New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-05-11
SPEoIFICATIONs for the eontraet for th


- construction Of brick Sidewalks bOrderei BY eubsones
and wooden cutters on bob sides Of Benyie street from
Roman to johnson Streets except where brick sidewalks
CURBsroNEs-Hewed dressed cnrbones shall line the
sidewalks Of North liver blue stones other equally
slopes Of the sides from three sX feet long and from six
shall be well good joints and in wokmanke manner
and shall end with apenrss nicely through the when
lengths Of three osx feet throughout the work according
and each GTboSe shall Saye g ope Of bge inches s o
foot Of its height towards the inc OF the adjoining houses shall
prevent sinking Of bricks usu4y expert
S nr p R d a respect and no 3 less
in less than inches below upper the
WoopES CUTTERS The CUTTERS shall be made of the best
cypress twelve inches wide By four inches thick in
shorter lengths necessary haved seared inches
i've with pins Of not less than four feet long BY two
inches in diameter and driven through suitable holes in
the plAnkS pierced slanling The
shall eyeed to suit and on The other
outside edge il to have noehes Of eight inches long by
cypress braces Of not e than four feet long by eight inches
ground, will be firmly driven down spiked with gutter
these will be verge Of aca Of cypress SINK Of ten
inches wide by two and half inches thick we'll nailed The
bolomng win be of dry river thick
sody bedded before the driven The edge
facing board shall project half inch above the upper
surface OF the gutter plank and the latter shall be laid with
tiers for draining lots shall be built by the They
pieces the top to keep the sides being displaced
BRICK PAvENENTrwelve feet in width the
d e remaining n eleven S e hf Wts @ s d
~ be hed up and smoothly graded to correspond h grade
with lake bricks Of the quality in herrnsb bone on d
o. sSs s U es JPa SoS q T o with = or
the brick shall be well filled with sharp coating
brckug on the the bcked portions there hall
T 81 oths 1a on sha 20 prevent the 95iekg rom
Prior TO laying the bricks the earth ground shall be Up,
broken aud well rammed made level graded smoothly
inch foot The ground where low shall be allied up by
peely solid There shall bedding Of one half Of an inch
any rugged or hollow places that the will bear
GEsERAL LAusEs -Al he maerias shall be Of the best
quality aud shall be furnished by the well the
Tne contractor shall bind himself begin the work in the
ten days following the approval of the andic by the
Common Council and complete the sixty days after,
under penalty Of ten dollars per day for each and every day
thereafter the same is not completed
Security $500 shall be required guarantee
Payments to be the completion of the work
ceplGee q the same by the City Surveyor Said be
made BY the property hoder the certificate Of the City
yeyor in conformity with Section 9 Of the new City Charter,
held responsible liable any Of bills should the same
not be paid and said contractor shah be ubogated all the
payment of any or all Of said bills
9S contractor S shall pay into the GIN Treasury prior e re
Of tie properly holders being well understood that said
the reimbursement Of said costs OF publication.
Il IS we'll understood failure by
to begin nish the work. any part thereof within
Rod fixed In the Council be dissatisfied with the
ner IN which the work being executed The Council shall have
the right annul the without putting the
default required by article 1905 Of the civil Code
out apply ing Of Justice annu the and with
out indemuy and is also well understood that 20 the
contractor shall At time abandon the work not finish and
complete the conformity with his the said
tractor shall forfeit all claims may any part
work done by him up the date the abandonment and
city shall be thereby discharged liability there
o and is also we'll understood that in the contract be
sold the and his securities shall be held and bound
sodo the city all loss difference between the
which the originally perform
rehabilitation.
Bids per running foot OF sidewalk complete including
the turning OF the
New Orleans, April 50, 1855.
lsignedl LOUIS II. PILE, City Surveyor
Approved by the Committees Streets and Landings OF boil
/ Boards Of the Common Council.
| Signedl Fl. +. VERNARD, OIL
lsignedl JOHN E. HOLLANDS Nhauinsn
Registered May I, ls5S.
| HENRY DUREI.
| NAYS Il CLERK Of Comptroller.