooks.
bolts and iron crossbars where requisite Two folds
pannels, the other two folds to be binds with
The windows in the yard shall have outside II
inch Venetian blind shutters, we'll hung with the
best loose parliament butts, and fastened with shut
ter fastenings and an eight-inch crossbolt.
PLAsTERERs' WORK.
OUTSIDE PLAsTERNG.
MThe outside surface Of the whole of the brick
work of the principal front shall be plastered with
cement mortar composed of the best quality of
fresh hydraulic cement and coarse sharp gritted
Horn Island sand properly mi xed and put on in the
most iudicious manner and neatly colored and
iointed to initiate masonry The color to be chosen
The main eornice mouldings etc. shall be run and
flushed according to the detailed drawings, brick
work TO be wetted before the cement is applied.
INSIDE PLAsTERIEe.
The interior of the front and rear buildings shall
work hard finished in the best workmanlike manner
and appropriate stuoco cornices; also two enriched
stuoco centre pieces Of modern design shown in
The other rooms or Offices shall have plain mould |
The whole Of the interior walls and Getting through
out the prison shall be covered with three coats Of
the best whitewash'
The dome is regular dodecagon with Il equal
sides will be framed each alternate side
tans pannel with mouldings in and outside, and
low ION the inside) pannel corresponding with the
others; On the top there shall be small ooFniee all
around.
PAINTERS AND G1Az1ERs woRK-pA1N1INa.
An the wood and iron work usually painted of the
inside and outside Of the front and rear buildings
sneS othep sb hsSs t5fe GOOD e
BOATS of first quality pure English white lead and
pure linseed oil mixed with such plain celOrs as may
be chosen by the City Surveyor.
The last coat of the main building inside may be
Of French white nc, finished fiat. 80, ~,
The outside window blinds to be finished with PARIS
green. the front doors to be painted imitation o.
pax and vanished The outside surface Of ths PHI
The whole d the work shall be executed Of the
best OF materials Of every KIND and tle MoLnAhsp
10 be OF the best description in every respect
GLAZING.
The Iinhts in the Recorders court shall be glazed
S Nth the best Of F g dope S Quality single
thickness French window glass free from stains and
OssE bs wRos q he lights to Sc & clear ana
perfect on the completion Of the building.
The number Of lights, Sizes etc. to be as indicated
ThS s oor in Recorders court shall have glass eoss
inches diameter inches long, to admit light
IS shown on the plan.
GAS PIPES AND MIXTURES
The necessary gas pipes Of proper size and Of good
ron shall be provided By the CONTRACTOR and intro
ront middle buildinF. and prison The outlets for
handlers and brackets shall be placed in the walls
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