New Orleans daily crescent., 1857-08-18
SPECIFICATIONS for the contract for nav

SPECIFICATIONS for the contract for pay-
from Camp to ST. Charles street
blocks good granite not in any respect interior
quality to the granite obtained from Boston They shall
inches in width and less than inches
they shall bs well @ qparried hvg pars
square sides and ends as to make tight joints and the
blocks adjoining the shall prepared as per
Of f s snd T ct m I d 0ns % s a o be G 3 at
ally from The utbstones bordering or the sidewalks
quality granite obtained from '' Bosto
hy Md e se en nds SsfP hs ss hh ns be I p
having parallel and sides and ends make tight
ny s6 S Ss be se Ss perfectly well h'Wed and
The cubs,oncs shall be Of North river blue stones perfectly
Of the sides from three six feet long from twenty
four inches deep and in no less than four inches in thick
The gravel the best London gravel not over one
of large gran.
MANNER IN WHICH WORK SHALL be ExEcurEp.-The
TO- do by the surveySr and replace the same with new curb
stones The new m fnrbones M shall be set according the lines
workmanke maer They shall be duly inerpersed in
curbstone shall slope every
height towards the adjoining and be sody fixed and
lots shall be nicely cut through the same by the
The gutter shall join their length eurbstones
shall be laid with inclination slope towards the of
sharp sand mixed said booming TO bes ongy hardened until
The contractor shall take up old stone paving
square paving already on part of the
pick grade the surface Of the accordance with
grades be given by the Surveyor depth of fourteen inch
shall the road bed of the
soing Of not less than four inches Of London gravel and
sharp sand mixed and thoroughly roll the with 900
square block having shall then be laid In laying the
forty i've degrees from the street ne, breaSns joints viii
every tier eaefully bedding blocks hardening
sold oH@dS He vii nss ali @ Ss lay y' The @ SaeEs ks as
in Width Shall osSiy S % rseeted 3 BY the est Street
oner When the blocks laid joints shall accurately
rolled Win $3.50 pounds roller sfSr the rn has
o Sps eGmGey a d hs % n % into The
placed pon The paving and the same shall be opened for travel
round and the earth picked from The street
shall he e property Of the contractor and shall be hauled
Tie square pavement all eady laid on part of the street
shall also be the property of the contractor
paTemept 10 be ad @ all e such I'D Sas !" M E e% sFs block
III size and quality with the blocks required by present
furnished BY the well
The SoYGGf9r shall be Sonnd to work whit the
Common Council and TO complete the ninety days
and every day thereafter the is nj completed
Good and soyen. security an amount Of 5000 shall be
Payments 70 be made by the property holders the certia
the new city charter and be collected by con
and the city not to be held liable responsible for
Subrogaed all the rights of the city tl
Ss into a%y city s p
RECEIVING hs a the cost cost Of Of te pS
the right of demanding of said petitioners the
! endorsement of the said costs OF publication.
well understood that in oil failure by the contaco
begin finish the work thereof within the pero
fixed in case be dissatisfied with the
which the work is being executed, the Council shall have III
without putting the
fault required article 1905 of the Civil Code and wthor
applying Of justice annu the same, and withot
indemnity also well understood thai u the
tractor shall any time abandon his work not finish
complete the conformity with the the
shalt forfeit all claims he may any part of th
work done by him to the date Of the abandonment and tn
the city shall he thereby discharged frnm any and all ha6
therefor and is also well understood IN the