New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-04-11
spECI FICATT0Ns

$50 ,s5-;4jsEJs9s SPECIFICATIONS
Forthe contract for building and placing Two Floating
Bridges across Canal Carondeet at the junction of
Va Claiborne and Marais streets with said Canal.
TIME old turning bridges across said Canal Caronde
Il let at Claiborne and MaIas streets, shall be
moved the contractor and shall6be The property Of
said contractor +458-us5
The new bridges with all their apparatus such as
moving Platforms cranks, fender piles, etc, shall be
built M all points, similar TO The floating bridge
The New Canal at lis junction with Melairie Road,
except The ratings each side of said bridges, which
shailbe wen finished according 10 the plan 10 be fur
nished by the City Surveyor: 4 sit,11 f.
M All The materials 10 be used in the construction Of
said Bridges platforms and other apparatus shall be OF
the best quality spending in size and dimensions
with those used in the construction of the bridge
across the New Canal AT Meiairle Road and shall be
furnished by The contractor as well as the labor.
The bottom. sides and deck of The bridges shall be
cauked with three hteads of good oakum and tarred
in The best mani.er and the button and sides shall be
stealhed overiwilh j IL inch yellow pine planks of
the besl quality v=14E9Ez 9gi g5s.s tt{ s.3t r.
The sides and ends the bridges shall receive three
coats or back oil paint and the ratings three of
white lead in oil, The whole III The best manner. 5
Each OF the bridges 10 be provided with Two good
hand-pumps. s5Fa9 IS
Il The whole work TO be executed 10 the entire salts
faction Of the City Surveyor, otherwise ishal bere
jected by said officer. 45{s5-s r. ns z5
Security 10 the amount Of $1,000 shall be required 10
guarantee the faithful performance the contract.
The contractor shall bind himself TO begin The work
len days after The approval OF The adjudication by the
Common Council, and 10 complete the same sixty days
after, under penalty OF siO per day for ench and
4 every duy thereafter tha work is not completed
I Payments iii cash on the completion of the work
and piance BY the City Surveyor. Il q, ~
IN case of neglect on the Part of the contractor 10
4 comply strictly with the foregoing specifications, the
4 Common Council reserves The right 10 declare the
contract ipsn factn null aud void, without applying 10
acourt of justice aud without mdemnifyig The con-
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Bids TO betor both bridges and apparatus complete
II including The demolition of The od,urning bridges.
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r. &&14ts City Surveyor
/ Approved by the Committee on sueels and Land
il iltlgs OF The Board OF Aldermen, New Orleans
4 rch27hs 1885, g@ #ggnt73ed5FG' $50 rslr
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FApproved by The Committee Streets ami Landings
4 Of the Roafa of Assistant Aldermen, New Orleans
X MAJ oh 27ths 1856 M II i.
Il isignsdl ISAAC THAYER, Ia
New Orleans, ao,h March, 1856, al dIl4
"a AS 10 tue City Police JaiIs Of he 5li
4 wv Instant the grit boy WILLIAM HARRY il
4 5feet ia inches high; isBabon t8yeRfs old; has
| scar on The left cheek. Says he belongs 10 Madam
Il Lafiteau, living a, Bay 81. Louis, Hancock county
i State of Mississippi. = - lzyss 90
i The owner is requested to call and claim said sav
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m2e t5t HID Keeper of the Cty2Poiee Jail,
4 Ms AS brought 10 The Guy Poee Jull, On The II
II Wv INST. lie muiaito boy y Ohm altasi S monds
Il is feet inches high is about 10 years cid Says
belong Nio VIM, Bay, and afterwards his real avn
was Walter Even, living IN Hatthez, Mississippi, VIII
81 10 q cotton paitteF. ESQ 5asg #3S ,#a1
The owner is requested 10 call aud claim said say
according to law. s5,s, 6
ml4fSt Keeper of the Cty Police Jail.