New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-08-24

5 construction q Lookup for The First District.
building shall be on @ al so an
Streets and measuring g fee, il front on street
SrzEIl will erected in accordance with the accompany
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and ha brick shall iave wide the bottom and
the foundations of all walls one brick thick sha have three
two fbicknesses Of SO nd two planks
Ing sG On V sas side u y he
Of inches as to be two BRICKS thek al me
ION All trenches for the shall be dug by the
% s s s a sa to the
Of the above the surface side
and strong states well laid in the joints
between them to keep down dummies comnets s bniD
shall be the best and man
finished with brick dschargng arches to take the weight
Ths Breks be we'll burnt country bricks the quality
foundations laid in good river sand mortar and the walls
above the foundations IN mortar OF fresh hms ana
All the Joints the walls be pastered shall be smoothly
mosrs throughout shall be Of the best Sound
sseua pas l. mpait her
joist . inches and the ceiling aists BY inches
from ssnts5s y By raising
sheathed with well seasoned yellow pine inch
quality Of States ioby 70 inches nailed down with
sn s three s e os ss
the best materials and Of construction, and be
FLooRTe floor cells be raised IS inches above the
level OF the sidewalk and to be mde OF well seasoned "A men
tongued and grooved yellow pine panks
and sa E eesd @
groyd well dressed panks well seasoned and secret
Doors AND wIspows-An the cell doors shall be made of
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with good strap and the whole to tine 1n
Yard as we'll as the small windows on the the cells shall
ss w IN bs Obs ne be- at and
half inches and the @ to nave SaS
outside shutters thcknesses of IL inch planks,
and be well hung and fastened with good strong bolts
The small windows have inside glazed sases well hung and
the walls cells the end wall front
cement mixed with half of Horn Island sand in the best
WHrEw AsnlsG-The whole of the walls and pasterins of
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the wood and iron work Of the inside and out
oil and such other plain eoors as may be most suitable
shall be hung each side of roof with four enc con-
ustors INCHES in m and wooden with m nor
The sink ef but one foot below The Sekns
and the floor 10 be raised four feet above the said yard The
pastered the inside and outside with cement The
FGScHA fence Il feet high shall be erected around said
lot Said fence be made Of rough yellow pine plank one
into ground at distances eight from eeners Two
shall be left in said Paeaner aud one on Ba
YARprhe whole Of the yard and alley shall be graded
cordng to the levels and grades to be given by the surveyor
paved with lake bricks of the best quality and in the best
workmanlke manner.
necessary shall be constructed by the
hunks be similar to those of the First District
Lock up on Lafayette street.
GENERAL materials shall be ofthe best quail
M and shall be furnished by the contractor well as the
labor.
necessary items omitted to be written in the foregoing
cicaions and which be found the Surveyor
shall be supplied by the without extra charge
The shall begun by the the days fol-
lowing the of the adjudication by the Common Gonn
Gil and shall be completed three months after under penalty
of dollars day for each and day thereafter the
same is not completed
Security of shall be required to
the faithful performance of the contract.
Payment cash the completion Of the work and accept
of the same by the Surveyor.
1t understood that of failure by the contractor
fixed or in case the Council with
which the work is being executed the Council shall have the
right annung the without putting the
required article 1905 Of the Civil Code, and without
applying justice annual the and without
indemnify is also well understood that the
shall time abandon the work not finish and
llee the in conformity with his contract the sad cOntrac
shall forfeit claims for of the work
b, him the date OF the abandonment and the
shall be thereby discharged from and all liability therefor
and Is also well rstood that the contract be resod
pay the city all loss difference between The price
which originally contracted perform the
and the price which be aduacated at resale
rehabilitation, III
Bids % be for the whole work complete
New Orleans, August H. 1851.
ISignedl LOUIS H. PILE,
City Surveyor.
Approved by the Committees Streets and Landings Of both
1Esgnedl H. T. yENNARD, }cnor,o,
[sgned - ,,. JNo. E. HOLLAND, 0N"" "l'A
~ HENRY DUREL,
aulT 10 q d p Clerk of Comptroller.