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TO CONTRACTORS.SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at Madison, until the 15;h day of April next, by the Commissioners appointed by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin, for the purpose of building Hie Public 3mld- j inga at Madison, the sea? oi Government of «ahi Territory, for the completion. of the Capitol above the basement story.Said job to commence on top of the water-1 table. Said Edifice is to be built of Slone ol the [ follow mg dimensions: One hundred and four | feet long, and filly-four feet wide, the walls lobe » thirlv feet highabove water table, first hiOiyJ thirteen leet between joints, second story sixteen Ircfl between joints. floor timbers one fool deer). aW t *projection on both tides of said edifice of four inche* llnvty feet lunsr. which is the length of Piazza, same all Cut Stone to (lie top oi' said wall, the renicfiijdci of said walk to be Cut on nil the corners ot the edifice, and the corner of doors and windows and ecpi ami sills of the same First -toiy walk two leet si\ indict lhic.c, second *Loiy wails two leet thick; to be luo fionl doors gouig into ihe centre cCMcUfice to be furcv-six windows, 20 lights 11 by 10 inch 1 glas cuh window; loof »o be square with a J bairns*iade all round, ssid ioof with a dome in \ centre twenty-s.x feet it diameter lighted with gbis-s on lop. 10ui 121dm cf cloriie covcied with tin above iis be^eRoof covered with pine shingles three eights of an iuch thick; a lightning rod put on imme-1 diately after roof 3-. finished 7 two eliimnejr pie- | cu-i carried up in tbs walls with two fire-places I in each cbinmcy with cut stone jins, two flues caniccl up in walls with tops equal to the chimney top; with necessary pipe rubes; to be four tin conductor* with suitable heaths and necessary gutters made of tin or sheet lead to convey the water into comuictcnvTo be .1 piazza on each front ox i-uid Edifice twelve foet projection, rhiriy feel long, placed on stone bmriems settled live feet below the surface of the ground and raised on a level with the basement stoiy, which is five feet aboie the sin face; floor of piazza to be of Oak two inches thick, matched; to bj steps the whole length of pia/za aiul railing on the ends with heavy bannisters; piaz/.u roof *o break in wTh the roofand cornice of main building ; the Cornice lo be executed in the Giecian Doric order; piazza roof to be supported on four columns lo each piazza suitable siz? same order of cornice.INTERNAL FINISH1 Fnst floor to have a hail t\\entyduin feet through centre of edifice, ami one rooix on each ^ide oi hall, partitions id bo ten inches thick, to be two doors in each partition , to be a flight ef stairs on each side of hall to ascend to second story, floor to be laid with oak one and a halt inches thick, lined and matched: hall to be plastered thice coat work with cornice over head. Second floor, to be laid with 0.1k one t and a halt inches thick, matched, to be divided j as follows, lo be a hall through centre twenty- ’ four feet wide, to be left open twenty-four feet *quare m rcnlie for the reception of the stairs and the light from the top 01 dome Lo lower floor, dome to be finished open over head through to ‘ight in top, with proper cornice and plane 1111 g; 011 one side of mam hall, to be a hall seven feet •vide the whole width of said edifice; one room %or council chamber fhntv feet sciu?re with g F
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
Tue, Feb 20, 1838
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