The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-06-07
81 mai. 1873
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A CONTRACT TO BUILD A NEW ,JArr

A CONTRACT TO BUILD A NEW JAIL.
WEDNESDAY, May 7th, 1873.
The Police Jury met pursuant to adiOurnmrut
resent: J0bn Roy, President II. Durfo, T. S.
FOntenOt, TheOdule FOntenOt and T. c. Chachprp,
Plans and specifications were presented by
W. K. Meginley and VIM. Evans. for fhp huili-
ing OF a Parish jail; and after q careful examin-
alton, the plan of ". r. MeginIey was adODfpd.
and the clerk was instructed to issue him a war,
rant 10r the amount appropriated for the same,
N motion OF Mr. s. FOnteTot, resolved, that
the following plan and specifications for the
building of a,P8rish Jail. be published for ii xtU
days, and that the contract for the buiIdino nj
said Jail be sold to the lowest bidder. in front of
T 1nE 0oa dn house, on Monday, July 14th, 1873.
OF sale. The plan of the building to be seen III
the office of the clerk Of the Police Jury: "
SPECIFICATION OF THE PARISH PRISON.
the building TO be forty-tWO feet front and
thirty-siX feet from front to rear, eighteen inch
brlck wall. The height to henine and II half feet
between the floor and ceiling. The first floor Of
jOists to be two feet above the surface Of the
ground, and to be properly ventilated with iron
yent1latOrs, three on each side of said bniIdinr
All doors and windows shall he donb1e thinFe
ness, put together with wrought nails, and to be
properly fastened. T%0 |FO
scantIings. and on the north end to- be grated
and the d~Oors'to be batten doors. y ~
All joists in the lower floor to be sx12 inches
90 80 sxl2
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Each story to receive wall plates 8x
Glrders to be made in two pieces 6xl2 inches.
separated by a half inch strip of wood and
hOlted together with iron bolts, this Ia to prevent
dry-rot-these Orders to be supported by iron
columns. III ~
The stairway to be grated and a door at the
head Of the stair. -....
Tubular cells to be made-of boiler iron. or CRATE
work, each and every cellt0De separate to itself.
ana each eel snail nave a window of CRATE work.
one east and south, and also a door.
The second story EViDinNr5 tn 10 ;,1, ..-A-1
with three-quarter inch bars. All grid crs to no
anchored and plated. One tier of beams nm
nlng north and south TO be anchored and plated
In the first story four hog chains ~TIuaniptr aaSf
and west, and north and south, and In fhe sen.
0nd and third story. the same as in the first
Chains to be made of inch iron and til he mated
All window jams to be three inches thick to
with Il slight moulding. "iN'
The inside of this building to receive d coat of
plaster and to be whitened, and the whole Of
TINS work to receive two coats of white lead
with the exception of the cells they to recpive
Two coats OF req lead, amt the tubular cells to he
sheet iron, under the floor, also painted red.
The Dack-house, the sewer to be sunk five feet
MEOW the surface of the ground and TO he paypaH
III the bottom, cemented and ventilated.
IN each gable end there will be q fine an rs tn
said building. paw" ="
The two doors, front and rear, t0hem made with
four inch timber in thickness, the glass tn bc
used in the window frames to be 12x18 inches.
the frame to be one aud q quarterback thick.
The flooring and ceiling to In Dirte planE Tba !
wooden cehs and par~titionsstO be made of pine
plank also.
The two doors, front and rear, shall be three |
and a half feet wide, and eight feet high.
me smuggling to finish on the brick work, and
toIle properly gathered andleadered mn
The elevation of the roof to be One-nuartep If
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