Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-07-12

July, Sd, 1871.
Specifications for passenger station at Burnham,
23x5i feet, IA 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 by2
feet thick under the building built in good work
manlike manner, the top level for the bricks. The
fagstones for the piers will be not less than inches
thick, IN feet, placed feet below the surface of
the ground.
The chimney will be 20x24 inches, placed on
good stone pier below frost inside plastered, to
have two inch and two ) inch iron thimbles 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 vault4x5 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 workrnanlike manner. The first
coat will be hand footed before the skim coat is APP
Piled great to be exercised to make the mortar
firm to the laths. There will be soapstones set in
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 jost confined to the studs
with "a inch bolts. Rafters 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 grooved .
inches thick not to exceed g inches wide, blind
nailed. The roof covered with extra sawed cedar
shingles, laid inches to the weather. There will
be a galvanized iron gutter on the with two 3
inch conductors 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&here the con
ductors come will be Ia inch plank; The gable
ends will be shealhed upright, the Joints covered
with moulded batten, the top side of the belt will
be covered with sheet zinc, turn up on boarding
inches. The walls covered with extra spruce clap
boards, laid to lap Ia inches. There will be tarred
paper under all the finish and joints where the
clapboards inrersect, to stop wind and water from
driving through. The sash will be best quail
ty lixls, IL 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
agreeable to the details. There will be four ticket
windows sash black walnut g ld with ground
ttion The doors will be first quality, outside 3N1
feet Ia inches thick, hung with strong loose joints
lock. There will be topllghts over the outside doors
to carry the finish mp the same height of the win
dows the inside doors feet q inches X7 feet =
inches thick, hung with loose butts, trimmed with
brass face mortice locks, and mineral knobs. The
waiting rooms and office will have pilasters and
caps on the doors and windows. There Will be an
iron sink in the water closet with waste pipe to
have ventilator sx10 from the water closet through
the roof The walls of all the rooms will be sheathed
from the floor to the windows with narrow uprghts,
dry pine, with moulded base and surbase. The cor
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 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 tmbers
will be hemock; floor plank, spruce. The plat.
form will be extended feet wide to such length as
required by the engineer in charge, at per lneal
foot the sill will rest on the ground. The grading
to be done by the Railroad Company.
PAINTING.
The sash will be bronzed green; the outside will
have three coats of such color as directed by the
engineer the last two sanded. The inside will be
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 workmanlike 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 keadheld,
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