New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-08-21
SPECIFICATIONS for the contract for nav

SPECIFICATIONS for the contract for paw
ing with square block stones the south side of Canal Street,
quarry AND Diversions OF MArER1ALs-The square
h he Stn1s be-
HG IN s nn ss a M
an inches b ind @ nine ten nds hs
shall be M fiat sna s Of Ts
hs end Of the ;a stones sha be cut
ally from the curbstonss bordering the sidewalks
the shall be Of good hard granite not in
They shall be from sixteen thirty INCHES long twelve
having parallel and square sides and ends make gh
joints the shall be perfectly well hewed and dressed
curbscnes he North river blue stones perfectly
S ne ad TOP
four inches deep and less than four inches in thick
gravel shall be of the best of London gravel
and in diameter The sand shs be clear sharp and
of large gran.
MANNER IN WHICH WORK SHALL ExEcurED-The
shall take the old enrbones whenever ordered 50
stones. cIrbones shall according the lines
IN G IL &c & n
lengths of from three S feet thoughon the work and each
height The adjoining and be soidy fixed and
lots shall be nicely through the by the
wherever required by the Street COMMISSIONS
shall be laid with an inclination or slope towards the
sharp sand mixed said bottomng be rongy hardened until
solid, with the head Of the crowbar
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well n d. s0s assas 5 On part R
ad
grades be given by the Surveyor to depth of fourteen inch
st A
sn the o s a ana o shan inches on @ Ct M
sharp sand mixed and thoroughly roll the with 5000
t Sosk p"as shall a laying he
the shall the blocks dagona at angle Of
every ter casfuly bedding the blocks and hardening
tea under the in order that each block may rest on
solid lie will all blocks
they touch and make close joints as all joints over half inch
ionef Whcn he s sd The joints shall
d i GO eco s the 1
settled completely the gravela sand into the joints covering
placed upon paving shall opened
and the earth picked from The
shall be the property of the contractor and shall be hauled
square pavement already laid part the
shall also be the properly the and SAID
pavement to be laid all such old blocks may
size and quality with the blocks required by the present
All the materials be the best quality, shall be
| furnished by the contractor as well as the labor.
The contractor shall be bound to begin the work With the
Gnpon CoGnci and to Complete the same ninety days afte
said approval under penalty of ten dollars per day for each
Good and solvent security an amount Of g shall be re
Street Commissioners in conformity with section
sS
in case Of of all Of said bills
receiving his certificates the Of publication of the petition
property holders being well understood that said contrac
shall have the right of demanding of said petitioners the
| endorsement of the said costs OF publication.
well failure
begin finish the work thereof within the perioc
fixed the Council be dissatisfied with the
which the work is being executed the Council shall have thu
right the without putting the in de
fault required by article 1905 OF the Civil Code and wthou
applying OF justice to annul the and wthou
indemnity and is also well understood that in the
tractor shall time abandon his work not finish
complete the conformity with the the said
shall all claims any part of thu
by him the date OF the abandonment and tina
the city shall be thereby discharged from any and all liability
Therefore and is also well understood na in the
be esold the contractor and his securities shall be held
bound in sodo the city all loss difference be
tween the price which the contractor originally Contracted
perform the work. and the price whic adjuacae
resale readjudcation
Bids be per superficial yard for the square block PAWN
complete per superficial foot of curb furnished and laid
per running of gutter furnished and laid.
New Orleans, August A, 1851.
[Sgned LOUIS H. PILE City Surveyor.
Approved by the Committees Streets and Landings Of bot
Boards of the Common Council
sgnsd JOHN % In i T. HOLLAND. chairmen
Registered August IL, 1857.