New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-08-25
CoMPTRoLLER,s OFFICE, I
City Of New Orleans. August II, 1851. )
SPECIFICATIONS for the, contraet for ono

CPECIFICATIONs for the contract for the
y building shall ground
and the q 4nn OF s
BY IS inches in depth and front on Basin street. be-
ing the ze marked and figured on said plan profile
foundations e. Al walls s ons
t sna If at three
s e 1ss
other y s saaK so 5 ha Be
Of inches as +, BE- two bfks n V the
top An trenches for the same sha DC aug DS INT
as sn saa q s% the
e sk s MG 81 @ n e
eeaen and Of strong states well laid in the joints
ere and complete the building
shall Al BE-
well e. to shss
Ts Sicks to be well country bricks of the best quality
the md laid gsDa Ixt lime
All the the walls not shall smoothly
pug shall BE Of The ab best asPse
s ssspa pas l. @pa e heir Strength
!Ssi q ssf aa
tss IN ss ssass
TINS q pad roof to Ds BE
T aad dc N Sss
S "p not be covered
English ridge tiles In he and to be-
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warranted tight for one Nils % m raised 10 inches above the
% M s Of an f bs no % inch
tongued grooved mill dressed yellow pine pank
shall eleven feet high in the CLEAR
and shall ceed with x OF inch yellow pine ongued and
grooved well dressed panks well seasoned and secret
poons AND w1spows-A the doors shall be made of
pine s0o and h h a aes
strap and whole "sns 6n n
1s s s he a sStvss on
gang inch IRON well rss ana ana
inches and the have an Ga
e enS Ts snss IA n Of
and to be well hung fastened with good prison bolts
secured .,,.,.y,..,,... ~. .a ,u.ue.ont
ssse ecs @ s IN
liz cement with half Of Horn Island sand in the best
yols Of he sails ss and sd ph aer ii s
fe FEN shall be itewashed three
SKA s s best 'Ha
oil such other plain colors may be most suitable
sn 6 lung esaS Side RsfS
I a s with the
be foot deep below the bsiekng Of the yard
en walls ss S Ss IN be- with
Dc e hs sn TO be
FGscssA nigh shall be erected all around said
Incl 5a ' iapPe
shs be said faeansr and one on "
YAanThe whole of the yard and alley shall be graded
cong the levels and grades to be given BY the
paved With lake bricks OF lne Dest qua-
BuNKsThe shall be constructed by the
SAID hunks to be similar TO those OF the FIRST Dc
| Lock up on Lafayette street.
CLAUsEs materials shall be otthe best quai
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All necessary omitted be written in the foregoing spe
which found by the surveyor
shall be supplied by the contractor without extra charge
work shall be begun by the in the ten days fol
lowing the approval Of the adjudication by the common uonn
ell and completed three months after under pena,
dollars day for each and every day thereafter TIT
is completed. ...
h tee the faithful performance of The contract
Payment in cash the completion OF the work anu accept
i | of the by the Surveyor.
understood that in of failure by the contreco
to begin finish thereof within the perioc
fixed the Council be dissatisfied with the manner
which the work is being executed the Council shall have M
annuing the without putting the contractor II
default required by article 1905 of the Civil Code ana wo
applying Justice annual the same and wlou
indemnity and is also well understood that in case the con
shall time abandon the work not finish and com
conformity with his the SAID contrac
shall forfeit all claims he may have for part oil me wo
done BY him up the abandonment. and the cit
be thereby discharged from and all liability therefor
well rsteod that the contract be reSo
the his securities shall be held and bound In soil
. pay the city all loss difference between the pc
at which the originally contracted perform TIL
work the price which it be adudcated at resale
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i bids 10 be for the whole work complete.
- New Orleans August II, 1857.
- tSignedl ..I. LOUIS H. PILE
Approved by the Committees and Landings OF boil
g signed H. T. yENNARD, 1ch.,o
w (signedi JN0. E. HOLLAND, N"N-'
If Registered August Is, 1885, -
m aal7 10 q 24g Clerk Of Comptroller,