New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-08-20

SPECIFICATIONS for the contract for lay
ers of Epanade street, Miro
streets except wherever brick banqees are already con
WIprH-The sidewalks shall be nine feet in width.
CURBsTOSEs-Hewed and dressed curbones shall line the
sidewalks North blue stones other equally
good quality with them, beve dressed the the
and nj Thoy
f h cut e Wfe sS @
for draining lots They shall be duly nterspersed in lengths
mensions which viii be given BY the surveyor and
shall have Of inches for every foot of
soid fixed and backed in the manner
gence in this respect curbs,ons than
shorter than three feet aud having less than
adit,ed in he w5rk u ' sA's' '"'' 'e
WOODEN GurrERsThe cutters shall be made of the
Of not less than twenty feet except in eases where Sho
jennings pinned there every ntermedate space i've
set with oak pins not sss hnn four feet long by inches in
pasks pierced sIang The edge o the Panks nearest the
edge it have notches of eight inches long by inches
deep es than four feet long By eight inches wide and two
firmly driven down and spiked with said gutter with at least
be a Of sunk 81 ten inches vide by
two and half inches thick well nailed to the gutter panSs
% f c FusT
half h ees top s s e. @ ha
sn y hs for
by eight inches deep and shall be made of and half inch
cypress panks for the sides and bottom with four
inch pieces top to keep sides from being dis
placed and said cutters shall through the whole width
BRICK PAyEnESr,-The walk pavement shall be laid with
Or e9s saes t.
Be eni os ana eosas
inch thick the whole surface of the brick
well cut up broken, and well rammed and made level
graded s%oshy with a ds r slope towards the outline
FILLED up BY The n at his s and well
nch Of sharp sand under the bricks which shall properly
bedded therein in herring bone regularly laid in close joints
bear e,it It Shall be reeeted a.
ssss' shall be furnished by the contractor as well the
days following the of the adjudication by the
Council and complete days after said approval
thereafter asa the same is not completed.
lars shall required to guarantee the faithful performance of
Payments to be made by the property holders the eer
be- hed s or ne 3
S s same not Be and the to be
in ease of non,payment of any all of said bills.
The shall into the City Treasury prior resev
property holders beig we'll God that
shall have the right Of demanding Of sad petitioners the REIN
well understood that failure by the contractor
period xe the Council Be ssatsd with S the ms
I r Shen ne wgrk is being the Council shall ays
default required by Article 1905 of the Civil Code with
TO justice anui without
indemnity and is also well understood that
tractor shall time abandon the work finish
pete the conformity with the contract said
tractor shall forfeit all claims he may have for any the
work done by him the date of
the city shall be thereby discharged from any all liability
therefor and is also well understood that the
be resod the contractor and his securities shall be held
bound in sodo pay unto the said city all difference
tween the price which the originally contracted
perform the work. and price which may adjudcaed
at a resale o adjudication.
Bids to be per running foot of sidewalks complete including
| the turning OF the corners.
| New Orleans Aug g. 1857.
| tSignedl LOUIS H. PILE, City sarveyor
Approved by the Committee Streets and Landings Of both
Boards Of the Common Council.
[signedl H. 7. yENNARD, 3ch,,.
/ [Signedl JOHN L, HOLLAND Sohaifinen.
| Registered Aug TO- 1851.
auli 1877 1921 HENRY DuREI., Clerk Comptroller.