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before Said.
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There is also wanting 279 Feet of Oak railing on the
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road Leading to ye west end of
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, the posts
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thereof 6 Inches by 5 Inches & well Supported by Spurrs
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and the Rails 5 Inches & by 4 inches,
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The above is a true account of the present State of
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the Said bridge So far as it appears to me, and to the best
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of my Judgment the method I have proposed will
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effectually answer the End by enduring in good
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Condition for the term above mentioned, and interrupting
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a much less while then ye other way of
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Driving new Piles, to do which ye Bridge must be all
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Uncovered while the Old Piles are Drawn out and New
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ones drove, whereas by this way all the works under ye
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Bridge relating to ye Supporting thereof may be done &
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yet
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Over preserved all the while,
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And this Repair may be done in a workmanlike
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manner & with ye best Materials of each find for
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three hundred & thirty Pound,
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As to rebuilding the Said bridge I would propose to
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Do it without Driving any Piles at all, only by Cutting
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all the present Piles of to a Levell below the ground,
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where we are almost Sure to find them as good as they
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were before they were driven, and as the whole Support
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of
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Consists of the 2 Abutments and 5 Rows of
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Piles & each row of 5 Piles, & 1 Pile for the foot Bridge;
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which is 6 piles in each row, what I would Offer is a
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Strong frame of Timber, consisting of a Ground Sill a
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Cappiece, & 6 Posts Standing upright & framed on ye
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Ground Sill
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, & under ye Cappience & well Braced, instead of
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each Row of Piles, that is to Say 5 of the Said Frames
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instead of ye 5 Rows of Piles, which when they are
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fastned Down to the remains of the old Piles will answer
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every end of new Piles drove into the Ground, with
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further Advantages, that there will be a Considerable
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Saving in Expence, as well as in ye time, that ye Passage
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over will not be interrupted, for all this part of the work
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may be done without any Interruption of
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over, which need be no Longer then while ye Joysts &
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