New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-09-18


sei6 lot 7. THEARD, Comptroller.
cpECIFICATIONsf for the contract for paw
ing with square block stones Constance from Orange
blocks Shall 5. hard grane not any respect inferior
quality 70 the granite obtained from Boston They shall be
inches in length and not les than nine inches i
1S n ss Ts 5 saS pra hs
shall be dressed square fat and free Of Jumps The square
spS r. ss
ally from the curbstones bordering the sidewalks
shall be Of good hard graas not in
Thes shall from long Twelve
inches wide and less than nine inches thick They shall be
y, Ss aas sht rsey w s'
and ssa I perfectly
well hewsd and on The top to me
four inches deep and in no case less than four inches in
The eravelsha be Of the London gravel
and half inch in diameter The shells shall be clean and
sound lake shells The sand shall be Clear sharp sand OF
WHICH Work ss .-d
to do by the and ps the M nsS s pe
1ns S
They shall be dsy per- in
shall have Of three inches for foot Of s
ard the adjoining And M ans
shall be nicely cut through the same by the contractor
gutter shall join in their length the curhs'onss and
shall be laid with IN o nee pe london or
lake sharp sand mixed said bo0ming to be ronsy
contractor shall take the old paved and old
and after the same shall have been hauled away by
with grades given by the Surveyor depth of Is nch,s
bed the
be the Surveyor and shall place the top of the
lake shells and sharp sand mixed and shall thoroughly roll
,he with 5000 pounds roller until i. forms even and
sS H. then e p IN
angle of As degrees from the line breaking joints with
erals the same in order that each block may
solid foundation He viii all care to lay the blocks
in Width I shall positively rejected BY Street Commits
sone When the blocks laid the joints shall accurately be
shall Be rolled with 600 pounds roller er the rain has
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placed upon the paving and the shall be opened for travel
paved supports the earth picked from the street shall
be the property Of the contractor and shall be hauled away
the materials shall be of the best quality and shall be
The shall be bound begin the work within the
days following the approval of the adjudication by the
ydrst day Of October nex 1851 under penalty Of
dollars per day for each and every day thereafter the
Good and solvent secartyto amount of 5000 shall be
Payments to be made by the property holders the cerf
ns che Street y 3 % in be eSasd g hs section eo
and the ey not to be held liable responsible for any
be subogated to all the rights city and seize
case Of non. Of any or said bills
receiving his certificates the cost of publication of the petition
property holders being well understood that said
shall have the right demanding of said petitioners the
endorsement of the said costs Of publication.
well understood that in failure by the
begin finish the work any thereof within the period
fixed the Council be satisfied with
which work being executed Council shall the
right ann The contract without putting the in de-
fault required by article 1905 of the Civil Code and without
applying of Justice annul the and without
indemnify and il is also well understood that in the
shall abandon his work finish
complete conformity with the contract, the
shall forfeit all CLAIM he may have for any part of the
the city shall be thereby discharged from and all liability
therefor and is also well understood that the
be resod the contractor and his securities shall be held and
bound in solido the city all loss difference be
the price at which the contractor originally contracted to
perform the work. and the price which may be auicated
at Il resale readjudcation
Bids per superficial yard of square block paving
pee including the gutter stones and superficial foot Of
cutbstones furnished and laid.
New Orleans, Sept. l, 1851.
[Sgned LOUIS II. PILE, City Surveyor.
Approved by the Committees Streets and Landings Of both
Boards Of the Common Council
TSgnedl JOHN f. HOLLAND, Chairman.
lSignedl A. LANDRY, Chairman pro tenn
Registered Sept. Is 1857
HENRY DUREL
sel6 10 q % &c CLERK of Comptroller