grain. Every possible
the selection of the
care was
taken in
main timbers (some of
which show symptoms of decay, or have a growth of fungus upon and at the time the Bridge
there
was
the
sap wood
wood),
was
short time it was
and
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completely rotten through gh. In illustration of this I
through.
take the liberty of mentioning the work
a
that
built,
a very great scarcity of timber
in the place,
nor could it be procurable
in the vicinity at any price, I had therefore
no
alternative,
ad
the Bridge had to be
-rebuilt immediately, but to choose the best; but which, as I before stated, I thought quite sound and very suitable for the work.
The seantling of the platform I
slighter
was
also aware was
than is usual
for the bearing, but I considered it better
to use the
best
: description of China fir, (which
" procure in thicker planks
we could not
at the period), than the Chinese hard-
of which
wood
I could procure here, some
and
I had seen placed in buildings apparently perfectly sound, and in a very
was
: found necessary at Mess, Sindray,
house, where almost all the timber has
been obliged to be renewed,
and
the
building is not three
years
old.
my
opinion
that the
main
It is
timbers are at present quite sound and
in the heart perfectly seasoned, and it is
upon the exterior sap wood which
only upon
might be removed, that symptoms of
decay
are
apparent.
I trust that His Excellency the Governor will be pleased to consider the statements as sufficiently explanatory of the causes which led to the employment of this wood, and I hope His Exceltney
will be
that the utmost care
assured the
and vigilance will in future be used to execute all works entrusted to my
Care