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SPECIFICATIONS 
 
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 Bureau of Engraving and Printing 
 
 FOR 
 
 THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT 
 
 TO BE ERECTED IN 
 
 PEKING, CHINA 
 
 MILBURN, HEISTER & COMPANY 
 ARCHITECTS 
 
 HOME LIFE BLDG.. ■\VAS HI NGTO N, D. C. 
 
 U. S. A. 
 
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 GENERAL CONDITIONS 
 
 I. The figured dimensions and detail drawings must be 
 given preference over the small scale drawings, and all shop 
 drawings and contractor's details, as called for, must be sub- 
 mitted to the Architects, or their Superintendent, for ap- 
 proval before the work is executed. 
 
 II. The specifications and drawings are intended to co- 
 operate, so that any work shown by the drawings and not 
 mentioned in the specifications and vice versa must be exe- 
 cuted in the same manner as if mentioned in the specifica- 
 tions or shown on the drawings to the true intent and mean- 
 ing of said drawings and specifications without any extra 
 charge. 
 
 III. In case any discrepancies should appear in the fig- 
 ures or the drawings, or the drawings are not fully under- 
 stood by the Contractor, he shall apply to the Architects, or 
 their Superintendent, for such explanations and corrections 
 as will enable him to carry out the spirit, intent and meaning 
 of the plans and specifications. 
 
 IV. The Contractor will be held responsible for any dam- 
 age done to any part of the work by any sub-contractor or 
 other employees on the buildings, and the general and sub- 
 contractors must co-operate and proceed with their respec- 
 tive parts so as not to delay the progress of the work, in 
 
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 order to insure that, as a wliole, the work shall be fmished 
 complete and perfect. 
 
 V. No change will be made in any of the materials called 
 for in the specifications, unless permission in writing is 
 given by the Architects, or their Superintendent, and any 
 materials specified to be of a certain manufacture "or its 
 approved equal" the substitute proposed to be used by the 
 Contractor shall be submitted to and approved by the Archi- 
 tects, or their Superintendent, before being used in the 
 building. 
 
 VI. The Chinese Government, through its Agents, re- 
 serves the right to make any alterations, additions or omis- 
 sions to the plans (the amounts to be agreed upon in writ- 
 ing) and reserves the right to contract with any party for 
 any work it may desire to go into these buildings or on the 
 premises, not included in these plans and specifications, with- 
 out vitiating this contract,, and retains possession for this 
 purpose only, that it may contract with other parties if it 
 sees fit to do so. 
 
 VII. The whole of the work for all the buildings herein- 
 after specified (except the work specified under Heating and 
 Ventilation, Lighting, Power, Plumbing and Elevators, etc.) 
 will be estimated upon and the proposal made in dvery case 
 by one General Contractor. The Contractors estimating do 
 
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 so with tlie understanding that tlie Chinese Grovernment does 
 not bind itself to accept the lowest or any bid. The work 
 specified under Heating and Ventilation, Lighting, Power, 
 Plumbing and Elevators will be let under a separate con- 
 tract, but the General Contractor must do all excavating and 
 provide all foundations, ducts, openings, etc., required for 
 the proper installation of the above branches of the work. 
 
 VIII. Where the words "Architects" or "Superinten- 
 dent ' ' appear in these specifications they are understood to 
 be the authorized agents of the Chinese Govei'nment, and if 
 any contractor bidding on this work does not fully under- 
 stand the plans and specifications, he should consult the 
 Architects before submitting his bid, as their interpretation 
 of the plans and specifications will be binding on all parties 
 after the contract is awarded. 
 
 IX. Should cold weather set in before the buildings are 
 roofed in, and the Architects or their Superintendent, decide 
 that the masonry and other works cannot be. carried on 
 safely, all work must l)e stopped until seasonable weather 
 returns, and all walls, floors, etc., recently built must be 
 sufficiently protected by ])oards, planks, felt or other neces- 
 sary materials, joints to be covered or lapped, and all se- 
 curely nailed and piled in place. All work of any kind found 
 to be injured on uncovering must be taken out and replaced. 
 
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 X. The Contractor shall provide a pole and reed matting 
 screen or privy for the use of the workmen employed on the 
 buildings, as will be directed and approved by the Archi- 
 tects or their Superintendent, all to be kept clean during the 
 entire progress of the work, and to be removed when di- 
 rected on completion of the same. When the works are com- 
 pleted the Contractor will notify the legally authorized 
 Agents of the Chinese Government that he is ready to re- 
 ceive a settlement, so that if they or parties in interest have 
 any bills to file or statements to make, they can do so before 
 the Architects make their final certificate or adjustment be- 
 tween the parties. 
 
 XI. The Chinese Government, through its Agents, gives 
 notice that it will not be responsible for the violation of any 
 ordinance, or for any act of the Contractor, or for the loss of 
 life or property during the construction of the buildings. 
 The Contractor must get permission from the proper au- 
 thorities for all privileges that may be required, and must 
 jjrovide water; also temporary heat and light, if necessary, 
 during the construction of the work, and must provide all 
 the proper material and appliances for the protection of his 
 employees, and use precaution to prevent accidents. H(; 
 shall furnish the proper watchmen, both by day and night, to 
 keep the work free from trespassers and to protect the pub- 
 
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 lie from any loss or injury from the commencement to tlie 
 acceptance of tlie work. 
 
 XII. The Contractor must keep the work insured at all 
 times in the name of the Chinese Government, for such 
 amounts as will fully protect the Government against loss 
 from time to time, as the work progresses, and the pol^"ies 
 must be delivered to the authorized Agent of the Govern- 
 ment. The Contractor will be required to execute an ac- 
 ceptable Guarantee Company bond of an amount equal to 
 one-half of the contract price, for the faithful performance 
 of this contract. He will be paid eighty per cent on the work 
 as it progresses, and the twenty per cent reserve will be paid 
 him on completion and acceptance of the buildings by the 
 Architects, or their Superintendent and the Agents of the 
 Chinese Government. But partial payments will not be con- 
 sidered as an acceptance of the work, and the final payment 
 shall not relieve the Contractor from any repairs that may 
 arise from defective material or inferior workmanship. 
 
 XIII. The plans and.specifications contemplate the build- 
 ings complete, ready for occupancy; the Contractor shall in 
 all respects furnish all material and class of workmanship 
 to erect the work as herein specified and as called for on the 
 drawings. All materials shall be the best of their respective 
 kinds unless otherwise specified and furnished in ample 
 
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 quantities to prevent any delay during the progress of ihe 
 work. All work must be executed in a strictly first class and 
 workmanlike manner, and the contractors for the different 
 parts of the work must not vary from the plans and specifi- 
 cations without written permission of the Architects, or 
 their Superintendent, and the mechanics of the various 
 trades employed on the work of the erection and com- 
 pletion of the buildings must all be skilled workmen under 
 the charge of a competent foreman, and the buildings shall 
 be under a capable general foreman, who must be in charge 
 of the work until its completion. 
 
 XIV. The Contractor shall provide all labor and ma- 
 terial necessary to keep all the excavations free from wate'* 
 and in safe condition during the erection of the buildings, 
 water to be pumped day and night if required. The con- 
 tractor shall also provide all necessary hoisting machinery 
 and labor and all other materials and labor for all fixed ov 
 movable scaffolds, and all planks, ropes, wedges, imple- 
 ments, tools, etc., of every kind requjired for the. erection and 
 completion of the buildings. He shall cover up and protect 
 all walls andjather work during the erection of the buildings 
 and shall provide and set all temporary roofs, coverings to 
 openings, with doors and sash where required, and any 
 work injured or damaged by lack of proper protection from 
 
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 any cause whatever must be made good. He shall provide 
 all safeguards necessary for the protection and convenience 
 of the public, and will be held responsible for any loss, 
 damage or injury to either persons or property. 
 
 XXV. The General Contractor shall remove from the 
 buildings all rubbish from time to time, as directed and 
 generally required, and surplus materials which may be 
 required for future use shall be stacked in such convenient 
 places as will not interfere with the progress of the work. 
 All carpenter's and joiner's waste and shavings shall be 
 cleaned up and removed daily from the buildings to avoid 
 any possibility of fire, and all other rubbish arising from the 
 other trades shall be cleaned up and removed from the 
 buildings as they accumulate. On completion the buildings 
 and grounds shall be thoroughly cleaned and everything left 
 in perfect condition to the satisfaction of the Architeu -i, 
 or their Superintendentj before the final certificate is issued. 
 Should the Contractor fail to require the above requiie- 
 ments promptly and properly, to keep the buildings free 
 from rubbish at all times, the Architects or their Superin- 
 tendent, reserve the right to employ such labor as may be 
 necessary to perform this work, deducting the expense so 
 incurred from the balance due the Contractor. 
 
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INDEX 
 
 PAGE 
 
 General Conditions 3-9 
 
 EtANS : : 1 4i-~i 5 
 
 Excavation i5'-t6 
 
 Shoring 16 
 
 Pumping ' 1 6 
 
 Waterproofing 17-21 
 
 Surface. Drainage 21 
 
 Filling AND, Grading 21 
 
 Concrete Walls and Footings 21-24 
 
 'Damp Course .,. • 24 
 
 Reinforced Coijcrete Work 24'^3 1 
 
 Forms 25 
 
 Concrete r 2(> 
 
 'Placing Reinforcemsnt 27 
 
 Placing Reinforcement for Columns 27 
 
 Reinforcement 27 
 
 Slab Reinforcement , 28 
 
 Quality of Steel 28 
 
 Unit Stresses and Loads 28-29 
 
 Placing the Concrete 29 
 
 Soc'^et and Pipe Sleeves 30 
 
 Genital 3° 
 
 Brick Concrete Filling 3 1 
 
 IJrick Work 3 i'-33 
 
 Common Brick Work 3 ''-33 
 
 Face ': Brick - Work 3 3 
 
 Mortar 3 3-34 
 
 General 34 
 
 Granite Work 3 5- 7 
 
 Gleaning Down ■, 37- 
 
Concrete Filling 37-3 8 
 
 Cement Floors 38-39 
 
 Cement Base and Coping 39-40 
 
 Terrazzo Floors 40-41 
 
 CARPENTER Work 4 ' -46 
 
 Lumber 44 
 
 Framing _ 45 
 
 Exterior -Sheathing. 45 
 
 Ladders and Scuttles 45—46 
 
 Mill Work 46-59 
 
 Window Frames 47 
 
 Metal Weather Strips 48 
 
 Door Frames 49 
 
 Doors 49—40 
 
 Transoms 50—5 1 
 
 Sash '.. 5 1 
 
 Glazing 5 '-52 
 
 Wood Flooring 5 2 
 
 Saddle 53 
 
 Picture Moulding 5 3 
 
 Interior Finish 53—54 
 
 Equipment 54-58 
 
 Metal Work 59-62 
 
 Tin, Copper ctnd Lead Work 59-60 
 
 Galvanized Iron Work 60-62 
 
 Tile Roofing 62-65 
 
 Metal Partitions ^6 
 
 Lath AND Plastering 66-68 
 
 Metal Lathing 66-67 
 
 Comer Beads 67 
 
 Plastering 67-68 
 
 Toilet and Bath Partitions 69-71 
 
 Slate 69 
 
Cmrara Glass * 5q__ j 
 
 Hardware . 71-^76 
 
 &0N AND Steel Work 77-gi 
 
 Sfnuctural. 77—78 
 
 Ornamental . 7^81 
 
 Special 81-90 
 
 Loekers oq 
 
 General • qj 
 
 Vault Doors and Linings....... 91-102 
 
 Dtawings q.2 
 
 WorkmansMp and Materials 93-94 
 
 Constructian _ . g^ 
 
 Dimensions .^.e 
 
 Vault Lining ...z oc 
 
 Doors and Vestibule :. 96-08 
 
 Hinges , gg 
 
 Pressure Bars no 
 
 Bolt Work. 99-100 
 
 Glass Doors 100 
 
 Locks 100 
 
 Joints of Doors lOi 
 
 Packing lOi 
 
 Day Gate, Grille and Gate lOi 
 
 Partition / i o i 
 
 Foot Pieces .. 10 1 
 
 Painting 102 
 
 Vault Equipment 102-105 
 
 Press Room Busses 105-110 
 
 Power Press Room Bus 105-106 
 
 Surface Press Room Bus 106 
 
 Miscellaneous Bus 107 
 
 Plate and Form Bus for Surface Press Room 107 
 
 Running Gear. 108 
 
Bus Handles I08 
 
 Hinges 1 09 
 
 Locking Device 109 
 
 Buffers 109 
 
 Wood Work 109 
 
 Finish 109 
 
 Gauges i ro 
 
 Laundrv Equipment tio 
 
 Painting : ; 114 
 
 Exterior 1 14 
 
 Interior ; 112-114 
 
 Wall Tinting 1 1 4 
 
 General. 114-115 
 
H 
 Plans 
 
 Foundation Plan No. 1 
 
 Grroimd Floor Framing Plan No. 2 
 
 Second Floor Framing Plan No. 3 
 
 Third Floor Framing Plan No. 4 
 
 Fourth Floor Framing Plan No. 5 
 
 Attic Framing Plan No. 6 
 
 Details of Roof Girders ' No. 7 
 
 Details of Floor Beams, Columns, Footings, etc No. 8 
 
 Ground Floor Plan No. 9 
 
 Second Floor Plan No. 10 
 
 Third Floor Plan No. 11 
 
 Fourth Floor Plan No. 12 
 
 Attic and Roof Plan No. 13 
 
 Section "xV-A" No. 14 
 
 Section "B-B" and Miscellaneous Details. No. 15 
 
 North Elevation No. 16 
 
 South Elevation No. 17 
 
 East and West Elevations No. 18 
 
 Details of North Elevation No. 19 
 
 Details of Windows No. 20 
 
 Details of Doors, Shelving, etc No. 21 
 
 Iron and Steel Details No. 22 
 
 Details of Front Iron Stairs No. 23 
 
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 Details of Eear Iron Stairs, Pent House Stairs, Steel 
 Wickets, Exterior Bailings and Cast Iron Ventilat- 
 ors No. 24 
 
 Details of Mezzanine Floors, Elevator Enclosures, 
 Ink Closet, Gum Mixiag Boom, Hardening Boom, v 
 Elevator Shaft and Enclosures for Guard, Matron 
 and Vault Custodian No. 25 
 
 Plans of Vaults and Details of Shelving in Stock 
 Vault No. 26 
 
 Elevations of Shelving in Stock Vault No. 27 
 
 Details of Cases in Stock Vault No. 28 
 
 Details of Plate Vault No. 29 
 
 Details of Plate Vault and Miscellaneous Bus .No. 30 
 
 Details of Bus for Power Press Boom and Busses for 
 
 Surface Press Boom No. 31 
 
 Excavations. 
 
 Properly excavate for all walls, piers, footings, areas, pits, 
 etc., and for all pipe trenches, conduits, traps, etc., as re- 
 quired by the plumber, steam fitter, electrician, and all other 
 craftsmen, which may b.e necessary for the complete per- 
 formance of the work. All trenches and floors are to finish 
 at the exact levels shown, otherwise additional concrete 
 must be provided, as filling beneath the footings will not be 
 permitted. All excavations must be wide enough to take 
 the full width of' footings and to allow for proper water 
 proofing, and all trenches must be solidly tamped and fin- 
 ished level and smooth with proper pitch for all pipes, etc., 
 
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 and all surplus dirt not required or unsuitable for filling 
 must be distributed over the premises, as directed. After 
 going the required depth, the Contractor must make a thor- 
 ough examination of the trenches, making borings if neces- 
 sarj', and should the soil be found to be soft and not capable 
 of supporting the superstructure, the Contractor must notify 
 the Superintendent and must not proceed with the work 
 until notified to do so. Excavations must in every case go 
 to natural surface of ground. Bottoms of excavations to be 
 thoroughly tamped and any rock encountered in excava- 
 tions must be wedged off to a level. It is possible that the 
 Bureau officials may decide to place the buildings othei"wise 
 than as shown by the drawings, and each contractor is re- 
 quested to state in his bid the price per cubic yard for ad- 
 ditional excavation, should any become necessary. 
 Shoring-. 
 
 Furnish and set all shoring that may be required to keep 
 the banks of all excavations intact and safe at all times. 
 Pumping-. 
 
 All trenches, excavations, pits, etc., must be kept free from 
 water during the excavation for the building, and if live 
 springs are encountered the Contractor must arrange and 
 set all necessary piping, materials, etc., to carry the water 
 
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 from all excavations in a manner approved by the Super- 
 intendent. 
 Waterproofing. 
 
 The essence of this part of the work is to make a continu- 
 ous, unbroken sheet of waterproofing under the entire base- 
 ment floor and under all walls, columns, footings, etc., so as 
 to make the ground floor perfectly water-tight and dry. All 
 surfaces to be waterproofed as indicated on the plans and 
 called for by the specifications shall be made perfectly 
 smooth by trowelling. The material shall consist of three 
 layers of Hydrex Waterproof Felt, cemented together with 
 hot Hydrez compound, ''G" grade, made by the Hydrex 
 Felt and Engineering Co., New York, U. S. A., and at no 
 point shall there be fewer than three layers of felt. If it 
 should develop that there is any water pressure, four layers 
 of felt shall be used, applied in two courses of two plies 
 each. The footings under all exterior walls and all columns 
 shall be waterproofed first and connections provided and 
 properly protected so as to subsequently tightly connect 
 thereto the rest of the floor waterproofing. The wooden 
 form for the footings being in place for the first section of 
 the footings, viz., 12" high, proceed to apply, instead of 
 wooden form on the bottom and interior sides of said 
 form the waterproofing course. Turn the waterproofing 
 
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 down eight inches on the outer surface of the wooden 
 form, fo as to provide a connection for the rest of 
 the waterproofing over the upper part of the footing after 
 the cement therefor is put in place. The cement for the 
 entire footing being in place and hard, and the wooden 
 forms stripped from the upper section, next apply the water- 
 proofing over the entire footing, connecting it thoroughly 
 and tightly with the 8" previously turned down on the out- 
 side of the bottom wooden form, which form shall remain 
 permanently in place. Carry the Waterproofing clear across 
 the top of the footings, so as to form a damp course for th.e 
 wall, as indicated on sheet 19. On the interior surface of 
 the exterior walls construct a two-course brick wall against 
 which apply the waterproofing course 12" high, extending 
 the same 24" out on a bed of cement, properly mixed 1 
 Portland cement to 8 clean sharp sand, previously laid for 
 this purpose, as shown on sheet No. 19, This waterproofing 
 is carried 24" out on this bed of 1" thick cement, so as to 
 provide a connection for the floor waterproofing when it is 
 subsequently applied. This connection and all similar con- 
 nections extending out from the top of all footings are to be 
 protected, both under exterior walls and under columns in 
 the following manner: First, lay over the waterproofing 
 strip 24" wide a waster sheet of felt, laid loosely on the water- 
 
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 proofing and not stuck thereto, turning this waster sheet 
 down over the edge of the bed of cement and slightly under 
 same. Over this waster sheet lay brick in weak mortar. 
 When the floor waterproofing is to be later applied the brick 
 are to be removed, the waster sheet of felt taken up, and a 
 dry connection provided for the floor waterproofing. The 
 felt is to be thoroughly cemented to all surfaces with the 
 hot Hydrex compound, C grade, and each layer of felt shall 
 be thoroughly cemented together. The felt shall be rolled 
 after the mop as the mop spreads on the hot compound, 
 which must be hot and quickly applied so as to retain the 
 heat, the felt being thoroughly rubbed and pressed into the 
 compound so as to eliminate air and bubbles as the com- 
 pound is spread. One mop full of compound shall not 
 ^read over more than nine square feet of surface at one 
 mopping, particularly if the weather is cold. If three layers 
 of felt be used, begin with a full course of three layers thor- 
 oughly cemented together, the fourth sheet shall then over- 
 lap the course already in place two-thirds its width, each 
 subsequent sheet shall be then laid shingle fashion, so that 
 each sheet shall overlap the undersheet two-thirds of its 
 width, cementing thoroughly and tightly the full, width of 
 the lap. Great care must be taken to at all times protect 
 the waterproofing until the floor over it is put in place, so 
 
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 as to prevent the waterproofing from being injured by tools, 
 bricks, debris, or other articles falling or being thrown 
 thereon, and no wheelbarrows shall be allowed to pass over 
 said waterproofiiig. The waterproofing work shall be in 
 charge of a superintendent or competent foreman, skilled 
 and expert in waterproofing work of this character, who 
 shall see that these specifications are carried out in every 
 detail. Before the brick concrete is jnit in place in the dry- 
 ing room, laundry and gum mixing room on the fourth floor 
 the floors shall be waterproofed with six layers of Hydrex 
 Waterproof Felt, cemented together with hot Hydrex com- 
 pound, C. grade, first apply two layers of felt over the floor 
 and up the sides of the room to the height as indicated on 
 the plans, each layer overlapping the underlayer one half 
 its width. After this two-ply course is in place, apply over 
 it a four-ply course, consisting of four layers of felt, each 
 upper sheet lapping the under sheet three-fourths its width 
 and turned up the walls at the required height — thus mak- 
 ing the full six-ply course. If there be any pipe openings 
 through the floors of these rooms the same are to have at- 
 tached thereto, lead or copper collars extending twelve 
 inches out from the sides of pipe and under and over this 
 collar, then shall be applied the waterproofing courses so as 
 to make the floor perfectly tight at these points. In laying 
 
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 the wearing surface for these floors great care must be taken 
 to see that the completed waterproofing is not injured. The 
 waterproofing in the corners of these rooms shall be rein- 
 forced with an extra sheet of felt, and great care must be 
 taken to see that the felt is properly cut the proper way to 
 fit and make these corners absolutely tight. 
 Surface Drainage. 
 
 As shown on sheet No. 56, provide a surface drainage sys- 
 tem around the entire building, the same to consist of an 
 open trench 12" wide, to be two feet deep at its summit 
 with a uniform fall of %" to the foot to the ends of 
 trenches, trenches to have a filling of broken stone, the same 
 to be put in place as shown and as may be directed. 
 Filling and Grading. 
 
 After all foundations and all mason work and waterproofing 
 have been completed, and all pits, drains, conduits, etc., set 
 and have been approved by the Superintendent, the Con- 
 tractor shall fill in the premises to all established outside 
 grades and to level to concrete bases of all floors, etc., to 
 the grades indicated on the drawings, the same to be thor- 
 oughly tanfped in place, and all material required for this 
 purpose to be furnished by the Contractor. 
 Concrete Walls and Footings. 
 All foundation walls and footings throughout up to within 
 
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 six inches of the finished ground floor line and the area walls 
 around the exterior of the building and foundation for fire 
 escapes are all to be of concrete, the sizes and heights shown 
 by the drawings. All concrete is to be poured into forms 
 built of 2" planks thoroughly secured in place and to be 
 plumb and straight to a line and the full height of each 
 course of footings, and so constructed that all footings and 
 walls will finish strictly as per drawings. The forms must 
 be properly set up and braced and held together with No. 9 
 wire, if necessary, from one support to another to prevent 
 spreading when the concrete is put in, and the forms on the 
 straight sides of the footings up to the flare are to remain 
 permanently in place, also the forms at the bottom of the 
 footings, if the soil is found to be soft. The joints formed 
 by the edge of the lagging must be made tight so that the 
 grout will not escape, and if necessary the same must be 
 
 caulked or covered with strips of wood. The concrete is to 
 be composed of one part of Hong-Kong Green Island, or its 
 approved equal cement, three parts of clean, sharp, washed 
 sand, and five parts of crushed stone or gravel ranging 
 from i/t" to IV2" in size. If crushed stone is u^ed it must 
 be hard and free from dust, clay or other injurious sub- 
 stances. All proportions must positively be measured in 
 receptacles of the correct dimensions, the sand and cement 
 
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 must be mixed dry until no particles of sand can be detected 
 before adding the water, and all the crushed stone or gravel 
 must be thoroughly wetted and drained before being mixed 
 with the mortar, and then all these parts must be well mixed 
 in a machine mixer until stone is completely cov&red with 
 mortar. All parts of a batch must be discharged at one 
 time, and the concrete deposited in the forms within thirty 
 minutes after mixing. All forms must be kept absolutely 
 plumb and true to a line, and the faces must present a true 
 surface when the forms are removed. Provide openings in 
 the forms where required or directed for all plumbing and 
 heating pipes and electric conduits, aad all concrete footings 
 are to be leveled up even on top at the heights shown ready 
 to receive the brick walls, reinforced concrete and other 
 work, as indicated by the drawings. Before the concrete is 
 poured the Contractor must carefully examine all water- 
 proofing and see that it is properly installed and hard, then 
 under all wall and column footings the reinforcing must ,be 
 installed as shown on sheet No. 8, the same to be heavy 
 enough to withstand the load imposed with a factor of 
 safety of four, the soil to be figured as being good for 3,000 
 lbs. per sq. ft. After the footings and walls have been 
 completed and the forms removed, the waterpiroofing must 
 be completed, as shown on sheet No. 19. It is possible that 
 
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 the Bureau officials may decide to place the building others 
 wise than as shown by the drawings, and each contractor is 
 requested to state in his bid the price per cubic yard for ad- 
 ditional concrete work, should any become necessary. See 
 sheet No. 56 for depths of walls if the buildings are placed 
 otherwise than shown. 
 Damp Course. 
 
 After all the exterior concrete walls are completed and be- 
 fore the brick work is begun all the exterior concrete foun- 
 dation walls are to be covered with V^," thick slate damp 
 course, the same to cover the full width of walls in single 
 sheets and be carefully laid true and level on uniform and 
 level beds. See sheet No. 18. 
 Reinforced Concrete Work. 
 
 The entire building throughout, except where otherwise 
 shown on the plans or otherwise specified, shall be of rein- 
 forced concrete construction, the same to include all foot- 
 ings, columns, beams and girders, floors' and roof beams, 
 etc. The General Contractor for the building must keep a 
 competent engineer, who has a thorough practical knowl- 
 edge of reinforced concrete construction, on the work at all 
 times during the construction of the work, and it shall be 
 his duty to be responsible for the proper placing of the steel 
 and the mixing of the concrete. All work is to be done in 
 
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 strict accordance with the plans and specifications, supple- 
 mented by such additional drawings as are made to cover 
 the reinforced concrete work, and which must be approved 
 in duplicate by the Architects, or their superintendent. All 
 supplementary drawings to show in detail the exact amount 
 of steel to be used in all parts of the reinforced concrete 
 work. 
 
 Forms — The Contractor shall furnish all necessary labor 
 and materials to complete the form work in a good sub- 
 stantial manner. All column forms are to be made of 
 material not less than ly^' thick, the same to be so installed 
 that they can be readily removed before the other parts of 
 the centering, to permit of being inspected before the load 
 is applied, and a clean-out hole not less than 6" square must 
 be left in the bottom of the forms. The beam and girder 
 forms are to be made of lumber not less than Vs" thick, ex- 
 cept the bottom plank, which shall be 2", and shall be so 
 constructed that the sides may be removed before the 
 bottom, thereby leaving the supports under the beams and 
 girders until after the centering for sides of the beams and 
 the floor slab have been removed, and the work has been 
 carefully inspected. The forms for the floor slabs must not 
 be less than %" thick, and are to be supported at intervals 
 not more than 24", this distance to be decreased as the 
 
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 requirements, due to the weight of the floor slab, require. 
 In no case must the distance between the floor slab 
 supports, be such as to allow deflection when the concrete 
 is poured. No centering shall be removed until so ordered 
 by the Architect's superintendent, and under no conditions 
 shall centering be removed within ten days from the time 
 concrete has been poured during the months from May to 
 September, and in no case less than 15 days during the 
 months from September to May. 
 
 Concrete — The concrete for the footings is specified under 
 concrete walls and footings. The concrete for the columns 
 shall be made of a mixture of one part of Portland cement, 
 one and one-half parts of clean, sharp, washed sand, and 
 three parts of crushed stone or gravel. All other reinforced 
 concrete shall be made of a mixture of one part of Portland 
 cement, two parts of clean, sharp, washed sand, and four 
 parts of crushed stone or gravel with parts not over IVo" 
 in size. The cement must be of the best brand of Hong 
 Kong Green Island, or its approved equal, Portland cement, 
 and must comply with the requirements of the specifications 
 of the American Society of Testing Materials of 1906, and 
 such tests as the Architects' superintendent may require, 
 and shall be made at the expense of the Contractor. The 
 sand must be sharp, coarse sand and free from loam or other 
 
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 injurious matter and must be screened if necessary. Tlie 
 stone shall be either clean, washed gravel or crushed rock, 
 ranging in size from one-quarter to three-quarters inch, and 
 if crushed stone is used it must be hard and free from dust, 
 clay, or other injurious substances. 
 
 Placing Reiiifurrement — The reinforcement for the footings 
 must be placed before the concrete work is started, -and all 
 rods must l)e thoroughly fastened together and supported at 
 the right distance above the bottom of the footing by means 
 of small concrete blocks or other supports which may remain 
 in place without injuring the concrete. 
 
 Placing B.e/mforce/me,nt for Cnlmnns — After a portion of the 
 centering for one floor has been completed and cleaned of all 
 dirt, and the column forms have been thoroughly washed 
 out, the steel reinforcement for the columns must be placed, 
 care being used to center the steel work properly, and the 
 steel work to be thoroughly braced at the top so that it 
 will not be moved out of position when the concrete is 
 poured into the column form. 
 
 Rcinfo rce mcni — The lieam and girder reinforcement shall 
 consist of Herringbone Trussed Bars combined with Square 
 Lug Bars, as manufactured by the General Fireproofing 
 Company of Youngstown, Ohio, U. S. A., or its approved 
 equal. Stirrups must be firmly secured to the main tension 
 
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 members and must be spaced in accordance with tbe best en- 
 gineering practice to resist all shearing stresses liable to be 
 developed in the beam or girder, and continuous bars must 
 be provided over all supports to resist negative moments. 
 The columns are to be reinforced with vertical bars tied at 
 intervals of not more than twelve inches with one quarter 
 inch round steel hoops securely fastened to the vertical bars. 
 Tlie columns shall preferably be furnished in units fabri- 
 cated ready to place in the forms. 
 
 Sllah R.e.inforccnipnt — The reinforcement for the floor 
 slabs shall consist of Lug Bars accurately spaced and re- 
 tained in position by wiring, and are to be placed not less 
 than three quarters inches from the bottom of slabs. 
 Qunlity of Steel — All reinforcing steel shall be medium 
 steel rolled from original billets and have an elastic limit not 
 less than 32,000 lbs, per square inch, an ultimate strength 
 of 55,000 to 65,000 lbs. per square iiiefr,- -and an elongation 
 of not less than 20% in eight inches. All bars shall bend cold 
 180 degrees around their own diameter without showing 
 signs of fracture, and the chemical properties shall be as 
 follows: Carbon, approximately .12%, Sulphur, not more 
 than .085%, and Phosphorus not more than .10%. 
 Unit Stresses and Loads — The following working stresses 
 shall be used: Steel in tension 16,000 lbs. per square inch. 
 
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 compressive stress in the extreme fibre of concrete not over 
 650 lbs. per square inch. Eatio of the moduli of elasticity of 
 steel and concrete equal 15. Concrete in direct compression 
 550 lbs. per square inch. Designs must be based on a factor 
 of safety of four for the live load and two for the dead load. 
 All floors throughout are to be figured for a live load of 200 
 lbs. per square foot with the following exceptions: Power 
 press room 350 lbs. per square foot; hand press room 300 
 lbs. per square foot; vaults 500 lbs. per square foot; ceiling 
 of third floor 60 lbs. per square foot, except in the stair and 
 elevator halls where a live load of 200 lbs. per square foot 
 must be figured. The roof beams and girders are to be de- 
 signed for a total load of 75 lbs. per square foot. In addi- 
 tion to these loads provisions must be made in reinforcement 
 and increased thickness of slabs for concentrated loads due 
 to machinery as shown on the plans. 
 
 Placing the Concrete — The concrete for the columns must 
 be poured at least twenty-four hours before that for the 
 floor above, and each column must be poured complete up 
 to the bottom of floor beams without allowing concrete to set. 
 After the steel reinforcement has been placed and inspected 
 the concrete must be started at one side of the building and 
 be continuously placed up to some definite stopping point, 
 which shall be selected before- the day's work is done, and 
 
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 the stopping point shall be made by bulk-heading through 
 the beams and slab at some point within the middle third of 
 beam girder. The concrete shall be what is known as wet 
 mixture, and must be of such consistency tha't it will flow 
 readily in front of the spading tools, but not wet enough to 
 run without spading, and as it is being poured, the front 
 face of the fresh concrete shall be continuously worked by 
 spading tools so that there will be no settling of the con- 
 crete ballast during the process of pouring. 
 Spckcf and Pipe Sleeves — After the steel has been placed in 
 position, all necessary sockets and pipe sleeves are to be 
 installed, and care must be used in placing the sockets so 
 that there will be no damming of the beam or girder to pre- 
 vent the concrete from flowing around the steel and thor- 
 oughly enveloping it. 
 
 General: — All floor slabs are to be leveled and finished three 
 inches below the finished floor lines (except for the mezza- 
 nine floors in the gumming machine room and sizing room 
 and stair and elevator halls in the attic, bridge and pent 
 house floors), these slabs are to finish 1" below the finished 
 floor line, and the cement floors in these parts are to be laid 
 before the concrete of the slabs has set. If after the cen- 
 tering has been removed there are any objectionable voids, 
 they must all be immediately pointed up with mortar com- 
 
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 posed of one part of approved Portland cement and two 
 parts of clean, sharp sand, and this mortar must be immedi- 
 ately applied after the forms are removed. 
 Brick Con crete Filling— Mit^r all steam and gas piping and 
 electric conduits and the wiring have been placed in proper 
 position, all the concrete floor slabs throughout (except the 
 mezzanines in the gummiag machine room and sizing room, 
 and the stair and elevator halls in the attic, and the pent 
 house floors) are to be covered with two inches of concrete 
 composed of one part of Portland cement and not more than 
 ten parts of crushed brick with parts not over 1%" in size. 
 In the various rooms where wood floors are called for 2" 
 wood sleepers will be placed on top of the concrete slabs 16" 
 on centers, and the brick concrete must be carefully packed 
 and tamped between these. Under all toilet room floors, in- 
 cluding the floors under the toilets and showers in the wash 
 rooms for males and females on the ground floor, and where- 
 ever raised floors are called for, the spaces from the top of 
 the concrete slabs and the toilet room floors must be thor- 
 oughly packed and tamped with brick concrete fiUiag, fin- 
 ished ready to receive the terrazzo or other flboring. 
 Brick Work. 
 
 Common Brick Work— BvixldL all walls, piers, pilasters, abut- 
 ments, etc., throughout, necessary for the completion of the 
 
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 building from the concrete footings to the roof of best Taa- 
 Kaai-tio brick; all walls to be of the sizes and heights indi- 
 cated on the drawings or as may be directed by the Archi- 
 tect's Superintendent, all to be laid true and level and plumb 
 to a Ime on both sides with jambs and angles perfectly true'. 
 Start all walls at the levels shown; the same must be^kept 
 true and plumb atid level up to all openings and story 
 heights, turning row lock arches over all arches as shown, 
 the centers and lintels to be furnished by the carpenter, and 
 allowing the brick work to set before removing the centers. 
 All walls are to be racked off 4" at a time, as toothing and 
 block joints will not be permitted, and walls must be built 
 scaffold high at a time, using care that green walls are not 
 sprung, the same to be braced if necessary. Wet the brick 
 if laid in dry, warm weather; if laid in damp, cold weather, 
 keep tbem dry, and clip close to all steel and other work, the 
 same to be thoroughly bonded and anchored, and all brick 
 backing must be carefully bonded with the granite work and 
 exterior brick facing. Brick to be carefully bedded and 
 bonded with close, level and thoroughly flushed joints, with 
 every sixth a header course. The bricklayer will build in 
 wood brick, jamb and base blocks for finish, and must not 
 wall in the frames until the carpenter has cut strips in be- 
 tween the jambs to prevent crowding, also braced and stayed 
 
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 the same in position. He must also build in all girders, 
 beams, lintels, anchors, starters, and all other work fur- 
 nished by the various contractors, and build all chases, chan- 
 nels, pockets, flues, etc., shown on the drawings, or as may 
 be required. 
 
 Face Brick Work — All the exterior parts of the building 
 from the top of the concrete footings to the roof rafters (un- 
 less otherwise shown) are to be faced with best Ting-ni brick 
 rubbed bottom, topped ends to standard size required, laid 
 true to a line, plumb and level, with blind headers every 
 sixth course, or Morse or approved equal wall ties. Use %" 
 neatly buttered sunk joints, cut with knife, clip close to all 
 work, and lay all brick in regular bond, and cover and pro- 
 tect the work at all times to prevent the same from becom- 
 ing damaged. Use care in laying the arches, pilasters, 
 angles, etc., and see that all angles are properly started and 
 conform to the dimensions called for by the drawings, and 
 build in all angle irons, beams, ventilators, anchors, window 
 gratings, frames, etc., that are shown or may be required. 
 The bricklayer must furnish the granite contractor with 
 sample brick, so that his part of the work can be regulated 
 to conform with the size of brick. 
 
 Mortar— All brick work throughout the entire buildiug must 
 be laid up in cement mortar composed of one part Hong 
 
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 Kong Green Island, or its approved equal cement, and three 
 parts of clean, sharp, washed sand, the same to be properly 
 mixed and tempered and not allowed to set before using, and 
 only such quantities of mortar must be mixed as can be used 
 at a time, and mortar that has set must not be used in any 
 part of the work. 
 
 GpMP.ral — All the brick work shown on the drawings has been 
 laid out to conform with the standard sizes prevailing in the 
 United States, and the dimensions called for must be ad- 
 hered to in every particular, and should it be found imprac- 
 tical to use the native brick on account of size, the Con- 
 tractor must provide special presses and machines and make 
 the brick of such size as will be agreeable to the drawings. 
 All brick used throughout must be hard burned, as no soft 
 brick such as are usually found in the top and outside 
 courses of a kiln will be permitted to be used, and all brick 
 used on the exterior must be of a selected, uniform shade, 
 and free of chippings and practically perfect. All brick 
 work must be done in a strictly first class and workmanlike 
 manner, and work that is not strictly A 1 in every particular 
 will not be accepted. The Ting-ni (Eastern kiln) brick is 
 the most suitable for exterior facing, and the Taa-Kai-tio 
 brick is most usually used for interior walls and backiag, 
 and these brick will be accepted if they conform with the re- 
 
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 quirements of the plans and specifications; if not, the brick 
 will have to be selected or made special. 
 Granite Work. 
 
 All the concrete girders throughout the entire building 
 where they rest on brick and concrete walls are to have 
 granite bearing blocks the same to be about 16" high to suit 
 the size brick used, to be 16" by 16" on top and 16" by 32" 
 on the bottom, the same to have true beds and sides and ends 
 uniformly cut. See framing plans for position and number 
 of girders. All the other granite work will consist of all the 
 exterior door and window sills up to and including the third 
 flopr window sills, the water table under the ground floor 
 windows, the belt course and sills under the second floor 
 windows, the belt course, sills and caps under the third floor 
 windows, the pilaster caps by the top of the fourth floor 
 windows, the pilaster caps and bases and entablature over 
 pilasters around entrance on North Elevation, and all but- 
 tress copings, steps and landing leading to the second floor 
 entrance, the second floor enti-ance sill and top stair landing 
 will be cement. All granite work must be strictly first class, 
 must be free from seams, iron and other defects and of the 
 different dimensions and sizes called for and cut as per de- 
 tails, and when delivered to the building must not exceed the 
 size required for cutting more than two or three inches. All 
 
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 granite must have good bed and dose head joints and must 
 be laid on the natural or rift way in cement with 3/16" 
 cement joints, and all comer beds and angles must be well 
 bonded in the strongest manner with no ends showing less 
 than 12" on the face, and all to be neatly pointed up with 
 black stained cement mortar. All the exposed surfaces of 
 all granite work must have a ten-cut finish, all sills and pro- 
 jecting courses must be cut with wash and drip, and all 
 mouldings, fillets, etc., must be cut as per detail, and be clean 
 cut, sharp and true, and all projecting courses must have 
 openings cut in same for all down spouts, the same to be 
 made to suit the exact size of the spouts. In the frieze of 
 the stone entablature over the main entrance the name 
 "Bureau of Engraving and Printing" must be cut, the name 
 to be translated as directed. The two tablets under the two 
 end pair of pilasters by the north entrance are to be of the 
 dimensions shown, to have the exposed surface rubbed and 
 polished, one tablet to contain the names of the Architects 
 and Builder and their respective business addresses, and the 
 other the names of the representatives of the Chinese Gov- 
 ernment having charge of the erection of the building, the 
 names and inscriptions to be furnished by the Chinese repre- 
 sentatives at the proper time. All lettering is to be done 
 with V-shape sunk letters, as-per details, and as directed by 
 
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 the Architect's Superintendent. After the granite work is 
 completed all projecting courses and offsets must be pro- 
 tected with board coverings and thoroughly secured and 
 kept in place until the building is completed. The con- 
 tractor must make good any damage that might occur to the 
 work while the building is under construction. 
 Cleaning Down. 
 
 After the building is completed all the exterior brick and 
 granite work must be neatly pointed up where required 
 and then all surfaces carefully cleansed, using diluted acid 
 where necessary, using care not to discolor the work. 
 Concrete Filling. 
 
 Fill in and tamp well with concrete full 5" thick, or the 
 thickness shown, under all cement floors of the ground floor 
 and under the outside area surrounding the building and 
 under elevator pits, etc., and wherever required or called 
 for. All concrete to be composed of one part of Hong Kong 
 Green Island, or its approved equal cement, three parts of 
 clean, sharp, washed sand, and five parts of crushed stone 
 or gravel, with parts no larger than will pass through a 2" 
 ring, all to be mixed and tempered in an approved mixer 
 and thoroughly tamped in place. The concrete shall be pre- 
 pared in special tight boxes or platforms, the cement and 
 sand shall be mixed dry, using approved measures, then 
 
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 spread over the crushed rock or gravel and thoroughly mix 
 until in proper condition to be laid, when it shall be set in 
 place and firmly tamped. Concrete that has stood two 
 hours before using will be rejected and no part of it shall 
 be used in anj^ way. 
 Cement Floors. 
 
 All the floors throughout the ground floor, including elevator 
 pits, the floor of the outside area surrounding the building 
 and on the second floor, the corridors, power plate press 
 room, surface press room, wetting room, three drying rooms, 
 sizing room, hydraulic and plate press stands in examining 
 room, mezzanine floors in the gumming machine room and 
 sizing room, and the landing by the front entrance, on the 
 third floor the floors of the two vaults, dark room, hardening 
 room, two hammering rooms, passage and machine room, 
 and on the fourth floor the laundry, drying, gum mixing and 
 electro plating rooms and room for extension work, and in 
 the attic the elevator and stair halls and pent house floors, 
 are all to be finished with a 1" coat of cement wearing sur- 
 face composed of one part Hong Kong Green Island, or its 
 approved equal cement, and one part of clean, sharp, washed 
 sand, the same to be mixed dry and sufficient water added 
 to bring to proper consistency, it must be laid before the 
 concrete bed has set, worked with floats to make it solid 
 
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 and brought te the surface with surplus water and troweled 
 hard to an even surface. All floors must be divided into 
 blocks about four feet square (except in laundry, drying 
 and gum mixing room), the joints to be cut entirely through 
 the concrete and sprinkle sand in the joints, and make 
 proper provisions for expansion and contraction. Provide 
 proper slope to all cesspools and other outlets, and all floors 
 must be protected from injury, and when completed must 
 be covered with paper and planks and delivered with the 
 building in perfect condition, and when necessary to repair 
 defective work the entire slab must be removed, as patching 
 will not be permitted, all work to be strictly first-class in 
 every respect. 
 Cement Base and Coping. 
 
 Wherever cement floors are called for, including the outside 
 area, a sanitary cement base must be provided around all 
 walls, piers, columns, etc., as shown by the drawings, the 
 same to be run at the same time that the floors are laid, to 
 be slightly rounded at the top and coved where the base 
 interestects with the floors. The coping for the outside 
 area wall must be run and moulded before the concrete base 
 has set, the same to be as per detail and proper expansion 
 joints provided, and plugged openings provided so that the 
 iron railing and braces can be installed and leaded after 
 
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 the coping has been finished. The front entrance door sill 
 on the second floor must be of the dimensions shown and 
 must be run and at the same time that the cement landing- 
 is laid. All the fourth floor window sills will be of brick 
 headers, but a cement wash must be carefully run on the 
 top, and the sills carefully caulked, as shown by the 
 drawings. 
 Terrazzo Floors. 
 
 On the second floor, the floors of all the toilet rooms, the en- 
 trance hall and stair hall, on the third floor all the toilet 
 room floors, the corridors, emergency room, and stair hall, 
 on the fourth floor all the toilet room floors, all corridors, 
 stair hall, vestibule, and state reception room are all to be 
 covered with terrazzo floors as hereinafter described. The 
 Contractor for this work shall furnish approved Port- 
 land cement concrete foundations, and shall see that all 
 floors to be laid are true and level and in condition to re- 
 ceive the terrazzo flooring, and shall furnisli the necessary 
 bed for same, all to be true and level and have close head 
 joints. All work shall be carefully protected during the 
 progress of the work, and all injured material shall be re- 
 placed and left in perfect condition on completion. This 
 Contractor will be held responsible for all such work until 
 its acceptance, making good all injury or damage, no matter 
 
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 by whom caused. All terrazzo shall be of the best quality, 
 of the proper thickness, laid in the best and most work- 
 manlike manner, perfectly level and true, rubbed after lay- 
 ing, and finished with a smooth even surface, and samples 
 must be submitted to the Architect's superintendent for 
 approval before proceeding with the work. All parts where 
 terrazzo floors are called for shall be provided with ter- 
 razzo sanitary base, the same to have a cove comer, a 
 rounded edge on top, and to finish flush with the ter- 
 razzo flooring, the same must be set before the plastering 
 is begun, so that the plastering can be finished on top of 
 the base. All base must be perfectly true and straight and 
 free of any warped or defective surfaces. By all toilet 
 rooms where steps are provided to permit of the plumbing 
 fpipes being installed, the face of the step must be of ter- 
 razzo, the base being continued around the room to conform 
 with the work in the other parts in these rooms, and a 
 ;errazzo or marble slab or nozing must be provided at the 
 )utside edge of each offset, against which the toilet floors 
 ire to finish. 
 Sarpenter Work. 
 
 i?he Contractor shall furnish and erect all rough carpenter 
 trork required for the complete finish of the building, as 
 hereinafter directed, together with all incidental jobbing 
 
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 necessary for the proper carrying out of the work, whether 
 particularly mentioned or not. The Carpenter shall do all 
 cutting and fitting of wood work to accommodate the work 
 of all other trades, including the Plumbing, Heating, and 
 Electric Wiring; he shall make good after them, finishing 
 the work in a satisfactory manner. He shall cover the tops 
 of unfinished walls and enclose and protect all projecting 
 cornices, sills, jambs, ^teps, stairs, interior trim of all kinds,; 
 and other finished work, as directed by the Architect's su- 
 perintendent, with close boarding secured to suitable scant- 
 lings, etc. The Carpenter shall furnish and maintain strong 
 railings, safeguards, etc., around all well holes, shafts, and 
 other openings in the floors, wall or roofs, and shall enclose 
 all entrances with strong batten doors, having strong hinges, 
 padlocks, and if required, shall enclose all other door and 
 window openings with old sash or muslin covered planl? 
 frames, and repair and maintain the same in position until 
 the finished sash and doors are set. Furnish and set all 
 centers over openings where there are no iron lintels, forms, 
 patterns, etc., as required in turning and in laying out all 
 work for the mason and stone contractors, and strike and 
 remove same when directed, and furnish all wood' work 
 and blocking required for plumbing, heating and lighting 
 work. Furnish and erect all centering that may be required 
 
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 for all concrete floor slabs, the same to be of sufficient size 
 to unyieldingly retain the concrete in proper position until 
 it has hardened sufficiently to permit of its removal. Pro- 
 vide, make and set frames (bucks) for all door and window 
 openings inconnection with all interior metal partitions, of 
 the sizes called for, or as required by the thickness of the 
 different partitions and all necessary grounds and furring 
 
 ' blocks ; all to be well and securely spiked and set in place 
 and braced as may be required. Furnish and set all wood 
 furring, blocking, grounds, backing, etc., that may be re- 
 quired in any part of the work throughout the building, all 
 to be of the proper sizes and cut to give the finished out- 
 lines as called for by the drawings. All roofs throughout 
 are to be covered with Neponset Red waterproof paper, as 
 made by F. W. Bird & Son, East AValpole, Mass., or its 
 
 I approved equal, the same to be put on after the sheathing 
 is in place, to be given good lap and properly secured in 
 place, then the entire roofs are to be stripped with plas- 
 terer's lath and then furred with 1" x 2" furring strips- sur- 
 faced on one side and nailed to the lath and spaced as shown 
 
 {yy the detail drawings. Furnish and set beveled wood 
 leepers on all concrete floors, arches, or beams throughout 
 hB- entire building where wood floors are called for, the 
 ame to be 2" x 3", set 16" on centers, laid and well bedded 
 
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 in place and securely anchored to the concrete by galvan- 
 ized iron anchors of approved pattern, and the tops to be 
 leveled up and planed ready for the finished flooring. 
 Lumber — All framing lumber used throughout and here- 
 inafter specified will be as per schedule of the Bureau of In- 
 spection of the Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers ' Asso- 
 ciation, and will be Oregon Fir Lumber unless otherwise 
 specified, and must be of the very best quality, free from 
 knots and must be thoroughly kiln dried. All roof rafters 
 (except exposed rafters), ridges, hips, vaJleys, collar beams, 
 braces, purlines, wall plates, sills, etc., are to be "Extra 
 Merchantable." All exposed rafters of all overhanging 
 roofs, the wood brackets in connection with the overhang- 
 ing roofs and rafters of the marquee over the ground floor 
 entrance are to be "Clears," all other framing lumber used 
 throughout the entire building, including grounds, bucks, 
 sleepers, furring, blocks, etc., "Merchantable Lumber," and 
 must be well adapted for the purposes intended. Lumber 
 with bad sap, large or loose knots, will be rejected, and noth- 
 ing but good sound lumber will be accepted. For sizes, 
 heights, lengths, spacing, etc., see drawings. All the ex- 
 posed framing of the overhanging roofs and marquee over 
 the ground floor entrance, including purlines, rafters, brack- 
 ets, etc., must be machine dressed, and cut as per detail. 
 
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 Framing. — Frame for all roofs, dormers, pent house, etc., as 
 shown, using double rafters around all roof openings, all 
 to be done in the strongest manner. All rafters must be 
 straight and cut to fit, and all ridges, hips, and valleys are 
 to be four inches thick and of sufficient depth to take the 
 cut of rafters. All wall plates are to be the sizes marked 
 and anchored withiron anchors, as specified under the head 
 of Iron Work. 
 
 Extfirinr SheatMng— All roofs throughout (except over- 
 hanging roofs and marquee) and all the exterior parts of the 
 dormers are to be sheathed with narrow, standard, tongued 
 and grooved, machine worked, full Vs" thick and not over 
 4" wide, slash grain flooring, the same to be free of bad 
 sap, large or loose knots, and laid with the dressed side 
 down. All to be thoroughly nailed to rafters, with joints 
 well broken over bearings. All the exposed sheathing of 
 all overhanging roofs and the sheathing of the marquee is 
 to be of No. 1, tongued and grooved and beaded edge grain 
 ceiling material, the same to be fully IVs" thick, and not over 
 3" wide, with joints broken over bearings and well stag- 
 gered, to be put up in a first-class and workmanlike manner 
 and provided with bed mouldings as per details. 
 LaddemMdMmmks.-Pvoyide and frame for roof scuttles 
 at each end of main roof by the flag poles, and provide and 
 
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 strongly secure in place suitable ladders to each roof scuttle 
 and to each dormer from the attic floor. The scuttles to be 
 hinged and provided with hook and staples and tinned on 
 the outside. 
 Mill Work. 
 
 All mill work showing throughout the entire interior of 
 building (except the entrance hall, reception, room and 
 police room on the second floor, the stair hall, director's, 
 clerk's and private offices, with toilet rooms attached on. 
 the third floor, and the stair hall vestibule, state reception 
 room with ante and toilet rooms attached, and the draught- 
 ing and instructor's room on the fourth floor) is to be 
 strictly No. 1, clear, first quality, well seasoned yellow pine, 
 or its approved equal in strength and hardness. All other 
 finish throughout the stair halls, reception rooms, director's 
 and clerk's offices, etc., is to be of first quality of California' 
 red wood. All mill work nlust be strictly No. 1, clear, well 
 seasoned material, the best of their respective kinds that, the 
 market affords. All mill work must be strictly in accord^ 
 ance with the scale details for the different parts, and full 
 size details of all work must be submitted to the Architects, 
 or their superintendent, for approval before the work is 
 gotten out. All work must be put up in a strictly first-class 
 
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 and workmanlike manner, as nothing but A-1 work in every 
 respect will be accepted. 
 
 WindoMJ Frames— All sash throughout the interior and ex- 
 terior indicated to be stationary, pivoted or hinged, shall 
 all have plank frames and be provided with sills, mullions, 
 etc., to be of the sizes and thicknesses called for and be as 
 per detail drawings, of No. 1, clear, well seasoned;, machine 
 worked, yellow pine, or as called for. All other frames 
 throughout the entire building shall be made with boxes for 
 weights, all as per detail. All frames shall be equipped 
 with the necessary hardware for their complete and perfect 
 operation, and to be of such character as specified under the 
 head of Hardware, and all inside stops are to be-put up with 
 round head countersunk washers and screws, the same to be 
 left off until the finish is up, and all inside stops must be 
 made strictly as per details, so that the Johnson window 
 shade adjusters can be installed, as made by E. E. Johnson, 
 No. 161 Eandolph St., Chicago^ 111., IT. S. A.; the shades and 
 adjusters are not to be included in this contract. All box 
 frames must be made so as to allow %" play for the sash 
 between the stops and parting strips, and all the large 
 frames must be thoroughly anchored into the walls with 
 iron straps screwed to frames and buUt into walls. All win- 
 dow frames throughout must be set level, plumb and true, 
 
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 and all the parts that built into the walls must have a good 
 heavy coat of metallic waterproof paint, and all exposed 
 parts must be primed at the mill with a good coat of lead 
 and oil before being shipped to the building. The sills of 
 all window frames throughout must be thoroughly packed 
 and caulked with oakum and thoroughly pointed up with 
 white lead. 
 
 3Ietal Weather Striys — All window frames throughout are 
 to be equipped with the " Chamberlin, " or its approved 
 equal weather strip. All window frames for sliding or 
 double hung sash are to be equipped at sides, top and bot- 
 tom with metal strips, having sealing ribs extending at right 
 angles %", ribs to enter grooves plowed in edge of sash; 
 the metal side strips to have raised bearing points on their 
 bases, and the bases of the strips to cover the entire width 
 of lower sash channel or runway, one edge to extend into 
 a small groove in parting stops, upper sash strips to extend 
 into small groove in blind stops, but not covering entire width, 
 of sash channel. Meeting rails to be equipped with two 
 members, one on lower edge of lower rail of upper sash, the 
 other on upper rail of lower sash, on putty bar face, said 
 members (one hocked and the other bent upon itself.) - in- 
 terlocking when sash is closed. All casement or hinged 
 windows are to be equipped on hinge side of frames and 
 
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 sash grooved, same as in sliding wiadows On top, bot- 
 tom and sides opposite the hinges the strip to consist of 
 two parts, one of which is fastened to the jamb, head and 
 sills, and the other to the sides, top and bottom of case- 
 ment in such a manner that they interlock when the win- 
 dow is closed, same as meeting rail of sliding sash. In 
 opening casements where there is no rabbet, to be provided 
 with sub-sills and water tables. 
 
 Door Frames^ AW door frames throughout, unless otherwise 
 particularly noted, shall be 1%" thick and be plowed on the 
 back to prevent cupping. Use strap iron anchors to each 
 side of the outside door frames, same to be screwed to frames 
 and built into walls. All exterior frames to be single rab- 
 beted, and all interior frames to be double rabbeted for 
 doors, unless otherwise shown, and be veneered where nec- 
 essary to match the enclosing trim and carried up for tran- 
 soms where so indicated. All to be securely set and blocked, 
 and all frames must have a good heavy coat of metallic 
 paint on the parts that build into the walls, and to be primed 
 at the mill with lead and oil before.being shipped to the 
 building. 
 
 Doors— AW doors throughout the entire building, unless 
 otherwise specified, shall be 1%" thick, and shall be ve- 
 neered on pine core, or be the Korelock doors, as made by 
 
the Paine Lumber Co., Oshkosh, Wis., U. S. A., or their 
 approved equal. All the doors in connection with the toilet 
 partitions in the various toilet rooms are to be V/s" thick 
 and to be paneled, etc., as per details. All doors showing in 
 the entrance and stair halls, reception room and police room 
 on the second floor, the stair hall, director's, clerk's and 
 private offices, with toilet rooms attached on the third floor, 
 and the stair hall, vestibule, state reception room, with ante 
 and toilet rooms attached, and draughting and instructor's 
 room on the fourth floor, are all to be of selected California 
 Red Wood, all other doors throughout the entire building, 
 unless otherwise specified, are to be of the best quality, drj% 
 well seasoned, selected yellow pine, or its approved equal. 
 AJl doors throughout to be the sizes shown, to be paneled 
 as per details, to be glued and wedged with no tenons to 
 show. All doors must be carefully fitted and hung, and the 
 finishing hardware put on by experienced workmen. The 
 doors between the transferers' room and hammering room 
 l)y the front stairs, and the doors between the office, ma- 
 chine, hammering and hardening rooms are to be equipped 
 with metal weather strips on all sides and to have a heavy 
 rubber edge to make doors sound-proof. 
 Xmii££UMr-AIl doors and windows throughout shown to 
 have transoms are to have them 1%" thick, or as shown by 
 
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 the detail drawings, all to be of the various finishes as the 
 rooms in which they go, and all outside transoms, when re- 
 quired, must be halved, the outside to be pine, and the inside 
 the «ame as the finish in the room. All transoms are to be 
 hinged at the-bottom with loose pin butts, and provided with 
 approved transom rods, all to be included in the finishing 
 hardware. 
 
 Basi^All the sash throughout are to be 1%" thick, and all 
 to be of the sizes shown, and as called for by the drawings-. 
 All sliding sash to have 0. G. lugs cut on the bottom end of 
 side stiles of top sash, and on the top end of side stiles of 
 bottom sash, plowed and bored for weights and nicely fitted. 
 All sliding sash throughout are to be provided with^sash 
 chains, weights, counter sunk sash lifts, and sash locks, 
 as specified under hardware. All sash showing in rooms 
 finished in Bed Wood are to be Bed Wood, or as called for, 
 to be halved, with pine, or its approved equal, on the outside 
 and red wood on the inside. 
 
 Glazing — The front entrance doors on the second floor are 
 to be glazed with the best quality i^" thick polished plate 
 glass of the sizes marked. All sash showing in the toilet 
 rooms, di-essing rooms, and working clothes rooms on the 
 ground floor, and all interior sash, transoms, glazed doors, 
 etc., throughout the entire building are to be glazed with 
 
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 "Syenite" glass, as made hy the Mississippi Glass Co., or 
 its approved equal. All other glass throughout the entire 
 building is to be of the best quality American D. S. glass, 
 the same must be free from folds, waves, blisters, and other 
 defects, to be secured with large glazier's points, puttied 
 and back puttied with fresh putty, allowing same to dry 
 before handling sash. All glass in doors must be set witli 
 moulded wood strips, and all glass throughout must be 
 cleaned and left in perfect condition upon completion. 
 Wond Flnnring — All flooring throughout, except as other- 
 wise specified or shown on the drawings, to be cement, ter- 
 razo'J etc., is to be strictly No. 1, best quality, dry, machine 
 worked, tongued and grooved, and plowed back rock maple 
 flooring, the same to be free from knots, sap and other de- 
 fects; to be full %" thick and 214" wide, secret nailed at 
 every bearing, with close head joints well staggered about 
 the rooms. All flooring throughout must be laid in a strictly 
 first class and workmanlike manner, to have all head joints 
 planed ; to be nicely scraped and cleaned and left a perfect 
 job on completion. The Contractor must see that all floor- 
 ing strips are thoroughly secured in perfect condition and 
 true and level, and all flooring must positively be aired and 
 Sim dried after being delivered to the building, and must 
 not be laid until after the plastering has thoroughly dried. 
 
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 After the flooring is laid and cleaned the same must be pro- 
 tected and covered with paper, and the Contractor will be 
 held responsible for and must make good any damage to the 
 flooring. 
 
 Soiikr-Furnish and set hard wood saddles %" thick and 
 the required width for all doors except doors connecting with 
 rooms both of which have cement or terrazzo floors. All 
 saddles to be beveled on both edges and be accurately fitted 
 around the frames. Where wood floors intersect with ce- 
 ment or terrazzo floors, hard wood flush sills must be pro- 
 vided and the flooring neatly and accurately fitted against 
 same. 
 
 Picture Moulding — The reception room and police room on 
 the second floor, the two director's offices with private office 
 and two clerk 's offices on the third floor, and the state recep- 
 tion room, vestibule, instructor's room and draughting room 
 on the fourth floor are all to have picture moulding put up 
 %" below the bottom of the concrete beams and girders, or 
 as directed by the Architect's Superintendent, and made to 
 match the finish in the rooms in which it goes. 
 Interior Finish — All interior ^.finish such as doors, base, 
 trim, picture moulding, etc., is to be hand smoothed, scraped 
 and smoothly sand-paperied for oil finish, and be of yellow 
 pine, or its approved equal, and California red wood, as 
 
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 called for mder Mill Work. All labor shall be performed 
 by skilled workmen, all work shall be strictly first class in 
 every particular, and must conform with the drawings an.? 
 details. The Contractor must make a thorough examination 
 of all parts to be finished, and note that all plastering is 
 thoroughly dry, all grounds plumb and true, and must pro- 
 vide any additional blocking or grounds that may be required. 
 If the trim is put together at the mill before being shipped 
 to the building it must have splihed mitre joints at corner 
 and be secured by mitre bends on backing and be well glued. 
 Splines to be kept back from edge when no band mould is 
 used. All finished work must be hand scraped and sand 
 papered ready for the painter, all must be secured to the 
 grounds and wood brick, and where necessary to nail up 
 inside finish with exposed nail heads, use the small head wire 
 finishing nails and sink the heads for the painter. 
 Equipment — The equipment on the various floors included 
 in the carpenter work will all be of clear, selected, well sea 
 soned, yellow pine, or its approved equal, unless otherwise 
 called for, all the various dimensions called for and will be 
 as follows : On the ground floor the benches and clothes raviks 
 in the locker and dressing rooms and work benches in the 
 machine and carpenter shop, on the second floor gratings in 
 the wetting room, the shelves in the power press room, on 
 
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 the third floor the shelving in the file room, bins and drawers 
 in the store room, shelving in the director's store rooms, 
 benches in the dressing room, shelving in the emergency 
 room closet, shelving in the dark room, shelving in photo- 
 graphy room and ledge in the hardening room, on the fourth 
 floor the dish trough tables, shelving and lockers in the 
 kitchen, tables and draught closet in the laboratory and 
 drawers and shelving in the chemical room. The benches 
 and clothes racks in the locker and dressing rooms on the 
 ground floor are to be located as shown on the plan.s and as 
 detailed on sheet No. 21, the clothes racks in the drfssing 
 rooms are to have upright standards and braces the sizes 
 shown, the hook rails are to be in step-offs and provided 
 with hooks spacedas shown and as called for under Hard 
 ware, and all racks anchored to floors and walls as shown, 
 the benches are to have tops 14" wide by IVs" thick after 
 being dressed, to have the edges slightly rounded and have 
 Hart & Cooley Company seat supports No. 351 about four 
 feet apart. The work bench in the machine shop is to be 
 134" thick, the top to be of thoroughly well seasoned hard 
 maple secured to the wall and have s.tandards about every 
 6' 0" and drawers about 6" deep by 18" wide, which must be 
 provided about every 4' 0", and be equipped with lock, key 
 and pull, as provided for in the Hardware specification. The 
 
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 benches in the carpenter shop are to be the dimensions 
 shown, to have top 1%" thick of well seasoned hard maple 
 with suitable dressed standards 2%" x S%", all equipped 
 with mortised and tenoned bracing, and have a shelf cover- 
 ing the full size of the bench to rest on the bracing. There 
 are to be no drawers in the benches in the carpenter shop, 
 but each bench must be equipped with a vise, jaw, hand 
 screw and iron bench stop, and the standards must have pin 
 and pin holes, as directed. All the benches in the machine 
 shop and various departments must be made as directed by 
 tlie superintendent in charge. The floor gratings in the 
 wetting room are to be of the various dimensions shown on 
 the plan and are to be of 1%',' x 3" strips, with i^" space be- 
 tween strips and nailed to 2" x 4" resting pieces up the 4" 
 way and spaced about 2' 0" apart. The shelving in front of 
 the windows in the power press room is to be the width 
 shown and spaced as called for and detailed on sheet No. 21, 
 but must be so constructed with suitable uprights that the 
 shelving will stand about 4" away from the wall to permit 
 of heat radiation being installed against the wall. The 
 shelving in the file room must be as called for, the lower 
 shelf to be 4' 0" above the floor and the upper ones equally 
 spaced to the ceiling, suitable grounds must be provided in 
 the partitions before being plastered, and the shelves sup- 
 
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 ported on wood partitions spaced as directed by the Archi- 
 tect's Superintendent. The bins and drawers in the store 
 room are to be as shown on the plans and detailed on sheet 
 No. 15, all to be built up as shown and provided with bias, 
 drawers, etc., and all the necessary hinges, pulls, knobs, etc., 
 complete, as specified under Hardware. All the shelving ia 
 the director's closets, closet in emergency room, dark room 
 and photography room must all be as called for, the lower 
 shelf to be about 4' 0" above the floor and the others equally 
 spaced up to the ceiling, all to be thoroughly secured in ' 
 place, and suitable grounds must be provided before the par- 
 titions are lathed. The ledge in the hardening room is to 
 be 1%" thick and strongly secured in place with suitable 
 braces and uprights, and the top of the ledge will be covered 
 with tiu by the tinner. The printing frame for the pho- 
 tography room must be secured to wood grounds on top of 
 the angle iron brackets and ceiled with tongued and grooved 
 flooring and provided with an outside edge strip. The dish 
 trough in the kitchen must be of the dimensions shown, built 
 up of 1%" lumber, with joints thoroughly caulked with white 
 lead,, and supported on suitable bucks, and the trough is to 
 be lined with 14 oz. copper by the ttaner. The tables, lockers 
 and shelving ia the kitchen are to be spaced as shown on the 
 plans and detailed on sheet No. 21, the drawers to be equip- 
 
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 ped with pulls and the lockers with hinges, locks and keys 
 complete, as specified. The table and draught closet in the 
 laboratory are to be as shown on the plans and detailed on 
 sheet Xo. 21. The draught closet is to be supported on 
 W. I. brackets, as provided for in the Hardware specifica- 
 tion, to be ceiled on ends and have glass top and front, as de- 
 tailed. The closet must be provided with a 4" C. I. vent pipe, 
 which must lie extended up to two feet above the roof and 
 drain pipe to sink, as shown, to be installed by the plumber. 
 The tal)le in the laboratory is to be of the same detail and 
 have drawers like the kitchen tables, but must be made to fit 
 the space shown and have a i" thick Alberene stone top, as 
 sold by the Alberene Stone Co., New York, U. S. A. The 
 shelving and lockers in the photography and chemical rooms 
 are to be as shown by the plans and detailed on sheet No. 
 21, all to be as per details and provided with the necessary 
 hardware, as shown and specified. The tables and benches 
 in the mess room are to be spaced as shown by the drawings 
 and detailed on sheet No. 21, all to be of the various lengths 
 shown, the benches to have ly^" x 14" tops and supported 
 with Hart & Cooley Co. seat supports No. 351 spaced about 
 4' 0" apart, and the number of benches must be provided a.'^ 
 per schedule on detail sheet. The benches in the dressing 
 room on the third floor are to be of the sizes shown and be 
 
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 of the same detail as the mess room benches. 
 Metal Work. 
 
 Tin. Covmr and Lp.ad Wnrh—l'ho saddle roof back of the 
 pent hoii'se, the roof of the marquee and the roof 
 scuttles and all flashing are to be covered with FoUans- 
 bee Bros. Co. "Scott's" extra coated, or N. & G. Taylor Co. 
 "Target & Arrow" Old Style brand I-C thickness in 
 stamped 14" x 20" sheets. All sheets must be put up in 
 long lengths the narrow way in the shop, the cross seams to be 
 locked together and well soldered with the best grade solder 
 guaranteed one half tin and one half lead, usiag no other 
 soldering flux but good rosin, and the solder must be well 
 sweated into all seams and joints. The sheets to be fastened 
 to the sheathing with cleats, using three cleats to each sheet, 
 two on the long side and one on the short side, and to be two 
 1" barbed wire nails to each cleat, and no nails must be 
 driven through the sheets. All flashing is to be let into rag- 
 lets not less than 2" and built into walls not less than 5" into 
 the joints. The under flashing must extend not less than 4" 
 on the flat over the roofing paper and up__on all Vertical sur- 
 faces not less than iO" and cap flashing must be turned down 
 over under flashing not less than 4" ; where pipes and ducts 
 come through roof they shall be properly flashed not less 
 than 6" on roofs and turned up not less than 12", turned into 
 
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 hubs of pipes and thoroughly caulked with lead. All val- 
 leys, lips and ridges are to be flashed with continuous sheets. 
 The dish trough in the fourth floor kitchen is to be carefully 
 lined with 16 oz. soft rolled copper, the same to be carefully 
 seamed in place, to be turned over the edges of the trough 
 and openings provided for water supply and waste pipes. 
 The stone gutters over the front entrance is to be lined with 
 sheet lead as shown by the details on sheet No. 19 to be ac- 
 curately put in place and turned into raglets and properly 
 caulked with lead. The tin to be painted on the under side 
 liefore laying with one coat of metallic brown, Venetian red, 
 or red oxide mixed with pure linseed oil, litharge only as a 
 dryer, no patent drj'^er or turpentine must be used. After 
 the tin is laid it must be immediately painted with one coat, as 
 specified above, with a hand brush and well rubbed in, 
 and to receive a second coat in like manner when the first 
 coat has dried, within two weeks time. No unnecessary 
 walking on the roof or using it for storage will be permitted, 
 and care must be exercised that the coating of the tin is not 
 broken. The table in the hardening room is to be covered 
 with tin, the same to be put in place without buckles, the 
 ends to be turned down over the edges and be thoroughly se- 
 cured in place. 
 Galvanhed Iron Woyh—\]\ gutters, down spouts, flashing, 
 
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 dormers, flag pale finals, parts of marquee, wherever gal- 
 vanized iron is required or called for, is to be of No. 26 gauge 
 crimped galvanized iron of the various sizes and designs 
 shown, all as per details. All angles and joints to be se- 
 curely riveted and to have stays, and the work to be free 
 from crinkles and buckles, with all moulded parts neatly 
 executed, and no laps to show. The down spouts to be i/4" 
 corrugated and of the sizes marked and located as shown. 
 All down spouts to have bell top wire strainers over open- 
 ings in gutters, and down spouts to be secured to walls with 
 approved wrought iron hangers, and provisions shall be 
 made in all work for expansion and contraction. By all 
 galvanized gutters a 12" wide continuous sheet of galvanized 
 iron must be provided, the same to lay 10" on the roof sheath- 
 ing before the tile are put on and the outside 2" to be turned 
 down over the top of the inner part of the gutter, the strip 
 to be provided so that the guttering can be renewed. The 
 contractor shall take proper care to prevent any staining of 
 stones or other work by use of improper materials, other- 
 wise he will be held responsible for any such damage caused 
 by his work. He shall carefully protect his work from dam- 
 age, and at completion will repair any and all damage done 
 to his work, no matter by whom caused, leaving same in per- 
 fect condition for acceptance. He shall furnish a bona-fide 
 
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 guarantee to cover a period of two years from date of com- 
 pletion of the building, making good any and all leaks and 
 other defects which may appear or be discovered during 
 this period. 
 Tile Roofing. 
 
 The following specifications covering the tile roofing indi- 
 cate the class of material and character of work wanted. 
 However, the native tile and workmen are good and it is 
 left optional with the contractor what material or labor he 
 employs provided the results conform with the require- 
 ments of the specifications. All the roofs throughout, un- 
 less otherwise shown, are to be covered with T-I tile as 
 manufactured by the Ludowici-Celadon Co., Chicago 
 Heights, 111., U. S. A., or the Mound City "A" tile as made 
 by the Mound City Tile Co., No. 3301 Morgan Ford Road, 
 St. Louis, Mo., U. S. A., or their approved equal, as follows: 
 After the roofing paper has been put in place the same is to 
 be secured in place by plaster laths nailed up and down the 
 roof twenty-four inches centers, then covered with wood fur- 
 ring yg" by 2" surfaced one side, to be securely nailed over 
 the entire roof, commencing at and parallel with the eaves, 
 accurately spaced as follows, to fit the tiles : The lower edge 
 of the first course to be 12" from the upper edge of the sec- 
 ond course. All the courses above to be 13% inches from 
 
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 upper to upper edge. The eaves course to be one inch 
 thicker than those above. At the valleys a one inch by two 
 inch strip is to be nailed to the sheathing on each side of the 
 valley and parallel to it on top of a plaster lath about six 
 inches from the center. This width may be varied with the 
 length of valley and volume of water to be cared for. A 
 clear space of at least one inch must be left between this val- 
 ley strip and the adjacent horizontal tile strips. All val- 
 ley metal to be of tin as specified, covering the valley and 
 the one inch by two inch strip and continuing to a point on 
 the sheathing four inches beyond the strip on each side of 
 the valley. The outside four inches valley metal to lie imder 
 the roofing paper, which is brought down to the valley strip 
 over it. Roofing paper to be laid under the valley metal and 
 to be well lapped by the paper on both the adjoining roofs. 
 Where valleys empty onto the roof above the eaves, the val- 
 ley flashng must continue full width to cover one course of 
 tiles below. AH roof sheet metal work, except aprons, to be 
 in place before the tiles are laid. At the sides of dormers or 
 perpendicular walls, a gutter two inches wide is to be laid 
 under the tiles by placing a yg x 2 inch strip two inches from 
 the wall and parallel with it. The gutter so made to be lined 
 with tin fourteen inches wide, lying eight inches against the 
 wall, and continuing_through the gutter to the farther edge 
 
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 of the side strip, where it is to be turned up half an inch. 
 The upper edge of the metal to be counter-flashed with a 
 minimum lap of four inches. Metal saddles to be placed 
 where required, extending six inches under the first tile strip 
 above and running up the chimney wall eight inches. To be 
 counterflashed with four-inch lap. Tiles to be well selected 
 and hard burned, none to be used that are chipped in the side 
 lock or gutter. Valleys not laid with filled tiles to be pointed 
 with cement mortar colored to match the tiles. Pointing to 
 be set back from the edge of the tiles, so as to insure a free 
 drip. This pointing must never be done from the inside. 
 Every tile in the eaves and every second tile elsewhere to be 
 fastened to the sheathing with No. 18 copper wire, as fol- 
 lows : A one inch staple to be driven into the sheathing di- 
 rectly under the pierced lug of the tile to be fastened, and 
 with its wire already attached, the tile is laid in place after 
 running the wire through the staple. The wire is then 
 drawn tight and wound around a nail driven into the strip 
 at the left side of the tile so fastened, or a spring clip made 
 for the purpose by the tile manufacturers may be used. All 
 tiles and fittings to be of semi-glazed red T-1 or their ap- 
 proved equal. Eidge roll to be of pattern C-9, with closed 
 ends No. 225. Terminals to have necessary number and 
 patterns of branches and to be finishes with top of stock pat- 
 
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 tern. Valley tiles to be cut before 'burning. A one inch 
 board of the necessary jvidth to be placed on edge over the 
 hip rafter to receive the hip rolls, each of which to be nailed 
 to this board. Each piece of hip roll to be nailed to the hip 
 board. Before setting them in place cement mortar is to be 
 laid along the edges of the cut tiles, making their joint 
 against the hip board and a bed for the edges of the roll. 
 After being set, the joints and edges to be pointed with the 
 same material properly colored to match the tiles. Use tiles 
 chips with the mortar in filling the larger openmgs. The 
 edges of ridge rolls to be bedded in cement mortar and the 
 joints and edges then pointed with it properly colored to 
 match the tiles. The interior spaces of hip and ridge rolls 
 must not be filled with the pointing material. All tile niust 
 be strictly first class, hard burned and true, of a uniform 
 color, and no tile that are warped, cracked or otherwise 
 damaged will be permitted to be used. The Contractor must 
 leave the roof perfect in every respect, ready for acceptance, 
 and must make good all damage, no matter by whom caused, 
 and must make sufficient allowance for breakage, leaving tile 
 on the premises, and must give a bona fide guarantee, guar- 
 anteeing the roof against leaks for a period of two years 
 from the date of acceptance. 
 
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 Metal Partitions. 
 
 ATI interior partitions throughout the entire building, not 
 shown as brick or concrete, are to be hollow metal parti- 
 tions, as made "by the General Fireproofing Co., Youngstown, 
 Ohio, U. S. A., or its approved equal. All partitions to be 
 constructed of 2" steel channels spaced not less than 16" on 
 centers with suitable top and bottom members thoroughly 
 anfii»)]"(l to floors and ceilings, with all members properly 
 fitted around the beams, etc. All grounds for base, finish, 
 etc., must be installed in place, and all wires, pipes, con- 
 duits, etc., nm before the. partitions are lathed in. All par- 
 titions are to finish four inches thick after being plastered, 
 and all openings in the partitions formed by 3" x 4" wood 
 bucks, which must be reinforced or trussed where required 
 for wide openings. 
 Lath and Plastering. 
 
 Mntnl Lathing — All furring of beams, coves, cornices, col- 
 umns, chases, flues, etc., and wherever required, and both 
 sides of all metal partitions are to be lathed with "A" 
 Herringbone expanded metal lath, No. 26 gauge, as made 
 by the General Fireproofing Co., Youngstown, Ohio, U. S. 
 A., or its approved equal. The lathing must be set rigid, 
 straight and true by competent workmen, shall be tightly 
 stretched with appropriate tools and rigidly secured- to all 
 bearing and have at least 8" la]) over adjoining work. All 
 
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 joints must be lapped and end joints broken and laced tight 
 with No. 18 galvanized wire. All lathing carrying moulded 
 plaster work shall be bent in strict accordance with the 
 detail drawings, and in no case shall receive more than 
 2" of plaster. 
 
 Corner Beadfi — All exposed wall, pier and column angles 
 in all plastered rooms throughout the entire building (ex- 
 cept those parts marked "G" on the plans, which will have 
 angle iron guards) shall be protected with a Hunt, or its 
 approved equal, corner bead, as made by the Hunt Metal 
 Comer Bead Co., No. 561 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Mass., 
 U. S. A., the same to be rigidly set, straight and true, with- 
 out waves or splices, before the plastering is begun, and to 
 be thoroughly galvanized and guaranteed not to rust. 
 Plastering— All walls and ceilings throughout the entire 
 building, including all concrete columns, girders, beams, etc. 
 (excepting the walls and ceilings of the two vaults, the pent 
 house and the walls and ceilings of the attic), but including 
 the elevator shafts up to the pent house floor, are all to be 
 plastered with the very best quality of Chinese plaster and 
 jnust be put on in a strictly first-class and workmanlike 
 manner by Chinese plasterers. The Chinese plaster is com- 
 posed of mashed paper and lime and the finished work must 
 be equal to the best work done in China. The pilasters. 
 
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 caps, beams, cornices, etc., in tlie state reception room and 
 vestibule on the fourth floor are to be as per details, and all 
 mouldings, profiles, etc., true, sharp and accurately run. 
 The concrete wall on the back of the pent house above the 
 roof is to be finished with a coat of cement, the same to be 
 applied before the concrete has set. The Contractor ior this 
 work shall furnish all scaffolding, rough flooring, horses, 
 boards, ladders, moulds, models, etc., required for the proper 
 execution of his work, and after completion he shall clean all 
 the floors, remove all scaffolding, materials and rubbish from 
 the premises, and leave the building absolutely broom clean 
 on completion of his work. He shall do all cutting and 
 fitting required in the furring and lathing to accommodate 
 the work of all other trades and make good after. He shall 
 also make any and all repairs required, which may be caused 
 by the operations of other mechanics, leaving all lathing in 
 first-class condition and ready for plastering. After all the 
 other work in the building is completed and whenever di- 
 rected by the Architects' superintendent, the plasterer shall 
 make good any and all defective plaster work, no matter 
 by whom caused, cutting the same out, forming keys and 
 repairing same in the best and most workmanlike manner, 
 delivering all plastering to the entire satisfaction of the 
 Architects or their superintendent on completion. 
 
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 Toilet and Bath Partitions. 
 
 Slate — On the ground floor the partitions and front stiles 
 of the machine shop toilet, the partitions, back, end and 
 front stiles of the six toilets in the wash room for females, 
 also the partitions, fronts and ends of the four baths in this 
 room, and the partitions, backs, fronts and ends of the four 
 showers and twelve toilets in the wash room for males, on 
 the second floor the partitions and front stiles in the ten 
 toilet rooms on this floor, and on the fourth floor the parti- 
 tions and front stiles in the toilet rooms for the laundry and 
 electro plating room, are all to be of strictly No. 1, smoothly 
 finished slate. All partitions, backs and ends are to be 1" 
 thick, and all front stiles I14" thick. There will be' no wall 
 lining except in back of toilets on the ground floor to pro- 
 
 "vide pipe space. The shower partitions must go down to 
 the floor and finish the same height as detailed for the 
 toilets. 
 
 Carrara Glass^ The partitions and front stiles in the toilet 
 rooms for the clerk's and director's offices and around the 
 toilet in the emergency room and toilet room adjoining the 
 
 i dressing room on the third floor, and the partitions, ends 
 and stiles for the toilet rooms for the state reception room 
 and adjoining the draughting room, and the wainscoting 
 and flooring around the gum mixing kettles in the gum mix- 
 
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 ing room on the fourth floor are all to be of Carrara Glass, 
 as manufactured by the Pittsburg Plate Glass Co., Frick 
 Building, Pittsburg, Pa., U. S. A., or its approved equal. 
 All the partitions and ends are to be Vs" thick and the front 
 stiles li<<" thick, the same as the doors, and have a velvet 
 finish. There will be no wall lining. The floor under the 
 mixing kettles in the gum mixing room on the fourth floor 
 is to be floored with %" thick Carrara Glass flooring, and 
 the wainscoting around the kettles is to be 7-16" thick, all 
 to ))e finished the height and levels shown on sheet No. 25, 
 and is to be set in special plastic cement over the ground 
 coat. This contractor is to do all the cutting and drilling 
 required in connection with the slate and Carrara Glass 
 work, also that which may be required to suit the work of 
 the other contractors, he must make good all damage to 
 his work, no matter by whom caused, and leave the same 
 perfect in every respect on completion. All slate and Car- 
 rara Glass partitions, stiles, ends, etc., around all the toilet 
 stalls and baths are to be equipped by this contractor with 
 N. P. brass fittings, as made by the Speakman Supply and 
 Pipe Co., Wilmington, Del., U. S. A., or their approved 
 equal, using top and bottom standards Nos. 300 to 307 with 
 top rails to suit, bolts Xo. 252, each partition and front stile 
 is to have a top partition bracket No. 315 at the walls, knee 
 
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 No. 282 at the bottom, and in addition to the knee, each par- 
 tition and end slab must have a bottom standard at the 
 wall line to support the partitions and ends. 
 Hardware. 
 
 The Contractor for the hardware shall furnish all hardware 
 required for the complete finish of the building, whether 
 same is especially mentioned or not, except hardware speci- 
 fied under "Slate and Glass Partitions" and "Iron and 
 Steel Work," same to be furnished by those respective con- 
 tractors. All hardware to be as made by P. & F. Oorbin, 
 New Britain, Conn., U. S. A., or its approved equal, and 
 all finish is to be L. B., except that showing in toilet rooms, 
 which will be nickel, all to be set by the General Contractor. 
 The General Contractor will furnish the contractor for the 
 hardware with all information and details in relation to the 
 sizes, forms, hands, bevels, thickness, etc., of doors and win- 
 dows, etc., and the said contractor for hardware shall make 
 the hardware fit its place perfectly without defacement. 
 All hardware shall be delivered to the General Contractor 
 at the building, and the Contractor shall receipt for and be 
 responsible for same. It must be properly packed, sepa- 
 rately for each floor, and marked for each window and door. 
 All hard'ware of the various kinds selected shall be of the 
 best manufacture and design, quality and finish, and shall 
 
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 be free from defects of any kind, and all defective pieces 
 must be replaced by the hardware contractor at his own 
 expense. The Ground and Second Floor Main Entrance 
 Doors to have lock 141 B, with cylinder in center of stile 
 and face to fit detail. To be three No. 61—% x 51/2 x 51/2 • 
 butts to each leaf with concealed fibre washe];-s. The stand- 
 ing leaf to be secured with No. 2558-30" bolt at top and No. 
 2558- V2, 15" bolt at bottom. Each leaf to be trimmed with 
 4" X 20" No. 76090 push plates on the exterior and same size 
 and style door pulls with S-3013 grip on the interior, one of 
 each of the above to be cut to suit lock cylinder. To be No. 
 2320 kick plates on both sides of each leaf 10" high and full 
 width of door, but 1%" thick and Corbin's No. 51/2 Uni- 
 versal solid bronze doov checks and No. 0370 door holders 
 to each leaf, holders to be fitted with expansion bolts. The 
 Ground Floor Rear Entrance Doors to have unit lock No. 
 760672 and 4" x 15" escutcheon. The butts, bolts, holders, 
 kick plates, etc., to be the same kind as specified for the 
 main entrance doors, and be provided with one No. 5Mj 
 Universal solid bronze check, ^''estibule doors to em- 
 ployees' entrance and second floor stair hall to service cor- 
 ridor to have unit lock No. 760-644, and butts, bolts, holders, 
 kick plates, etc., the same as the main entrance doors and 
 provided with 5y2 Universal solid bronze spring and check. 
 
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 The doors between the corridor and clerks' offices, director's 
 office, private office and assistant director's offices are to 
 have unit lock No. 760-550, three No. 61-% x 5 x 5 butts and 
 concealed fiber washers. All other interior doors through- 
 out (except double acting doors) are to have No. 1366% 
 lock, No. 1519% knob, two No. 76031 escutcheons, and three 
 No. 61% X 5 X 5 butts with concealed fiber washers. All 
 knobs throughout to have patent screwless spindle of ihe 
 latest improved type and all standing leaves of double doors 
 to have No. 02859 top and bottom bolts, the bottom to be 
 15" and the top to reach within 5' 6" from the floor. The 
 double acting doors to have lock No. 144% with keyhole in 
 center of style and be hung onNo. 142 solid bronze Bommer 
 spring hinged. Each leaf to be trimmed with two No. 
 76090 push plates cut to receive of No. 1441/2 lock and have 
 two No. 2320 kick plates 10" high the full width of door 
 and one No. 2860 door holder. All the single acting doors 
 leading to the various toilet rooms, and all doors for service 
 corridors except where otherwise specified, are to have door 
 checks and springs. All interior doors having No. 0567 
 cylinder locks and all toilet room doors to have No. 2 
 polished iron checks, all others where checks are used to 
 have No. 3 polished iron checks. All doors with springs 
 and checks, except toilet room doors, are to have No. 2860 
 
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 door holders. All door transoms (except those shown to be 
 stationary) are to be hung on No. ^QVi x 3 x 3 butts and 
 operated with No. 00951/2 transom lifters with rod to reach 
 within 5' 0" from floor. The rod and bracket to be polished 
 bronze plated iron and the balance to be solid bronze. The 
 three small windows to pent house, four small windows to 
 front stair landing-, transom over basement front entrance 
 and all transoms over the fourth floor windows are to be 
 hinged at the bottom with two 3 x 3 No. IQlYo butts and he 
 provided with No. 1376 catch and two 15" No. lOPVo tran- 
 soni chains. All sliding sash are to be hung on red or com- 
 position metal sash chain of a tensile strength equal *to 
 Monarch No. 3, as made ])\ the Bridgeport Chain Co., same 
 to be j)rovided with the necessary.- chain attachments for 
 weights, and all sash are to be evenly balanced by either 
 lead or iron weights, as may be required. This contractor 
 will also provide No. 1831i/'2 sash lock for each window, 
 two No. 02220 sash lifts for each lower sash. No. 1289 socket 
 for each top sash, No. 184 stop bead screws spaced 15" 
 apart, and No. 605-% E. 2V^" sash pulleys with gun metal 
 axles and 50 oak sash poles 6' 0" long with No. 2287 hook. 
 The casement windows of the roof dormers and small attic 
 windows over tlie front stairs are to lie hung at sides with 
 3 X 3 No. 100 butts. No. 021601/4 casement fast and ZVz" 
 
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 brass hook and eye. All doors in connection with cement 
 or terrazzo floors are to be provided with either No. 368 or 
 No. 370 door stops provided with lead sleeves. All toilet 
 doors in connection with the slate and glass partitions 
 around the toilets and baths are to be provided with Bom- 
 mer No. 1000 single acting spring hinges, No. 1056 strikes, 
 I No. 5004 bolts. No. 17911/2 door pulls, and one No. 010341/2 
 C, & H. hook to each stall. The metal doors to the three 
 drying rooms and hardening room are to be equipped with 
 the same style and quality of hardware as the other doors 
 on same floor. The draught closet in the laboratory to have 
 two 2" No. 009% sash pulleys, 'No. 7 Samson's spotted cord, 
 one No. 02220 sash lift and three 16;' x 18" No. 790 japanned 
 brackets. The lockers in the kitchen to have 2%" x 2%" 
 No. 289i/o butts, No. 1625 elbow catch. No. 723 locks, No. 
 2626 escutcheon and key combination to be obtained before 
 furnishing.. The drawers in the kitchen to have No. 1365 
 pulls, No. 432 locks, No. 2621 escutcheon and obtain key 
 combination before furnishing. The drawers to laboratory 
 and chemical room tables are to have No. 1365 pulls. No. 
 432 locks. No. 2621 escutcheon, and obtain key combination 
 before furnishing. The lockers in the chemical room to 
 have No. 2891/2—21/2 x 21/2 butts. No. 1623 elbow catches. 
 No. 723 locks. No. 2626 escutcheon, and obtain key corabi- 
 
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 nation before furnishing. The lockers in the photograph 
 room to have No. 289i/o— 21/2 x 2V2 butts. No. 1623 elbow 
 catches, Xo. 723 locks, No. 2626 escutcheon, 0" x 6" No. 790 
 bracket for top shelf, and 6" x 8" No. 790 bracket for lower.; 
 shelves, and obtain key combination before furnishing. 
 Shelving in instrument room to have No. 790 brackets of 
 suitable size. The bins and drawers in the third floor store 
 room are to have the bin covers hung 3" fast joint broad 
 brass butts with screws, and have I14" No. 15311/2 brass 
 knob, drawers to have No. 1365 drawer pulls and no locks. 
 The drawers in the machine shop work benches are to have 
 No. 1365 drawer pulls. No. 432 lock, No. 2621 escutcheon; 
 and obtain key combination before furnishing. Provide 
 1212 No. 01172 C. & H. hooks packed with Vs" screws for 
 the clothes racks in the dressing rooms for males and fe- 
 males on the ground floor. All hinges throughout are to be 
 of sufficient width to swing clear of trim and wider than the 
 sizes specified if found necessary. The lips to all lock 
 strikes to project sufficiently to protect the woodwork and 
 to be built up 'of sufficient thickness so that the strike will 
 set flat on trim. Furnish master keys for No. 1366 V2 and 
 No. 1441/2 locks and twelve master keys to pass all cylinder 
 locks. 
 
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 Iron and Steel Work. 
 
 This contract to include all iron and steel work throughout 
 the entire building of whatever kind and all other materials 
 that come in connection with the same, as hereinafter speci- 
 fied and as specified under the following headings, viz., 
 Structural, Ornamental, and Special and will be as follows: 
 Structural— The structural iron and steel work will include 
 the 6" I beams back of each elevator shaft, the same to be 
 spaced as shown on plans and sheet No. 25, I beams and 
 plates over all the fourth floor windows, angle irons over all 
 the third floor windows, angle iron guards for all corners 
 of all pilasters and columns , marked "G" on the various 
 floors, all cast iron ventilators in the exterior walls above 
 rhe fourth floor ceiliag, bolts for the wood brackets of over- 
 hanging roofs, wall plate anchors, rods, channel beams, 
 bolts, etc., supporting the mezzanine floors in the gumming 
 machine room and sizing room, and all other structural iron 
 that may be shown or required, all to be of the various sizes 
 and weights called for and as per details. The beams with 
 bottom plates over the fourth floor windows and the angles 
 over the third floor windows are to be set and be of the sizes 
 as shown on sheet No. 19, and be of such lengths to give a 
 four inch bearing on jambs of openings. The angle iron 
 guards of the concrete pilasters, columns, etc., marked Gr on 
 
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 the various floors are to be 21/0" x 21/0" s 1/4" and be four feet 
 high above the floor and securely anchored and bolted with 
 approved expansion bolts with counter sunk heads, or other 
 approved method. The ventilators above the fourth floor 
 ceiling are to be of the sizes marked on sheet No. 19 and 
 spaced as shown by the different elevations. The wall plate 
 anchors are to be as shown on sheet No. 19 and spaced about 
 every four feet around the entire building. The rods, bolts, 
 plates, channels, etc., are to be of the various sizes and di- 
 mensions indicated and spaced as shown by the details on 
 sheet No. 25. All structural iron must be cleaned of all 
 scale, dirt and foreign matter and receive two good coats of 
 graphite paint before being shipped from the shops. 
 Ornamental — The ornamental iron work will be wrought 
 iron and will include the outside area railing around the 
 entire building, the outside stair railing to the front en- 
 trance, the marquee to the North Ground Floor Entrance, 
 the elevator enclosures, the stairs from the ground floor to 
 the second floor by the press room, the front and rear stain's 
 from the ground floor to the attic, the stairs from the attic 
 to the pent house, steps on the various floors leading to the 
 fire escapes, stairs and railings for the mezzanine floors in 
 the gumming machine room and sizing room, ground floor 
 window guai'ds, iron doors leading to wetting room on 
 
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 ground floor, and all other sucli ornamental iron work as 
 may be shown by the drawings or may be required, all to be 
 of the various sizes and designs shown and to be as per 
 details. The outside area railing is to be as shown on the 
 various plans and elevations and as especially detailed and 
 figured on sheets No. 19 and 24. The stair railing to the 
 main entrance to be as shown by the second floor plan and 
 North Elevation and detailed on sheets No. 19 and 24. The 
 marquee over the ground floor entrance on the North side 
 is to be as shown on the second floor plan and North Eleva- 
 tion and detailed on sheet No. 22, the same to be provided 
 with channel beam frame, brackets, cbains, turn buckles, 
 etc., complete, and thoroughly anchored and bolted in place, 
 and provided all necessary punching, bolts, etc., to accom- 
 modate the work of the carpenter and roofer. All the 
 openings to the elevator shafts on the various floors are to 
 be provided with enclosures as shown on the various plans 
 and as -detailed on sheet No. 25. Provide channel beam up- 
 rights and top members with ornamental members as sbown, 
 and all grilles, doors, etc., are to be of the various sizes and 
 designs shown, the doors to swing and slide, so that the 
 entire fronts can be removed, and all necessary tracks, hang- 
 ers and floor girders, bumpers, etc., must be provided and 
 equipped with Corbin's half mortise elevator lock No. 2393 
 
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 and escutrheon No. 76040. A sill and shaft facia must be 
 provided and a section of ^Mason safety tread fitted in be- 
 tween the jambs as shown. All the iron stairs are to be as 
 shown on the various plans and detailed on sheets No. 23 
 and 24. All stairs throughout must be framed to conform 
 to the dimensions shown, all hand rails will be of 2V2" pol- 
 ished brass, all stringers to be of the sizes shown, with the 
 different runs framed as shown and provided with angles 
 and mouldings, all as shown, and all newels, railings, facias, 
 channel beams, etc., to be of the various sizes shown and be 
 as per detail. All risers are to be of cast iron riveted with 
 counter sunk rivets to the angle iron supports, and all treads 
 and landings are to be Vi" thick steel plate and covered with 
 Mason '^s safety tread, as made by the American Mason 
 Safety Tread Co., Boston, Mass., U. S. A., all to be securely 
 and accurately fitted in place. The stairs to the pent house 
 and to the mezzanine floors in the giimming machine room 
 and sizing room and the steps to the fire-escapes on the 
 various floors are to have channel beam stringers with chan- 
 nel treads, the same to be filled in with cement and gas pipe 
 railings provided where called for. The window guards 
 for the ground floor windows are to be as called for by the 
 various plans and as detailed on sheet No. 22. All guards 
 are to be of the sizes called for, to be thoroughly anchored 
 
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 and built into the masonry walls with pin head to each 
 horizontal bar, and the guards for one window in the ma- 
 chine room on the ground floor must be 'made to open, and 
 provided with Corbin's pad lock No. 2883 with keys alike. 
 The steel gates to the wetting room on the ground floor are 
 to be as shown by the details on sheet No. 22 and provided 
 with Corbin's lock No. 13661/2, No. 15191/2 knob with latest 
 improved type screwless spindle cast bronze roses, No. 
 025901/2 escutcheon, Stanley No. 1050 top bolt, 30" flat keep- 
 ers, No. 1050 bottom bolt, 10" flat keepers, screws and lead 
 sleeves-and four No. 100 — 5" x 5" hinges to each leaf. 
 Special — The special iron and steel work will include the 
 two fire escapes, the enclosures for the guard and matron 
 on the ground floor, three turn stiles leading to the dressing 
 rooms for men and women, all the lockers on the ground floor 
 and in the dressing room on the third floor, tank in the wet- 
 ting room, ink closet in the hand plate press room, wire par- 
 titions with, doors and wickets around the press room, wire 
 railings in the gumming machine room and electro plating 
 room; racks, trays and stairs in the three drying rooms, 
 also fireproof doors and finish to same, vault custodian's 
 enclosure, fireproof door and windows with finish to harden- 
 ing room, also hood with exhaust flue and brine, water and oil 
 tanks in the'hardening room with I beam track and hangers 
 
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 above, the floor grating and hood over with exhaust flue 
 in the gum mixing room, the two flag poles, interior wire 
 window guards by the stair windows, and wire window 
 guards over all the second, third and fourth floor exterior 
 windows, as sIioavti, the printing frame for the photography 
 room, and all other special iron work that might be shown 
 or required. The two fire-escapes on the South side shown 
 on the various plans and detailed on sheet No. 22 are to be 
 the Kirker-Bender special fire-escapes, as manufactured by 
 the Dow Wire Works, Louisville, Ky., U. S. A., the same to 
 consist of a sheet steel cylinder 6 feet in diameter, made of 
 No. 10, No. 12, No. 14 and No. 16 U. S. Standard gauge,^ 
 beginning with the heaviest at the bottom riveted together 
 with best Norway iron rivets, joints to be cemented to keep 
 out water and dampness, and braced with 1%" x IV2" x Vi" 
 angle iron rings, the roofs to be of No. 14 U. S. Standard 
 sheet steel with 8 braces, the door frames to be of No. 14 
 U. S. Standard gauge sheet steel, well braced, with 1%" x 
 1%" angle irons, and all doors to be of No. 16 U. S. Standard 
 gauge sheet steel (new improved doors) with hinge bar of 
 %" square. All doors to be kept closed by automatic 
 springs, and exit doors to have special automatic spring 
 device. The Runway Floors to be of No. 14 U. S. Standard 
 gauge sheet steel, well perforated, supported bv a sufficient 
 
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 number of angle iron bars of proper sizes to carry 500 lbs. 
 per sq. ft. to be heavy wire railing on sides of runways, 
 height of door frames, made of No. 7 wire and %" channel 
 iron frame, 2V-2" diamond mesh. The top railings on roofs 
 to be 3 feet high, made of uprights of 1" x 3/16" iron, and 
 angle iron ring l^A" x li/j." x 1/4". The Spiral Chute on the 
 inside to be made of No. 16 U. S. Standard gauge steel, gal- 
 vanized, secured to a 3" standard steel stand pipe, in center 
 of sheet steel thimbles, galvanized, and smoothly riveted to 
 cylinder on outer edge. The sections of spiral chute to be 
 riveted together with Norway iron rivets. The stand pipe 
 in the center of fire escapes to be 3" standard steel pipe to 
 rest on the center of foundations forming a substantial cen- 
 ter support, with malleable iron fittings. All material used 
 in connection with the stand pipes to have two good heavy 
 coats of the best mineral paint before being shipped from 
 the shops. The contractor must furnish the hinges, etc., 
 for all window guards that come in connection with the fire 
 escapes, the same to be of the same character as those used 
 in the fire escape doors. The enclosures for the guard and 
 matron on the ground floor and for the vault custodian on 
 the third floor are to be as shown on the plans and detailed 
 on sheet No. 25, the enclosures for the guard and matron to 
 be of gas pipe as shown, and the enclosure for the vault cus- 
 
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 todian to be built up of angle irons and provided with No. 
 16 gauge sheet steel shelves, the top shelf to be covered with 
 battleship linoleum, thoroughly and carefully secured in 
 place. The three turn stiles on the ground floor are to be 
 turn stiles "A" with black enameled finish, as made by 
 H. V. Bright, No. 1120 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, 0., 
 U. *S. A. Each turn stile must be provided with a register 
 enclosed in a brass casing with Yale lock, and each stile 
 must be provided with a foot lever device, and so arranged 
 that the turn stiles can also be operated without an attend- 
 ant, if need be. The tank in the wetting room on the second 
 floor is to be 4' 0" x 6' 0" x 3' 0" deep, the same to be con- 
 structed of No. 16 sheet steel, to have four 4" I beam sup- 
 ports, so as to set up from the floor and be reinforced with 
 angle irons around the top, bottom, corners and two inter- 
 mediate uprights on each side. On bottom of tank provide 
 opening to discharge into waste to sewer, and provide plug 
 and chain for outlet. The rag and ink closet in the hand 
 press room on the second floor is to be as shown on the plan 
 and detailed on sheet No. 25, the same to have angle iron 
 uprights, floor and ceiling members with intermediate mem- 
 bers as shown. No. 16 sheet steel base 5' 0" high with steel 
 shelves 12" wide properly secured with angles, and the up- 
 per part enclosed with 2" diamond mesh No. 8 wire, and 
 
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 provided with door and wicket with Corbin's No. 1366% 
 lock, No. 15191/2 knob with latest improved type of screwless 
 spindle, cast bronze roses, No. 02590% escutcheon, and three 
 No. 100 — 3" X 3"- cast brass hinges. The wicket door to 
 have 21/2" X 2V2" No. 100 hinges. No. 130 lock and No. 
 02590% escutcheon. The wire partitions around the press 
 room and partition in the gumming machine room on the 
 second floor, and the partition in the electro plating room on 
 the fourth floor are to be as shown on the plans and detailed 
 on sheet No. 22. The partitions around the press rooms are 
 to continue up to the ceilings and be formed by angle iron 
 standards with channel iron cross members and have 2" dia- 
 mond mesh No. 8 steel panels secured to channel iron 
 frames, and the partitions to be thoroughly secured to floors 
 and ceilings, as shown. Where doors are shown in the par- 
 titions the frames are to be formed with channels, bars 
 and stops and the doors by angle irons with channel 
 irons supporting- the wire, the doors to be equipped 
 with Corbin's No. 1366y2 lock, No. 15191/2 knob with latest 
 improved type of screwless spindle, cast bronze roses and 
 No. 025901/2 escutcheon, Stanley No. 1061 top bolt 24" long 
 without keeper, Stanley No. 1090 bottom bolt 8" long, flat 
 keeper with screws and lead sleeves and three No. 100 
 3" X 3" cast brass hinges to each leaf. The wickets in the 
 
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 partitions are to be as shown hy the detail on sheet Xo. 24, 
 the same to have steel doors, ledge and brackets reinforcedj 
 with angle irons with channel iron frames and provided with . 
 2^1." X 2i{;" Xo. 808 hinges and 6" Xo. 43-i bolt. The parti- 
 tions in the gumming machine room and electro plating 
 room are to he ')' 6" high and as detailed and figured on 
 sheet Xo. 22. The top rails and intermediate standards are 
 to be of 3" brass i^ipe, the panels to be formed with channel 
 irons with 2" diamond mesh Xo. 8 steel wire, and the sliding 
 gates provided witli IMoCabe elevator ball bearing steel 
 wheel sliding door hangers, with tubular track and side wall 
 brackets, the hangers to have pendants made to suit the de- 
 tails, and provide Corbin's Xo. 593 two cylinder lock with 
 two oval and No. 2972 drop handles. The racks, trays, 
 floors and stairs in the three drying rooms on the second floor 
 are to be as shown by the plan and detail on sheet No. 22. 
 The ui^right studs are to be formed with two 3" channels 
 bolted with -'s" bolts and have pipe separators, the studs to 
 be spaced 4' 0" on centers and be 2' 10" over all from front 
 to back. Each side of the studding is to be covered with 
 Xo. 24 black iron and the runs for trays formed by % " chan- 
 nels spaced 2" on centers and secured to the black iron. All 
 trays are to be made with V angle irons and have No. 18" 
 galvanized wire bottoms, and a %" channel vertical back; 
 
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 stop must be' provided at the ends of the runs. The mez- 
 zanine floors in the drying rooms are to be of %" steel se- 
 cured to angle iron frames secured to the channel beam 
 studs and have T iron intermediate reinforcing as shown, 
 the stairs to the mezzanine floors are to be formed with 9" 
 channel iron carriages, 7". channel iron treads filled with 
 cement, and provided with 11/2" gas pipe railing as shown. 
 The hood with exhaust flue, the I beam track, the plate rack, 
 and the brine, water and oil tanks in the hardening room 
 are to be as shown on the third floor plan and detailed on 
 sheet No. 25. The hood is to be made of No. 16 sheet iron 
 framed at the bottom with a 4" channel iron, then turned up 
 at the wall and ceiling and reinforced about every 24" with 
 2" angles, the bottom of the hood to be 6' 3" up from the 
 floor and continued up to the ceiling as shown, suppiort-ed 
 at the walls with angles and at the ceiling -with %" rod. 
 The exhaust flue from the hood is to be of sheet iron and 
 where passing through the dark room must be provided 
 with a sheet iron jacket, allowing 2" air space between flue 
 and jacket, and sheet iron thimbles must also be provided 
 where the flue passes through the walls, and the flue carried 
 out and discharged into the open, and secured with hanger 
 as shown. The I beam track under the hood is to be sup- 
 ported with Vo" X 2" iron hangers bolted to angles on top of 
 
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 cement slab overhead, and the track must be provided with 
 a triplex trolley block and chain hoist to reach the floor and 
 be of 2,000 lbs. capacity. The plate rack is to be formed 
 with 1" round standards at the two ends and in center, and 
 have %" horizontal pipes forming the shelves and spaced 
 as shown by the detail on sheet No. 25, the lower shelf to 
 be 2' 6" up from the floor and the rack to be nine shelves 
 high. The brine tank is to be cast iron 18" square and 3' 0" 
 high, and the water and oil tanks are to be 18" x 3' 0" x 3' 0" 
 high of No. 16 sheet iron and reinforced with angle irons at 
 the tops and bottoms and comers. The oil tank to be jiro- 
 vided with 200 feet of 1" pipe around the sides, and pro- 
 visions must be made to drain water tank to sewer con- 
 nection and plug and chain provided. The iron grating 
 and hood in the gum mixing room on the fourth floor will 
 be as shown on the plan and detailed on sheet No. 25. 
 The grating to be formed with 2" angle irons side bars, and 
 the grating bars to be %" x -^4 spaced %" on centers. The 
 hood is to be of No. 16 steel reinforced with 2" angles, to have 
 channel iron bottom, top, and wall supports and have 12" 
 diameter steel vent stack to be carried about four feet above 
 the roof and be provided with a hood. The two flag poles 
 are to be located as shown by the elevations and as detailed 
 on sheet No. 15, the same to be built up in sections the 
 
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 dimensions shown, to be framed in and anchored to the pur- 
 lines as shown, to be provided with gilded ball at top and 
 have pulley with 3-16" twisted wire eable with catch at 
 bottom. The wire window guards by the stairs on the in- 
 terior and the window guards for all the' second, third and 
 fourth floor exterior windows are to be as called for and as 
 detailed on sheet No. 22. All the frames for the guards are 
 to be of 1%" X 11/4" X %" angles reinforced at the corners 
 and the panels are to be of 1^/4" diamond mesh No. 12 wire 
 secured %" channels, and all guards to be equipped with 
 Corbin's No. 1441/2 B dead lock, No. 02590y2 escutcheon 
 and .3" x 3" No'. 100 hinges. To be two hinges for windows 
 "C", three for windows E and D, and four for windows H. 
 The guards to the windows leading to the fire escapes are 
 to be in pairs, to have tension hinges and no locks. The 
 guards for the fourth floor windows will be the same size 
 as those for the third floor windows, and the transoms are 
 not to be covered. The fireproof doors and finish for the 
 drying room, and the fireproof door and windows with finish 
 in the hardening room are to be the "Eichardson" or its 
 approved equal special fireproof doors, and windows, as 
 made by the Fire Proof Door Co., Minneapolis, "kinn., U. S. A. 
 The doors and finish to be paneled and made to conform 
 with the wood doors and finish, and are to be painted the 
 
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 priming coat, and the windo^vs in the hardening room are 
 to be made to conform with the other windows and must he 
 glazed with Vi" thick rilibed wire gla^s. All the locks speci- 
 fied are to be master keyed with locks of similar type 
 throughout the building. 
 
 Lockers — All the lockers in the dressing rooms for males 
 and females on the ground floor and the lockers in the dress- 
 ing room on the third floor are to be all steel lockers, as made 
 l)y the Hart t^ Coolej' Co., New Britain, Conn., U. S. A., or 
 their approved equal. All the lockers on the ground floor 
 are to l)e single tiers, the same to be 15" deep, 18" wide and 
 60" high. All lockers are to be constructed with 1" x 1" x l^" 
 angles, to be encased with 1 6 gauge baked enameled steel, all 
 parts to be solid except the doors and floor of lockers, which 
 are to be perforated, the doors to be secured to %" x %" 
 X i.s angles and equipped with a three way locking device 
 consisting of a wrought steel cam, 5, 16" round rods, a mallea- 
 ble iron drop handle and Corbin's "Star Point" combina- 
 tion lock, and each locker must l)e provided with a top shelf 
 and wrought steel electro plated hooks on each side. The 
 lockers in the dressing room on the third floor are to he in 
 double tiers 15" deep, 18" wide, and each locker 48" high, and 
 are to be of the same finish and equipped the same as those 
 on the ground floor. 
 
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 General — All iron and steel work of every description must 
 be the best of their respective kinds and well adapted for the 
 purposes for which it is intended and in strict accordance 
 with, the plans and details. All structural members must be 
 thoroughly secured in place, and all equipment that comes 
 in connection with the concrete columns, beams, slabs, etc., 
 must be secured to same by means of approved expansion 
 bolts. The iron contractor must furnish all bolts, ribs, 
 brackets, anchors, fittings, etc., and do all cutting, drilling 
 and fitting of iron work, and sh^U make good after same are 
 set, and shall do all cutting, drilling and jobbing. required to 
 receive the work of other contractors, and all iron work in- 
 cluded in these specifications (unless otherwise specified) 
 shall be thoroughly cleaned and all exposed work finish 
 smooth and receive three coats of approved liquid carbon 
 paint, the first coat to be applied before being shipped from 
 the shop and the other after erection. All iron and steel 
 work throughout must be strictly first class in every respect 
 and thorough and complete on completion of the building. 
 Vault Doors and Lining, 
 
 All the labor and material required in connection with this 
 work must be strictly first class in every particular, and the 
 contract for same must be awarded only to such manufac- 
 
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 turers that are acceptable to the Architects and the Bureau 
 representatives, and the name or names of the manufac- 
 turers to whom it is proposed to award the work 
 must be submitted to the Architects and Bureau representa- 
 tives for approval before the work is gotten out. This con- 
 tract will include all the steel lining of floors, ceilings, walls 
 and partitions of the stack and plate vaults on the third floor 
 and including vestibule doors, day gates, glass doors cover- 
 ing bolt work of outer doors, vestibule bridges, plate tmder 
 vestibules, time locks, combination and key locks, locking 
 and unlocking devices, steel lining of two plates, battons, 
 angles, and everything necessary to make a complete job 
 in every respect. The same to be furnished, delivered and 
 erected on a foundation furnished by the Greneral Con- 
 tractor, the work must be so arranged that it will not delay 
 or interfere with the work of employees in the building more 
 than is actually necessary, and all skids, floor planks and 
 other shoring necessary in the delivery of the work must 
 be provided by this contractor, and he must make good and 
 be responsible for any injury to the building or other work 
 that might be caused by the erection of the vault work. 
 Drawinffft^-Th e contractor for the vault work must submit 
 complete shop drawings, the same to be fully dimensioned 
 and specified to the Architects for approval before the work 
 
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 is gotten out, all dimensions must be verified at the building, 
 the contractor will be held responsible for the correct fitting 
 of all work, and anything not particularly described in these 
 specifications, or shown on the drawtrigs, but necessary to 
 complete the vaults structure must be furnished by the con- 
 tractor without extra charge. 
 
 Wnrhman.9hip and M atp.riah — The entire work to be done in 
 the very best and most workmanlike manner and to the en- 
 tire satisfaction of the Architects, or their representative. 
 -All materials to be new and of the best quality used for such 
 purposes. The welded steel and iron to be five ply made up 
 of three plates of wrought iron and two plates of chrome 
 steel rolled together. The finished thickness of same to be 
 one half inch (%") . All plates, angles and bars to be smooth 
 and free from rust or scale, and to be of uniform thickness. 
 Bolts securing plates together io be made of welded chrome 
 steel and iron stock, hardened, not less than %".in diameter, 
 and of steel of the highest tensile strength. All holes for tap 
 bolts to be drilled, not punched, all bolts to be screwed into 
 holes with perfect threads, to' fit well into the holes, and to 
 be set up until they are tight and plates and angles drawn 
 close together. The holes in the welded steel and iron plates 
 and angles to be filled in with fire clay before being put into 
 tliejltirnace for hardening to prevent the threads from being 
 
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 damaged by burning, and the edges of all plates forming 
 doors and jambs to be treated in like manner. All plates 
 forming vault body, doors and vestibules to be bedded in 
 hardened cement; this cement to be Princess Metallic and 
 Ijoiled linseed oil with a dryer, and all material specified to 
 be welded steel and iron to be hardened drill proof and to be 
 properly tested ^at the factory. 
 
 Cnnfif ruction — The entire work, except the doors and vesti- 
 l)ule, to be erected on the foundation, the edges of all plates 
 of liody of vault and doors to be planed and ground true and 
 l)erfect to make tight joints throughout, and all the half inch 
 plates, angle irons and iron of the vestibules ani outer 
 plates of walls of vestibules to have their edges planed true 
 and straight. The overlaying portion of the rebate on the 
 one inch plate of outer door to be five eighths inch in thick- 
 ness. All the plates of vestibule and door plates to be 
 closely bound together with tap bolts which are to b^ set upt 
 with a heavy pawl wrench until they are tight. Th^ bolts 
 going into all the one inch plates of doors to be blind bolts 
 and are not to go through the plates or show on the inside 
 of same, and no tap bolts are to go through more thaa tvvO 
 plates. All parts of the hinges and pressure systeii which 
 are attached to the doors and jambs are to be secured l»y 
 means of special bolts; these bolts to be so placed that Ibey 
 
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 will come nearest the points of greatest stress in the attach- 
 ment of the hinges and pressure system. 
 Dimensions — The dimensions of the vaults are given to the 
 centers of the walls, which will finish approximately 14" in 
 thickness, but all the exact interior dimensions, including the 
 height, must be verified at the building by the contractor ]ie- 
 fore getting out the work. The vestibule to be made of de- 
 tailed dimensions with a clear opening 6' 6" high x 3' 4" wide, 
 and depth sufficient for the double inner doors to pocket on 
 each side of vestibule. 
 
 Vault Lining — All the outside corners are to be made of 
 6" X 6" X 1/2 " open hearth steel angles, and the space between 
 these angles is to be filled in with %" thick plates of open 
 hearth steel. The second layer to be %" thick of five ply 
 welded steel and iron plates, making a total thickness of %" 
 of actual metal. All plates to run at right angles with the 
 preceding plates and to break joints with each other by at 
 least four inches throughout the entire structure. Plates 
 to be made as wide as possible and to be of sufficient length 
 to reach from batton to batton or angles on all sides of 
 vault, and the outer layers of the top, bottom and sides of 
 the vaults to be in single plates. The angles covering the 
 outside corners of vault to be bent and welded at the corn- 
 ers, with an angle welded to these angles forming an in teg- 
 
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 ral tj-ipod, each leg- of wliieli shall eipial in length one half 
 the height, width and depth of vault. All plates to be fitted 
 in between the angles and ])ox corners of the first and sec- 
 ond layers. The second layer of one half inch five ply 
 welded steel and iron to be made in full plates, not less than 
 three feet in width, butted at the internal angles at the outer 
 layer of one half inch open hearth steel plates and angles. 
 The corners to be welded, making them solid. The angles 
 and box corners to be of open hearth steel lining plates to 
 be made with ecpial fi" x 6" legs, and bolts fastening the 
 plates together are not to be placed opposite those of the 
 preceding plates. Bolts in the two outer layers not to l)o 
 more than eight inches apart in centers' on the abutting 
 edges of the plates and angles and to be placed on a line 2i/4"* 
 from the joint edge of the plate to the center of the bolts. 
 Bolts to be placed opposite each other in abutting plates and 
 angles. The covering around the concrete floor beams show- 
 ing the ceilings of the vaults is to be bent at the works to 
 suit the finished outlines of the beams and are to lap on 
 ceiling and be hooped to the ceiling lining in an approved 
 manner. 
 
 Doors and Vestibule — The outer doors to be made up as fol- 
 lows: The first or outer plate to be one inch five ])ly steel 
 and iron, the second i)Tate to be one inch tongue and groove 
 
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 open heartli steel, and the third layer to be one inch five 
 ply steel and iron, making a total thickness of three (3") 
 inches, exclusive of bolt work, etc. All plates in doors to be 
 made of single plates full height and width of doors, and the 
 first and second plates of thickness of door to have the re- 
 bates and tongue and groove planed o^t of the solid metal 
 on the edges of the sides, and all the plates are to be fastened 
 the same as those in body of vault. No tap, holes are to go 
 
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 through more than two plates and the bolts are not to be 
 less than 8" centers throughout the entire door, except the 
 inner plate, where they are to be not more than fifteen inches 
 centers. The outer plates are to have additional bolts 
 around the special bolts securing the hinges and pressure 
 system, and have in addition, to bind the door together and 
 secure the bolt frame to the door, bolts with parallel parts 
 "'/% in diameter made of steel of the highest tensile strength, 
 these bolts not to be more than eight inches centers. The 
 inner folding doors of the vestibules are to be made as 
 follows : The first plate to be one half inch thick open hearth 
 steel, the second plate one half inch thick five ply steel, 
 making a total thickness of one inch of actual metal, the con- 
 struction tQ be the same as described for the outer doors. 
 The jambs surrounding the doors are to be made of the same 
 class materials as specified for the outer and inner doors, 
 
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 and the vestibules are to he constructed tlie same as the 
 body of vault; and the angles forming the frame of vestibule 
 to be made of 6" x 6" x V/ angles bent and welded at all 
 corners into a solid frame, and all angles are to correspond' 
 with the door plates. The four corners at top and bottom of 
 vestibules are to be covered with 6" x 6" %" angles, thereby 
 forming the connection of vestibules with body of vault. 
 The plates and angles of the vestibules where they abut to 
 the one half inch plates of body of vault are to be ground 
 to close true and i)erfect joints with same, and the outer 
 plates of top and bottom of vestibules of vault are to fill the 
 panels formed by the angles of the vestibules and body of 
 vault. 
 
 Hinaefi — The doors of vestibules are to" swing easily on a 
 crane hinge, with first center on the jamb, second center 
 central in the width of door, made up of steel castings of 
 sufficient strength to carry the door and not to spring, the 
 same to be made not less than ten by two inches for the 
 vertical parts and arms. The hinges for the inner doors are 
 to be of cast steel with anti-friction bearings, and the hinge 
 pins are to be made of steel and to have approved ball and 
 roller anti-friction bearings so arranged that the ball 's seat 
 and rollers may be removed and replaced without removing 
 the hinge from the door. All friction bearings to be prop- 
 
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 erly hardened and no cast iron or brass is to be used in any 
 part of the work. The hinges are to be attached to the 
 door and jambs by means of the special bplts mentioned 
 and described in clause "Construction" and to have finished 
 hexagon steel heads with bronze covers. 
 Pressure Bars — The outer doors of vestibules are to have 
 a suitable double pressure bar system operated by a wheel 
 to force the doors square into and out of the jambs, the 
 same to have sufficient power to properly seat the door in 
 the packing and the rebates; the pressure system to be inde- 
 pendent of the hinge and no part of same to be of cast iron 
 or brass; the handles to be covered with vulcanized rubber; 
 the attachment of pressure system to be of the same as 
 described for hinges. The inner doors to have a vertical 
 pressure mechanism operated with lever handles. 
 Bolt WorJc — The otiter bolt frame for doors to be 3%" x 2i/4" 
 continuous frame, and the outer and inner bolt frames are 
 to be counterbored to reduce friction. The bolt work is 
 to be designed balanced bolt work so that all movable parts 
 may be cut in and removed without necessitating the re- 
 moval of the outer bolt frames, and the bolt frames are to be 
 secured to the door by means of conical bolts hereinbefore 
 specified in clause "Vestibule and Doors", the same to be 
 held with steel joints keyed with joint screws. All nuts are 
 
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 to be covered with bronze covers, secured with caps screwed 
 into the ends of conical bolts, and the inside bolt frame to 
 be 3%", the doors each to have twenty 2" diameter bolts. To 
 have approved spindles operating cranks and locks and 
 supplemental devices. All spindles to be covered with a 
 bar of the same size as the bolt frames, secured with conical 
 bolts, and the inside face of doors are to be finished with 
 bronze jiggered plates. The bolt frames to be deeply etched 
 and heavily copper plated and oxydized. The bolts and 
 slide bars and all movable parts to be highly polished, the 
 first heavily eo])per plated and then nickel plated. 
 (lln.t.'^ Dnnrfi — ^The bolt work on the outer doors of vestibule 
 is to be protected with bevel plate glass in frame of wrought 
 iron bronze metal polished and nickel plated. The frame to 
 be hinged at the rear bolt frame and be secured with a 
 sliding latch bar at the front, top and bottom; the latch to 
 be secured with a suitable bronze key lock. 
 Lochs — The outer doors to have two Yale and Towne bronze 
 automatic combination locks with outside shafts, locked 
 covers, dials enameled in black and white. Bolts also to be 
 checked by a Yale and Towne triple movement 72 hour 
 timer. The inner doors to have a Yale & Towne bronze case 
 combination lock. The combination locks to be so arranged ■ 
 as to operate a checking device, and the operating of either 
 
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 lock to release the bolt work. The spindles of the locks and 
 those throwing the bolts to be made in the most approved 
 manner, and to ground into the door to a metal fit. 
 Joints of Doors — The doors of the vestibules to be closely 
 fitted to the surrounding jambs; the breaks of door and 
 jambs to be polished before hardening and again after 
 hardening and varnished with a metal varnish to prevent 
 rust. All breaks to be closely filed down on their iron sur- 
 faces so as to come in contact with each other, and great 
 care is to be taken in this matter, and all edges of rebates 
 of doors are to be closely fitted, but not bind. 
 Packing^ -The first rebate of the jambs of the doors of vesti- 
 bule are to have a packing of Usurduriam. The first rebate ■ 
 of the doors of vestibule to have a single corrugation on the 
 edge of the rebate to mesh into the packing. 
 Day Gate, Grille and Gate- ^-Tlne entrance through the vesti- 
 bules of vault are to have a specially designed day gate with 
 self closing compound hinges, bronze case spring key lock 
 with alarm gong on g.uard plate. 
 
 Partitinn^ Thp partition between the two vaults is to be of 
 one half inch steel plates of same material as the lining. 
 Pnnf. Pjprps— yi'nni pieces of steel are to be supplied with 
 rubber covering to let down during the day, these foot pieces 
 to run through the vestibule and with an extension to go 
 
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 out on floor, making the rise about three inches into vault, 
 and the foot pieces are to be of such length so that the rise 
 will be gradual to permit of heavy trucking over sill and 
 must be appropriately hinged so that the foot pieces can 
 be turned into the vestibule when the doors are closed. 
 Painting. — All work to be free from rust and oil, and all 
 plates making up the thickness of the door and body to have 
 at least two coats of priming paint before any part of the 
 work is put together. The inside of vaults and vestibules 
 to have additional priming coat of paint after work is set 
 up in 1^1 ace. All joints and screw heads to be puttied up 
 with filler and to be finished smooth. To have a sufficient 
 number of coats of white paiM to cover, and then to be given 
 two coats of zinc white. The face of door together with the 
 outer surfaces of jambs to be filled with filler and rubbed 
 down to a smooth surface, to be given a coat of linseed oil 
 and rubbed down, then to have a sizing coat, and all to be 
 finished in alluminum bronze, or as directed by the Archi- 
 tects or their superintendent. 
 Vault Equipment. 
 
 This contract to include the entire equipment of the two 
 vaults as shown, including; all cases, mezzanine floors, bal- 
 conies, railings, stairs, etc., and all material, labor, etc., re- 
 quired for the complete installation of the vault equipment 
 
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 ready for use must be provided by this contractor. All 
 workmanship and finish in connection with this work shall 
 be of the highest grade of its class, and the contractor must 
 not award the work to any manufacturer who is not ap- 
 proved by the Architects and Bureau representatives. All 
 material required in this work, unless otherwise called for, 
 is to be medium grade soft steel, all angles, tees, bars, chan- 
 nels, mezzanine floors, stairs, etc., to be medium steel and 
 of the sizes shown and the treads of steps and mezzanine 
 floors and balconies are to be covered with Mason Safety 
 Tread. All material must be free from defects, cracks, 
 blisters, blow holes, sponginess, etc., and of smooth finish, 
 and the steel for the cases must be of cold rolled pickled 
 steel and provide approved corrugated rubber and sole 
 leather shelves where called for. The work is to be executed 
 in the best manner by workmen skilled in the arts, and parts 
 must be accurately fitted and securely joiaed. All holes for 
 top bolts and screws both in the shop and field work to be 
 drilled, allowing sufficient material for full thread, and all 
 other work may be punched to a diameter not to exceed 1-16" 
 greater than the bolts for which they are intended. The ends 
 of the angle and of tees, and the ends and edges of the 
 plates in the gallery to be machine square and true, and 
 where the stems of the tees are cut away at the ends, the 
 
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 same may be done by shearing; afterwards machined to 
 obtain a flat bearing for the nuts of the bolts securing the 
 parts together. Tap bolts and screws to extend the full 
 depth of the holes through the material, and bolts with nuts 
 to be of the proper length with ends flushed with the face 
 of the nuts. Before the work is gotten out the contractor 
 mnst submit fully dimensioned complete shop drawings 
 to the Architects for approval, and all dimensions must be 
 verified at the building by the contractor, as he will be held 
 responsible for same in assembling and installing work. 
 The work included in this specification and as shown on 
 drawings No. 26 to 31 inclusive is the furnishing in place a 
 complete equipment of steel cases for plates and dies, as 
 shown l^y the drawings ready for use. The cases are to rest 
 on the main floor and on the gallery. The eases are to be 
 constructed of sheet steel of ample gauge to support the live 
 load to be carried, viz: 16 lbs. in each compartment for 
 plates and 2 lbs. in each compartment for dies. The cases 
 must in themselves, be so rigid and so formed that those on 
 the gallery will be supported at the back lower edge by 
 5-16" angle attached to the side, and be held in position and 
 prevented from overturning by being secured as shown. All 
 parts of the cases, including fittings, hangers, flanges and 
 sockets in connection with same are to be finished smooth 
 
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 and enamel baked on and of approved color and shade. All 
 other parts are to be thoroughly cleaned off of all scale and 
 rust, are to be painted one coat of red lead before shipment 
 from the shop, and when in place three coats of white lead 
 and linseed oil pearl color; each successive coat being a 
 shade lighter than the preceding one. The steel plate inlaid 
 with lead on gallery and steps to have the finish with which 
 it comes from the manufacturer. 
 Press Room Busses. 
 
 All the workmanship and finish in connection with this work 
 shall be of the best grade of its class, and the contractor 
 must not award the work to any manufacturer who is not 
 approved by the Architects and Bureau representatives, 
 and before getting out the work the contractor must submit 
 fully dimensioned shop drawings to the Architects for ap- 
 proval, these drawings to clearly show the thickness of 
 metal employed for each part of the trucks. 
 Power Press Room Bus — The Power Press Eoom Bus, as 
 shown on sheet No. 31, shall be constructed of sheet steel 
 throughout with removable interior wood frame divided 
 into 48 compartments %" x 20" x 20%" in the clear; wood 
 frame of 1%" hard maple and partition of clear %" white 
 pine. Bottom of stalls shall be protected by i/g" x %" soft 
 cold rolled steel strips fastened by %" counter-sunk screws 
 
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 and the partitions prevented from coming, out by a 14" 
 brass strip. The upper door shall be two-fold and shall lay, 
 when folded, flat on the top; the lower door shall drop per- 
 pendicularly and be so hinged that it will be below the end 
 of stalls. The lower door shall be provided with a spring 
 catch, to work independently of the upper door. This bus 
 shall be designed to carry a load of 1,500 lbs., independent 
 of its own weight. 
 
 Surface Pres.9 B.nnm Bus — The Surface Press Room Bus 
 shown on sheet No. 31, shall be entirely constructed of sheet 
 steel, and no wood work shall be employed at all. The rear 
 part of ,this bus shall be provided with twenty curved 
 shelves adapted to carry a curved plate i/4" thick of 5-31/32" 
 inside radius and about 20" long, with sufficient space to al- 
 low the plates to be placed therein and removed. The under 
 sides of these shelves shall be covered with a securely ce- 
 mented sheet of rubber with cloth backing, same extending 
 over the outer edges. The forward compartment shall be 
 equipped with twelve flat top trays 20" x 24" and six 10" x 20" 
 X 2" drawers. The drawers shall De designed for a probable 
 load of 20 lbs. each, wired or protected trim and stout handle; 
 no lock will be required. The trays shall Ke formed of sheet 
 metal, stiffened by turning up the edges and shall take over 
 ■)4" in space. They will be filled with type forms locked in 
 
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 chases and will be loaded to about 40 lbs. Ptovide means for 
 locking as specified under "Locking Devices." Total load, 
 1,500 lbs. net. 
 
 Miisr.p.lln-np.nusi Bus — TTif> Miscellaneous Bus shown on sheet 
 No. 30 shall be of the same general construction as the 
 Power Press Room Bus. Partitions of the same clear white 
 pine uppers %" thick %" on centers and wood frame work 
 supporting sam.e to be of hard maple, and bound with Vs" 
 brass strips. The doors shall fold as shown and provided 
 with means for locking as specified under "Locking De- 
 vices. ' ' Load will be about 2,000 lbs. exclusive of the weight 
 of Bus. 
 
 Plate and Form Bus for Surface Press Room — This Bus, as 
 shown on sheet No. 31, shall be of the same general con- 
 struction as the Power Press Room Bus, except that it 
 shall contain two banks of eight sliding shelves or trays 
 each, as shown. The trays shall be capable of being drawn 
 half way out of the .bus and no farther, and shall not tip 
 with the forms on them. The wood franle work shall be of 
 hard maple, and trays of white pine uppers, as specified 
 for the other busses. A 2" space shall be provided at back 
 of trays and an opening left on back of truck for cleaning 
 out. Upper door shall be single leaf and shall lay, when 
 folded, flat on top of bus, the lower door to be provided with 
 
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 a spring catch td work independently of the upper door, the 
 load will be about 1,200 lbs., exclusive of the weight of the 
 bus. 
 
 Running Gear — The running gear shall be designed to with- 
 stand the load stated for each bus with ample safety factor. 
 Fifth wheel shall be at least 10" in diameter and contact sur- 
 faces shall be accurately machined. - Front and rear axles 
 shall be braced both ways so as to withstand any reasonable 
 strain. The wheels shall be 10" in diameter, 5" tread with 
 rounded edges. They shall be equipped with radical ball 
 bearings, equal in every respect to the D. W. F. type manu- 
 factured by the Hess-Bright Mfg Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 
 The fit of the outer and inner races to the wheel and axles 
 shall be in strict accordance with the practice advocated by 
 the maker of the bearings. The wheel base and bus shall 
 be so proportioned as to give ample stability to the bus when 
 fully loaded and with the front wheels at right angles with 
 the rear. 
 
 Bun TIandlp.fi — The busses shall be equipped with a well 
 proportioned and designed handle, sufficiently rigid not to 
 bend under any strain to which it might be subjected. It 
 shall be so arranged that it will not drop to the floor when 
 released, and have spring clips provided on body to hold 
 it upright when not in use. The body of all busses shall be 
 
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 of sheet metal stiffened by beading, paneling or wiring, and 
 may be reinforced by angles of other shapes. 
 gw(7e&— Hinges may be formed integral with the sheet 
 metal work if the latter be of sufficient gauge, otherwise they 
 may be formed separately and riveted on. 
 Looking Ve.vwc—The doors on all busses shall be so ar- 
 ranged to be securely locked with a high grade pin tumbler 
 lock equal in all respects to the Yale "Paracentric." The 
 device for locking may consist of a hasp and padlock or an 
 arrangement of bolts, but in any case,, no part shall pro- 
 ject, unprotected, beyond the body at the sides. All handles 
 for operating doors, etc., shall be of the flush type. 
 Buffers— A leather buffer shall be placed around the base of 
 body at both sides and rear, and shall extend at such distance 
 as will protect the enamel. Loose metal parts liable to rattle, 
 such as lids, shall be prevented from doing so by the interpo- 
 sition of leather strips. 
 
 Wood WnrJf — Framing for interior of busses shall be of 
 clear kiln-dried mapl$, and all partitions shall be of first 
 clear white pine uppers, thoroughly dried. Wood work 
 must not be oiled or varnished. 
 
 Finish — All metal work of busses, except the running gear, 
 shall be pickled to remove all scale, then filled and sand- 
 papered to a smooth finish, and coated with a baked on flat 
 
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 enamel in as many coats, with intermediate rubbings, as the 
 best practice requires. The color to be dark olive. The 
 heads of all outside rivets shall be counter-sunk and finished 
 so as to be entirely concealed by the enamel. The running 
 gear shall be filled, rubbed smooth and painted the same 
 color as the enamel on the body. The body and running 
 gear shall be artistically and unobtrusively striped. 
 Gauges — All ends and backs to be made of No. 16 gauge 
 steel plate nicely rounded to %" bead at front. Top plates 
 of Xo. 13 gauge steel, flanged down at edges to half oval 
 and neatly rounded at corners. Base plates of No. 11 gauge 
 steel. Partitions of No. 16 gauge steel. 
 Laundry Equipment. 
 
 In the laundry on the fourth floor provide and install in 
 place in complete working order one 2-compartment "Du- 
 plex" washing machine, as made by W. A. E. Henrici, Bos- 
 ton, Mass., U. S. A., same to have steel outer cylinder without 
 hoops or rivets, a water gauge and float chamber and outer 
 doors and mountings of Tobin bronze! The inner cylinders 
 to be of enameled stamped steel provided with doors, and 
 machine is to have splash board, driving and reversing 
 mechanism, with all valves, locks, catches, etc., complete. 
 The machine is to be belt driven and a special iron bracket 
 must be attached to the legs of the machine upon which to 
 
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 rest the motor, same to be set up from floor. Provide and 
 install in place a one-section Type "G" "Whirlwind" 
 dryer, as made by the Chicago Dryer Co., Chicago,, 111., U. 
 S. A., or its approved equal. The same to contain two com- 
 partments and be provided with three trucks, to have 
 standing coils and heat diffusing fan complete. 
 Painting. 
 
 The foUewing specifications covering the painting indi- 
 cate the class of material and character of work wanted, 
 however native paints and oils and water colors are plenti- 
 ful and as well handled by native labor and it is left 
 optional with the contractor what material or labor he 
 employs provided the results will conform with the re- 
 quirements of the specifications. 
 
 ExtRrifiiPT ^A\] the exterior wood work, including door and 
 window frames, ifoors and sash, exposed wood work in con- 
 nection with the overhanging roofs'; is to be given three 
 coats of lead and oil or paint as made by. the National Paint 
 Works, Williamsport, Pa., U. S. A., or its approved equal. 
 All the door and window frames, and all doors and sash 
 and all the exposed rafters, brackets and facias between the 
 rafters are to be finished with No. 155. All the roof ceiling 
 of the overhanging eaves of the roofs is to be finished with 
 1^0. 33. All the exposed metal work including the fire es- 
 
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 capes with runway, the railings around the outside and front 
 entrance, the marquee, flag poles and all exterior window 
 guards throughout the entire building are all to receive a 
 good coat of lead and oil, in addition to the shop coats, then 
 all to be finished with No. 155. All the exterior galvanized 
 iron work must be thoroughly washed with vinegar and al- 
 lowed to become perfectly dry then given a good heavy 
 coat of red lead and allowed to become perfectly dry and 
 finished with two coats of lead and oil finished with No. 155. 
 Tntp/rinr — All the interior wood work throughout the entire 
 building (except floors and the wood work in the entrance 
 hall, reception room and police room on the second floor, 
 also the stair hall, director 's, clerk 's and private office, with 
 toilet rooms attached on the third floor, and the stair hall, 
 vestibule, stale reception room, with ante and toilet rooms 
 attached and the draughting and instructor's rooms on the 
 fourth floor) are all to receive three good coats of lead or 
 paint made by the National Paint Works of Williamsport, 
 Pa., U. S. A., or its approved equal, and finished with No. 
 52. The wood work in all the other parts of the building as 
 specified above and specified under Mill Work to be finished 
 in California Eed Wood and is to be stained with Berry 
 Bros, or its approved equal, Dark Mahogany stain, then 
 given a paste filler to match the stain, then a thin coat of 
 
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 shellac and finished with two coats of Berry Bros.' Luxe- 
 berry Wood Finish (Light) or its approved equal. All the 
 interior iron work throughout the entire building, including 
 equipment, stairs, elevator enclosures, window guards, etc., 
 must receive a good heavy coat of lead and oil, in addition 
 to the shop coats and finished with No. 155. The fireproof 
 doors and windows to the drying and hardening rooms are 
 to receive a coat of lead and oil, in addition to the shop coat, 
 and finished with No. 52. All the plaster walls, pilasters, 
 columns, etc., throughout the entire building (except the 
 rooms specified to be finished in California Eed Wood and 
 the toilet rooms) are to have a painted wainscot 5' 0" high. 
 The walls so painted to receive two good coats of lead and 
 oil and a finishing coat of No. 155, and tt> receive a finishing 
 top member 2" wide. Care must be used that all wains- 
 coting is run at true levels. All the plaster walls of all toilet 
 and bath rooms throughout the entire building, including 
 the toilet and wash rooms for males and females on the 
 ground floor, and the outside of all bath tubs are all to re- 
 ceive two good coats of lead and oil and finished with two 
 coats of No. 48 Eipolin. The walls and ceilings of the ante 
 room of the dark room on the third floor are to receive two 
 good coats of lead and oil and finished in black. All the 
 maple flooring throughout must be thoroughly scraped and 
 
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 cleaned, then given a coat of shellac and a coat of Berry 
 Bros.' Liquid Granite. 
 
 . WnMJCmtmg.— All the plaster walls and ceilings in all the 
 rooms and halls finished in red wood and the walls and 
 ceilings of dark room are to be sized and finished with two 
 coats of Calcimo wall tint, as made by the Muralo Company, 
 New Brighton, Staten Island, N. Y., or its approved equal, 
 using No. 104 for the walls, No. 101 for the ceilings and lS[o. 
 109 for the walls and ceilings of the dark room. The 
 pilasters, beams, caps, cornices, etc., in the state reception 
 room and vestibule are to have two coats of White Calcimo 
 tint, leaving the walls between the pilasters in No. 104 and 
 the ceilings between the cornices in No. 101. 
 frp.np.rnl — The painting contractor shall furnish all labor 
 and material required to finish all work as specified; all 
 materials to be the best of their respective kinds, and all 
 labor to be performed in a first class and workmanlike man- 
 ner to the full satisfaction of the Architects' superintendent. 
 Upon completion of the work the contractor shall clean all 
 glass, floors and other work which may be soiled; he shall 
 repair and make good all damaged work, no matter by 
 whom caused, and deliver all in perfect condition; he shall 
 carefully protect all wood floors during the progress of the 
 work, making good any and all damage which may be caused 
 
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 by lack of protection. He shall see that the carpenter has 
 finished all wood work absolutely smodth and clean and 
 free from all tool marks, stains and other blemishes before 
 finishing same, otherwise the painter shall smooth the 
 wood work and finish same at his own expense. All wood 
 work must be thoroughly sanded before the painting is 
 done; all coats after they have hardened sufficiently must 
 be cut down with fine sandpaper before the next coat is 
 applied. All putty stopping shall be done after the priming 
 coat is applied and shall be done with pure white lead and 
 •whiting putty stained to match the finish, all knots shall 
 be killed with shellac before priming, and the premises must 
 be kept free of oily rags at all times. 
 
POWER BUILDING 
 
 SEE GENERAL CONDITIONS 
 PAGES 3-9 
 
INDEX 
 
 PABE 
 
 Plans "9 
 
 Note - "9 
 
 Waterproofing ' '9 
 
 Filling and Grading 1 20 
 
 Concrete Walls and Footings ~ 120-121 
 
 Damp Course 1 2 1 
 
 Reinforced Concrete Work. 121- 122 
 
 Brick Concrete Filling 122-123 
 
 Brick Work 123-124 
 
 Common Brick Work . 123 
 
 FaM Brick Work 123-124 
 
 Granite Work -24 
 
 Cleaning Down 125 
 
 Concrete Filling 125 
 
 Cement Floors 125-126 
 
 Cement Base and Coping . 126 
 
 Terrazzo Floors 126 
 
 Carpenter Work ' 27-1 28 
 
 Mill Work 128-132 
 
 Window Frames 1 29 
 
 Metal Weather Strips 129 
 
 Door Frames 129 
 
 Doors 1 30 
 
 Transoms 1 30 
 
 Sash ".. 130 
 
 Glazing ^. 130 
 
 Wood Flooring IJI 
 
 Saddle 131 
 
 Interior Finish 131 
 
 Equipment I3'-I32 
 
 ^Ietal Work '32-133 
 
 Tin Work 132 
 
 Galvanised Iron Work . .132-133 
 
 Tile Roofing '33-134 
 
 Slag Roofing 135 
 
 Lath AND Plastering _. 136 
 
 Metal lathing 136 
 
 Plastering 136 
 
 Toilet and Bath Partitions 136-137 
 
 Slate 1 36-137 
 
 Hardware 137-1 o 
 
 Structural 140— 141 
 
 Ornamental 141—143 
 
 Special 143-145 
 
 General. 145-146 
 
 Elevator 146-147 
 
 Painting 147—149 
 
 Exterior 147-148 
 
 Interior i48-i/<n 
 
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 Flans 
 
 Foundation Plan No. 32 
 
 Ground Floor Plan No. 33 
 
 Second Floor Plan No. 34 
 
 Roof Plan No. 35 
 
 North and South Elevations and Sections No. 36 
 
 East and West Elevations No. 37 
 
 Detail of Roof Trusses No. 38 
 
 Details of Doors, Windows, Etc No. 39 
 
 Miscellaneous Details No. 40 
 
 Note : The specifications for the Excavations, Shoring, 
 and Pumping for the Main Building will also apply in every 
 particular for similar work in connection with the Power 
 Building, and when doing the work on the Power Building 
 the Contractor must be governed by and do the work agree- 
 able to the specifications for similar work for the Main 
 Building. 
 Waterproofing 
 
 There is to be a continuous, unbroken sheet of paterproofing 
 under the entire ground floor and under all walls, columns, 
 footings, etc., so as to make the ground floor perfectly 
 water-tight and dry, except under the walls and floors of 
 the fuel and ash rooms, stack foundation, and elevator well, 
 these are not to be waterproofed. All surfaces to be water- 
 
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 proofed, as indicated on the plans and called for by the 
 specifications, shall be made perfectly smooth by trowelling. 
 All the waterproofing in connection with the power build- 
 ing, must be done with the same class material, and in like 
 manner and under careful supervision in every respect as 
 the waterproofing work specified for the Main Building. 
 Filling and Gntding 
 
 The premises are to be filled in to the established grades and 
 to the levels of the concrete base of all floors as indicated 
 liy the drawings. All the filling and grading for the Power 
 Building" must be done agreeably to the specifications for 
 similar work for the Main Building, and the Contractor 
 when doing the work must be governed by the same in every 
 particular. 
 
 Concrete WaJls and Footings 
 
 All the foundation walls and footings throughout up to with- 
 in six inches of the finished ground floor line, and the stack 
 foimdation, elevator well, caisson for gas house tank, ma- 
 chinery foundations, etc., are all to be of concrete, the sizes 
 and heights shown by the drawings. All the concrete work 
 is to be done with the same class material, mixed in the 
 same proportions and installed in a similar manner and 
 agreeable to the specifications for the Concrete Walls and 
 Footings for the Main Building and the placing of all rein- 
 
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 forcing, forms, etc., must be placed as specified and shown 
 by the details and the reinforcing in the stack foundation 
 must be so designed to withstand the load imposed with a 
 factor of safety of four, the soil to be figured as being good 
 for 3,000 lbs, per sq. ft. The concrete tank in the color room 
 is to be 6' 0" diameter, and four feet high inside diameter, 
 the same to be 'properly reinforced and nicely troweled 
 smooth on all the exterior surfaces with a thin coat of ce- 
 ment before the concrete has set and must be provided with 
 a water supply and waste to connect with gutter and floor. 
 Damp Course 
 
 After all the exterior concrete walls are completed and be- 
 fore the brick work is begun all the exterior concrete founda- 
 tion walls are to be covered %" thick slate damp course, the 
 same to cover the full width of the walls in single sheets and 
 be carefully laid true and level on uniform and level beds. 
 Reinforced Concrete Work 
 
 The foundation under the two stacks, and the floors, ceil- 
 ings and roofs over the fuel and ash room, laundry, drying 
 room, color room, color storage, room for blacks, gas house, 
 oil house and toilet houses, and the walls, floors, ceiling, 
 roof and girders of the bridge connecting the power build- 
 ing with the main building, shall be of reinforced concrete 
 construction, the same to include all columns, beams and 
 
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 girders, etc., in camteetion with same. All the work in con- 
 nection with the reinforced work, viz., Forms, Concrete, 
 Placing of Reinforcement, Placing of Eeinforced Columns, 
 Reinforcem^it, Slab Reinforcement, Quality of Steel, Unit 
 Stresses and Loads, Placing the Concrete, Sockets and Pipe 
 Sleeves, and General Remarks, must all be done agreeable 
 to the specifications for similar work for the Main Building, 
 and the Contractor when doing this work must be governed 
 in every particular by the same. The floor slabs of the second 
 floor and bridge are to be brought to within three inches of 
 the finished floor line, and all the roof slabs to within one inch 
 of the finished roof lines, and the roof slabs are to receive a 
 thin finishing coat of cement and troweled smooth before 
 the concrete has set, ready to receive the roofing material. 
 The second floor slabs are to be figured for a live load of 
 200 lbs. per square foot, and all roof slabs 60 lbs. per square 
 foot. Designs must be based on a factor of safety of four 
 for the live load and two for the dead load. 
 Brick Concrete Filling 
 
 After all steam and gas piping and electric conduits and 
 the wiring have been placed in proper position, the second 
 floor and bridge slabs are to be covered with two inches of 
 brick concrete composed of one part of Portland Cement 
 and not more than ten parts of crushed brick with pai*ts not 
 
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 over ly^" in ^ize. In the laboratory where wood floor is 
 called for 2" wood sleepers will be placed on top of the con- 
 crete slabs 16" on centers, and the concrete must be carefully 
 packed and tamped between these. Under the toilets on the 
 second floor the spaces from the top of the concrete slabs 
 and the toilet room floors must be thoroughly packed and 
 tamped with concrete filling, finished ready to receive the 
 terrazzo flooring. 
 Brick Work 
 
 Common Brick Work — The specifications for the common 
 brick work for the Main Building will also apply in every 
 particular to the common brick work of the Power Build- 
 ing, and when doing this work the Contractor must be gov- 
 erned by and do the work agreeable to the specifications for 
 the common brick work of the Main Building. 
 Far.p. Brick Work — All the exterior parts of the building 
 from the top of the concrete footings to the roof rafters 
 (unless otherwise shown) and all the interior wall faces in 
 the ash and fuel rooms, boiler room, engine room, oil house, 
 gas house, and the two outside toilet houses are to be faced 
 with the same quality brick and in like manner as specified 
 for the Main Building, and when doing this work the Con- 
 tractor must be governed by and do the work agreeable to 
 the specifications for the face brick work on the Main Build- 
 
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 ing in every particular. All the brick work required in the 
 setting up of the boilers in the boiler room and the plat- 
 forms in front of the boilers, also the brick oven in the color 
 room and the foundations for the ranges in the color room 
 must all be done by this contractor. The boilers are to be 
 bricked up as per specifications furnished by the boiler 
 manufacturers, all to be laid up with hard brick in concrete 
 mortar and faced with the same quality and be laid up in 
 like manner as the face brick of the building. The brick oven 
 in the color room will be the dimensions shown and be 8' 0" 
 height to be faced with face brick and all other parts built 
 of hard burned brick laid in cement mortar. The oven is to 
 be lined with fire brick and have iron door and gas con- 
 nections built in as directed. The foundations for the 
 ranges in the color room are to be of good hard burned brick 
 laid in cement mortar as directed. 
 Granite Work 
 
 The granite work will consist of all the first floor door sills 
 and all the window sills (except in boiler and engine rooms) 
 and the water table on the front, two sides and returns by 
 the outside toilet houses. All granite must be of the various 
 sizes and dimensions shown, cut as per details, and must be 
 agreeable to the specifications for the granite work of the 
 main building, and when doing this work the Contractor 
 
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 must be governed by and do the work agreeable to the speci- 
 fications for the granite work on the Main Building in every 
 particular. 
 Gleaning Down 
 
 After the building is completed all the exterior brick and 
 granite work and all brick walls showing in the fuel and ash 
 rooms, boiler room, engine room, oil house, gas house and 
 two outside toilet houses, must be neatly pointed up where 
 required, and then all surfaces carefully cleaned, using di- 
 luted acid where necessary, and taking care not to discolor 
 to work. 
 
 Concrete Filling 
 
 Fill in and tamp well with concrete full 5" thick, or the thick- 
 ness shown, under all floors throughout the ground floor, 
 all to be done agreeable to the specifications for the concrete 
 filling of the Main Building, and proper forms must be pro- 
 vided for all interior gutters, etc., in the color room and 
 laundry agreeable to the drawings and details. 
 Cement Floors 
 
 All the floors throughout the ground and second floors 
 V. except in the laboratory and second floor toilet room) but 
 including the floor of the bridge connecting the power build- 
 ing with the main building, are all to Fe finished, with-a 1" 
 coat of cement wearing surface, all to be done agreeable 
 
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 to the specifications for the cement floors of the Main 
 Building, and when doing this work the Contractor must 
 be governed by and do the work agreeable to the specifica- 
 tions for the Main Building in every particular, and all 
 gutters, wastes, etc., in the color room and laundry must be 
 furnished agreeable to the plans and details and run as 
 called for. Note that the floor in the oil burning house must 
 have a pitch to center, as -shown by the details. 
 Cement Base and Coping 
 
 Wherever cement floors are called for, a sanitary cement 
 base must be provided around all walls, piers, columns, etc., 
 as shown by the drawings, the same to be run at the same 
 time that the floors are laid, to be slightly rounded at the 
 top and coved where the base intersects with the floors. All 
 the window sills of the fuel and ash rooms, and power and 
 boiler rooms will be of brick headers, but a cement wash 
 must be carefully run on the top, and the sills carefully 
 caulked, as shown by the drawings. 
 Terrazzo Floors 
 
 The floor of the toilet room on the second floor will be of 
 terrazzo and be provided with terrazzo base, the same as 
 specified for the terrazzo work in the Main Building, and 
 when doing this work the Contractor must be governed by 
 and do the work agreeable to the specifications for the 
 
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 terrazzo work in the Main Building. 
 Carpenter Work 
 
 The Contractor shall furnish and erect ajll rough car- 
 penter work required for the complete finish of the building, 
 as hereinafter directed, together with all incidentar jobbing 
 necessary for the proper carrying out of the work, whether 
 particularly mentioned or not. The Carpenter shall do all 
 cutting and fitting of wood work to accommodate the work 
 of all other trades, including the Plumbing, Heating and 
 Electric wiring; he shall make good after them, finishing the 
 work in a satisfactory manner. He shall cover the tops of 
 unfinished walls and enclose and protect all projecting 
 cornices, sills, jambs, stairs, interior trim of all kinds, and 
 other finished work, as directed by the Architects ' Superin- 
 tendent, with close boarding secured to suitable scantlings, 
 etc. The Carpenter shall furnish and maintain strong rail- 
 ings, safeguards, etc., around all well holes, shafts, and other 
 openings in the floors, walls or roofs, and shall enclose all 
 entrances with strong batten doors, having strong hinges, 
 padlocks and if required, shall enclose all other door and 
 window openings with old sash or muslin covered plank 
 frames, and repair and maintain the same in position until 
 the finish sash and doors are set. Furnish and set all cen- 
 ters over openings where there are no iron lintels, forms. 
 
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 patterns, etc., as required in turning arid in laying out all 
 work for the mason and stone contractors, and strike and 
 remove same when directed, and furnish all wood work and 
 blocking required for plumbing, heating and lighting work. 
 Furnish and erect all centering that may be required for 
 all concrete floor slabs, the same to be of sufficient size to 
 unjdeldingly retain the concrete in proper position until it 
 has hardened suflSciently to permit of its removal. Furnish 
 and set all wood furring, blocking, grounds, backing, etc., 
 that may be required in any part of the work throughout the 
 building, all to be of the proper sizes and cut to give the 
 finished outlines as called for by the drawings. Furnish and 
 set beveled wood sleepers on the concrete floor of the labora- 
 tory where wood floor is called for, the same to be 2 " x 3", 
 set 16" on centers, laid and well bedded in place and se- 
 curely anchored to the concrete by galvanized iron anchors 
 of approved pattern, and the tops to be leveled up and 
 planed ready for the finished flooring. All carpenter work, 
 unless otherwise mentioned, must be agreeable to the speci- 
 fications for the Main Building, including lumber, material 
 and workmanship. 
 Mill Work 
 
 All mill work showing throughout the entire interior of 
 building is to be strictly No. 1, clear, first quality, well 
 
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 seasoned, yellow pine, or its approved equal in strength and 
 hardness. All mill work must be strictly in accordance 
 with the scale details for the different parts, and full size 
 details 6f all work must be submitted to the Architects, or 
 their superintendent for approval before the work is gotten 
 out. All work must be put up in a strictly first class and 
 workmanlike manner, as nothing but A 1 work in every 
 respect will be accepted. 
 
 Window Frames^ - A]] frames, unless otherwise shown, shall 
 be made with boxes for weights, as per detail, and shall be 
 made agreeabla to specifications for window frames for the 
 Main Building. 
 
 Metal WeMhp,r Strips — All window frames throughout are 
 to be equipped with the " Chamberlin, " or its approved 
 equal weather strip, and put up as per details and agreeable 
 to the specifications covering the metal weather strips for 
 the windows of the Main Building. 
 
 Door Framp.fs — All door frames throughout shall be 1%" 
 thick and be as per detail and made and put in place agree- 
 able to the specifications for the door frames of the Main 
 Building. 
 
 Doors — All doors throughout shall be 1%" thick, and shall 
 be veneered on pine core, or be the Korelock doors, as made 
 by the Paine Lumber Co., Oshkosh, Wis., U. S. A., or their 
 
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 approved equal. All the doors in connection with the toilet 
 partitions in the various toilet rooms are to be 1%" thick 
 and to be paneled, etc., as per details. All to be as per de- 
 tails and be made and put in place agreeable to the specifi- 
 cations for doors for the Main Building. 
 Trnnsnni.s — All doors and windows throughout shown to 
 have transoms are to have them 1%" thick and be hinged at 
 the bottom with butts and provided with transom rods, as 
 specified in Hardware. 
 
 Slnah — All the sash are to be 1%" thick and be of the sizes 
 shown and as called for by the drawings. All sliding sash to 
 have 0. G. lugs cut on the bottom end of side stiles of top 
 sash and on the top end of side stiles of bottom sash, plowed 
 and bored for weights and nicely fitted. All sliding sash 
 throughout are to be provided with sash chains, weights, 
 counter sunk sash lifts and sash locks, as specified under 
 Hardware. 
 
 Glazinn — The six pair of fire proof doors in connection with 
 the boiler and engine rooms, ash and fuel rooms, and the 
 doors and windows of the gas house and oil burning house 
 are all to be glazed with 1^4" thick wire glass. The sash and 
 outside doors showing in the toilet rooms are to be glazed 
 with "Syenite" glass, as made by the Mississippi Glass Co., 
 or its approved equal. All other glass throughout, including 
 
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 the glazed doors, is to be of the best quality American D. S. 
 glass, all to be the various sizes called for and put in place 
 agreeable to the specifications covering the glass for the 
 Main Building. 
 
 Wood Flooring — The finished flooring in the laboratory on 
 the ground floor is to be maple flooring and must be of the 
 same quality and be put down, finished and protected in 
 every particular agreeable to the specifications for the wood 
 flooring in the Main Building. 
 
 Saddle — Where wood floors intersect with cement or ter- 
 razzo floors, hard wood flush sills must be provided and the 
 flooring neatly and accurately fitted against same. 
 Tntp.rinr Fin-Lfhr — All interior finish such as doors, base, trim, 
 etc., is to be hand smoothed, scraped and smoothly sand- 
 papered for oil finish, and be of yellow pine, or its approved 
 equal. All interior finish must be as per details and must be 
 made and put up agreeable in every particular with the 
 specifications for the interior finish in the main building. 
 Equipmp.nt-^ Thf^. equipment on the various floors included 
 in the carpenter work will all be of clear, selected, well 
 seasoned, yellow pine, or its approved equal, unless other- 
 wise called for, all the various dimensions called for and will 
 be as follows: The bench along the windows iu the color 
 room, the bins in the color storage room, and the table in 
 
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 the laboratory. The bench in the color room is to be 1%" 
 thick, secured to the wall, and have standards about every 
 6' 0" and four drawers about 6" deep by 18" wide, and be. 
 equipped with lock, key and pull, as provided for in the 
 Hardware specification, and bench made to set away from 
 wall to allow heating radiation back of same. The bins in 
 the color store room are to be as shown on the plans and as 
 per detail, all to be built up as shown and provided with all 
 the necessary hinges, knobs, etc.; complete, as specified 
 under Hardware. The table in the laboratory is to be as 
 shown by the plans and as per detail, to be provided with 
 suitable uprights, drawers, etc., and must be made to fit the 
 space shown and have a 4" Alberene stone top, as sold by the 
 Alberene Stone Co., New York, U. S. A. 
 Metal Work 
 
 Tin Worfc^ All flashing, etc., and wherever tin is required or 
 called for, is to be of the same quality and put up in like 
 manner as the tin specified for the main building. The para- 
 pet walls and other parts where slag roofing is called for 
 must be properly flashed and counterflashed in' a first class 
 manner and the eave strip for all slag roofs must be of tin. 
 (rnlvn/n.ip. ed Iron TForA^— The galvanized iron work will in- 
 clude the copings for all the parapet walls and louvers in the 
 monitor over the boiler and power room, and all gutters and 
 
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 down spouts and wherever gal. iron is required or called for. 
 The gutters and down spouts to be No. 26 gauge and the wall 
 copings and louvers to be No. 24 gauge all to be crimped and 
 be of the various sizes and designs shown and as per detail. 
 All angles and joints to be securely riveted and to have stays 
 and the work to be free of crinkles and buckles with all 
 moulded parts neatly executed and no laps to show, and be 
 strictly first class in every particular. 
 Tile Roofing 
 
 The roof over the boiler and power rooms is to be covered 
 with semi-glazed T-1 tile, as manufactured by the Ludowici- 
 Celadon Co., Chicago Heights, III, or the Mound City "A" 
 tile, as made by the Mound City Tile Co., No. 3301 Morgan 
 Ford Road, St. Louis, Mo., U. S. A., or approved equal, as 
 follows I The steel purlins are to be so spaced that the lower 
 edge of the first course will be 12" inches from the upper 
 edge of the second course, and all of the courses above to be 
 13% in ches from the upper edg^ to upper edge. The first 
 or eave course to be one inch higher. All roof sheet-metal 
 work, except aprons, to be put in place before the tiles are 
 laid, and all tin flashing around the monitor must be in- 
 stalled and properly counter flashed. Tiles to be well se- 
 lected and hard burned, none to be used that are chipped in 
 the side lock or gutter. Every tile in the e§yes and gable 
 
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 courses, and every second tile elsewhere to be fastened with 
 Xo. 18 copper wire, one end being attached to the pierced 
 lug of the tile and the other end to a coppered clip sprang 
 on to the lower part of the steel angle below, or with a spring 
 clip furnished by the tile manufacturer for the purpose. All 
 vertical and horizontal tile joints to be closed with oakum. 
 A one inch board of the necessary width is to be placed on 
 edge over the hip rafter to receive the hip rolls, each of 
 which is to be nailed to this board. Each piece of hip roll 
 to be nailed to the hip board. Before setting them in place 
 cement mortar is to be laid along the edges of the cut tiles, 
 making their joint against the hip board and a bed for the 
 edges of the roll. After being set, the joints and edges to 
 be pointed with the same material properly colored to match 
 the tiles. Use tile chips with the mortar in filling the larger 
 openings. The edges of ridge rolls to be bedded in cement 
 mortar and the joints and edges then pointed with it prop- 
 erly colored to match the tiles. The interior spaces of hip 
 and ridge rolls must not be filled with the pointing material. 
 In all other respects this work must be made to conform with 
 the specifications for the tile work for the Main Building, 
 and the Contractor must be governed by same. This also 
 applies to native tile and workmen. 
 
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 Slag Roofing 
 
 The rools over the fuel and ash rooms, gas house, oil house, 
 two outside toilet houses, laundry, laboratory and black 
 room, and the roofs over the, two story part, viz., color stor- 
 age, ink mill, toilet, etc., and the roof over the bridge con- 
 necting the power building with the main building, are all 
 to be covered with Ehret's slag roofing, as made by the War- 
 ren Ehret Co., Philadelphia, Pa., IT. S. A., or its approved 
 equal, as follows : Over the concrete slabs which must all be 
 troweled smooth with a thin coat of cement as heretofore 
 specified, lay over the entire surface starting at the eaves of 
 the roofs four full layers of Acme Brand Roofing Felt. The 
 first course to be five layers then followed with four layers 
 laid shingle fashion, lapping each width so that at all points 
 of the roofs there will not be less than four plies of felt. 
 Thoroughly mop the surfaces between the layers the full 
 width of the lap with a coating of Diamond Brand Eoofing 
 Cement, in no case to b.e applied hot enough to injure the 
 wtoolly fibre of the felt. Over the entire surface of felt thus 
 applied spread a heavy coating of the Diamond Brand Roof- 
 ing Cement, amoimting in all to not less than ten gallons per 
 square foot, the same to be heated as before specified, into 
 . which is to be broomed a coating of hard, clean slag crushed 
 for the purpose, using no slag larger than that which, will 
 pass through a %" mesh, and none smaller than that which 
 
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 will be caught Ijy a i/4 " mesh. The slag to be free from sand, 
 dust and dirt and applied perfectly dry and while the ce- 
 ment is hot. All felt used to be not less than 14 lbs. per 100 
 square feet, and the roofs must be guaranteed against natu- 
 ral wear and tear for a period of ten years. 
 Lath and Plastering 
 
 Metnl TMtMng — ^All furring, chases, flues, etc., and wherever 
 required are to be covered with "A" Herringbone ex- 
 panded metal lath. No. 26 gauge, as made by the General 
 Fireproofing Co., Youngstown, Ohio, U. S. A., or its ap- 
 proved equal and properly installed in place. 
 Plaatermg — All walls and ceilings of the bridge connecting 
 the power building with the main building, the laundry, dry- 
 ing room, color room, color storage and black room, also the 
 ink mill, laboratory, halls, drying room, second floor toilet 
 room, etc., and all concrete slabs, girders, columns, etc., in 
 these rooms are to be plastered, all to be done agreeable to 
 the specifications for the plastering of the main building, 
 
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 and all exterior parts of the bridge connecting the power 
 building with the main building are to receive a good cement 
 coat of the same to be applied before the concrete has set. 
 Toilet and Bath Partitions 
 
 ^M£— The partitions and front stiles of all the toilet rooms 
 and shower baths are all to be of strictly No. 1, smoothly 
 
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 finished slate. All partitions are to be 1" thick, and all front 
 stiles 1%" thick, and there will be no Wall lining, the shower 
 partitions must go down to the floor and finish the same 
 height as detailed for the toilets. All slate partitions, stiles, 
 ends, etc., around all the toilet stalls and baths are to be 
 equipped by this contractor with N. P. brass fittings, as 
 made by the Speakman Supply and Pipe Co., Wilmington, 
 Del., U. S. A., or their approved equal, using top and bot- 
 tom standards Nos. 300 to 307 with top rails to suit, bolts 
 No. 252, each partition and front stile is to have a top par- 
 tition bracket No. 315 at the walls, knee No. 282 at the bot- 
 tom, and in addition to the knee, each partition and end 
 slab must have a bottom standard at the wall line to sup- 
 port the partitions and ends. 
 Hardware 
 
 The Contractor furnishing the hardware must be governed 
 in every particular by the general conditions governing the 
 hardware for the main building in reference to finish, class 
 of goods, fittings, delivery, etc.; and the hardware for this 
 building will be as follows: The six pair of first floor ex- 
 terior doors to have lock 760-672 with 3" x 10" escuthceon, 
 three 51/2" x 5i/^" No. 61% butts with concealed fiber washers 
 to each leaf, the standing leaf to be secured with a 30" No.t 
 2858 bolt at top, 15" No. 2858 1/2 bolt at bottom. The single 
 
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 exterior doors to the oil burning house and gas plant are to 
 have lockset No. 760-672 with 3" x 10" escutcheon and three 
 51/^" X 514" No. 61 % butts with concealed fiber washers. 
 The interior double doors are to have No. 1366 i/^ lock, No. 
 1519 y2 knob and two 76031 escutcheons, with patent screw- 
 less knobs of the latest improved type. Each leaf to be 
 hung- on three 5" x 5" No. 61% butts with concealed fiber 
 washers and the standing leaves to be bolted at top with 25" 
 No. 02859 bolt and at bottom with 15" bolt. All single in- 
 terior doors and doors to the two exterior toilet houses are 
 to have No. 1366 Y2 lock, No. 1519 1/2 knob and two No. 
 76031 escutcheons with patent screwless spindle knobs of 
 the latest improved type, to be hung on three 5" x 5" No. 61 
 % butts with concealed fiber washers. The doors for toilet 
 partitions are to be li/s" thick, to have Bommer single act- 
 ing spring hinges No. 1000, No. 1056 strikes. No. 5004 bolts 
 and No. 1791 lA door pulls. All doors leading to toilet 
 rooms are to have solid bronze No. 3% Universal springs 
 and checks. All the double hung windows throughout, in- 
 cluding those to the bridge connecting the power building 
 with the main building are to have the sash hung on red or 
 composition metal sash chain of a tensile strength equal to 
 the Monarch No. 3, as made by the Bridgeport Chain Co., 
 and provide the necessarj' chain attachments for the 
 
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 weights. Sash to be evenly balanced by either lead or iron 
 as may be required, to have No. ISSli/g sash lock, two 02220 
 sash lifts for each lower sash, No. 1289 sash socket for top 
 sash, No. 184 stop bead screws spaced 15" apart and 2l^" No. 
 6053^-R sash pulleys with gun metal axle pulleys. The 
 transoms over the large windows of the boiler and engine 
 rooms are to be hinged at bottom with two 3" x 3" No. IOI1/2 
 butts, to have No. 1379 catch and two 15" long transom 
 chains. The transoms over the doors are to be hinged at 
 the bottom with two 3" x 3" No. 1011/2 butts, to be operated 
 with No. 00951/2 transom lifters, the rod to reach within 5' 0" 
 from the floor, the rod and bracket to be of polished bronze 
 plated iron, the other parts to be solid bronze. The bins in 
 the color storage room are to have covers hung on 3" fast 
 joint broad brass butts with screws and have li/4" Ne. 15311/^ 
 brass knob. The drawers imder the laboratory table are to 
 have No. 1365 drawer pulls,No.4321ocksandNo. 2621 escutch- 
 eon. All doors are to be provided with either No. 368 or No. 
 370 door stops, as the case may be, and by cement and ter- 
 razzo floors provide lead shelves. Provide six 6' 0" long oak 
 sash poles with No. 2287 hook and C. & H. hooks, and pro- 
 vide a No. 01034% hook and bolts for slate partitions. All 
 cylinder locks are to be master keyed in one set with three 
 master keys and No. 1366% locks are to be master keyed in 
 
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 one set with three master keys. The doors for the wire par- 
 tition in the ink mill are to have No. 13661'^ locks, No. 15191/2 
 knob with patent screwless spindles, cast bronze roses and 
 No. 025901/^ escutcheons and hung with three 3" x 3" No. 100 
 cast brass hinges, lock to be master keyed to the other locks 
 in the building. 
 Iron and Steel Work 
 
 This contract to include all iron and steel work throughout 
 the entire building of whatever kind and all other materials 
 that come in connection with the same, as hereinafter speci- 
 fied and as specified under the following headings, viz., 
 Structural, Ornamental and Special, and will be as follows : 
 S true tural — The structural iron and steel work will include 
 the steel roof construction over the boiler and engine rooms 
 and induding all trusses, rafters, purlins, gusset plates, 
 angles for tile, etc., complete, the channels, beams, angles 
 and plates over all the square head openings where called 
 for, and jamb guards for the rolling steel door and for all 
 interior plaster comers and the guides for the hoist. All 
 the steel work in connection with the roof and monitor over 
 the boiler and engine rooms is to be as shown on the plans 
 and detailed on sheet No. 38. The channels, beams, angles, 
 and plates over the square headed openings where called for 
 are to be the required length to allow a 4" bearing at each 
 
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 end and of the sizes and weights called for. The angle iron 
 guards for all the interior corners of all walls, columns, etc., 
 in the rooms to be plastered are to be 21/2" x 21/2" x 14" and 
 be four feet high above the floor and securely anchored and 
 bolted with approved expansion bolts with countersunk 
 heads, or other approved method. The steel guides for the 
 hoist are to be the sizes called for, to be thoroughly secured 
 and anchored in place and of such length as required by the 
 drawings, the contractor must note and furnish and install 
 in place all steel required for the operation of the hoist. 
 Ornamental — The ornamental iron work will consist of the 
 rolling steel door to the fuel room, the Pitt gates* for the 
 openings for the hoist shaft, the stairs from the first to the 
 second floor, the window gratings for the fuel and ash rooms 
 and the wire partitions and gates in the ink mill on the sec- 
 ond floor. The rolling steel door to the fuel room is to be 
 as made by the Jas. G. Wilson Mfg. Co., No. 3 West 29th St., 
 New York, or Kinnear Mfg. Co., Columbus, Ohio, the same 
 to be balanced by springs and operated by a hoist and hand 
 chain and the coils to be embossed in a galvanized iron hood. 
 The Pitt gates to the hoist shaft are to be the height shown 
 by the details and provided with rolled steel track and ball 
 bearing wheels and lock catch, etc., as specified for the ele- 
 vator enclosures in the main building. The Pitt folding 
 
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 gates are made by the William R. Pitt Composite Iron 
 Works, No. 127 Fifth Avenue, N. Y., U. S. A. The iron 
 stairs from the first to the second floor are to be as shown 
 on the plans and as per details. All stairs must be framed 
 to conform to the dimensions shown, all hand rails will be 
 of 2i/>" polished brass, all stringers to be of the sizes shown, 
 with the different runs framed as shown and provided with 
 angles and mouldings, all as shown, and all newels, railings, 
 facias, channel beams, etc., to be of the various sizes shown 
 and be as per detail. All risers are to be of cast iron riveted 
 with counter sunk rivets to the angle iron supports, and all 
 treads and landings are to be I/4" thick steel plate and cov- 
 ered with Mason's safety tread, as made by the American 
 Mason Safety Tread Co., Boston, Mass., U. S. A., all to be 
 securely and accurately fitted in place. The wire partition 
 in the ink mill on the second floor is to continue up to the 
 ceiling and be formed by angle iron standards with channel 
 iron cross members and have 2" diamond mesh No. 8 steel 
 panels secured to channel iron frames, and the partitions to 
 be thoroughly secured to floors and ceilings, as shown. 
 Where doors are shown in the partitions the frames are to 
 be formed with channels, bars and stops and the doors by 
 angle irons with channel irons supporting the wire, the doors 
 to be equipped with Corbin's No. 1366% lock, No. 15191/2 
 
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 knob with latest improved type of screwless spindle, cast 
 bronze roses and No. 02590% escutcheon, Stanley No. 1061 
 24" long without keeper, Stanley No. 1090 bottom bolt 8" 
 long, flat keeper with screws and lead sleeves and three No. 
 100-3" X 3" cast bronze hinges to each leaf. The window 
 grilles for the fuel and ash rooms are to be the sizes shown 
 and be as per details. 
 
 Special — The special iron work will consist of the steel 
 shelves iir the ink mill closet, the hoods and exhaust flue in 
 the oil house, and four buried tanks in connection with the 
 oil burning house, the buried tank by the gas plant with man- 
 hole, the ovens with hood over in the color room on the first 
 floor, iron door for the brick oven in the color room, track 
 and trolley block in the ink mill and platform, tanks and 
 ladders in the laundry. The hoods in the oil burning house 
 are to be shown on the plans and as per detail, to be of No. 
 16 steel reinforced with 2" angles, to have channel iron bot- 
 tom, top and wall supports and have steel vent stack to dis- 
 charge onto one of the smoke stacks of the boiler plant and 
 be provided with a damper. The four tanks for the oil burn- 
 ing house are to be type "C" tanks, as sold by S. F. Bowser 
 & Co., Fort Wayne, Ind., U.S. A. The tank for the raw oil 
 to be 1,000 gallons capacity and for the cooked oil of 200, 
 300 and 500 gallons capacity respectively. All the tanks are 
 
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 to be made of heavy galvanized steel, riveted and soldered 
 throughout and provided with heavy plate castings riveted 
 and soldered to the tanks and finished with three coats of 
 rust proof paint. The tank for raw oil must be provided 
 with an intake pipe with threaded cap, and each tank must be 
 equipped with a Bowser Pump, the same to have a measure 
 adjustment, gallon meter, anti-drop nozzle, lever shut-off, 
 double brass valves and valve seats, float indicator and lock- 
 ing device. All pumps are to be furnished in Bla'ck enamel 
 and are to be located in the oil burning house where indicated 
 on the plans. The tank for the gas plant must be of 2,000 
 gallons capacity, as made by the Coatesville Boiler Com- 
 pany, Coatesville, Pa., U. S. A., the same to be buried in the 
 concrete caisson, the top of the tank to be at least 4' 0" be- 
 low the surface of the earth. The tank to be provided with 
 a manhole, and a concrete area will be built around the man- 
 hole to give access to valves that will be installed by manu- 
 facturers of the gas machine. The track and trolley block 
 in the ink mill is to be supported with i/^" x 2" iron hangers 
 bolted to angles on top of the concrete slabs overhead and 
 the track must be provided with a triplex trolley block and 
 chain hoist to reach the floor and be 2,000 lbs. capacity. The 
 ranges in the color room on the first floor are to be con- 
 structed as shown on the plans and details to have brick 
 
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 foundation and steel hood, the ranges to be of the best qual- 
 ity ^4 " open hearth flange steel, to have the proper number 
 of stay bolts and made to stand a 60 lb. steam pressure, the 
 ranges to be as made by L. 0. Koven & Brother or their ap- 
 proved equal and set up as directed by the Chinese officials 
 in charge. The six pair of fireproof doors in connection with 
 the boiler room, engine room and fuel and ash rooms and the 
 doors and wiudows in th& gas house and oil burning house 
 with finish are to be the "Richardson" or its approved 
 equal special fireproof doors, as made by the Fire Proof 
 Door Co., Minneapolis, Minn., tj. S. A. The doors and fin- 
 ish to be paneled and made to conform with the wood doors 
 and finish in other parts of building and are to be painted 
 the priming coat. All the locks specified are to be master 
 keyed with locks of similar type throughout the building. 
 The iron door for the brick oven in color room to be of the 
 required size, to be hung oil cast hinges, built in the jambs 
 and be provided with bolt and catch complete. The alkali 
 tanks in the- laundry are to be cast iron of the sizes shown 
 and supported on steel platform with steps and have dis- 
 charge pipes to washing machines. 
 
 GeMeral— AW iron and steel work of every description must 
 be the best of their respective kinds and well adapted for the 
 purposes for which it is intended and in strict accordance 
 
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 with the plans and details. All structural members must be 
 thoroughly secured in place, and all equipment that comes 
 in connection with the concrete columns, beams, slabs, etc., 
 must be secured to same by means of approved expansion 
 bolts. The iron contractor must furnish all bolts, ribs, 
 brackets, anchors, fittings, etc., and do all cutting, drilling 
 and fitting of iron work, and shall make good after same are 
 set, and shall do all cutting, drilling and jobbjng required to 
 receive the work of other contractors, and all iron work in- 
 cluded in these specifications (unless otherwise specified) 
 shall be thoroughly cleaned and all exposed work finish 
 smooth and receive three coats of approved liquid carbon 
 paint, the first coat to be applied before being shipped from 
 the shop and the others after erection. All iron and steel 
 work throughout must be strictly first class in every re- 
 spect and thorough and complete on completion of the 
 building. 
 Elevator 
 
 Provide and install in place in complete working order, 
 where indicated on the plans, a steam hydraulic elevator, as 
 made by the Craig, Eidgway & Son Co., Coatesville, Pa., 
 U. S. A. The shaft, well pit, openings, etc., must be of the 
 dimensions shown and be as per detail, a water supply must 
 be run to the shaft where directed and a 2" steam main from 
 
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 boiler in boiler room, and the steel guides are to be installed 
 by the iron contractor. All the above must be installed as 
 per directions furnished by the manufacturers of the ele- 
 vator, and all other parts, including lifting cylinder with its 
 ram, water cylinder, operating valve, regulating valve, 
 steam hydraulic accessories, stands and wheels and chain 
 for hand rigging, automatic oiler and platform, etc., will be 
 furnished by the manufacturers, and the same must be in- 
 stalled in place as per instructions furnished by them, and 
 the elevator installed in complete and perfect working order 
 in every respect. 
 Painting 
 
 See the painting specifications for the main building in ref- 
 erence to native paints and labor, the same will apply to this 
 building. 
 
 Exterior — All the exterior wood work, including door and 
 window frames, doors and sash and all fireproof doors and 
 windows and frames are to be given three good coats of lead 
 and oil or paint as made by the National Paint Works of 
 Williamsport, Pa., U. S. A., or its approved equal, all to be 
 finished with No. 155. The exposed iron work in connectipn 
 with the monitor over the boiler and engine rooms is to be 
 given two good coats of lead and oil in addition to the shop 
 coats and finished with No. 155. All the galvanized iron 
 
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 work must all be thoroughly cleaned and washed with a solu- 
 tion of vinegar and allowed to become perfectly dry, then 
 given a good heavy coat of red lead and allowed to become 
 perfectly dry and finished with two coats of lead and oil, the 
 last coat to be No. 155. 
 
 Interior— All the interior wood work throughout (except 
 floor in laboratory) and the fireproof doors and windows are 
 all to be given three good coats of lead and oil and finished 
 with No. 52. All the exposed iron work throughout, includ- 
 ing all steel in connection with roof and monitor over the 
 boiler and engine room, hoods in oil house, stairs, wire par- 
 tition in ink mill and wherever iron work is exposed, must 
 all receive two good coats of lead and oil in addition to the 
 shop coats and finished in No. 155. All the plastered walls 
 in all rooms, passages, halls, etc. (except laboratory and 
 second floor toilet room) but including the bridge connecting 
 the power building with the main building, are to receive two 
 good coats of lead and oil and a finishing coat of No. 155, and 
 to receive a finishing top member 2" wide, care being taken 
 that the wainscoting is run tru6 and level, the same to finish 
 5' 0" high. The plastered walls in the second floor toilet 
 room is to receive two good coats of lead and oil and finished 
 with two coats of No. 48 Ripolin; The plastered walls and 
 ceilings of the laboratory are to be sized and finished with 
 
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 two coats of Calcimo, using No. 104 for the walls and No. 
 
 101 for the ceilings, the ceilings in the two second floor toilet 
 room is also to be sized and finished with two coats of No. 
 101 Calcimo. The maple flooring in the laboratory must be 
 thoroughly scraped and cleaned and given a coat of shellac 
 and two coats of Berry Bros. ' Liquid Grranite. All the paint- 
 ing throughout must be done agreeable to the general con- 
 ditions of the painting of the Main Building. 
 
GUARD HOUSE 
 
 SEE GENERAL CONDITIONS 
 PAGES 3-9 
 
INDEX 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Plans 
 
 Excavation 
 
 Filling and Grading ..^ 
 
 Concrete Walls and Footings 
 
 Reinforced Concrete Work 
 
 Brick Concrete Filling ' 54-^ 
 
 Brick Work 
 
 Common Brick Work ■■ 
 
 Face Brick Work -. 
 
 Granite Work 
 
 Cleaning Down ' 
 
 Concrete Filling 
 
 Cement Floors 
 
 Cement Hase and Steps 156-1 
 
 Carpenter Work > 57" 
 
 Lumber '59"' 
 
 Framitis: 
 
 Exterior Sheathing 
 
 Ladders and Scuttles 
 
 Mill Work 161- 
 
 Windozv Frames 
 
 Metal Weather Strips 
 
 Door Frames 
 
 Doors 
 
 Transoms 
 
 Sash — 
 
 Glazing 
 
 Wood Flooring 
 
 Saddle 
 
 Picture Moulding 
 
 Interior Finish 
 
 Louvers - . 163— I 
 
 Outside Shutters 
 
 Stairs 
 
 Equipment 164-I 
 
 Metal Work 
 
 Tin and Cqpper Work 
 
 Galvanized Iron Work 
 
 Tile Roofing 
 
 Metal Partitions . 
 
 Lath and Plastering _ 166-1 
 
 Metal Lathing 
 
 Comet Beads 
 
 Plastering 1 66—1 
 
 Toilet and Bath Partitions 
 
 Slate 
 
 Hardware 168-1 
 
 Iron and Steel Work 
 
 Painting 
 
 Exterior 
 
 Interior i/O-j 
 
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 Plans 
 
 Foundation and Eoof Plan No. 41 
 
 First and Second Floor Plans No. 42 
 
 East and North Elevations No. 43 
 
 South and West Elevations No. 44 
 
 Details No. 45 
 
 Excavation 
 
 Properly excavate for all walls, piers, footings, etc., and for 
 all pipe trenches, conduits, traps, etc., as required by the 
 plumber, steam fitter, electrician, and all other craftsmen, 
 which may be necessary for the complete performance of the 
 work. All the excavating, shoring, pumping that may be 
 required in c^nection with the building must be done agree- 
 able to the specifications for similar work for the main 
 building, and when doing this work the contractor must be 
 governed by and do the work in strict accordance with the 
 specifications for the Main Building in every particular. 
 Filling and Grading 
 
 After all foundations and all mason work have been com- 
 pleted and all pits, drains, conduits, etc., set and have been 
 approved by the Superintendent, the Contractor shall fill in 
 the premises to all established outside grades and to the 
 level of the concrete base of the first floor and front portico 
 as indicated on the drawings, the same to be thoroughly 
 
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 tamped in place, and all material required for this purpose 
 to be furnished by the Contractor. 
 Concrete Walls and Footings 
 
 All foundation waUs and footings throughout up to within 
 eight inches of the finished first floor line are all to be of con- 
 crete, the sizes and heights shown by the drawings, all to be 
 done agreeable to the specifications for the Concrete Walls 
 and Footings of the Main Building. 
 Reinforced Concrete Work 
 
 The two columns in the Mess Room, the three columns in the 
 dormitory, and the floor and ceiling slabs over the first and 
 second floor, including all girders and beams in connection 
 with same are to be of reinforced concrete construction. The 
 second story floor slabs to be figured for a live load of 100 
 lbs. per sq. ft. and the ceiling slabs for a live load of 60 lbs. 
 per sq. ft. Designs must be based on a factor of safety of 
 four for the live load and two for the dead load. All the re- 
 inforced concrete work in the building must be as shown 
 and done agreeable to the specifications for the Reinforced 
 Concrete Work for the Main Building. 
 
 Brick Concrete Filling — ^After aU steam and gas piping and 
 electric conduits and the wiring have been placed in proper 
 position, all the concrete filling under the first floor and the 
 reinforced concrete floor slabs of the second floor are to be 
 
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 covered with two inches of brick concrete of the same qual- 
 ity as specified for the Main Building. Under all the floors 
 except in the second story toilet room 2" wood sleepers will 
 be placed on top of the concrete slabs 16" on centers, and the 
 concrete must be carefully packed and tamped between 
 these. 
 
 Brick Work 
 
 Common Brick JVork — Build all walls, chimneys, etc., shown 
 as brick work from the concrete foundation to the roof wall 
 plate with the same quality of brick as are specified for the 
 common brick work for the main building. All the walls 
 are to be of the sizes and heights indicated on the drawings, 
 all to be done agreeable to the specifications for the Com- 
 mon Brick Work for the Main Building. 
 Pace Brick Work- — ^AU the exterior walls and chimneys from 
 the top of the concrete foundations are to be faced with the 
 same quality of brick and be laid agreeable to the specifica- 
 tions for the Face Brick Work for the Main Building, and 
 both the Common and Face Brick Work must be laid up with 
 ■ the same quality of mortar as specified for the Main 
 Building. 
 Granite Work 
 
 The granite work will consist of all the first floor window 
 sills, the same to be the sizes and dimensions called for and 
 
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 be agreeable to the specifications for the granite window 
 sills for the Main Building. 
 Cleaning Down 
 
 After the building is completed all the exterior brick and 
 granite work must be neatly pointed up where required and 
 then all surfaces carefully cleaned, using diluted acid where 
 necessary, using care not to discolor the work. 
 Concrete Filling 
 
 Fill in and tamp well with concrete full 5" thick, or the 
 thickness shown under all cement floors of the front portico 
 and under all parts of the first floor, all to finish at the levels 
 called for and done agreeable to the specifications for the 
 concrete filling for the Main Building. 
 Cement Floors 
 
 The floors of the front portico and the floors of the toilet 
 room, showers, etc., on the second floor are to be finished 
 with a 1" coat of cement wearing surface, as shown, and be 
 done agreeable to the specifications for the cement floors for 
 the Main Building. 
 Cement Base and Steps 
 
 The cement floor of the toilet room must be provided with a 
 6" sanitary base around all walls, etc., the same to be run 
 at the same time that the floors are laid, to be slightly 
 rounded at the top and covered where the base intersects 
 
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 with the floors and must be continued around in front of the 
 toilets and showers, as the floors will finish up above the 
 room floor. The front and rear entrance door sills and 
 steps must be of the dimensions shown and must be run and 
 at the same time that the cement floors are laid. All the 
 second floor window sills will be of brick, but a cement wash 
 must be carefully run on the top and the sills carefully 
 caulked, as shown by the drawings. 
 Carpenter Work 
 
 The Contractor shall furnish and erect all rough carpenter 
 work required for the complete finish of the building, as 
 hereinafter described, together with all incidental jobbing 
 necessary for the proper carrying out of the work, whether 
 patricularly mentioned or not. The Carpenter shall do all 
 cutting and fitting of wood work to accommodate the work 
 of all other trades including the Plumbing, Heating and 
 Electric Wiring; he shall make good after them, finishing 
 the work in d satisfactory manner. He shall cover the tops 
 of unfinished walls and enclose and protect all pro- 
 jecting sills, jambs, steps stairs, interior trim of 
 all kinds, and other finished work, as directed by 
 the Architects' Superintendent, with close boarding 
 secured to suitable scantlings, etc. The Carpenter shall 
 furnish and maintain strong railings, safeguards, etc., 
 
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 around all well holes, shafts, and other openings in the 
 floors, walls or roofs, and shall enclose all entrances with 
 strong batten doors, having strong hinges, padlocks, and if 
 required, shall enclose all other door and window openings 
 with old sash or muslin covered plank frames, and repair 
 and maintain the same in position until the finish sash and 
 doors are set. Furnish and set all centers over opeijings, 
 forms, patterns, etc., as required in turning and in laying out 
 all work for the mason, and strike and remove same when 
 directed, and furnish all wood work and blocking required 
 for plumbing, heating and lighting work. Furnish and 
 erect all cente»ing that may be required for all concrete 
 floor slabs, the same to be of sufficient size to unyieldingly 
 retain the concrete in proper position until it has hardened 
 sufficiently to permit of its removal. Provide, make' and set 
 frames (bucks) for all door openings in connection with in- 
 terior metal partitions and all necessary grounds and fur- 
 ring blocks; all to be well and securely spiked and set in 
 place and braced as may be required. Furnish and set all 
 wood furring, blocking, grounds, backing, etc., that may be 
 required in any part of the work throughout the building, 
 all to be of the proper sizes and cut to give the finished out- 
 lines as called for by the drawings. All roofs throughout 
 are to be covered with Neponset Red waterproof paper, as 
 
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 made by F. W. Bird & Son, East Walpole, Mass., or its ap- 
 proved equal, the same to be put on after the sheathing is in 
 place, to be given good lap and properly secured in place, 
 then the entire roofs are to be stripped with plasterer's lath 
 and then furred with 1" x 2" furring strips surfaced on or\e 
 side and nailed to the lath and spaced as shown by the de- 
 tail drawings. Furnish and set beveled wood sleepers under 
 the first and second floors, except under the second floor 
 toilet, the same to be 2" x 3", set 16" on centers, laid and well 
 bedded in place and securely anchored to the concrete by 
 galvanized iron anchors of approved pattern, and the tops 
 to be leveled up and planed ready for the finished flooring. 
 T.umhp.r— M] framing lumber used throughout and herein- 
 after specified will be as per schedule of the Bureau of In- 
 spection of the Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers' Asso- 
 ciation, and will be Oregon Fir Lumber, unless otheriwes 
 specified an!d must be of the very best quality and be thor- 
 oughly kiln dried. All roof rafters (except exposed rafters) 
 ridges, hips, collar beams, braces, purlins, wall plates, etc., 
 are to be " Extra Merchantable. ' ' All exposed rafters of all 
 overhanging roofs and the exposed framing of the front por- 
 tico are to be "Clears," all other framing lumber used 
 throiighout the entire building, including grounds, bucks, 
 sleepers, furring, blocking, etc., to be "Merchantable Lum- 
 
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 ber" and must be well adapted for the purposes intended. 
 Lumber with bad sap, large or loose knots will be rejected, 
 and nothing but good sound lumber will be accepted. For 
 sizes, heights, lengths, spacing, etc., see drawings. All the 
 exposed framing of the overhanging roofs and front portico 
 must be machine dressed and cut as per detail. 
 Frn,m,in,g — Fra m e for the roof and front portico, etc., as 
 shown, using double rafters around all roof openings, all to 
 be done in the strongest manner. All rafters must be 
 straight and cut to fit, and all ridges and hips are to be four 
 inches thick and of sufficient depth to take the cut of rafters. 
 All wall plates are to be the sizes marked and anchored with 
 iron anchors, as specified under the head of Iron Work. 
 Exterior Sheathing — All roofs throughout (except over- 
 hanging roofs and front portico) are to be sheathed with 
 narrow, standard, tongued and grooved, machine worked, 
 full %" thick and not over 4" wide, slash grairi flooring, the 
 same to be free of bad sap, large or loose knots, and laid 
 with the dressed side down. All to be thoroughly nailed to 
 rafters, with joints well broken over bearings. All the ex- 
 posed sheathing of all overhanging roofs and the sheathing 
 of the front portico is to be of No. 1, tongued and grooved 
 and beaded edge again ceiling material, the same to be full 
 Vy" thick and not over 3" wide, with joints broken over bear- 
 
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 ings and well staggered, to be put up in a first class and 
 workmanlike manner and provided with bed mouldings as 
 per details. 
 
 La,4ijl,ef-fi ■fl.'M/f. f,^i^|//jy — Prnv^rlp and frame for ceiling and 
 roof scuttles where indicated, and provide a portable ladder 
 for the trunk room scuttle, and the scuttles are to be hinged 
 and provided with hook and staples and the roof scuttle 
 tinned on the outside. 
 MUl Work 
 
 All mill work showing throughout the entire interior is to be 
 strictly No. 1, clear, first quality, well seasoned yellow pine, 
 or its approved equal in strength and hardness. All mill 
 work must be strictly No. 1, clear, well seasoned material, 
 the best of its kind that the market affords. All mill work" 
 must be strictly in accordance with the scale details and 
 must be put up in a strictly first class and workmanlike 
 manner, as nothing but Al work in every respect will be 
 accepted. 
 
 Window T^mmfi.s-^ AU window frames to be made with boxes 
 for weights and similar in detail to like frames iu Main 
 Building, and are to be equipped with the necessary hard- 
 ware for their complete and perfect operation, and to be of 
 such character as specified under the head of Hardware, and 
 are to be made and set in place agreeable to the specifica- 
 
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 tions for the window for the Main Building. 
 Metal Weather Strips — All window frames throughout are 
 to be equipped with the ' ' Chamberlin ' ' or its approved equal 
 weather strip, and agreeable to the specifications for the 
 metal weather strips for the ]\Iain Building. 
 T)nor Frnme.t — AH door frames throughout, unless other- 
 wise particularly noted, shall be 1%" thick and be made and 
 jjut in place agreeable to the specifications for the Door 
 Frames for the Main Building and be similar in detail. 
 D(i(ir.<{-^ AM doors (except doors in toilet partitions) shall 
 l)e ]"'4' thick and made agreeable to the details and specifica- 
 tions for the yellow pine doors for the Main Building. All 
 doors in connection with the toilet partitions in the various 
 toilet rooms are to be IVs thick and to be paneled, etc., as 
 ))er details. 
 
 Trnnxnmx — All doors shown to have transoms are to have 
 them 1%" thick and are to be hinged at the bottom with 
 loose pin butts and provided with approved transom rods, 
 all to be included in the finishing hardware. 
 Sdsh — All the sash are to be 1%" thick, of the sizes shown, 
 and as called for by the drawings, and made agreeable to the 
 details and specLficdtions for the sash for the Main Build- 
 ing and equipped with chains, locks, lifts, etc., as specified 
 under Hardware. 
 
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 Globing— AM glass used throughout is to be of the best qual- 
 ity American D. S. glass, and all glazing must be done agree- 
 able to the specifications for the Glazing for the Main 
 Building. 
 
 Wnnd Flnnrimg — All flooring throughout, except for the 
 front portico and second floor toilet, is to be strictly No. 1, 
 best quality, dry, machine worked, tongued and grooved and 
 plowed back rock maple flooring, the same to be of the same 
 quality and be put down agreeable to the specifications for' 
 the Wood Flooring for the Main Building. 
 Sladdlfi — Fnmish and set hard wood saddles %" thick and 
 the required width for all doors, the same to be beveled on 
 both edges and be accurately fitted around the frames. 
 Pir.turp Mnuldinff—Th(^. lounging room, mess room and dor- 
 mitory are to have picture moulding, the same to be put up 
 on a level with the top of the window finish, and made to 
 match the finish in the rooms. 
 
 Tnt.p.rinr Fimsh.^ \}] interior finish such as doors, base, trim, 
 picture moulding, etc., is to be hand smoothed, scraped and 
 smoothly sand-papered for oil finish and be of yellow pine, 
 or its approved equal and be made and put up agreeable to 
 the specifications and details for the interior finish for the 
 Main Building. 
 Louvers — The front and rear louvers to the roof are to be 
 
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 1%" thick put in place and proper flashed, to have barge 
 board, moulding, etc., and covered on the back with close 
 mesh wire netting to prevent birds entering the attic. 
 Outaidp. Slh,uUp.r.<i — All the first and second floor windows are 
 to be provided with outside shutters, the same to be 1%" 
 thick, to have 2" side stiles, 2" top and center rails, 4" bot- 
 tom rail, and the panels filled with %" thick louver lattice, 
 and eqtiipped with hardware as specified under Hardware. 
 Stairs — The stairs from the first to the second floor are to 
 be as shown the same to have three 2" x 12" horses cut to 
 proper angle and strongly braced, to have treads and risers 
 with moulded nosings neatly housed into wall strings, and 
 have newels, rails, balusters, stringers, all as per details, 
 and of clear, dry, well seasoned, selected yellow pine. 
 Equipment — The equipment will be of clear, selected, well 
 seasoned, yellow pine, or its approved equal, all the various 
 dimensions called for and will be as follows : The shelvi];ig, 
 lockers and dish trough in the kitchen and the coat rack in 
 the lounging room and around the columns in the dormitory. 
 The clothes racks are to be located as shown and be as per 
 details and provided with hooks spaced as shown and as 
 called for under Hardware, and racks are to be thoroughly 
 secured in place. The dish trough in the kitchen must be of 
 the dimensions shown, built up of 1%" lumber, with joints 
 
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 thoroughly caulked with white lead and supported on suit- 
 able bucks, and the trough is to be lined with 16 oz. copper 
 by the tinner. The lockers and shelving in the kitchen are 
 to be spaced as shown on the plans and be as per detail, the 
 drawers to be equipped with pulls and the lockers with 
 hinges, locks and keys complete, as specified. 
 Metal Work 
 
 Tin and Copper Wnrk — The saddles back of the chimneys, 
 all flashing and the roof scuttle are to be of FoUansbee Bros. 
 Co. "Scott's" extra coated or N. & G. Taylor Co. "Target 
 & Arrow" Old Style brand I-C thickness in stamped 14" x 
 20" sheets, and be put on agreeable to the specifications for 
 the tin work for the Main Building. The dish trough in the 
 kitchen must be lined with 16 oz. copper the same as the 
 kitchen trough in the main building. 
 
 Galvanized 7 mm. Wnrlfr^KW gutters and down spouts and 
 wherever galvanized iron is required or called for, is to be 
 of No. 26 gauge crimped galvanized'iron of the various sizes 
 and designs shown and as per details, and be put in place 
 agreeable to the specifications for the galvanized iron work 
 in the Main Building. 
 Tile Roofing 
 
 All the roofs throughout are to be covered with tile, the 
 same to be of the same quality and be put on agreeable to the 
 
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 specifications for the tile roofing for the Main Building, in- 
 cluding all paper, lath, furring, ridge and hip rolls complete. 
 Metal Partitions 
 
 The partitions around the toilet on the first floor and be- 
 tween the trunk and toilet rooms and stairs on the second 
 floor are to he hollow metal partitions, as made hy tlio 
 General Fireproofing Co., Youngstown, Ohio, I". S. A. or its 
 approved pqual, and be put up agreeable to the specifica- 
 tions for the metal partitions for the Main Building. 
 Lath and Plastering- 
 
 Metal Lathing — All furring, chases, flues, etc., and wherever 
 required, and both sides of all metal partitions are to be 
 lathed with "A" Herringbone expanded metal lath, No. 26 
 gauge, as made by the General Fireproofing Co., Youngs- 
 town, Ohio. U. S. A., or its approved equal, all to be done 
 agreeable to the specifications for the metal lathing for the 
 Main Building. 
 
 Corner Beads — All the comers of the interior concrete col- 
 umns are to be protected with a Hunt, or its approved equal, 
 comer bead, the same to finish 5' 8" above the floor and put 
 on agreeable to the specifications for the comer beads for 
 the Main Building. 
 
 Plastering — ^All walls and ceilings and all concrete slabs, 
 columns, girdejs, etc., throughout the first and second floors 
 
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 are to be plastered, all to be done agreeable to the specifica- 
 tions for the plastering for the Main Building. The con- 
 crete foundation walls from the grade line to the starting 
 of the brick work are to be finished with a cement coat the 
 same to be applied before the concrete has set and neatly 
 troweled to a smooth finish. The plasterer must provide 
 approved tin caps for the flue openings in the kitchen and 
 dormitory. 
 
 Toilet and Bath Partitions 
 
 Slate — The front stiles in the first floor toilet room and the 
 front stiles and partitions around the toilets and showers 
 in the second floor toilet room are to be of strictly No. 1, 
 smoothly finished slate. All partitions are to be 1" thick and 
 all front stiles 1%" thick. There will be no wall lining. All 
 the slate partitions, stiles, ends, etc., around all the toilets and 
 baths are to be equipped by the Contractor with N.. P. brass 
 fittings as made by the Speakman Supply and Pipe Co. of 
 Wilmington, Del., U. S. A., or their approved equal using 
 top and bottom standard No. 300 to 307, with top rails to 
 suit bolts No. 252, each partition and front stile is to have 
 a top partition bracket No. 315 at the walls, knee No. 282 
 at the bottom, and in addition to the knee each partition and 
 end slab must have a bottom standard at the wall line to 
 support the partitions and ends. 
 
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 Hardware 
 
 The hardware must be agreeable to the specifications for 
 the hardware for the }Jain Building in every particular in 
 reference to class of goods, finish, delivery, etc., and will 
 I.e as follows: The main entrance door to have No. 760-672 
 lock, with 3" X 10" escutcheon, and hung with three 5Vo" x 
 51/0" Xo. 61% butts, with concealed fiber washers. Thc> 
 rear entrance and all interior doors (except double acting) 
 to have No. 13661/2 lock, No. 151972 knob, and two No. 
 76031 escutcheons, knobs and patent screwless thimbles 
 and hung on three 5" x 5" No. 61% butts with concealed fiber 
 washers. The double acting doors to have Bommer No. 139 
 double acting spring hinges. No. 76090 push plates and 10" 
 high No. 2320 kick plates on both sides the full width of 
 doors. The doors by the toilet and bath partitions are to be 
 1%" thick, to have Bommer No. 1000 single acting spring 
 liinges. No. 1056 strikes, No. 5004 bolts and No. 1791V2 door 
 pull. All door transoms are to be hinged at the bottom 
 with two 3" X 3" No. lOlV^ butts, and operated with polished 
 bronze plated iron transom lifter No. 0095y2 to reach within 
 5' 0" from.the floor, other parts of lifters to be solid bronze. 
 All the sliding sash are to be hung on red or composition 
 metal sash chain with a tensile strength equal to Monarch 
 No. 3, as made by the Bridgeport Chain Co., and provide 
 
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 the necessary chain attachments for weights. All sash are 
 to be evenly balanced with either lead or iron weights, as 
 may be required, to have No. 18311/^ ^sash locks, two No. 
 02220 sash lifts for each lower sash," a No. 1289 socket for 
 the top sash. No. 184 stop heads spaced 15" apart, and 2^/4" 
 No. 605 %-R sash pulleys with gun metal axles. The lockers 
 in the kitchen 21/2" x 21/2" No. 289 V2 butts, No. 1623 elbow 
 catches, No. 22431/2 cupboard turns and No. 1365 drawer 
 pulls. The coat racks in the lounging room and dormitory 
 are to have hooks as shown, the same to be No. 01172 
 packed with Vs" screws and provide a No. 01034^ hook to 
 each water closet stall. The locks No. 1366% to be master 
 keyed in one set with three master keys. All the outside 
 shutters for the first and second floor windows are to be 
 provided with the "New York" blind hinge and the 
 "Parker" blind fastener. 
 Iron and Steel Work 
 
 The iron and steel work will consist of the wall plate 
 anchors and the bolt anchors for the wall piece of the front 
 portico, a-s shown by the details. The wall plate anchors are 
 to be spaced about every four feet around the entire build- 
 ing, and there are to be seven bolt anchors for the portico 
 wall piece t)ie size indicated and put up as per detail. 
 
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 Painting- 
 See the painting specifications for the^main building in 
 reference to native paints and labor, the same will apply to 
 this building. 
 
 Exterior — All the exterior wood work, including shijitters, 
 door and window frames, doors and sash, exposed wood 
 work in connection with the overhanging roofs and front 
 portico, is to be given three coats of lead and oil, or paint 
 made by the National Paint Works, Williamsport, Pa. U. 
 S. A., or its approved equal. All the door and window 
 frames, all the doors and sash, and all the exposed rafters,, 
 facias and purlines, posts and end sheathing of the front 
 portico, and the louvers, and barge boards of the main roof 
 ceiling of the overhanging eaves of the roof and ceiling over 
 the front portico are to be finished with No. 33. All the gal- 
 vanized iron work must be thoroughly cleaned and washed 
 with a solution of vinegar and allowed to become perfectly 
 dry then given a good heavy coat of red lead and allowed to 
 become perfectly dry and finished with two coats of lead and 
 oil and finished with No. 33. 
 
 Interior — All the interior wood work throughout (except 
 floors and treads of steps) is to receive three good coats of 
 lead and oil, or paint made by the National Paint "Works, or 
 its approved equal, and finished with No. 52. The plaster 
 walls of the first and second floor toilet rooms are to receive 
 
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 two good coats of lead and oil and finished with two coats 
 of No. 48 Ripolin. All the other plaster walls and ceilings 
 throughout are to be sized and finished with two coats of 
 Caleimo wall tint,' using No. 104 for the walls and No. 101 
 for the ceilings. All the wood floors and treads of stairs 
 must be thoroughly scraped and cleaned, then given a coat 
 of shellac and a coat of Liquid Granite. All the painting 
 and tinting throughout must be done agreeable to the 
 general conditions of the specifications for the painting of 
 the Main Building. 
 
OFFICERS' HOUSES 
 
 SEE GENERAL CONDITIONS 
 PAGES 3-9 
 
INDEX 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Plans i75 
 
 Note 1 7 S 
 
 Filling and Grading 175 
 
 Concrete Walls and Footings 176 
 
 Reinforced Concrete Work 176 
 
 Brick Concrete Filling - 1 77 
 
 Brick Work i77 
 
 Common Brick Work '^77 
 
 Face Brick Work '7* 
 
 Granite Work 178 
 
 Cleaning Down '78 
 
 Concrete Filling ^79 
 
 Cement Floors i79 
 
 Terrazzo Floors 179 
 
 Carpenter Work iSo 
 
 Lumber 182 
 
 Framing 183 
 
 Exterior Sheathing 183 
 
 Ladders and Scuttles 184 
 
 Mill Work 184 
 
 Window Frames 1 84 
 
 Metal Weather Strips 185 
 
 Door Frames 185 
 
 L)oors 185 
 
 Transoms 185 
 
 Sash . . 186 
 
 ■Glazing 1 36 
 
 Wood Flooring 186 
 
 Saddle 187 
 
 Picture Moulding 1 87 
 
 Interior Finish 1 87 
 
 Outside Shutters 187 
 
 Stairs 188 
 
 Mantels 1 88- 1 89 
 
 Metal Work 189 
 
 Tin Work 189 
 
 Galvanised Iron Work 1 89 
 
 Tile Roofing 190 
 
 Metal Partitions 190 
 
 Lath and Plastering „ igo 
 
 Metal Lathing 190 
 
 Cornet Beads 190 
 
 Plastering 190-191 
 
 Hardware 191-193 
 
 Iron and Steel Work jpj 
 
 Painting 193 
 
 Exterior ^ '93—194 
 
 Interior '94-195 
 
 Finally igj-ipg 
 
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 Plans 
 
 Foundation Plan -^^ ^g 
 
 First Floof Plan j^o 47 
 
 Second Floor Plan No. 48 
 
 Roof Plan and Attic Plan No. 49 
 
 South Elevation -^q 50 
 
 North Elevation. . . .' No. 51 
 
 West Elevation No. 52 
 
 Longitudinal Section No. 53 
 
 Concrete Friaming Plan No. 54 
 
 Details No. 55 
 
 Note: There are to be three pairs of officers' houses to be 
 
 located as shown on the Plot Plan No. 56, all of which are 
 
 to be erected according to the drawings listed above and 
 
 agreeable to these specifications which are to apply to all 
 
 the houses. The specifications for the Excavations, Shoring 
 
 ■and Plumping for the Main Building will also apply in 
 
 every particular for similar work in connection with the 
 
 Officers' Houses, and when doing the work on the Officers' 
 
 Houses the Contractor must be goverened by and do the 
 
 work agreeable to the specifications for similar w'ork for the 
 
 Main Building. 
 
 Filling and Grading 
 
 After all foundations and all mason work have been com- 
 
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 pleted, and all pite, drains, conduits, etc., set and have been 
 approved liy the Superintendent, the Contractor shall fill 
 in the premises to all established outside grades and to the 
 levels of the concrete base of the first floors and porticoes 
 and porches, as indicated on the drawings, the same to be 
 thoroughly tamped in iilace, and all material required for 
 this purpose to be furnished by the Contractor. 
 Concrete Walls and Footings 
 
 All foundation walls and footings throughout up to withia- 
 eight inches of the finished first floor line are all to be of 
 concrete, the sizes and heights shown by the drawings, all 
 to be done agreeable to the specifications for the concrete 
 walls and footings for the ^lain Building. 
 Reinforced Concrete Work 
 
 The reinforced concrete work will consist of the lintels 
 on the inside of the exterior openings, the columns, beams, 
 girders, etc., as shown on sheet No. 54, and the second story 
 floors and ceiling slabs. The second story floor slabs ai*e to 
 be figured for a live load of 100 lbs. per sq. ft., the ceiling 
 slabs for 40 lbs. per sq. ft., and the beams supporting the 
 roof 60 lbs. per sq. ft. Designs must be based on a factor of 
 safety of four for the live load and two for the dead load. 
 All the reinforced work for these houses must be done as 
 shpwn and agreeable to the specifications for the rein- 
 
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 forced work for the Main Building. The lintels over the 
 exterior openings must be the sizes shown and provided with 
 reinforcing to safely carry the load imposed' with a factor 
 of safety of four. 
 
 Brick Concrete Filling — After all steam and gas piping and 
 electric conduits and the wiring have been placed in proper 
 position, all the concrete filling under the entire first floors, 
 and the reinforced concrete slabs of the second floor are 
 all to be covered with the same quality of brick concrete 
 as specified for the Main Building. Under all the floors 
 of the first and second floors (except bath rooms) 2" wood 
 sleepers will be placed on top of the concrete slabs 16" on 
 centers, and the concrete must be carefully packed and 
 tamped between these. 
 Brick Work 
 
 Common Brick TFor/b^ Build all walls, chimneys, fireplaces, 
 etc., shown as brick work from the concrete foundations to 
 the roof wall plates of the same quality of brick as specified 
 for the common brick for the main building, all the walls 
 to be of the sizes and heights indicated on the drawings. 
 All fireplaces are to be provided with a Covert Throat and 
 Damper complete, as made by the H. W. Covert Co., No. 266 
 Grreenwich St., New York, N. Y. All flues are to be provided 
 with terra cotta or cast iron thimbles and the kitchen flues 
 
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 ■with Ekstrom ^"entiIators, as sold by J. H. Coming, Wash- 
 ington, D. C. A]l common brick work, must be done agree- 
 able to the specifications for the common brick work of 
 the Main Building. 
 
 Fac.p. Tirin h Work — All the exterior walls and chimneys from 
 the top of the concrete foundations are to be faced with the 
 same quality of brick and to be laid agreeable to the speci- 
 fications for the face brick work for the Main Building, and 
 both the conunon and face brick work must be laid up with 
 the same quality of mortar as specified for the Main Build- 
 ing. The arches for the doors aiid windows must be radius 
 brick and rubbed to the radius shown. 
 Granite Work 
 
 The granite work will consist of all the first floor exterior 
 door sills, the first floor window sills, and all key blocks 
 for door and window arches. All granite must be of the 
 various sizes and dimensions shown, cut as per details, and 
 must be agreeable to the specifications for the granite woA 
 of the Main Building, and when doing this work the Con- 
 tractor must be governed by and do the work agreeable to 
 the specifications for the granite work on the Main Building 
 in every particular. 
 Cleaning Down 
 After the buildings are completed all the exterior brick and 
 
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 granite work must be neatly pointed up whfere required, and 
 then all surfaces carefully cleaned, using diluted acid where 
 necessary, and taking care not to discolor the work. 
 Concrete Filling 
 
 Fill in and tamp well with concrete full 5" thick, or the thick- 
 ness shown, under all cement floors of the porticoes and 
 porches and under all parts of the first floors, all to be fin<; 
 ished at the levels called for and done agreeable to the speci- 
 fications for the concrete filling for the Main Building. 
 Cement Floors 
 
 The floors of the porticoes and porches are to be finished 
 with a 1" coat of cement wearing surface, as shown, and be 
 done agreeable to the specifications for the cement floors for 
 the Main Building. All the outside steps and plinths imder 
 the porch columns are to be the dimensions shown, the same 
 to be run at the time the floors are laid, to be the sizes 
 marked, and have all edges, corners, etc., true and accurate. 
 Terrazso Floors 
 
 The floors of all the bath rooms on the second floors will be 
 of terrazzo and be provided with terrazzo base, the same as 
 specified for the terrazzo work in the Main Building, and 
 when doing this work the Contractor must be governed by 
 and do the work agreeable to the specifications for the ter- 
 razzo work in the Main Building in every particular. 
 
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 Carpenter Work 
 
 The contractor shall furnish and erect all rough carpenter 
 work required for the complete finish of the buildings, as 
 hereinafter directed, together with all inijidental jobbing 
 necessary for the proper carrjdng out of the work, whether 
 particularly mentioned or not. The Carpenter shall do all 
 cutting and fitting of wood work to accommodate the work of 
 all other trades, including the Plumbing, Heating and Elec- 
 tric wiring; he shall make good after them, finishing the 
 work in a satisfactory manner. He shall cover the tops of 
 unfinished walls and enclose and protect all projecting sills, 
 jambs, stairs, interior trim of all kinds, and other finished 
 work, as directed by the Architects' Superintendent, with 
 close boarding secured to suitable scantlings, etc. The Car- 
 penter shall furnish and maintain strong railings, safe- 
 guards, etc., around all well holes, shafts, and oth3r open- 
 ings in the floors, walls or roofs, and shall enclose all en- 
 trances with strong batten doors, having strong hinges, pad- 
 locks, and if required, shall enclose all other door and win- 
 dow openings with old sash or muslin covered plank frames, 
 and repair and maintain the same in position until the 
 finish sash and doors are set. Furnish and set all centers 
 over openings, forms, patterns, etc., as required in turning 
 and in laying out all work for the mason, and strike and 
 
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 remove same when directed, and furnish all wood work and 
 blocking required for plumbing, heating and lighting work. 
 Furnish and erect all centering that may be required for 
 all concrete floor slabs, the same to be of sufficient size to 
 unyieldingly retain the concrete in proper position until 
 it has hardened sufficiently to permit -of its removal. Pro- 
 vide and set frames (bucks) for all openings in connection 
 with all interior metal partitions, as required by the thick- 
 ness of the different partitions, and all necessary grounds 
 and furring blocks^ all to be well and securely spiked and 
 set in place and braced, as may be required. Furnish and 
 set all wood "furring, blocking, grounds, backing, etc., that 
 may be required in any part of the work throughout the 
 buildings, all to be of the proper sizes and cut to give the 
 finished outlines as called foi by the drawings. Furnish 
 and set beveled wood sleepers on the concrete floors through- 
 out the first and second floors (except in bath rooms) the 
 same to be 2" x 3", set 16" on centers, laid and well bedded 
 in place and securely anchored to the concrete by galvanized 
 iron anchors of approved pattern, and the tops to beleveledup 
 and planed ready for the finished flooring. All roofs and sides 
 of dormers throughout are to be covered with Neponset 
 Red waterproof paper, as made by F. W. Bird & Son, East 
 Walpole, Mass., or its appjoved equal, the same to be put on 
 
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 after the sheathing is in place, to be given good lap and 
 
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 properly secured in place, then the entire roofs are to be 
 stripped with plasterer's lath and then furred with 1" x 2" 
 furring strips surfaced on one side and nailed to the lath 
 and spaced as directed by the roofer. All Carpenter work, 
 unless otherwise mentioned, must be done agreeable to the 
 specifications for the Main Building, including lumber, ma- 
 terial and workmanship. 
 
 Lumber — All framing lumber used throughout and herein- 
 after specified will be as per schedule of the Bureau of "In- 
 spection • of the Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers' 
 Association, and will be Oregon Fir Lumber, unless other- 
 wise specified and must be of the very best quality and be 
 thoroughly kiln dried. All roof rafters (except exposed 
 rafters) ridges, hips, valleys, collar beams, braces, purlines, 
 wall plates, etc., are to be "Extra Merchantable", all ex- 
 posed rafters of all overhanging roofs are to be "Clears," 
 all other framing lumber used throughout the building, 
 including grounds, bucks, sleepers, furring, blocking, etc. 
 to be "Merchantable Lumber," and must be well adapted 
 for the purposes intended. Lumber with bad sap, large or 
 loose knots will be rejected, and nothing but good sound 
 lumber will be accepted. For sizes, heights, lengths, 
 spacing, etc., see drawings. All the exposed framing of 
 
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 overhanging roofs and porticoes, etc., must be machine 
 dressed and as per detail. 
 
 Framing — Frame for the roofs, dormers, porticoes, etc., as 
 shown, using double rafters around all roof opeilings, all to 
 be done in the strongest manner. All rafters must be 
 straight and cut to fit, and all ridges, hips and valleys are 
 to be four inches thick by sufficient depth to take the cut 
 of the rafters. All wall plates are to be the sizes marked 
 and anchored with iron anchors, as specified under the head 
 of Iron Work. 
 
 Exterior Sheathing — All roofs and sides of dormers through- 
 out (except overhanging roofs) are to be sheathed with 
 narrow, standard, tongued and grooved, machine worked, 
 full %" thick and not over 4" wide, slash grain flooring, the 
 same to be free of bad sap, large or loose knots, and laid with 
 the dressed side down. All to be well nailed to rafters', etc., 
 with joints well broken over bearings. All the exposed 
 sheathing of overhanging roofs and the ceilings of the por- 
 ticoes and porches are to be sheathed with No. 1, tongued 
 and grooved and beaded edge grain ceiling material, the 
 " same to be full Vs" thick and not over 3" wide, with joints 
 broken over bearings and well staggered, to be put^p in 
 a first class and workmanlike manner and provided with 
 bed mouldings, as per details. 
 
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 Ladders and Scuttles — Provide and frame for ceiling and 
 roof scuttles where indicated, and provide suitable ladders 
 to same. The scuttles are to be hinged and provided with 
 hook and staples and the roof scuttles tinned on the outside. 
 Mill Work 
 
 All mill work showing throughout the kitchens, pantries, 
 serving rooms, store rooms, etc., is to be strictly No. 1, clear, 
 first quality, well seasoned, yellow pine, or its approved 
 equal in strength and hardness. All other mill work 
 throughout the first and second floors is to be of first quality 
 California Eed Wood. All the exterior mill work in con- 
 nection with porticoes, porches, etc., is to be clear, selected 
 Fir Lumber, all as per details, and the portico columns are 
 to be provided with papier mache Scammozzi caps, as 
 shown. All mill work must be strictly No. 1, clear, well 
 seasoned material, the best of its respective kind that the 
 market affords. All mill work must be strictly in accord- 
 ance with the scale details for the different parts, and full 
 size details of all work must be submitted to 'the Architects, 
 or their superintendent, for approval, before the work is 
 gotten out. All work must be put up in a strictly first classr 
 and workmanlike manner, as nothing but A-1 work in every 
 respect will be accepted. 
 Window Frames — All frames, unless otherwise shown, shall 
 
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 be made with boxes for weights, as per detail, and shall 
 be made agreeable to specifications for window frames for 
 iihe Main Building. 
 
 Metal Weather Strip.t, — All window frames throughout are 
 to be equipped with the "Chamberlin" or its approved 
 equal weather strip, and put up as per details and agreeable 
 to the specifications' covering the metal weather strips for 
 the windows of the Main Building. 
 
 Door Frames — All door frames throughout shall be 1%" 
 thick and be as per detail and made and put in place agree- 
 able to the specifications for the door frames of the Main 
 Building. 
 
 Doors — All doors throughout shall be 1%" thick, and shall 
 be veneered on pine core, or be the Korelock doors, as made 
 by the Paine Lumber Co., Oshkosh, Wis., U. S. A., or their 
 approved equal, and shall be made agreeable to the speci- 
 fications for doors for the Main Building. 
 Transnm.fi — All doors and windows shown to have transoms 
 ate to have them 1%" thick and be hinged at the bottom 
 with butts and provided with transom rods, as specified in 
 Hardware. All to be of the various finishes as the rooms in 
 which they go, and all outside transoms, where required, 
 must be halved, the outside to be pine and the inside the 
 same as finish in rooms. 
 
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 Sash — All the sash are to be 1%" thick and be of the sizes 
 shown and as called for by the drawings. All sliding sash. 
 to have 0. G. lugs cut on the bottom end of side stiles of top 
 sash and on the top end of sid« stiles of bottom sash, plowed 
 and bored for weights and nicely fitted and made agreeable to 
 the specifications for the sash for the Main Building. All 
 sliding sash throughout are to be provided with sash chains, 
 weights, counter sunk sash Jifts and sash locks, as specified 
 under Hardware, and all sash must be halved where re- 
 quired, to be pine on the outside and the inside to be the 
 same as the finish in rooms. 
 
 Ulasmit^— All sash showing in the toilet and bath rooms are 
 to be glazed with "Syenite" glass, as made by the Miss- 
 issippi Glass Co., or its approved equal. All other sash 
 throughout and the glazed doors are to be glazed with the 
 best quality American D. S. glass, all to be the various sizes 
 called for and put in place agreeable to the specifications 
 for the glazing for the Main Building. 
 Wood Flnoring — All the finished wood flooring throughout 
 the first and second floors is to be strictly No. 1, dry, best 
 quality, machine worked, tongued and grooved and plowed 
 back, rock maple flooring, the same to be of the same quality 
 and be put down agreeable to the specifications for the 
 wood flooring in the Main Building. 
 
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 Saddle, — Furnish and set hard wood saddles %" thfck and 
 the required width for all doors throughout, the same to be 
 beveled on both edges and be accurately fitted around the 
 frames. 
 
 Picture. Moulding — All rooms and floors throughout the first 
 and second floor (except kitchens, pantries, closets, store 
 rooms, etc.) but including bath rooms, are all to have 
 picture moulding, the same to be put up as shown by the 
 drawings, or directed by the Architects' Superintendent, 
 and made to match the finish in the rooms. 
 Interior Finish^-r All interior finish, such as doors, base, 
 trim, etc., is to be hand smoothed, scraped and smoothly 
 sand-papered for oil finish, and be of yellow pine, or its 
 approved equal, for the kitchens, pantries, serving rooms, 
 ■store rooms, attics,, closets, etc. All other finish throughout 
 the first and second floors is to be of dry, well seasoned, 
 first quality California Red Wood. All interior finish must 
 be as 'por details and must be made and put up agreeable 
 in every particular with the specifications for the interior 
 finish in the Main Building. 
 
 Outside S huttr.ra — All the first and second floor windows 
 throughout, except the side lights to the front entrances, 
 are to be provided with outside shutters, the same to be 
 1%" thick, to have 2" side stiles, 2" top and center rails, 4" 
 
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 bottom rail, and the panels filled with %" thick louver 
 lattice, and equipped with hardware as specified under 
 Hardware. 
 
 Stairs — The stairs from the first to the second floors and 
 from the second floors to attics are to be as shown on the 
 plans and as per details. The rear stairs from the kitchens 
 to the second floors are to have three 2" x 12" horses cut to 
 proper angle and strongly braced, to have %" treads and 
 risers with moulded nozings neatly housed into wall strings 
 and provided with 3" hand rails supported on neat cast 
 iron brackets secured to wall, all as directed by the Archi- 
 tects' superintendent. The stairs from the second floors to 
 the attics are to be constructed in a like manner as the rear 
 stairs, to have rail, etc., and to have high risers and narrow 
 treads and the wells in the attic enclosed with railing made 
 of tongued and grooved flooring, same to be finished with 
 a neat cap moulding. The main stairs from the first to sec- 
 ond floors are to have four 2" x 12" horses cut to proper angle 
 and strongly braced, %" risers, 1%" treads with neat moulded 
 nozings neatly housed into wall strings, and to have newels, 
 rails, balusters, etc., all as per details, and of clear, well 
 seasoned selected California Red Wood. 
 Mantels — All the mantels to be as made by the Knoxville 
 Furniture Co., Knoxville, Tenn. U. S. A., or their approved 
 
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 equal, and are to be as follows: All the dining rooms to be 
 provided with mantels like No. 408, the parlors and sitting 
 rooms No. 402, and all bed rooms No. 10. All the mantels 
 are to be stained with Berry Bros.' Dark Mahogany stain, 
 and are to be finisTied after being set up the same as the 
 other wood work in the rooms in which they are to go. All 
 mantels are to have tile hearths and faces of a similar 
 shade as the wall tinting, and must have the fireplaces lined 
 with fire brick and provided with baskets, grates, frame, 
 cover, etc., complete. All the exposed parts of "frames, 
 covers, etc., must be finished in Antique Statutary Bronze 
 to match the hardware and electric fixtures. 
 Metal Work 
 
 Tin Work — All saddles, flashing, etc., and wherever tin is 
 required or called for, is to be of the same quality and be 
 done agreeable to the specifications for the tin work for the 
 Main Building. 
 
 Galvanized Iron Work — All the gutters, down spouts, sides 
 of dormers, etc., and wherever galvanized iron is required 
 or called for is to be of No. 26 gauge crimped galvanized 
 iron of the various designs shown and be done agreeable to 
 the specifications for the galvanized iron work for the 
 
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 Tile Roofing 
 
 All roofs throughout are to be covered with tile, the same 
 to be of the same quality and be put on agreeable to the 
 specifications for the tile roofing for the Main Building, 
 including all paper, lath, furring, ridge and hip rolls, com- 
 plete. 
 
 Metal Partitions 
 
 All partitions throughout the first and second floors, not 
 shown as brick, are to be hollow metal partitions, as made 
 by the'General Fireproofing Co., Youngstown, 0., U. S. A., 
 or its approved equal, and must be put up agreeable to the 
 specifications for the metal partitions for the Main Building. 
 Lath and Plastering 
 
 Metal Lathififf — All furring, chases, flues, etc., and wherever 
 required and both sides of all metal partitions are to be 
 covered with "A" Herringtone expanded metal lath No. 
 26 gauge, as made by the General Fireproofing Co., Youngs- 
 town, Ohio, U. S. A., or its approved equal, all to be done 
 agreeable to the specifications for the metal lathing for the 
 Main Building. 
 
 Corner Beads — All the interior plastered comers on the first 
 and second floors are to be protected with a "Hunt" or its 
 approved equal corner bead, and be put up agreeable to the 
 specifications for the comer beads for the Main Building. 
 Plastering— AW walls and ceilings and all concrete slabs, 
 
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 columns, girders, etc., throughout the first and second floors 
 are all to be plastered, agreeable to the •specifications for the 
 plastering for the Main Building. The concrete foundation 
 walls from the ^rade lines to the starting of the brick work 
 are to receive a cement finishing coat the same to be applied 
 before the concrete has set and nicely troweled to a smooth 
 surface. The plasterer must provide approved tin caps 
 for all flues. 
 Hardware 
 
 The hardwai;e for all the houses must be agreeable to the 
 specifications for the hardware for the Maj^ Building in 
 every particular in reference to class of goods, finish, de- 
 livery, etc., and will be as follows: The main entrance doors 
 tp'have No. 760-672 lock with 3" x 10" escutcheon and hung 
 with three 5^2 " x 5%" No. 61% butts with concealed fiber 
 washers. The double sliding doors are to be hung on Mc- 
 Cabe's No. 2 ball bearing, fiber wheel, sliding door hangers, 
 to have No. 1292 lock with key hole a suitable distance from 
 face to place escutcheon in proper place on stile and No. 
 0989 escutcheon. The single sliding doors are to be hung on 
 McCabe's No. 2 ball bearing, fiber wheel, sliding door 
 hangers, to have No. 1292 locks, with key hole the proper 
 distance from face to place escutcheon in proper place on 
 stile and No. 0989 escutcheon. The main doors on the first 
 
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 floors and all second floor doors are to have No. 1366% 
 lock, No. 15191/^ kilob with patent screwless spindles, two 
 No. 4426 escutcheons and be hung on two 4%" x 4Mj" No. 61 
 hinges. The double acting doors between dining rooms, 
 pantries and kitchens are to be hung on Bommer No. 136 
 double acting spring hinges and have 4" x 16" No. 2325% 
 push plates on both sides. The rear first floor doors are to 
 have No. 13661/2 locks, No. 1519% knobs with patent screw- 
 less spindles, No. 2422 escutcheons and be hung on two 4%" 
 X 4%" No. 61 hinges. All the double hung windows are to be 
 hung on red -or composition metal sash chain of a tensile 
 strength equal to Monarch No. 3, as made by the Bridgeport 
 Chain Co., and provided with the necessary chain attach- 
 ments for weights. The sash to be evenly balanced with 
 lead or iron weights, as may be required, and provided with 
 No. 1831% sash locks, two No. 02220 sash lifts for each lower 
 sash. No. 184 stop beads spaced 15" apart and 2%" No. 605% 
 sash pulleys with gun metal a,x]es. All transoms shown to 
 be hinged are to be hung with two 3" x 3" 101% butts and 
 h^ve No. 00951/2 transom lifter 4' 0" long. The sash of the 
 dormer windows are to be hinged with two 3" x 3" No. 100 
 hinges', the standing leaves to have No. 01400% bolts. No. 
 02160 casement fasts and 10" No. 44% casement adjusters. 
 The lockers in the pantries are to have 2%" x 21/2" No. 289% 
 
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 butts, No. 1623 elbow catches, No. 22431/2 cupboard turns 
 and No. 1365 drawer pulls. Provide one dozen No. 01172 C. & 
 H. hooks Racked with screwsandfourTH860i4ceilinghooks 
 for the first floor coat closets and for each closet on the 
 second floor, and six No. 01172 hooks for each bath room. 
 All the outside shutters for the first and second floor win- 
 dows are to be provided with the New York blind hinge 
 and the "Parker" blind fastener. 
 Iron and Steel Work 
 
 The iron and steel work will consist of the wall plate 
 anchors, the angle irons for the square head openings in the 
 exterior walls and anchors for the portico and porch roof 
 rafters, all to be of the various sizes and weights called for, 
 and the angles be of sufficient length to have a 4" bearing at 
 each end. The wall plate anchors are to be as shown by the 
 details and spaced about 4' 0" apart around the buildings. All 
 steel and iron must be cleaned of all scale, dirt and foreign 
 matter and have two good coats of graphite paint before 
 being shipped from the shops. 
 Painting 
 
 See the painting specifications for the Main Building 
 in reference to native paints and labor, the same will apply 
 to this building, 
 Extp.rinr — All the exterior wood work, including shutters, 
 
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 door and window frames, doors and sash, exposed wood 
 work in connection with the overhanging roofs and porti- 
 coes and porches, is to be given three coats of lead and oil 
 or paint made by the National Paint Works, Williamsport, 
 Pa., U. S. A., or its approved equal. All the door and 
 window frames, doors and sash, porch columns, railings, 
 caps, facias, etc., and all the exposed rafters are to be 
 finished with No. 155. All the roof ceiling between the 
 rafters of the overhanging eaves and the ceilings and bed 
 mouldings of the porticoes and porches are to be finished 
 with No. 33. All the galvanized iron work must be thor- 
 oughly cleaned and washed with a solution of Vinegar 
 and allowed to become perfectly dry then given a good' 
 heavy coat of red lead and allowed to become perfectly 
 dry and finished with two coats of lead and oil and finished 
 With No. 33. 
 
 Interior — ^All the interior wood work (except floors) show- 
 ing in the kitchens, pantries, serving rooms, store rooms, 
 attics, etc., are all to receive three good coats of lead and 
 oil, or paint made by the National Paint Works of Williams- 
 port. Pa., or its approved equal, and finished with No. 52. 
 All other wood work throughout the first and second floors 
 (except floors) is to be stained with Berry Bros.' or its 
 approved equal Dark Mahogany stain, then given a paste 
 
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 filler to match the stain, then a thin coat of shellac, and 
 finished with two coats of Berry Bros.' Luxeberry Wood 
 finish (Light) or its approved equal. All the maple floors 
 throughout the first and second floors must be thoroughly 
 scraped and cleaned, then given a coat of shellac and a coat 
 of Berry Bros. ' Liquid Granite. All the plastered walls and 
 ceilings throughout the first and second floors are to be 
 sized and finished with two coats of Calcimo, using No. 101 
 for the ceilings, No. 109 for the walls in the kitchens, 
 pantries, serving rooms, etc., and No. 104 for all other walls 
 except bath rooms. The walls of the bath rooms are to 
 receive two good coats of lead and oil and finished with two 
 coats of No. 48 Ripolin. All the painting and wall tinting 
 throughout must be done agreeable to the general conditions 
 of the specifications for the painting of the Main Building. 
 Finally 
 
 All work is to be done in strict accordance with the plans 
 and specifications in a neat and workmanlike manner to the 
 satisfaction of the architects. All rejected work and ma- 
 terial must be removed at once and replaced with work 
 and materials that conform with these Plans and Specifica- 
 tions. Be it understood should anything be shown on the 
 plans and not mentioned in the specifications or mentioned 
 in the specifications and not shown on the plans the same 
 
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 must be done under this contract as if it appeared in both 
 the Plans and Specifications and the spirit, intent and 
 meaning of both carried out in every particular. 
 

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