New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-05-06
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
. PECIFICA lions for tf,e contract for pa w.


SPECIFICArIoNs for the contract for pa "
ing sh squae block stones First street, from Magazine to
QuAIIrr DMESsIoNs or rHE MATERIALS The square
Goss ,na es o. rood hard grase o IN any respect Interior
SSas y SHAPE not lev than twelve more than sixteen
inches long, and inches thickness They
shall be well agsrred having parallel dies and ends
fiat and frey Of lumps The square blocks adjoining
sides as 70 be laid dagonay curb stones bordering
gutter stones shah be Of good hard granite obtained from
Boston They shall be from twenty thirty inches long,
inches wide and no! less than nine inches thick They
20 as 70 make tight joints aud the tops shall perfectly we'll
The curb shall be Of North river blue perfectly
Wen ana dressed eeyed'essed the top the
shape o. The sides rem TIRES to six feet long from
1ey inches wide and in no case less than -four inches
The gravel shall be Of London gravel net over one
s sp n ss sss N Sss 9 shells shall be clean and
MANNER WHICH THE Work SHALL re Exrcu-rp Thu
contractor shall take the old stones wherever ordered
so TO do ~ the Sur eyor and substitute their stead new curb
The curb shall set according to Ia lines
woEmate They Shall 7. % d goa 9n.s and n
lengths Of from three six feet throughout the work and
its height towards the adjoining sidewalk shall also be
lures for draining lots shah he ny s saer Aper
The contractor whenever required by the Surveyor All curb
stones the existing sidewalks which may be found displaced
oy the shall be regulated and reaid by the
The join their length the curb stones
and shall be laid with an Inclination slope the same
lake shells and sharp mixed booming 81 strongly
hardened with the head Of The erowbar until solid
The shall take up wooden cutters and
shall pick and grade the the street il acco daee
with the grades be given by Surveyor to depth of four
inches below superior face Of the square blocks
laid The contractor shall dress the Of the street 10
Of the sg not than four inches London ion
oasS ro the @ ssng ro mTs S Hnd shall tho
even and hard foundation The square paving shall then
blocks dagona angle of forty Sve degrees with the
The blocks han Sn ssrS iw0 essigy bedding
1lt eaeh block may rest on solid foundation He shall
oat rs ~ joints over half an inch in width most posi-
be s ns sBs % oy the When the blocks laid
ssnd mixed and he paving shall be conveniently with
9ee into the on covering Of three inches Of ane gravel
and sharp SAND mixed shan BE- placed the paving the
GENERAL CLAUsEsrhe I'D wooden cutters and the earth
@ h e seet small ee the property OF the contractor,
Al the materials shall be Of the quality and shan be
furnished BY the contractor, rs well the labor
he shall be bound begin the work in
Any q ten dollars per dHy for each and every day thereafter
Good and solven seeay to OF 5000 has be re-
Paymepts as fosp MI e "a Z, 'ne Got,aes
every block the sum Of 81 rs per running foot to be paid In
holders on the certificates Of the Surveyor conformity with
G o. ,9e nsw city charter ana 70 be collected by he
any OF sad bills should the he paid contractor
the property in Of non payment any or all Of said bills
Ihe contractor shall pay into the City Treasury prior
ceg ms eerieaes the cost of publication Of the
q the property holders being well understood thai said con-
tractor shall have the right Of said the
of said cost of publication.
understood that in failure by the contractor
10 n or hnsh the work any part thereof within the
period liked or n the Council be dissatisfied with the
manner IN which the work is being executed Council shall
aye ,hs rsnt nnnu the eontret without putting the
tractor IN dfanlt by article Code
ana without applying justice annul the same
and without indemnity and II Is well understood that III
the contractor shall time work or not
nlsh ana complete the sane in conformity with his contract
The said contractor shall forfeit claims be may have for any
part OF the WORK done by him up the abandon
e and that the city shall be thereby discharged fou Adv
ana al liability therefor and It is also well that in
the contract be resod the securities
snail be held and bound in solido paw city all los
between the price which the origin
ay contracted tn perform the work. price at which IL
may be adjudieated ut re. sale adiudicaf
Bids to be superficial yard square block paving fur
nhed and laid including the superficial
foot Of curb stones furnished and laid
New Orleans, April %, 1853.
lsignedl LOUIS H. PILE City Surveyor.
approved BY the Committees Landings Of
both Boards of the Common Council =
sigpedl JN0. 2. HOLLAND, }rhir..
lSlgnedl II. T. EENNARD, NA"nnleb'
Registered April 3d. 1858.
HENRY DUREL-
inyl u Clerk of troller