New Orleans daily crescent., 1858-04-28

| CPECIFICATIONS for the contract for the
- sseop o. an engine house stable etc. or the use of Csh
buildings shall be located on ground
beiwee Port ard 81 Ferdinand Streets measuring feet
inches IN 'front.' By OU feet in depth between parallel lines
SIZE, FouSDAnoss AsD wALrs.-snid building lhall be
erected in with the pans Of the sizes
AZ hs folndaons snail be tve bricks wide At the bottom
au uh Ie on p',oinhH o eouhi ,No 'nch n'tse. pts,
shall be laid IN regular o,es inches, suit
buildings shall be built TO the heights and hiekne-ss hgured
n m SSs & T. h I @ oy ga q G s @@n S9g sry = 2 Be u u
inches high In the eea The nri and second stories OF the
-Four Il the brick work the surface Of the
goand sTSugsou The walls shall be sa 10 essa ~, hyasq
tween them to keep down dampnes All brick work nees
nces belng courses pnhs and other according
to the drawings shall executed IN the most substantial man
the whole complete and IN
well hnished with brick dehAig arches TO take the weight
bricks 10 be well country OF he quality aud
the iron. Dsaphn street 10 be faced with lake ek Of the
mortar and the walls foundations in
Tnomastou lime sud clear sharp sand The joints OF all
walls o.de aud Of the engine walls the nsde
TBEIs -Tbe tnbers throughout shall be of hest sound
eypss yellow pine free from bad knots other defects
josls Of building he by inches placed al l6
ipches from centres and well planet and the ceiling ots Of
The flooring oist OF the building stable
AZ 6 nches from centres The afes 10 main and rear build
ings TO be y inches and pa ed feet from
The whole TO be properly anchored into the walls in the
woTkmanike manner.
ROOFs-Ile roofs o he
main and rear buildings 10 be shenhed with sonnd welie
Aoned eow pine boards, ch thick placed coss The
properly nnied down with lap than inches and
NE ridges 70 3e coyere with Eng tiles aud well POINTED In
workmanike construction and TO be warranted ght for
FLooRs The lower ground floor Of the main building
shall be Of psned yellow pine rec Of sap md bad spo
inches resting 90 hnek D. Vemen well laid with the joints
building OF tsbe be of hes, sound ~ inch yellow pine
plants laid on cedar sle per- BY inches placed IS inches
The upper hoong Of the main and buildings shall be Of
we'll seasoned IA inch toDgned and grooved mill
de..ed yellow pine pank. secret nsied also the
srAEsThe stairs to be per p.n, Cited with inch
eype steps having rounded nosns on one eh rers framed
black walnut hand rails and turned bsnses the whole in the
bes, .orsmanliss Y msnser r,. ,,.o ,.... -.
shn be arehed as per drswns and have panels Of ~ inches
sliding and fully mount 10 the sa,isacod Of the City Sur
yeyo An TIE other doors 10 be OF inch panel inch
not less than three finch nng iron butts IN and half
Inch double relocated ad beaded panels and inch srehrayes
the inside and 10 be secured with good inch American
noce locks The windows TO have tweye lights of u by
inches in ~ iseh sshes dooble hung in boxrames, with
good lines. weight and pue and The frames trimmed on tue
P1RrTIos Aso i.EAsEs-A wooden partition Of y inch yell
9~ pine tongued anu gIo9vs narrow Ell dressed panks
ene, the stair Of In building said partition 10
similar all the other Throughout building
shall be o. cypress Il nehes hgn including ilch mould
6 inches wide and without mquiding.
PLAsrERiSe the sails Of the upper or meeting Of
rooms Of rear building and stair Gaze walls to be psteTed IN
finished The ceilings be sthed and plasered in the
manner.
s IS inches wide by inches lhck and 10 feet inches long
% s IS 8 Be- ass d SS % i and and as @ls for
two horses, to be made Of II inch yellow pine planks
shall be encosed with snaoe fence made Of rough yeilow
pine plks neh thick Tapped and attached posts
eight The posts he cypress
inches set ~ feet INTO the ground The fences 10 be nine
WmrEw1snsG inside walls Of the hrst story of main
and rear buiangs the wall of main aud rear buld the
to be whitewashed gooi coats, in the bes'
the inside and ousiie Of te b-dng AID the font wall Of
main building shall have three coats OF test white lead in oil
GLAzlSG.-A window ashes to be glazed with clear Ameri
CUTTERS coxDucroRs 2lb copper cutters
shall be placed each side Of the roof OF main building
to The oo Of rear building with four zinc condueors inches
IN damee to roof Of main building and one to the root Of
building; the whole 10 lave wooden guards
PAVisGThs yard alley wa snail be graded accord
10 the grades to be given b. the City surveyor and shall
PRivY-The nrivy to bul' per plan The floor to be
raised feet above the OF the yard the
Of the sink 10 be two feet below said bckng The sink he
surrounded with brick walls Is inches hiek,
brick bottom and the whole To be pasteed with hydraulic
GENERAL CLAUsEsAIl the materials shall be of the best
quay and shall be furnished by the contractor well the
All necessary items omitted be written the foregoing
specifications aud which may be onnd necessary By the Sur
ytyor TO complete the buildings shall be supplied by the
tractor without charge
The shall be bgun by the contractor in the
Council and shall be completed foGr months after under
atty OF Ten dollars per for each and every day thereafter
the same is comp eed.
Security $500 shall required TO guarantee
the faithful performance OF The contract.
Payment in cash the completion Of the work
OF the by the Cily Surveyor
Il Is we'll that failure by
to begin nisn work any part thereof within the pc
riod fixed in the Council be dissatisfied with the
in which the work is being executed the Council shall have
the right annu the without putting the
aefau required by art 1905 Of the Civil Code and with
out applying court Of justice annu the and with
out indemnify and Is also well understood that ia the
shall time abandon the work. finish
complete the In conformity with his the said
tractor shall forfeit all claims he any of
work done by him the date of The abandonment the
city shall be thereby discharged from and all liability there
toT and also understood that the res0d
the shall be held
do unto the city all loss difference between the price
at which the originally perform
work and the price which be adudicaed resale
readjudicaton.
Bids 10 be for the whole work complete.
New Orleans April 10, 1858
Signedl LOUIS II. PILE, City Surveyor
Approved by the Streets and Landings OF both
Boards Of the Common Council.
Signed Signed HIN H EEixYkESMAIRiD \ NdIix Chairmen.
Registered April %, 1855
HENRY nUREL
R24 It Clerk Of Comptroller.
CoMPTRoLLER's OFFICE, .