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PLATES 8, 9,
Show plans, elevations, and details of a small cottage villa now in course of erection in the central part of New York State. The foundations are brick, cellar under the whole house, finished throughout in pine wood; roof slate; built for winter as well as summer use; foundation walls hollow. Design shown on Plate 10 is constructed in same manner as above.
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DESIGN 6
SPECIFICATIONS
Of Labor and Materials for Frame Cottage, shown on Plate 10.
WM. M. WOOLLETT, Architect,
55 N. Pearl Street, Albany. N. Y.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
The contractor to give his personal superintendence to the work; to furnish all transportation, labor, materials, apparatus, scaffolding and utensils needful for performing the work in best manner, according to accompanying plans and specifications.
All work and materials to be of the best description, unless otherwise specified.
No part of the work to be underlet, unless by consent.
The contractor to be responsible for each and every violation of public ordinances, caused by obstructing streets, sidewalks, etc., and shall hold the owner harmless for any damage or expense arising therefrom; and at the completion of the work they shall remove all surplus earth, rubbish and other materials from the premises.
The carpenter and mason shall pay each one-third of the cost of insurance on the building during its erection, provided the proprietor sees fit to effect such insurance with “Builder’s Risk” until the completion of the building, the proprietor paying one-third.
The carpenter shall not be allowed to prepare his work in the building without the written consent of the architect.
The expense of cleaning the building after completion shall be paid by the carpenter and mason.
The contractors shall afford the architect all the required facilities—such as putting up of ladders and scaffolds, to enable him to inspect the work.
The drawings must be accurately followed according to their scale, and preference given to figured dimensions over scale. Detail drawings, full size, will be furnished. Any work constructed without such drawings must be removed, if required, and work replaced at contractor’s expense. All the drawings to be returned to this office, and no drawing to be used elsewhere or copied.
House size shown on plan (figured on drawings). Cellar, 6’ 4” high in the clear; first story, 10’ 0” in the clear; second story, 9’ 0” in the clear. All divided, subdivided and built in exact accordance with plans and specifications.
MASON’S WORK.
Excavate and remove from premises all soil, gravel, loose s...
