New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-08-19

CPEClElCATIONSf for the contract
from Camp to St. Charles street
blocks shall be of hard granite any respect inferior
in qnay to the granite obtained from Boston They shall be
teen inches in width and less than sixteen inches
thickness They Shall be well auarried having parallel or
sides and ends so as to make tight joints and the tops
blocks adjoining the shall be din
angle derre win the side So as to be laid dason
ally from the Gu bstonss bordering the sidewalks
Tss s S quality Obtained EoS
inches aud len inches lhek they Shall be well quarred
having parallel and sides and ends make tight
well As~'a anu
ewsd and dressed the TOP to 1ee oe
Of the sides from three to six feet long from twenty to twenty
The gravel shall London gravel not over one
and half inch i'll diameter The sand shall be clear sharp and
of large gran.
MANNER IN WHICH THE WORK SHALL BE ExrcurEp.-The
su take old curbsoBes whenever
to do by the Surveyor and replace the same with curb
and grades be given by The City Surveyor good joints
in MorkmnnlkG manner They shall be dsy otsrspered in
saTbone shall have slope Of three inches for every foot Of H
backed in approved Aperures for draining
lots shall be nicely cat through the same by the
The gutter shall join their length, the curbsone
one inch on bottomng Of four inches Of London gravel aud
sharp sand mixed said booming TO be rong hardened until
The shall take up the old round paving
street and after The same shall have been By him. shall
pick and grade the surface OF the street. III with the
below The superior ce Of the square blocks when laid The
go shall s the ROAD M S Of the stree 70 Ge @
sotng Of not less than four inches Of London gravel and
pounds roller until forms and hard foundation The
Ss P sss s Gs be laid IL 81
FIVE DEGREES from the street line breaking joints with
te,its under the in order that each block may
x S to 0"%n He % use a" cas to lay the blocks 50
width S9" most positively be the Street commjs
filled with fine gravel and sharp sand mixed and paving
shall be rolled with 5000 pounds roller er the rain
Of three inches of fine gravel and sharp sand mixed shah
GENERAL CLiUsEsSTRe old curb and gatS Stones the old
round stone pavement and the earth picked from the
shall be the property of the contractor and shall be hauled
square block pavement already laid on part of the street.
shall be allowed use and employ in the block
pavement to be laid al such old square blocks
in size and quality with the blocks required by the present
materials shall the quality, shall be
furnished by the contractor ds well as the labor.
thirty days following the approval of the adjudication by the
pS S sT%P e e S sss pe ST
and every day thereafter the san is completed
quired guarantee faithful performance the contract
Payments 70 1 be mss BY the hGS on The eeG6
TO Of the new city charter and e a be @ hY he con
Of said bills should The paid the contractor
subrogated all the rights of the city seize
property Of pay of Ill of said bills.
The contractor shall pay into the City Treasury prorst.
receiving his certificates the of publication of the petition
property holders being well understood that said
shall the right of oemanding Of said petitioners the
| endorsement of the said costs Of publication.
II well understood that in of failure by the contractor
10 begin finish the work thereof within the period
fixed in the Council be dis afed with the in
which the work being executed the Council shall have the
right to the without putting the IN de
fault as required by article 1905 of the Civil Code anu without
applying court of justice anlu the and without
indemnity and is also we'll understood that in the
tractor SHAH at time abandon his work finish and
complete the conformity with the the said
tractor shall forfeit all ea may have for any part Of thu
work done by him the date of the abandonment and ha
the city shall be thereby discharged any ali liability
therefor aud is also well understood the