New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-05-01
SPECIFICATIONS


Specifications for the erection Of an Iron Railing
around the Statue of General Jackson, on Jackson
Square, N
FOUNDATIONS
YE1HE foundations shall be Of Lake bricks of she
Y best quality laid in mortar composed of the best
sharp sand and fresh Thomaslon lime. They shall be
l2 bricks wide at the bottom shall be laid in regular
offsets off Ia inches so to be l-2 brick wide al
the top and shall rest on two thicknesses of sound
inch fatboat planks crossing each other and extending
4 Inches on each side ofthe bricks.
57 GRANITE WORK, IN % %
The base shall be of Quincy granite, hewed and
dressed on both sides as weas on the top, but said top
shall be leveed marked on The plan. The base
shall be 10 inches high above the ground and 9inches
thick.
The iron railing shall be executed in all points in
accordance with the plan of the City Surveyor The
main rails and small rails shall be Of The bes! English
IRON, and The cross rails of the best Tennessee Iron
The main rails shall be of round iron IL inch in d.
ameter the small rails Of round iron 34 ofan inch in
diameter, and The cross rails of flat iron 1 10 inch
wide by 34 of an inch thick The main rails and some
of the small rails shall be fastened and sealed with
lead to the granite base in the best workmanke man
ner and as marked on the plan. The ornaments shall
be of the best cast iron and shall be fastened TO The
rails in the best workmanlike manner. door l-2
feet wide shall be made in the railing marked on
the plan and shall be well hung and fastened with
good lock.
= PAINTING, ug -
The railing shall receive three good coats of bes.
oil paint OF such color as the Surveyor may select
GROUND WORK. r.
The ground between the Base of the monument and
ing OIL the outside OF the railing shall be removed and
hauled away by the contractor and shall he his pro.
perty The whole as per grades 10 be established by
the City Surveyor
GENERAL CLAUSES. fs....., ..
All the materials shall be of the best quality and
shall be furnished by the contractor well the
bor
The work in all its details, shall be executed in the
best workInanlike manner in accordance wh the plans
OF the City Surveyor, and the entire satisfaction of
said officer, otherwise 1t shall be rejected and the City
Surveyor shall then have the right to employ work
men and have whatever portions OF the same he ANAL
have found detective, recfed at the expense ofthe
contractor and Of his security.
The contractor shall be bound to begin the work Ten
days atterihe approval of the adjudication by the Com
mon Council, and 10 complete The same ninety days
afer undera penalty of ten dollars per day each
and every day thereafter il IS not completed.
Security TO an amount of $1,000 shall be required to
guarantee the faithful pero of the contract.
Payment in cash on the completion of the work and
its acceptance by the City Surveyor
In case of neglect the part of The contractor TO
comply strictly with the foregoing specifications, the
Common Council reserves the right declare the
tract, ipso faco, null and vaid without applying
court of justice and without indemntfying The
tractor. 5&f8Sa4sz t5s
Bids to be for the whole work complete
17LOUIS Fl PILE,
&s5# City Surveyor.
Approved by the Committee on Streets and Land
ings OF both Boards Of the Common Conncii
[Signed1 CHAS. Pride,
[Signedl ISAAC THAYER,
New Orleans, 10Th April, 1856. a29