New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-05-08
GPECIFICATIONS for the contract for paw
- ing with block stoes First street Magazine

> ing square block stones First street from Magazine to
Quarry AND DISESstoNs rHE MATEmALs.-The square
block shall be Of good hard granite 10 rior
obong shape less than more sixteen
inches long and not less than nine inches In theknsss Tb
shall be well quared having parallel Or square ends
stones 81 Al be cut a an angle Of forfyaye Degrees Win III
sides so rs 20 be laid dgonay from the curb bordering
The shall be Of good granite obtained from
Boston, They shall be from twenty 90 thirty inches long
twelve inches wide and not less than nine inches thick They
80 make tight joints aud The shall be perfectly
The curb shall be North river blue stones perfectly
well heTed and dressed the top the
ninety inches wide and in no case less than four inches in
The gravel shall be Of the best London gravel not over one
and bali inch in diameter The shells shall be clean and
sound lake shells The sand shall be clear sharp large
grain; -. ~
contractor shall take the old curb wherever ordered
80 to do by the Sur aud substitute In their
The shall accord ng to the lines
grades given by the SURVEYOR IN god Joints and in
ysorkmallike manner They shall - d7Is a "a a. "a
lengths Of from three to six feet throughout The work
curb stone shall have slope Of three inches every
s height towards The adjoining sidewalk, and shall be
~ pS a9n aq ihe most approved manner Apsr
the contractor whenever required by the Surveyor curb
By the Surveyor shall be regulated and read by The
The stones shall join their length the curb stones
and shall be laid with an inclination slope towards
lake shells sharp sand mixed botomng to be strongly
hardened with the head OF the solid
The contractor shall take up the old wooden CUTTERS and
shall pick and grade the surface Of the street dance
inches below the superior square blocks when
laid The contractor shall dress the road.bd the street to
the be given by the Surveyor place the
top Of the soilng Of less than London
grave or lake shells and sharp sand Mixed shall tho
roughly roll the with roller until Il forms an
aud bard foundation The square paving shall then
blocks dagonay angle foy.ave degrees with he
the blocks hardening under The me IN oref
that each block may rest solid foundation use
joints as NJ jont over half an inch in width M posi-
he oSis shall be aceny d w h os ns .B are ad
sand mixed and the paving shall conveniently rolled with
petey into the IDIOTS covering three inches Of fine gravel
and sand mixed shall be placed the paving and the
GENERAL oLAusEs-The old wooden cutters and the earth
picked from the street shall be the properly the contractor
All materials shall be Of the best oualltv and s, b
furnished by the contractor, as well AS the labor.
Inc contractors shall be bound begin the
Council and complete same six mouths sfte under
Pc any Of ten dollars day for each and every day thereafter
Good and solvent security TO of $1,000 ha be re-
qpired for theteithful performance Of the
Payments follows completion Of each and
every o9es me sum q y 20 per running foot be paid
holders the certificates of the Surveyor in Conformity with
contractor and the city be held liable or responsible for
any of said bills should the paid The contractor
to be snbrogaed 70 all The rights OF the city seize
me property IN case o. nonpaymen Of any all of said bills
ceyng his ceraeae re eos ' o o prior to re-
the property holders being web understood tina sad co
reimbursement OF said cost of publication
well understood that in by the contractor
TO begin or finish the work, any thereof within the
period hAsd Or IL case the Council be dissatisfied with the
manner in which the work being executed Council shall
have the right ahnu the without putting The COM
tractor In detault regn red by article of the Civil Code
ana Without applying to Of Justice sumo
ana without indemnity and It is well
case inc contractor shall at time abandon the work.
nnlsh ana complete the IN conformity with contract
me sad contractor shall forfeit all claims he may any
part Of The work done by him up date abandon
ment ana that the city shall be thereby discharged any
ana az liability therefor and 1t is also understood in
snail o held and bound in sodo, pay the city all loss
between the price which the origin
ANY contracted perform the work the price at which 1t
may De AdJ Indicated at a re sale readjudication.
BIDS to be superficial yard Of square block paving fur
% anu hld including the gut stones and per superficial
loot OF curb stones furnished and laid
New Orleans, April % 1853
lslgnedI LOUIS II. PILE City Surveyor.
both Boards of the Common Council
signedl JNO. h HOLLAND, cb,r,ar-
p.,..l SSlgnesdl &c.. IL. I, NENNARD, Oe"'
HENRY DUREI.
NY ~ Clerk of Comptroller.