New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-08-26
- antnc,;nH II focE nm for the Ersf district " "

SPECIFICATIONs for the , contract n,t, for the
building shall be located on lot ground
situated at and forming the of and
by So feet inches in depth and front on Basin street. be-
slzrmit viii be erected accordance with the accompany
ing plan Of the size marked and figured on said p" prohe
FoUsDATIoNs wALIsThe foundations Of all walls one
the foundasions brick thick shall have three
bricks wide the bottom They shall on bOttomng of
ing each other and eS It sa four
en " w IN So to be bricks thick at HE
top All necessary trenches for the same shall DC aug by the
Ali the wallis throughout the building shall be built to the
se1en the work the Of
walk throughout the walls shall be laid in ne hest
between them to keep down iampness, .,o ,u,s,,,
shall BE- Executed n the best
render the whole complete and in every respect
from openings in the walls a., wac, ,,.
TIE G gi and The walls
foundations In mortar of fresh Thomason lime and
All Joints the walls be plasered shall be smoothly
TIMERS mbes throughout shall be Of the best sound
yellow pine free sap, bad knots splits other defects
o to bs BY e pees eeng BY
an placed Is INCHES from csntsrs the 81, atef to- be ~ BY
plates, the whole in The best workmanliks manner
sheahed with well yellow pine boards inch
co's T roof T. be nas T snmn the
lap sds three @ e the sb5 gs be o be- d
materials of womanike construction and to be
floor cells be raised is iuches above the
the sidewalk and be made of well seasoned IL inch
ougued and grooved narrow ndresed yellow pine plank
cells shall be eleven feet 1gh in the sls,
greoyd well dressed sns well seasoned aud secret
pooRs AND wIspowsA the cell doors shall be made of
ickI Of inch yellow pine boards and hung in the
with good prison strap and paddock the whole to the
the
have wrought iron grang of one inch IRON well fastened and
half inches and the horizontal to have anchor
ends well secured in the walls The large s to have
hung and fastened with good strong prison bolts
The small windows have inside glazed sashes well hung and
the walls Gf The cells and The end val front
mixed with half of Horn Island sand in the best
| Wn1EwAsH1NcThe whole of the walls and plasering of
the inside md outside Of the building and the whole Of the
PAsTNeA wood and iron work of the inside and out
the building shall have three of best white lead in
GuTTERs inch i pound gut
dneors inches in diameter, and wooden guards.
The sink to be one Of deep below the Srckns yEd
and the floor to be rssea four feet aSoSs the said The
and be astered the inside and outside with The
as ias # sTss & all said
lot Said fence be made Of rough yellow pine panks
into the grod at distances Of eight feet from ceers Two
doors shall be left said on Pacanier and one on b.
YARD-The whole of the yard and alley shall be graded
cordng the levels and grades be given by the Surveyor
with lake bricks of the best quality and in the best
shall be constructed by the
tractor Said hunks be similar those Of the First District
GENERAL rAUsEs-A the materials shall be ofthebes quail
labor.
All necessary items omitted be written in the foregoing
and which may be found by the Surveyor
shall be supplied the without charge
The work shall be begun by the the days fol-
lowing the approval of the adjudication by the Common Goun
of ten dollars day for each and day thereafter the
| same is not completed.
Security s. 500 required guarau
tee the faithful performance OF the contract.
Payment in cash the completion of work and
of the by the Surveyor.
swell understood that of failure by the contractor
to begin finish the work any thereof within the period
fixed Council dissatisfied with
which the work being executed the Council shall have the
right Of nnnung the without putting the contractor
default required by article 1905 of the Civil Code and without
indemnity and is also we'll understood that in the
tractor shall time abandon the work finish and
plete the in conformity with his contract the sad
tor shall forfeit all claims he the
done by him the of the abandonment and the city
shall be thereby discharged from and all liability therefor
and it also well that in the contract be reo
do the city all loss difference between the price
which the originally perform
work and the price which be adudcated resale
rehabilitation.
! Bids to be for the whole work complete.
| New Orleans, August II, 1851.
| [Sianedl LOUIS H. PILE,
City Surveyor.
| Boards Of the Common Council.
s sisns$ 5 j J: T. xf HSIhkRlD churmen
| Registered August IT, 1857.
aul7 10 q "a Clerk of Comptroller.