New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-08-13
SPECIFICATIONS for the con tract for paw
- ing with square block stones Natchez from

SPECIFICATIONS for the contract for paw
- ing with block stones, Nachez from Camp
Magazine streets.
quality to the granite obtained from Boston They shall
teen inches in width and not less than sixteen inches
Wsn rhey sinai e IL pass on
sides and ends as to make tight joints and the
blocks adjoining the guerstones shall be ia
angle degrees with the side so as to be laid dagon
az" from the eaSson Is bordering tie sidewalks
Fssps ,e. 5s from S,y
n 70 sknes r Gsy ~ BE
having parallel and sides
so HS s well hs~sd
well ewI and dressed s ese f y" bs o stones Ky
slope the sides from three t to six fee, and from eshtse
k 'H'n'' deep and " no case less tina" four inches
gravel shall be the best of London gravel not over one
The sand snail be clear sharp sand of large grain
contractor shall take the old whenever
The T ss ss%s
70 be given BY me surveyor in good joints and in
from throughout The work. and each
% ng and & nd
IN h fns most appt9Tsd manner APernres for draining lots
sssssd y Street inS the contractor wherever
shall be laid with an inclination slope towards the
one inch en- b90m1s Of oar inches Or Tendon gravel and
I'll solid, with the heal of the crowbar.
contractor shall take the old paving and
after the same shall have been hauled him.
and grade the surface of the naccorace with grades
The face the quars when laid The contrSc
shall dress the ROAD bed of the street the be
OF not less than four inches of London sharp sand
it forms an even and hard foundation. Tie square block
phFig sha Then DO laid In laying the the
five degrees ir1m the street line breaking WITH every tier
the in order that may rest on solid
He VIII use all care lay the blocks they touch
be rejected BY the Street Comm When
ye @pd ha ,nS nSa 'n acSss be ed with fine
3o Us roller After the rain has settled complet
sand shall be placed upon the paving, and Shall
GENERAL cLAusEs-The old curb and guer.stoDes the old
stone pavement and the earth picked from the shall
be the property of the contractor shall away by
nh. S % bs s Ss of best quality and shall be
the contractor shall be bound begin the within the
0omnon Council and to complete the days said
every day thereafter the same NOT rom pI a Tor each and
Good and solvent security to an amount Of two thousand five
| formance OF the contract
Payments to b made BY the property holders the
Of Hs new city sh% aHd e be collected BY the contractor
bills Should the same not paid and the Contractor any S S a
ss Of M @ of of a 4 CITY i ns s fAe the
h sa pay pay os, o o tue Ey sasn prior
tho property holders being well understood that said con
tractor shall have right of demanding Of said petitioners the
understood failure by the contractor
10 begin finish the VOL part thereof within the period
liked or in the Council be dissatisfied with the
which the work being executed the Council shall have the
sa required BY article s5 tie Civil Code and wiihoat
applying OF justice snnu the and without
dn'tX and also well understood that in the
9r sha at any time abandon his contract not finish and
pee inc same in conformity with his contract the said
tollh9 forfeit all claims he may for any part work
done by him up to The date of the
Guy snail ee thereby discharged from and all liability
ot sha also We'll understood that the contract oe
me contractor and his securities shall be held bound
price at which the contractor originally contracted To perform
he adm a
| sale or rehabilitation. "
Bids TO pe per superficial yard the block paving