Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-07-11
Maine Central Railroad.

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| Proposals will be received at the office of the
undersigned, until July I'D current, at noon, fol
furnishing materials and building static" house al
| Burnham, according to the specifications annexed
and to the plans The building is to be completed by
Oct. LIST next. The plans can be seen at the office OF
John Given in Lewiston, July Stb 10th, and llth al
my Office in Waterville, July 18th and 18TH and at the
Assistant superintendent Office in Augusta July
July 18th and 18th. The company reserve the right
to reject all proposals if they deem ii for their in
terest so to do. The contractor and his men VIII
be transported free to and from the work whie con
structng said building, and all materials WI! be
WV Nv WV vans EDWIN MOVES, supt
July, Sd. 1871. d.
Specifications for passenger station at Burnham,
23x5l feet, AZ feet post finished. With an Agents
and Telegraph Office Water Closet, and two wait
| ing Rooms.
| MASON WORK.
| To have stone wall laid dry, 3 feet high by ,
| feet thick under the building, built in good work
manlike manner, the top level for the bricks. me
iagsones for the piers will be not less than 6lnches
thick, 2X2 feet, placed feet below the surface OF
| the ground.
| The chimney will be 2ox2i inches, placed on Il
good stone pier below frost, inside plastered, to
| have two inch and two 5 inch iron thmbles for
| stove pipes; there will be soapstones set in the
partitions where the stove pipes pass through, no
wood to come within inches of pipe. There will
be vaulrtx5 feet feet deep built of hard bricks
to project feet outside of the sill with trap door
CLOSELY fitted. To have an inch brick wall under
the sills one foot high of hard burned bricks.
PLAsTERING.
All the rooms will have coat of strong mortar,
skim coated in a workmanlike manner. The first
coat will be hand footed before the skim coat is APP
Piled great care to be exercised to make the mortar
the partitions for the stove pipe to run through The
inside of the opening in partition will be laid with
tin.
CARPENTRY.
The frame will be good, sound, straight, sawed
spruce or hemlock, of the dimensions given on the
schedule. The ceiling joist confined to the studs
with II inch bolts. Raiters spiked to plates. The
wall and roof covered with sound, square boards
of uniform thickness. The floors will be yellow
pine perfectly seasoned, tongued and grooyed e
inches thick, not to exceed inches wide, blind
nailed. The roof covered with extra sawed cedar
shingles, laid inches to the weather. There will
be galvanized iron gutter on the caves with two
inch conductors on each side to carry the water to
the ground inside of the brackets the face of those
brackets put on with screws. There will be six
brackets on each side and three on each end built
of solid pine timber, except those where the con-
ductors come will be Ia inch plank. The gable
ends will be sheaihed upright, the joints covered
with moulded batten the top side OF the belt will
be covered with sheet zinc, turn up boarding.
inches. The walls covered with extra spruce clap
boards, laid to lap \ inches. There will be arred
paper under all the finish and joints where the
clapboards intersect, to stop wind and water from
driving through. The sash will be best quail.
ity llXlS, "a inches thick, glazed with I'd quality
German glass, all the top sash balanced with weights
the lower sash will be stationary, to have strong
sash fastenings. The frames and finish will be
agreeable to the details. There will be four ticket
sash black walnut glazed with ground
glass l4y20 these windows will slide up in the par.
titon. The doors will be first quality, outside 3X7
feet, = inches thick hung with strong loose joints
butts, trimmed with store door latches and strong
lock. There will be topghts the outside doors
to carry the finish up the same height OF the Win
dows; the inside doors feet inches NJ feet | a
inches thick, hung with loose butts trimmed with
brass face mortce locks and mineral knobs. The
waiting rooms and Office will have pilasters and
caps on the doors and windows. There will be an
have ventator SXl0 from the water closet through
the roof The walls of all the rooms will be sheathe
from the floor to the windows with narrow uprights
dry pine, with moulded base and surbase. The
nice will be agreeable to plans. All the finish will
be sound, seasoned pine, free from large and loose
knots shakes and lap where exposed to the weather.
The inside finish will be kiln dried; there will be
strips in each room with one dozen strong ward
robe hooks. Also Il strong wood chest with cover,
for each waiting ROOM
PLATFORM.
viii be 10 feet wide on the ends, and 10 feet wide
the front, supported on brick piers, the timbers
will be hemlock; floor plank, spruce. The plat.
form will be extended feet wide, TO such length as
required by the engineer in charge, at per lineal
foot; the sill will rest on the ground The grading
to be done by the Railroad Company.
PAINTING.
The sash will be bronzjn green; the outside will
have three coats of such color as directed by the
painted and grained in oil and vanished with good
body varnish. The best quality of pure white
lead to be used. All done in good workmanlike
manner. All the material will be of good quality,
the work done in good strong workmanke man
ner agreeable to the plans and specifications and
to the acceptance of the Chief Engineer. To be as
good in every respect as the one at Readiield,
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