Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-08-02
Notice To Contractors.



A school House to Build.
There is 10 be erected at Issue, In tho
9Th Election District of Charles county
a public echool house according % the
specifications given below.
A plan II the building may be seen
in the office OF the County School
Board.
The contract for this building will be
awarded to the lowest responsible bid
der the School Board reserving the
right 10 rriectany or all bids on
MONDAY, August 9TH, 1912,
At the Office Of the County School Boa I'd
in La Plata. All bids must be on or
before that date.
Building, "a It. 80 IT,; ceiling Of
room 10 II. from floor, roof pitch II IT,
Ceiling ioists are spiked TO rafters so as
to make ceiling one foot higher than
pitch OF house. All framing to be Of
white oak or pine; stills must be either
white oak or short leaf pine. oills and
girders 6 in. s in, the same to be sup
ported By 70 8 Of cement pillars in.
2 f., extending not less than II.
above the ground aud placed not less
than II It. in the ground. The pillars
not over 8 II. apart. The corner pillars
TO be ~ shaped and to extend not less
than 2 r. down each sill; the pillars
supporting the ends Of the girders to BE-
TT shaped extending not less than 2
#. down the girder and not less than 2 #,
on each side of the same down the
sill. these aud all other pillars TO be not
under Q in. wide and to extend not less
than Z It. above the ground and not less
than / l f.. In the ground.
Corner posts in. o In securely and
properly braced. Braces in 10 K
IL #. Plates 4 in In. Floor joists
IN s in and placed # apart spiked
to studdiug with three rows Of bridg-
ing. Ceiling joists 2 in Q in and stay
ed TO rafters, said ioists II apart
Raiters in K . in not more than
It apart aud braced to ceiling ioists By
II in x6 10 braces Studding ? x6 in.
# apart. Studding 8 in around
doors and windows. Sheathing ! il
thick, placed solidly. Roof Of best
Cortright metal shingles, or their equ :,
with caves extending It beyond walls,
aud the same neatly boxed with good
dressed boards and moulding Good
rustic weather boarding No. 2, or better
free from knots and defects. No Va
pine tongne and groved flooring, free
from knots and other defects, the same
to be placed over l in rough board
flooring laid bias, with good building
paper between the two iipors The en-
tire building to be sealed with good No.
2 ceiling seven eighth of an inch thick
tongue and grooved, free from knots
and Their defects. Undert the c, ling is to
be placed 90 d grade Of building papee.
Wainseoted 81 # vertically with proper
mouldings, ceiling from wainscoting to
run cross wise. The frcnt end Of the
building Is 10 be divided into three
vestibules or cloak rooms, each K )
fl studding in vestibules 2 in Ain. The
central vestibule is to be provided with
an inner door 3 ftx7 # with tran
som and a window 3 It K #. Side
vestibules are to be provided with an
outerdoor FIX It and not less than
II in thick. Doors to be hung with
three pairs good heavy hinges; an inner
door to side vestibule; each of these
inner doors to have an arched door way
only tno door, Just the arcbed doorway
leading into the room.
Each Of these We .tibules isto be fitted
up with two and half dozen steel hat
aud cloak forks on one side and tive
shelves, each II in deep on the Other
side. These veetibules are to be parti
| toned from each other and from the
main room by studding from floor Il
ceiling OF arched part OF room, one foo
above TO be open. These are TO be cell
ed as other part of room and moulding
along top.
All corners of room and vestibule
shall be dressed with shring. All door
and windows are to be dressed witt
proper dressing: Doors to have goot
heavy locks There ara to be two win
dows ON each side Of the main room
each IT Z It, and each containing tive
sashes with two panes OF glass each
The windows to be provided with corr
and weight attachment, both sashel
are protected on the outside with a !
10 mesh, heavy wire screen. securel,
and neatly fitted in the outer window
form; screening to be on hinges ant
locked. On inside windows to be pro
vided with good spring roller curtains OF
window shade. There Is to be circu
lar diamond shaped ornamental window
| in front gable. A chimney Is In square
is to be built on the inside, lfrom the
ground. in the rear of the building =
The chimney Is to extend into tn.
ground not less than two feet and above
the comb Of the roof not less than 8 #
A six inch terra Gotta jar is to be fitted
into the fiue 10 It from the floor. Win
dow and door frames are to be Of 2
in studding. The building is to be or
namented BY belfrysupported by pieces
4 in on inside OF building braced Ia
ceiling ioists and rafters. The be.fr,
Is to contain a flag pole. The building
and roof are to be painted with two
coats OF good paint, color
All work throughout the entire build
ing is to be neatly as well as securely
done. ia workmanllke manner. A traj
door for ventilation in ceiling near flu
so fixed with pully and cord that it ma )
be. raised and lowered at will, heavy
cord. Cement steps placed in front Of
each door.
The work must be finished by Sept,
ID, 1912, unless an extension of time is
given by the School Board.
By order of the Board,
NJ. R. STONE, Sec'y.