New Orleans daily crescent., 1857-08-15
SPEcIEloAT1oNs for the contract for paw

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? ing with block stones Dorsier street from Custom
QUARRY AND DIMENSIONS OF THE MArER1ns-The square
blocks shall be of good hard granite inferior
obong shape not less than eleven inches than six
teen inches in Width mot hess 1 than an, inches
thickness They shall he well quarried, having parallel
Sai ss s s and Jumps The e
@ end o sh Ss s a
e. degrees with The SIDE @ 80 as to be laid asOnay
The s sood hard grae not in any
a Se or o in an to ss s ~ s @ C%
They shall be well qparred having parallel and sides
y well hewed and otherwise they shall be rejected
The curbstones shall be North river blue perfectly
slope of the sides from three six feet long and from eighteen
twenty inches deep and in no case less than four inches
The shall be Of the best of London gravel
The sand to be clear, sharp sand of large grain.
tractor shall take up the old Whenever ordered SO
do by the and substitute in their
to be given by the Surveyor in good joints and in
s s a G n each a
shall have slope Of three inches for foot Of its hegh,
be nicely through the the
shall join their length the curbstoaes
inch on bottomng Of four London gravel and
sand mixed said oS to be strongly hardened with
The will take the old round stone paving and
and grade the surface of the accordance with the
be given by the depth fourteen below
shall dress the road bed Of The to the to be given by
not S
and shall thoroughly roll the with roller
IL @ s s
lay lay the s oss % sEs Of M
ding the blocks and hardening the materials under
use ali to lay the blocks SO as they touch and make close
pn al pts IS @ half nsh width M Rs most nos
are laid joints shall accurately be filled with fine gravel and
pounds roller After the rain has settled the gravel completely
b s G ss n fhs @ OF e Aye
GENERAL CLAusEsThe old curbsones the old gutter ones
street shall be the property OF the contractor and shall be hauled
An the materials shall be of the best quality and shall be fur
iss h" Se Begin tie work within the
ten days following the Of the adjudication By the Com
proya under penalty of dollars day for each and
SvS security s s@s shall be
aaIea to guarantee the faithful performances Of the contract
Il he Street Commissioner Conformity with
S BE s S Ss & s @ %
bills sh9Ga d The @ same rnn not be 9 paid and the w be
case Of nOnpay yment Of any Al Of said bills
The shall pay into the Oily Treasury prior to recev
pes S @ hodsr being is' well nestood tina"
Il well understood that Of failure by the
o s set the Council m a with he S
III which 1t being executed the Council shall have the Ig
TO annu the contract won putting the contractor in deia
required by article 1905 of the civil code without apply
ing of Justice aunul the without nenl
nifty and is well understood that the
shall at time abandon his contract hnish and compet
The work in conformity with his the said contraco
shall forfeit all claims he may have for of the wor
done by him to the date Of the abandonment and that tn
city shall he thereby discharged from and all abii
therefor and it is also we'll understood that in the
TRACT be reSo the and his securities shall be he'll
and bound ia sodo unto the city all losses dierenc
between the which originally
TO perform the work. and the price which may be adud
Gated resale readjudichon.
Bids be superficial yards for the square block pawn
complete including the per superficial foe
OF curbstones furnished aud laid.
New Orleans, Aug. 1st, lo5I.
Signcdl LOUIS H. PILE, City Surveyor.
Approved by the Committees Streets aud Landings OF bot
Boards of the Common Council.
lSignedl Fl. I. NESNARD, }r,,t,
tSisnedl JOHN y. HOLLAND, { o""''''e"
Registered Aug 10th, 81. HENRY DUREI,
Hu IL Is II 10 q Clerk of Comp oller.