New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-06-19

SPECIFICATIONS for the contracts for the
- placing Of grants base and un iron railing around Clay
work shall be audeated into two separate
FL St ContrscjTGe building q the foundations and the fur
nishng Ard plael Ct gra9e base around Clay square
ing around said Clay Square.
FouNDAToSsThe foundations shall be Of lake bricks of
quality laid in composed Of fresh Thomason lime
and best sharp sand They shall be three bricks wide
half bricks thick at the top They snail two hoknee
sound inch abOat plank crossing other
workmanke manner and ext ndng inches each side
GRANITE BAsEThe base shall be Of Quincy granite per-
feey ell hewed and dressed on the side AS well the
base shall be y inches high above the brekng Of the sidewalks
and IA inches thick The to and the
shall have the Dimensions marked the plans inside
Of the sqne and in front Of eacn ENTRANCE there shall be
thick feet wide and OF suitable lengths extend least
fed with cement and smoothly struck.
IRoNwoRK AND LASPs-The railing hal be executed in all
points in accordance with the plans and drawings OF the City
Surveyor herennto annexed The main rails and the small
rails shall be Of the best English iron and crossroads
~ 81 e a os ~ I % round n ze of 81 o. men
fsi t S9S 'O's' ~ iron "a n'n'' S'u' 0 q Of an
Ali the ornaments shall be Of the best cast iron and shall be
fastened TO the wrought iron rails in the best workmanke
The doors to shall have the dimensions marked on
the plans and shall be hung and onamened as shown
Ihe pillars 70 entrances W 10 NUMBER snail be OF best cast
iron inch thick and cast in accordance with the awnings
with lead in the best womanlike Sixteen Of these
pillars shall be surrounded iron candeabras lamps
the whole of the sizes dimensions marked the plans
oruanieued as shown on the same.
The framing the lamps shall be of copper and the lamps
shall be glazed with thick American cylinder glass free
The fixtures shall be furnished AID placed
by the contractor in orderthat said lamps may be lighted with
gas from the Gas Company.
Of irsn railing with the said granite base shall
drilled by the contractor for the iron railing without
The whole railing pillars etc. shall be well fastened with
iron aid sealed with lead the granite base Ia the
PaiSfiSG Ali he iron work on the inside and outside shall
three good best oil paint such color
City Surveyor may select The copper frames and
OF the lamps AID eandeabas shall be painted in imitation Of
GENERAL CLAUsEs-Al the materials shall be of the best
sSo and shall be furnished BY the contractors as we" as the
The work in all its details shall be executed and performed in
drawings OF the City Surveyor and the lines and levels given by
said officer and to the entire satisfaction of said City Surveyor
All briCkng of the sidewalks which be displaced by the
for the granite base and foundations in laying
foundations shall be repaired by said without
replaced and graded by him.
The contractor for The granite base shall bind himself 10 he
gin the foundations and granite before the
Of November 1888 and 10 have the completed
railing shah bind himself begin set the railing
before the LIST Of April 1855 and should any said
70 VIZ III Ibe ' ss po XII NY '' eeh ana every DAY
secny 10 an amount Of O shall be reoDirsd from the con
for the granite base and pmoun of 5000
Payments follows, For the glane bas
in cash the completion of the work aud acceptance Of h
Of the budget OF 1859 should the City Surveyor thu
we'll understood that Of failure by contractor
begin or nisa ne WORK o. any par Thereof within he peri9
which the work being executed the Council shall have the
the without putting the contractors defaul
required by article 1905 of the Civil Code aud without app
ing court Of Justice 10 annu the and without udcm
shah any time abandon the work finish and eompet
the conformity with their contracts the
shall forfeit all claims they have for
done by them the date OF the abandonment
city shall be thereby discharged from liability there
for and also well understood that The
sold the contractors ami he securities shall be
IN sodo, pay the cy all loss difference between III
prices which the originally contracted 10 perform
The work aud the prices which adudeted at
] resale e adjudication.
Bids be for the foundations and granite eompete
for the iron railing, lamps, painting, complete
| New Orleans, 2ist May, lS5S,
/ iSignedl LOUIS II. PILE, City Surveyor.
Approved by the Committees Streets and Landings OF bot
] Boards Of the Common Council
/ [Signed II. I. VENNARD, )c,.-
! lSigncd JOHN +, HOLLAND, 'nAi''neh'
! Registered June ,, 1855
jeS S2t HENRY DUREL, CLERK Of Comptroller.