Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-01-16

niue piers OIL DrlCk anu Iour posts
under partitions, should all be built of
brick, cement mortar. We also find
the brick in foundation of poor quality,
should be of hard burnt brick and best
cement mortar. The fret floor joists
are 2x12, should be 2x16.
The wall plates are 2x4, should be
Exc.
The walls from first floor to second
are II inches thick, should be 21
inches. The wall of second floor to
top of building is 10 inches, should be
II inches.
There are no ventilators in the
building, should be twenty-foir
There are no iron bearers over
openings in the building, should be
iron bearers over all openings in the
building.
There are only four galvanized iron
Conductors in the building, should be
six.
The outside doors of the vault are
made of 3-16 steel, should be 1s.inch
/ steel The inside doors Of the vault
are made of "a inch iron, should be g
boiler iron. The vault doors are
placed on the side; they should be
placed in the end, as shown in the
plan. There is no partition in the
vault, should be partition of A-inch
iron, as shown in plan.
The window sash are 1H-inches
thick, should be IA. The glass rs
16-oz. common should be 21-oz. crys.
tai glass.
All inside doors are feet 10 inches
by 7 feet, should be 2 feet 10 inches by
4 feet inches.
The wainscoting in building is 8
feet Inches, should be feet,
There are no stairs leading to belfry
as called for in specifications,
There is one truss under roof, should
be two. The king bolts in truss are 1
inch thick, should lie II inch. The
queen bolts are q inches thick, should
be 1 inch. The foot bolts are "a inch
thick, should be q inch thick. The
principal rafters. in truss are 6x8
should be 6x10. The braces in truss
are 6x8, should be 6x10
The ceiling joists are not anchored
to building as called for in specifica-
tons. There is no bridging ia ceiling
ioists, should be three rows. Tile
raftels are 2x6 inches, should he 2x16
The Iafters are placed from two to
I four feet apart, should be two fee;
4 from center to center. The roof is
topped up on ceiling joisls. instead
OF ceiling joists being well tied 10 roof
4 The well hole between ceiling jois;s
and tower is not lined, should be lined
with 1x4 ton9ued and grooved ceiling.
| There is 10 trap door in floor of
tower, as should be with wrought iron
hinges and good fasienings.
The angleiroh 10 cells is pa, should
be 1873. The seam plates ale 215
inches thick, should be 3 inches. The
rIvets are made of common iron,
should be of the Best Norway iron.
The padlocks are common. We fur
ther find the Jail is not secure. The
window frames are made of wood and
the gratiugs are not securely fastened
into the walls, We fiud there are no
water-cocks, siok Or pipes in the
kitchen or Jail, as per specifications.
We fiud the ceiling of Jail is not
plastered nor sufficiently deafeped.
We also find that the main walls of
building are settling and cracking in
several places, and we, your committee,
do not consider the piers under parti.
ton in basement of sufficient strength,
and we most earnestly suggest that
additional piers be put in Immediately.
We also find that there were bills
allowed 10 George w. Babcock for the
erection of Court house and jail to the
amount Of $3l 1876, and to George w q.
Babcock for tioatng Bonds $3.50, and
to other incidental expenses to the
amount of $1,522-making the sum
total $83,967.
And we further find that, upon COM
pairing Courthouse and Jail with plans
aud specifications, that Courthouse
and Jail was built, by there
were alterations and changes
made by leaving out and by substitute
ing different material from that called
for in the plans aud specifications and
by reducing height of walls 2S inches,
that by said changes and alterations
there was a saving 10 The contractor,
George w. Babcock, 20 the amount of
five thousand ($5 ,OOo) dollars, and we
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