The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-08-22


r.rr PAS. LABARRs, Deputy Controller.
DTiioSs TO BIZ MADE TO THE ooURr aouss, TO
FIT 1T UP FOR THE USE OF THE SEVENTH Dis
TRIcr COURT, AND ALSO FOR THE WANTS OF THE
THIRD AND FOURTH DISTRICT COURTS.
SEVENTH DISTRICT COURT.
The existing partition in the center shall be re-
moved.
The center opening shall be filed with tran
som light, and the remainder with brick wall Of
same thickness as the old one.
The party wall dividing the present rooms from
chmneys right and left, and shall be rebuilt solid
and flush with the two side walls.
girder, as shown on the plan and section, shall
be placed across the space left, to support the
joists Of the upper floor.
Two new partitions shall be put up to divide the
present room from the clerks office of the Third
and Fourth District Courts. the studding being of
5-5 yellow pine, placed one foot apart.
Two new doors with transom lights, on the hail.
in place Of those existing.
The openings on Charities street shall be over
hauled and thoroughly repaired, the walls aud
ceilings shall be plastered three coats and hard
In each of the clerks offices for the Third,
Fourth and Seventh District Courts, shall be
flight Of winding stairs similar in construction to
those already existing in the Supreme and Fifth
District Courts. Around the walls there shall be
o four-feet-high wainsootpg, made of narrow inch
yellow pine flooring, with q moulding on top. The
ekirting shall be sixteen inches high, one and
half inch thick, and three inches moudings.
The judges and clerks stands, the lawyers
table, the platform for the jury seats, the deputy
sherif's stand, the witness benches and railing,
shall be similar to those now used In the Third
District Court, and placed in conformity with
plans.
: Third Story-The floor shall be leveled; the
old tie beams shall be completed, leveled,
strengthened, cramped and bolted throughout.
The josts for the new floor shall be of the best
yellow pine by 8. supported by trmmers by 1,
well nailed TO the old timbers and placed l6
inches from centers.
The upper joists for ceiling shall be of similar
size.
The studding forming wall all round the man
sard roof and for the partitions shall be of by a.
placed foot from center and resting on plates
3 by above and below.
The door posts shall be by 4. The chimney
fues now existing shall be pulled down wherever
found in bad condition, and rebuilt from the level
of the old floor to the top, above the roof.
The flooring shall be of narrow, yellow pine, II,
tongned and grooved, of good quality and free Of
bad defects.
The partition doors, with transom lights. shall
be double panel, II thick, hanged with 4-inch
butt hinges. aud good American rim lock.
The transom lights In the partitions shall be Of
the same dimensions as those above the doors.
The present door of the law library shall be
used in the new room.
The skirings all round the rooms and passage
shall be Of II cypress, IL inches high, with g.
1DCn mOulOiDg.
The walls. ceilings, partitions, throughout the
third story, shall be lathed and plastered three
coats, hard finished. .r
Four new dormsnts. similar TO those already
existing, shall be placed as marked on the plan.
The main stairs, leading from the second story
TO the third, shall be made ss per plan. with Ii
inch risers. l.; inch treads, with mouldings and
return nosing walnut railing. with turned bsllus-
tiers, dove-taed in the tresds, and fancy turned
newell, also of black walnut.
Two water closets, as per plan, with porcelain
basins, and lead pipes, two inches in diameter,
descending into the yards gutter. The flooring
shall be raised above the flooring OF the passage,
and shall be covered with zinc, NO. Is having
fall sufficient to carry of the water into the pipes
leading 10 the yard.
The walls shall be wainscoted, four feet high on
each side; one partition six feet high 10 divide
the two closets. and one lattice door to each
closet.
The stairs leading to the cupola shall be re.
paired. $3.50.
The cupola and the outside Of the dormant win.
dows shall receive three coats of the best white
lead and shall be ssnded. The wood work usually
painted and the iron, shall receive three coats of
paint Of the color designated.
The roof stating shall be overhauled and III Dr..
oughly repaired, and the ridges and chimneys
pointed ell round with good mortar Of lime and
white sharp sand.
The valleys, hanging cutters and leaders shall
be thoroughly repaired all round the main build
ing. and those missing or decsyed shall be re
placed.
The gas pipes now existing shall be repaired.