New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-07-01
Approved April %, 1858.


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'9 is R Sc : 0''o's y rHEARD Comptroller
SPECIFICATIONS f01, the contracts for the
- plHcngof gIa9s 9ase ana an iron railing around Gay
CoaTRAoTsThe work adjudfcated into separate
Fist CoatraciTbe baisine 81 the foundations and the fur
nish ng placig granite Clay Square.
Second ConReFhe furnishing aud placing Of iron rail-
foundations shall be oks of the
best quality laid in mortar composed q fresh Ihonsson LING
bottom and Shall 80 laid is regular Offsets So al be one and
half bricks thick top They shall hicknesses
workmanlike and ext nding inches on eaehsid Of
aRASITE BAsE-The base shall be q Quincy granite per
Gecy well hewed and dressed the side well the Top
shabe inches the baking sidewalks
pillars shall Quincy grauie dressed
shall have the diensinns the plans On The INSIDE
space tagged with ganTe Of the quality having inches
qoton each side Of the entrances The joints shall be well
| dlled with cement and smoothly struck.
!RoEWeRG ANp LAPs-th railing ia ne executed p III
points i Sh he Ras and draings q the city
rails uall be Of the best English IRON and sha
of the best Tennessee iron The main rails shall be Of 2inch
eter and the crossroads Of Nat iron inches wide By "a Of an
All Tue ornaments shall Of The best shall
fastened to the wrought iron rails in the best workmank
The doors entrances shall have the dimensions marked
the plans and shR befasened hung and OnameDed shown
the pillars ~ in numberl shall be Of best east
iO4 tilS tiil1ht
With lead in fbs bgst FoFInanIiEe naey stseD II fese
pillars sat be surrounded ~ cast iron candaabas and lamps
he Whole Of the sizes dimensions marked on the plans and
The framing The lamps shall be copper, the lamps
shall GLAZED with thick American cylinder
The necessary fixtures shall be furnished AID placed
by The contractor il order that said lamps may be lighted with
necessary hos ts granite bas gequire5 ts proper
drilled by the contractor for the iron railing without extra
The whole railing pillars etc, shall be well fastened with
iron wedges and sealed with lead the granite base in the best
PINTiN All he iron work on The inside and outside shall
receive three good coats Of best oil paint Of such eoora The
Of the lamps and eandeabTas shall By painted in imitation Of
GESEgAI CLAusEsAll the materials shall be Of the best
quality and shall be furnished BIZ the contractors weas the
The work In details shall be executed and performed in
the best manner IN conformity with th9 plans apd
sad ecer and to the entire satisfaction of said CITY Surveyor
All brckngo Of he sidewalks witch may dsplced by
contractor for the granite base and foundations in laying the
foundations shall berepaed by said contractor without extra
and I'll ground which may Pc displaced shall also be
The contraele granite base shall bind himself 70 be
gin 70 set heenndatio and granite base on q before the H
fore the lst Of january 1852 ard the contractor Tor the iron
or before m sbrnary 1859 and to complete the same en
before he Isl Of February 1853 and complete the
tractors @ Il COMPLY With these coadiohs he sha bs liable
. fine j twenty dollars peF day for each every day
/ thereafter the same is not completed.
security pan amount IF s shall be feqnired from the con
eonraetS o f be IRON abe nu = ~ Oul y o n'
Payments follows,
in the completion Of the work and acceptance Of
the City Surveyor and the iron railing to be paid fo
the budget Of 1859 should the City Surveyor accept ht
4 work
It is wei understood that in case Of fixture by the contractors
70 begin finish the work any part thereof within the period
fixed in the Council be dissatisfied with the
whiehih work being executed Council shall have tn RICH
to nnul the contract without putting the nacors in defau
required by article 1905 of The Civil Code and without Apply
ing Of jnstceto annu the same and without iaem
nifty and it also well understood that in the contracto
shall any time abandon the york. not 5 and coHpe
the in conformity with their contracts the said
shG forfeit all claims they may have for part of the work
done by them to the date Of the abandonmen and that ih
ey shall be thereby dschR from and all liability there
for also well understood that in the contracts
sold the and their securities shall be held and bopnt
in solio pay the city all loss difference betweenth
prices ut which the contractors originally contracted petof
the work. and the prices at which they be Gdudcaied at
resale Republication.
Bids she for the foundations and granite base ccmplee
for the iron railing, lamps, painting etc, complete
i New Orleans, 2ist May. 1855.
iSigoea, LOUIS H. PILE, City Surveyor
Approved by the Committees Streets and Landings Of b1
i Beads OF the Common Council
tSigned,l II. u YENNARD, ni,ai1,,a,
Lsigned,I JOHN E. HOLLAND, s
rs ssf henry BUREL CLERK Of Comptroller.