New Orleans daily crescent., 1857-08-17


SPECIFICATIONS for the contract for the
. construction Of Lookup for The First District
and ne @ BE on o scsnsr 9s an
Streets and measuring g feet n front on Pacaier street
SlzEt will be erected in accordance with the accompany
ns hn psn 9t the size ''o p
the foundations Of ali walls brick thick shall have three
two hieSnesses Of so nd two inch aboa panks cross
Ing each s e ns Se S
offsets of two inches as to be two bricks thick the
top All trenches for the same shall be dug by
All the wallis throughout the building shall be built to the
heights hicknesses figured the plans and drawings
Of the b1sk xok above The s surface M side
cement of strong States well laid in the joints
between them to keep down dampness,
shall be executed in substantial workmanike man
ne render the whole complete and in respect
from openings in the walls.
the foundations l.d in good river sand mortar and the walls
above the foundations in mortar of fresh Thomason lime and
All the joints Of the walls pastered be smoothly
tmbers throughout shall the best sound
yellow pine free from sap bad knots splits other defects
jos to Be BY + inches and the ceiling os BY inches
placed a. B inches from eentsr the after to be 2
plates, the whole in the best workmanlike manner
with we'll
thick and placed close So The roof to slated with the best
lap less than three inches and the ridges be
with English ridge tiles In effect the whole covering
the materials and of workmanlike construction and
FlooR-The floor Of the cells to be raised Is inches above the
level Of the sidewalk and of well IL
tongued and grooved narrow mdressed yellow pine pnks
CElNesThe cells shall be eleven feet high in the clear
SsS well and
best with hardwre to be Fastened
s rs q the vsyer one en
as s one s @
fixed in The frames The iron bars to be placed at and
ends ends we'll walls large windows st to fS hase
outside shutters made Of two of u inch panks
The small windows to have inside glazed sashes well hung and
the walls of the cells the wall front
ing Basin street shall be well pastered with Newark hydau
cement mixed with one hall OF Horn Island sand in the best
WnirEwAsHlsc-The whole of the walls and plasering of
the inside outside of the building the whole the
fences shall be whewased three in the best manner
side the building shall have three @ coats Of be- best white lead
oil and such o.her plain eoors as may be most suitable
shall be hung each side of The ioo with %
% Ss ns with the plan
The sink to be but foot deep below the brekng of
walls be laid with best hydraulic cement mortar
and to be s on the inside can and outside with cement The
FrScEsA fence l. feet high shall be all said
Inch and n yGw se
into ground at distances Of eight feet from ceners Two
doors shall be left in said enceone Pacaner and
sin street.
YARp-The whole of the yard and alley shall be graded ac
cordn the levels and grades be given by Surveyor
and paved with lake bricks of the best quality and in the best
workmanlke manner.
BuNKs-The necessary hunks be constructed by the
tractor Said hunks be similar those Of the First District
Lock up on Lafayette street.
GENERAL the materials shall be the best aual-
ity and shall be furnished by the well the
labor.
necessary items omitted to be written the foregoing
cca ions and which be found necessary the Surveyor
shall be supplied by the contractor without charge
The work shall be begun by the contractor the days fol-
lowing the approval of the adjudication by the Common
ell and shall completed three months after under penalty
of ten dollars day for each and every day thereafter the
same is not completed.
Security of $500 shall required to guara-
tee the faithful performance OF the contract
Payment cash the completion the work accept
ance of the same by the Surveyor.
we understood that in case of failure by the contractor
TO begin or finish the work part thereof within the period
which the work being executed the Council shall have the
right Of annulng the contract without putting
default required by article 1905 of the Civil Code, without
applying to court of justice to annual the and without
indemnity and is also well understood that the
tractor shall time abandon the work finish
plete the in conformity with his the
tor shall forfeit all claims he have for part the
done by him the the abandonment and the city
shall behereby discharged from and all liability therefor
and s also well und rsood that in the be resod
the contractor and his securities shall be held bound
do to the city all loss difference price
work and the price which may be audcated
readndication
bids to be for the whole work complete
New Orleans August II, 1857. -
City Surveyor.
Approved by the Committees Streets and Landings Of both
Boards of the Common Council.
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