STONE WORK Walls. Furnish all materials and build walls and footings as shown on drawings, of good local stone in irregular courses, the first twelve inches to be laid dry in the trenches, and the remainder to be laid in "half-cement" mortar. The whole to be laid to a line on outside face, well bonded; the joints to be thoroughly filled with mortar, and all to be pointed inside and outside the whole height, holding the trowel so as to weather the pointing on the outside.
There shall be at least one through bond-stone to every ten square feet of wall.
Carefully bevel the walls to receive the sills, and embed in mortar.
Cellar window-sills to have wash formed with Portland cement.
Cement Coating. To be given outside of wall below grade on the up-hill side of building, from bottom to finished grade, of mortar composed of one part Portland cement to one part sand.
Cut out joints of exterior wail where exposed above grade one half inch deep, and point neatly with Portland cement mortar.
Drain Pipe and Cesspool. To be 5-inch best-glazed earthen ware drain-pipe, furnished and laid from sewer in street to a point 5 feet outside cellar wall, joints filled with Portland cement. Con nection to be made by plumber.
Construct at a point about 40 feet from house two cesspools as shown—one 2 feet 8 inches in diameter and 8 feet deep, with 8-inch brick walls thoroughly cemented inside and made water-tight.
Also, 6 feet from same, a leaching cesspool 4 feet in diameter and 8 feet deep, made of loose stone, laid dry.
From iron pipe outside of building, connect house with cesspool by 4-inch Portland stoneware pipe. Also connect the two cesspools with Portland stoneware pipe as shown.
Cemented cesspool to have tight iron cover. Leaching cess pool to have a ventilated iron cover.
Four-inch glazed earthenware pipe to be furnished and laid from dry wells to one foot above ground, for conductor drains and set iron pipe furnished by plumber to receive conductors.
Cellar Floor (concrete). To be laid in. basement. Level off with coarse gravel; settle thoroughly; and put down 3 inches con crete, composed, to the thickness of 2 inches, of 1 part Portland cement, 2 parts sand, and 3 parts clean, coarse, sharp gravel, well tamped; cover with 1-inch coat composed of 1 part Portland cement and 2 parts sand, finished to true and even surface so that cellar will drain dry.