The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1882-06-14
BRIDGES.
COPY OF RESOLUTION ADOPTED By The
POLICE JURY OF kAPIDEs PA.
RIsH, JUNE SESSION,
1882,

1882.
On motion of Mr.. Long,
Whereas, Building bridges cost chi
Parish a large sum of money yearly
and whereas, they frequently last onl
few years, from being improperl
built; therefore be it
/ Resolved, That hereafter all'bridge
built for the Parish of Rapides shall
be built upon the following plan o
| specifications:
| The mud-sills shall be faced on tw,
sides, and he four inches wider thar
the posts that stand on them; the,
shall be ten inches thick, thirteen fee
long when out of the water, and TWEEN
ty feet long when in the water.
! The posts shall be three in number
in each bench and be placed ia,
enough apart to be twelve feet wide
on the outside of them, said posts
to all stand perpendicular. The posts
shall not be lees than eight inches
square wien fifteen feet wide or under;
when over fifteen feet aud under TWEEN
ty they shall not be less than eight by
ten inches-when over twenty they
shall not be less than ten inches
square. The oap-sills shall be four
inches wider than the posts on which
they are placed, and be ten inches
thick and fourteen feot long.
The braces shall be two BY eight
inches, and long enough to reach from
the mudsill one foot outside of the post
diago nai'y across the bench to the cap.
sill, and on the other side of the bench
there shall be another brace commen-
cling the same distance from tho oppo-
site end of the mudsill and running
diagonally across the bench, the bra
ces forming an K; these braces shall
be spiked to the posts with six inch
pressed boat spikes, using twelve
spikes to each brace. The lower end
of the brace shall be SGT into the mud
sill and the upper end into the cap sill
one inch.
The benches shall be eighteen feet
apart from center to center in bridges
over streams not navigable; over nav
lgable streams the two center benches
shall be wide enough apart to permit
the passage of boats. -
The stringers shall be four inches
thick by twelve wide, and eighteen
feet long except on navigable streams
where they shall be as long as may be
necessary, using six.stringers to each
span or space between benches.
The plank or bridge flooring shall
be two and one half inches thin, eight
inches wide,' and fourteen feet long.
They shall be placed one half Of an
inch apart and be spiked down with
SIX incl, pressed boat spikes, using six
spikes to each plank. In the pine
woods where bridges are steep and
sometimes slippery, every other plank
may be two inches thick; q sufficient
number of plank shall be twenty feet
|ong to permit the hand rail to be
braced from them.
The hand rail posts shall be four
inches square and long enough to be |
;hree feet high above the flooring. |
The hand rail shall be four inches
square and long enough to reach from
;apsill to capsill. All timber used,
whether oak, pine or cypress, shall be
1rst class heart lumber, clear of sap.
Be it further resolved, That the
Of all bridges shall be let out
It public outcry to the lowest bidder,
y the commissioners, they reserving
he right to reject any and all bids I'll
hey think it is for the public interest
o do 60.