New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-08-27

SPECIFICATIONS for the GO contract for the
building Shall located ground
situated at and forming the corner OF Pacane and
BY s. inches depth and front on Basin street, be-
Will be erected in accordance with the accompany
ing plan size marked and figured on said pian prohe
FOUNDATIONS WA1IsThe foundations Of all walls one
ss s fs ee @ &
bricks wide at The bottom They shall res on 6otomg o.
Ing each other M four
side Of the brick y, * na 9 eks p o tie
top necessary trenches for the same shall be dug by the
All the walls throughout the building shall be built to the
heights cknesses figured on the plans and "
walk throughout the walls shall be laid in The best
and Of strong new States wen ad III the JOINTS
work e. erect snd s eomps ae a
ner render the whole complete and IN every respect
well finished with i, brick schasrs arches to take the weight
The to country bricks the best quality
the foundations in mortar OF fresh Thomaston lime and
All the Joints the walls not 10 pasered shall smoothly
mbers throughout shall be of the best sound
yellow pine free from sap bad knots splits other defects
calculated impair their strength daIaby The o oShss
iii placed Is inches from centers the af,er to be az BY
'bsa s [
sHHss States AID Tiles OF RooIsIhe roof t? n be
thick placed close The roof 70 be Slated with The best
uy not 81 ses an " re- and he Ss
with English ridge tiles effect the whole covering to be OF
materials and of workmanike construction and to be
floor Of hs cells to BE- raised inches s6oye dhS the
ongued and grooved narrow midresed yellow pine pi"nk
Cr1sGs~The cells shall eleven feet high in the clear
and shall be celed with OF an inch yellow pine s9ngea ana
g sssS narrow well well ana
poons AND w1spows-A the cell doors shall be made of
best manner with the best hardware each fastened
e n Seon of tSe aTee ron
yard as well as the windows on o rear 81 ts and
fixed The iron bars TO be placed at three and
ms IN the large
outside shutters made q two Of II inch psnk
The small windows have inside glazed sshes well hung and
the walls the cells aud the end wall front
ing on Basin street shall be vel pasered T, Newark nFnu
manner IT.. os ,bs vail. and ,,ostsr,D If
fences shall be whewashed three coats in the best manner
side 81 the building shall have three q White lead
oil 4 pe Sh pa9 Il y ao eer gut
shall be hung each side OF the toot with four zine con
pu PRr1 ply shall be built in ssesrdancs with the plan
The deep below the brcking Of the yard
~ SsF sink Be- "SSd
s. s nE cement
FEscEsA fence high shall be erected all around said
inc luck ' iapped and attached posts
sTH b @ on
sin street. s
YARpThe whole of the yard aud alley shall be graded
cordng grades be given by the Surveyor
paved with lake bricks of the best quality and in the bes
| workmanlke manner. .1T'
BuNKsThe necessary shall be constructed by the
tractor Said hunks be similar to those Of the First Dc
| Lookup on Lafayette street. =.
GENERAL the materials shall be othe quail
ity shall be furnished by the contractor well thu
| labor. ......... ....#
All necessary items omitted he written in the foregoing spe
chaons and which be found necessary by the Surveyor
shall be supplied by the contractor without extra charge
The work shall be begun by the contractor in the ten days fol
lowing the approval of the adjudication by the Common Coun
Gill; and shall be completed three months after under pena,
of ten dollars per day for each and day thereafter rh
| same is completed.
Security of $500 shall be required to guaran
| tee the faithful performance of the contract
the completion OF the work and accept
i of the by the Surveyor.
1t is well understood that in OF failure by the conacto
begin finish the work part thereof within the perio
fixed or in the Council be dissatisfied with the
right Of anulng the contract without putting the contractor
default required by article 1905 Of the Civil Code and whou
indemnity and is also well understood that in the
shall at time abandon the work finish and
pete in conformity with his the said
shall ali claims he have of worl
done BY him up the of the abandonment and the cit
shall be thereby discharged from and all liability therefor
andi also well that in the contract be Ieso
do pay the city all loss difference between the prc
which the originally contracted perform tn
work and the price which may be adudca,ed al resale
readndicaton.
| Bids to be for the whole work complete
New Orleans, August ii, 1851.
/ NT (Sigued ~ LOUIS H. PILE,
Il City
Approved by the Committees Streets and Landings OF bot
[signedl i, 7. yENNARD, }cbsrmen.
- HENRY DUREL,
anlT 10 q d Clerk of Comptroller.