New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-08-19
SPECIFICATIONS for the. contract for the


= construction of Lockhp for the Fist District.
I building shall be located on lot of ground
Basin streets and a feet front on Paeaier street
srzEIt will be erected in accordance with the accompany
ing plan of the size marked and figured said profile
the Foundations walls one brick thick shan
two thcknesses Of SO inch haboet paks cross.
inches brick work, aud shall be reg
uIar offsets OF two inches SO as to be two bricks thick at the
All trenches for the same shall be dug by the
contractor.
heights and thcknesSes figured on the plans and drawings
Seven of the brick work above the surface side
Of strong states well laid in the joints
between them to keep down dampness S., m
shall be executed in the best and wokmanke
we'll finished with brick dchargug arches to take the weight
The bricks to be well burnt country best quality
the foundations eid in good river sand mortar and the walls
above the foundations in mortar of fresh Thoason lime and
All the joints the walls not be plasered shall be smoothly
TIMBERs-The mbes throughout shall be of the best sound
calculated to impair their strength durability. The flooring
j9Ists to be By y inches and the ceiling os by inches
inches placed feet from centes 20 by inches rsng
s R hs e sp TILES on roof be
sehed with well seasoned yellow pine boards inch
q"s sf o e 10 by % cSes to b. na down WIKI
lap Of not LESS than s three in a me G o Gs to be % %
the best materials and Of workmanke construction
FLooR6e floor cells to be raised IS ieces above the
level of the sidewalk and to be e OF well seasoned "a inch
tougued and grooved narrow mdresoed yellow pine plaI
CErINGs-The cells shall be eleven feet high in the clear
shall be ceed with y inch yellow tongued d
grooyed well planks well seasoned and secret
Doons AsD wISpows-A cell doors sh'll be made of
best with the hardware each door be fastened
with good prison lock- strap and paddock the whole to the en-
yard as well as the small widows cells Shall
9 " TR Go one b t to- be al an
half inches and the horizontal cross bars to have anchor
outside shutters, made Of two tcknesses Of inch blanks,
and TO be well hung and fastened with good STRONG prison bolts
The small windows to have inside glazed sseS well hung AM"
rLsTERsGAl the walls Of e cells and the end wall front
lie cement mixed with half of HON Island sand in the best
WHl1EwAsmtsG-The whole of the walls and pla5erins of
h be- %s%ase ti hree eo in The
pMSrSGAl the wood and iron work Of the inside and out
oil 9sh shs # MAY n BE 9I b5 enDer
ha i Spn S St Side the viii four Enc
dRGiors inches in diameter, and wooden glaT1',
The sink to n oms s foo" deep below the brrkng Yard
waits Ss &c BE- laid S with f lest yi
and to be pastered the inside and outside WITH cement The
fence Il eet high be erected all around s"
lot SaiJ fence 10 be made Of rough yellow pine psMNS' Ge
into the ground distances OF eight ieet from veners Two
sin street, ''',' 's''-'
YARpThe whole yard and alley shall lie graded
corning TO the levels and grades to be gwen oS h
and paved with lake bricks Of the best qu8 anu ia the best
| woykmRnlike manner.
BuSKsrhe necessary shall be constructed by the
tractor SaiA hunks be similar to those oil the FIRST District
| Lookup on Lafayette street.
GENERAL materials shall be oIthe best quail
labor.
All necessary items omitted be written in the foregoing pe
cihca ions found by The Surveyor
shall he supplied by without extra charge
The work shall be by tbs contractor m the ten days toll
lowing The approval Of the Adjudication ny me tunoh Gun
ctl and shall completed three months alter under penalty
OF ten dollars day for each and every day thereafter the
| same is not completed.
| tee the faithful perorman Z OF the contract.
Payment IN cash the completion oi the work and accept
ance OF The same by the Surveyor.
II is understood that of failure by the
10 begin finish the work part thereof within the period
hSed in Council be dissatisfied with the manner ii
which the work being executed the Council shall have e
right OF Annuu without putting the contractor
default required of the Civil Cade and without
applying to OF justice annual the same, and without
indemnify well understood that in the
tractor shall abandon the work not hnlsh and
uete the in conformity his The sad
Tor snail forfeit all claims he have Tor any part OF Inc WofH
done By him OF the abandonment and the city
sal Ne thereby discharged from any anu All Hbl theretoT
and II Is also well that in the contract be eso
the contractor and his shall be held aud bound III soil
do TO pay the city all loss difference between The pre-
at which the originally contracted TO per orm tn
work aud the price which may be adrdiced at resale
readndicaon.
Bids to be for the whole work complete.
Signed - LOUIS H. PILE,
City Surveyor
Approved by the Committees Streets and Landings Of bol
Boards OF The Common Council
| ISigued II, T. VENNARD, rboirr,,,,
lsigpedi JN0 Z, HOLLAND, 0ha' incl"
HENRY DUREL,
aali 10 Il "A p Clerk Of Comptroller.