New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-08-13

SPECIFICATIONS for the contract for paw
house Canal streets
QUALITY AND DIMENSIONS OF THE MATERIALS square
blocks shall be of good hard granite
in quality the granite obtained Boston, They shall be
ooog n shape not less than eleven inches than
teen inches in widh aud less than more
than twenty inches in length and not less Than inches
sides and ends make tight joints the tops
blocks adjoining shall be prepared as per dia
gram thai end Of the al an angle
r9 g1 the curbstones bordering the walks.
IN s to liz 5se ESm n
They shall be from twelve inches wide, thick
and s joints he @a h be
egy Ms ana IT. erwe they shall be
well ewed and dressed beve dressed the answer the
to twenty inches deep and in no less than four inches
one and half inch in diameter
%nIcH n re sa
shall take the old curbstones whenever
The shall set according to the lines and grades
Tx ThS Ss be G ana IN
from three to six feet throughout the work.
the adjoining side walk soldiy fixed and backed
The c ian A. m for draining lots shall
CURED by the Street Commissioner.
inch, bottomng of four inches London gravel and
the head of the crowbar until solid.
The contractor will take up the old paving and
after shall have hauled away by him shall pick
and grade the surface OF the street with the grades
the superior face os the 81 Scs When laid The
the Surveyor and shall place the Of the soing Of
less til four inches London gravel and hd Mixed
til hard foundation The square paw
Ing a nsn BE- Land In laying The ~ the 5
the street ne breaking joints with every tier carefully bed
order That each block resi- on on solid ' lie vii
all care to lay the blocks SO as they oae and make close
lively be rejected by the Street Commissioner When tile blocks
pounds roller. Alere rain has settled the gravel completely
sharp sand mixed shall placed upon the paving and the
GENERAL ClAUsE-The old curstone the old gutter sones
the old round stone pavement and the earth picked from the
street shall be the Of the contractor and shall be hauled
The materials shall be of the best quality and shall be FUR
nished by the contractor wei rs the labor
The contractor shall be bound begin the work within the
mon Council and to complete The same thirty days after said p
proya under penalty Of ten dollars per day for each aud
Good and solvent security amount of $1,000 shall be
Payments 10 be made by tie properly holders on The ccitG
cate Of the Street in conformity with section ZIG
and The city be held liable responsible for any said
rs snnI ne 9 not BE- pG ana e @ 5 70 oe sup
case Of non payment Of any ali Of said bills.
Ing his certificates publication Of the petition Of Nc
0uTse n emit Of the said costs Of pnbcsti9gn Nv ,
Rod Ned or III case the Council be dissatisfied with the mer
IN which being executed, the Council shall have the right
To Ahnnl the contract without putting the contractor W default
rs required by article 1905 Of the civil code, and without apply
E to court OF justice Rnuu the and without lndein
hy aud is also well understood thar i'll the contractor
Sa AT any time abandon his not finish and complete
HE work IN conformity with his contract the SAID contractor
shall forfeit all claims he may have for any part oil The work
done by him TO the of the abandonment ana that tlt
city shall be thereby discharged from any and all liability
therefor and it is also we'll understood that III case tue con
tract be resod the his securities shall be held
anu bound i'll 5lo pay the city all losses or difference
between the price which the contractor originally corce
10 perform the work price which il may be adudi
Gated at a resale M reRduhcltion.
s TO be per superficial yards for the square block paving
complete intending the guer-tones and per superficial foo
| OF curbsones furnished nd laid.
! New Orleans, Aug ls 1857.
| lSgnedI LOUIS II. PILE, City Surveyor.
Approved by the Committees Streets and Landings OF botl
Boards OF the Common Council.
! lSgned H. II. yENNARD, }choir,,o
lSgned JOHN f.. HOLLAND, '!
Registered Aug. 10th, 81. HENRY DukEIr
Au IL IL Il 10 Il Clerk of Comptroller.