New Orleans daily crescent., 1857-08-18
SPEcLFIcATIoNs for tho contract for paw

GPEClFICAIIONS for the contract for paw
quality granite obtained from Boston They shall be OBJ
width, than sixteen inches
tsa fss a e we'll q quar n4s
sides and ends to make tight joints and the
blocks sdjolnns the gnsrtones shall prepared per
a s eerse 1s Il hs The 2 t ia be s sS at
ally from the cubstones b bordering the sidewalks,
las aaa g1ans Her. from
They shall @ from sixteen @ sbs to n esheS g long
well having parallel and sides and ends as to
and dressed oherwise they Shall be rejected
The curbsones shall bs Of North river blue stones perfectly
slope Of the sides from three feet long and from Ell
to inches deep and in no case less than four inches
gravel shall be the of London gravel
The sand shall be clear sharp sand of large grain.
,a axe up T The S R
to by the and replace the same with
be given by the surveyor good joints in
s They @ be I h @
shall have cpe Of three inches for foot Of . heisht
be nicely through the by the wherever
fhe gaerstonss shall join their length curbsOnes and
one inch en- bottomng Of four inches Lodon gravel and
sharp sand said bottomng TO be strongly hardened
The contractor up round.stone paving and
ee me by
TO be given the Surveyor Of fourteen inches below
tor shall dress the ROAD bed Of the street to the be given
the Surveyor and shall on the top of the same son
and thoroughly ro the with 5000 lbs roller until
paving shall then be laid In laying the stones lhe
shall Jay the blocks diagonay angle Of forty
carefully bedding The blocks and hardening the
lie will use all ay the blocks SO they touch and make
close joints as all Joints over half an inch in width shall most
are laid the joints Shall Se cd with fine
ana 4os aa s hss psS hs 9s Gea T
IN e joints e9yesnf m Of three inches mel line gye I'VE and h
oLAusEsThs old curb and stones, the old
round stone and the earth picked from the h
be the property Of the contractor and shall be hauled B
the materials shall be Of the best quality shall be
| nished by the contractor as well as the labor;
thirty days following the approval d the aduc,ion IS
Common Council and to complete the same sky days after said
every day thereafter the same is not completed.
dollars shall be required the faithful
Payments by the property holders on the cert
Of the Street conformity with section l2
city be held liable responsible for any Of said
bills should the be paid and the contractor be sub
in case of non-paymeu of any or all of said bills,
@ P % Of sH ts;" s psf
the being well understood that s"d con
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Its we understood that in Of failure by the contractor
to begin finish the wo paS thereof within the period
fixed in the Council be dissatisfied with the in
which the work being executed the Council shall have the
right apnu without putting
fault as required by article 1905 of the Cv Code and without
applying justice annu the and without in
dsmnity and il is also well understood that
shall any time abandon his finish and
pee the in conformity with his the said
toha forfeit all claims he have for of the work
city shan char fro from liability 1a hes '
for and also well understood that the contract be
reso the and his securities shall be held bound
in sodo the city all difference between the
which the originally contracted perform
the work and the price ut which be adudicaed
sale or readjndeation. ...-
Bids superficial yard for the square block paving
plee per superficial foot for furnished laid and
per running foot of gutter furnished and laid.
New Orleans, July 27th, 1857.
ISignedl LOUIS H, PILE, City Surveyor.
Approved by the Committees Streets Landings
Boards of the Common Council
lSgnedl II. It VENNARD, 1c,,
lSgned JOHN E HOLLAND, 0H"'smen
Regist tered, August TO- 1857.
HENRY DUREI4,
prko DtroIle