The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-26
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essary to Builda jail IN Rrookhavsn.
The building shall be built Of Tangipa-
| hoa brick, one story high, SO feet front by
27 back, and to be covered with painted
iron roofing Building to be divided into
three rooms, or cells. The trenches for the
foundation are to be dug deep enough to
cover the Offsets in the brick work, and
down to a good solid bottom; any holes or
soft places must be dug out and filed with
brick work.
The foundation of all the walls must start
on the ground with 81 bricks, or A feet wide,
and drop off with regular offsets of 2 inches
on each side until the walls are brought to
bricks, or Is inches thick, which thick
ness they must be 2 feet high from the
highest point of the ground. Al the walls
from the foundation up must be u brick,
or 10 inches thick, and IL feet high from
brick floor to ceiling joists. All the win
dow and door openings must be arched on
the inside. The two inside door opening
arched through 1Sinches.
The front steps must be built of brick laid
in cement The gables to be run up in
ches thick and about feet high, cappe'!
with one course projecting on each side
with brick on edge on top. The top to be
cemented with Portland cement. The inside
of the building in all the cells shall be fill
ed up with brickbats and cement in layers
or inches, rammed solid to an average
height of feet, each layer to be grouted
with strong cement, parts sand and part
cement, the surface to be levelled with a
good coat of cement and paved with the
best Tangipahoa paving brick. All the
Joints between the brick to be filled with
cement, poured in as the brick are laid.
There must be brick hue about the GEN.
ter of the building, arched over the top with
neat cap. All the brick work to be laid in
good strong lime mortar, and the work done
in the very best manner.
The ceiling joists must be TX S,27 feet
long; rafter, 2x6. The raften to be put
over the joists with piece Of 1xl2 nailed
at top of rafter and the center of ceiling
joists, and piece of 1xS from. the center Of
each rafter to center of ceiling ioists--all to
be nailed. The ceiling joists and rafters to
be placed 2 feet from centers. Sheeting
must be Ike, or 10, laid close together.
All the ceilings must be ceiled with good
inch plank, s or 10 inches wide, in long
lengths, we'll nailed and cross-ferred with
1x3, 16 inches from centers. All the work
must be extra nailed. .-.
There shall be three doors and seven
windows. All the window frames shall be
l0x16. II lights, box frames; sash to be
hung with weights and cords, and shall be
protected on the outside with iron window
guards. The front door will be solid iron
door and frame. The two small room doors
iron lattice on inside and PANEL door out
side; and all openings to have in addition
to iron frames such wood frames as may be
necessary to hang wooden doors, etc.
The roof will show gables and be covered
with the Garry's patent iron roofing, and to
have one coat OF paint when on and finish
ed. All walls and ceilings inside shall be
plastered two coats and whitewashed; the
walls all round from the floor up one foot
high to have one coat cement. All wood
work shall have 8 coats and iron and tin
work coats of paint.
There shall be Finch hanging gutter
on each side of building with a31 inch
down spout at each corner. All the mate
rial used must be Of best quality, and the
work done in the most workmanlike man.
ner and to the entire satisfaction of the
Board of Supervisors and the building
committee.