The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-01-19

asd eight feet high to the caves. the
roof has two-foot rise to the peak
and Is also built Of concrete.
The following is a description OF the
material used and method Of erecting
this building The owner did all the
excavating and furnished the gravel
for the concrete, and the lumber
used for the concrete forms and scat
fold. writes Il. c. Angevine In Hoards
Dairyman. The contractor furnished
tho cement. the doors and windows
complete, the steel for reinforcing
the concrete and performed all the
other labor Of construction not men
toned as furnished by the owner.
There was a detailed contract signed
by both parties which was carried out
to the satisfaction OF the parties con-
cerned. Such q contract will almost
entirely guarantee a well-carried out
Job Of work. The work was carried
on as follows:
The ground was staked OF In the
proper manner for the location Of the
building. and leveled by removing the
sod to a point four inches below the
finished floor line. The trenches were
dug IL inches wide. 30 inches deep
and AT the bottom were cut out wider.
making them about 2S inches wide for
q footing. A cross trench for foot
ing for a partition was 16 inches wide
and ~ inches deep. These trenches
were filled with concrete. mixed one
part cement to eight parts gravel. and
to the proper grade line. The walls
above grade line were hollow. con-
structed with 24-inch walls spaced
three inches apart and tied together
at intervals by steel ties made Of
three -eighths inch rods. These walls
were cast monolythic by the use Of
set of forms "a inches high. reaching
entirely around the building. These
forms were set In place and held In
place by bolts and guides. and then
filled with concrete. which was mixed
quite wet and In proportion Of one Of
cement to six Of gravel These forms
were raised and filled each day TIL
the desired height was reached.
There we're strands of No. gage
wire put In the concrete once every
foot around. and around the building
with an extra allowance over windows
and doors. Also at the top OF the wall
q double straLd Of wire was put In all
the way around In each four-inch
wall. The window and door frames
were set in place In the forms al
their proper locations and the con
crete placed snugly about them.
When the side walls and partition
wall had been finished. false wooder
roof of the proper design was put OF
with a oornice projection. but all wa.
constructed in such a way as to bS
taken out entirely after a concrete
roof had been put on and hardened
Over this false work the reinforcing
steel was placed and wired together
to hold II In proper place and ther
. the whole thing covered with 81
inches OF concrete. mixed one to four
and this was surfaced with trowe
finish OF rich mortar onehalf incl
thick.
The reinforcing steel for this roo
consisted of tbree-eighth inch stee
rods l2 feet long which were space,
, eight inches apart and extended iron
! the caves up over the peak and the
were bent at each end TO III dow
over the roof form. These rods wer
crossed once each ten inches by a NJ
wire running leDgthwise OF tn
? roof and at each place Of contact tn
, | wire and rods were wired togethe
with broom wire.
. A chimney having a flue SIS inche
: and walls four inches thick was ais
made in place with concrete. The GU
/, side of the walls were finished FRS
! by rubbing them with rich cemeI
mortar put on with a wooden fios
, and then by a coat Of cement was
4 ant on with a brush which made
yery pleasing finish as well as WI
/. ter proof one. The inside walls wer
4 all mastered smooth with rich cemer
a Mortar finished perfectly smooth.
The building is divided into tw
= ,,oms. one five feet six inches b
' twelve feet in size. contains the gas,
. lin. engine. used to run cream sci
orator and churn and any other mi
q chinery needed. The water heater
!. also in this room and II can also B
r u,ed 10 store needed supplies IN
rest of the building is the milk room
A isxls feet In size and In II 10 locate
, the machinery needed TO properl
. handle milk. In this case they mak
4 butter and have q separator an