The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-07-05
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H or SALE.
A. CONTRACT TO BUILD A NEW JAIL


WEDNESDAY, May nth, 1878.
The Police jury met purs1anbt to adjournment,
Present: John Roy, President: H. Duri0, e. 81,
Fantenet, Theodule FOntenOt and Z. c. Chaehere.
Plans and specifications were presented by
WE Meg5nley and Vim. Evans. for the build
ing OF q Parish Jail, an after & careful examin-
alton, the plan of W.R Meginiey was adopted.
and the clerk was instructed TO issue him d war
Onmotion Of Mr. 4. 3. Fontenot, resolved. that
the following plan end specifications for the
building Of q Parish Jail, be published for sixty
days and that the contract for the building of
said jail be sold to the lowest bidder, in front Of
the Court House, on Monday, July 14th. 1878.
Terms and conditions to be made known on day
of sale. The plan OF the building to be seen at
the Office Of the clerk of the Police Jury:
SPECIFICATION oF parrish PRISON.
The building to be forty-two feet front and
thirtg-siI1eet from front to rear, eighteen inch
brick wall. The height to be nine and 4 haIf Feet
between the floor and ceiling. The first floor of
jOists tn be two feet above tho surface of the
yentllat0ra, three on eaeh side of said building.
AlIdonFsan d windows shall be double thick
ness, put together with wrought nails, and to be
properly fastened.
The wooden cells 10 be made Of planks and
s~eantlings, and on the north end to be grated,
and the doors to be batten doors.
AL oists u theloger floor tosba 9xI2 inches
. { 4 al 4 8 Z
Each story To receive wall plates 81
Girderg to be made in two pieces ska inches,
separated Inv q half inch strip of wood, and
boltedtogsther with iron bolts, this ID to preyenf
dry-rot-these Orders to be supported by iron
columns.
The stairway to be grated ana door at the
head of the stair.
Tubular cells 10 he made uf botlerfr iron. or arafa
NToTR, each and every cell to be separate toftseIf,
and each caA shall lave q window Of crate work.
one east and south, and also q door.
d second story wfnd0Ws to be iron grated
with f~hree-qnaEter inch bars. All gfrders Ia "a
anchored and plated. One tier@0 Of bAaTag TtIn-
ming north and south to b anehnredan and plated.
ana west and north and south, and In the sec
ond ana third story, the same AS in the first.
Chains 10 be made OF inch iron and III he nIa4aa
All window jams to be three inches fbicF ~.
suit the walls. Frames to be trimmed inside
with slight moulding.
The inside OF this building to receive d coat of
plaster and to be whitened, and the whole af
This work to receive two coats Of white lead
with the exception of the cells they to reeeive
two coats of redieaa, and the tabular cells m "a
sheet irons under the door, also painted red.
me baek-h0use, tho sewer to be sunk 1Ye feet
DeloW 1he surface OF the ground andI0 be paved
IN NNe DQE9QM,eea0en and Ventilated,
Ineaeh gable end there viii he 3 hue 50 as tn
infroance q ssoVespipes having no ire place IN.
said building.
The two doors, front and rear, tObe made with
four lnon timber in thtekness. the glass tol1g
used IN the WINDOW ralmes to be 41axaG inches.
the frame 10 De one d q anarierineh fhfnJ8
The flooring and ceiling 20 be vine nianE. Tha
wooden cells and partitions to be made O. pine.
plank also.
The two doors, front and rear. shall he three
and half feet Wldes and eight feet high.
Tha shingling 70 finish on the briek work, and
to he nE0perlYeguLteTe1 and Rea1era1.
T~heelevation OF the roof to be one-Qnarfara a
the base Iine OF me building