3<H THE IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS. 



be painted three coats. All the outside finished work must be primed as it is put up; 

 the priming to count as one coat. The inside of the outbuilding and the inside of the 

 kitchen and pantry shall be painted two coats. All other inside wood-work shall be 

 filled, stained as directed, and hard-oiled with best grade of material on surface rubbed 

 smooth. All nail-holes shall be well puttied. 



34. Drains, Walks, etc. Vitrified tile drains shall be laid as shown on the drawings, 

 and of the sizes thereon given. The joints shall be carefully placed, cemented, and 

 scraped off inside, and the earth shall be well tamped around the tiling, all of which 

 work must be done to the satisfaction of the Engineer. 



Cement walks 3 feet wide, without curbs, shall be laid where shown on the draw- 

 ings. For these walks trenches shall be excavated 12 indies deep below the finished 

 grade, and the bottom of these shall be well rammed and then covered with fine broken 

 stone, gravel, or cinders, also well rammed, up to 5 inches below the finished grade. 

 The bed thus made shall be covered with 4 inches of concrete of the same composition 

 as that in the house foundations, well rammed and surfaced with i inch of mortar 

 composed of i part of cement to 2 parts of sand, all brought up to the required 

 grade, rounded off, and divided into blocks 3 feet long cut through the concrete. 

 This sidewalk must be laid and finished in the most approved manner by a skilled 

 sidewalk mason. 



FENCE. 



35. Materials. There will be two kinds of fence used; that for the property 

 lines and roads shall be of post and wire construction, and that for the house grounds 

 of posts and pickets, all as shown on the drawings. Of the former there will be about 



rods, and of the latter about rods. The wire must be of the style known as 



, shown on page , catalogue of , for 



190 , or in every particular equal to it. All posts shall be of red cedar or locust, 

 straight, sound, and free from imperfections injurious to durability. Those for the 

 wire fence shall be round, 7 feet 6 inches long, and 6 inches in least diameter at the 

 top. Those for the picket fence shall be 6 feet 6 inches long, sawed tapering, 4" X6" 

 at the bottom, and 2"X6" at the top. The pickets and rails shall be of No. i yellow 

 poplar or yellow pine, dressed throughout. The braces for the wire fence shall be of 

 undressed white oak, yellow poplar, or yellow pine. 



36. Construction. The posts for the wire fence shall be placed one rod apart, 

 center to center, and shall stand above ground 4 feet 6 inches. Those for the picket 

 fence shall be spaced 8 feet apart, center to center, and show above ground 3 fei-t <> 

 inches, the portion showing being dressed. All posts shall be well tamped and properly 

 lined, horizontally and vertically, and their tops shall be sawed off with a slope, as 

 shown. The rails shall be securely spiked to the posts with 20'' wire spikes and the 

 pickets to the rails with 8 d wire nails. The wire shall be securely fastened to the posts 

 with staples, after being tightly stretched with suitable appliances. All angles shall 



