New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-05-14


SPECIFICATIONS for the contract for the
- eons15neon Of brick sidewalks ep5dere by curbstones
Roman johnson Streets except where brick sidewalks are
wIDrm-Ths sidewalks shall be Is feet in width.
GuRbsIosEs and dressed eurbsones shall line the
% lSeT osf other % Of equally
slopes Of the sides from three feet long
shall be well set in good joints and in workmsnke
ara aa snG WIN nicely cut through the when
Lengths Of three six feet throughout the according
and have slope o se inches che s%V eyeay
9o Of rs towards The Inc of the adjoining houses shall
to prevent efeYie and sinking of bricks usually expert
inches thick shorter than three feet and having
adjoining gutter, shall be admitted in the work
WooDEs CUTTERS The CUTTERS shall be made best
length of less than twenty feel except in cases where
shorter lengths are necessary halyed inches
Eve feet with pins Of less long By two
the gutter panks pierced sanng The edge Of the panks
nearest the shall be leyeled sn and
or outside edge is TO have noehes Of eight inches long by
two ehes deep cut out at eigh! feet thereof these
wide and inches thick pointed which enters the
ground viii be firmly driven down and spiked with said gutter
these there will be Of aca cypress Of ten
men T,de ~ two ana half inches thick well nailed the
botmng will be of dry river sand four inches thick
facing board shall project and half above the upper
surface Of the gutter plank and the latter shall be laid with
tiers for draining lots shall be built by or They
one and half inch cypress pans viii by cross
pieces on the to keep the sdes from being displaced and
BRICK PAvEMENT,fwelve feet in width to the houses
and two feet in width to the curbsone shall bcke
and the remaining eleven feet between brcked portions
shall be oiled up and smoothly graded correspond grade
with lake bricks Of the quality in herring bone on I'D
gas ashes generally called blue Sy Tse o % h. or ON
the brick shall be well filled up with sharp coating
On the oade # The too std here O. ha s
be row OF bricks laid on end to prevent the bcki
ha al
pf 10 laying ne t6s earth or ground snail be cut
with deeiyiy or slope towards the outline of onehafof
inch per foot The ound where low shall be filled up by
the contractor at his and well
peey solid There shall be bedding of half inch
therein in herring bone regularly in close joints without
any rugged or hollow places SO that the will bear
GEsERA5 LAqsEs-All The materials shall be Of the best
nSo and shall be furnished by the contractor as we'll as the
The shall bind himself to begin the work in the
Common Council aud to complete the sixty days afle
under OF ten dollars per day for each and every
Security to amount Of 500 shall be required guarantee
Payments to be the completion the work and &C.
% ice h e same oy tne cry surveyor Said payments be
yeyor in COMO nifty with Section l9 of the Charter
held responsible liable for Of said bills should The same
MOI be paid and said contractor shall be subogaed all
rights OF the city to and seize the property
| payment of any or all of said bills
ceyng his certificate The cost Of publication Of he petitions
o. the property holders i being well understood that said
| the reimbursement of said costs Of publication.
1t Is we'll understood in failure by the contractor
to begin or finish the work thereof within Pc
Rod liked or in the Council be dissatisfied
ner In which the work being have
hs right to snnn yhs contract without putting the contractor
out applying to court OF Justice annu the same
out ndemnty and also well understood that in the
contractor shall al time abandon work.
complete the in conformity with his contract
tractor shall forfeit all claims he Of the
work done by him to the date of the
city shall be thereby discharged from and all liability there
for and it is also well understood that the
sold the contractor and his securities bound
sOdo the city all loss the
At which the contractor originally contracted perform
work and the price at which be adudicaed resale
| readjudication
Bids to be running foot OF sidewalk complete including
| the turning OF the
| New Orleans, April 81, 1858.
| lsgned LOUIS Fl. PILE City Surveyor
Approved by the Committees Landings OF
| Boards of the Common Council
[Signedl H. 7. VENNARD, . C,,-
| tSignedl JOHN E. HOLLAND, Nnunmsn
Registered May I, 1858
HENRY DUREL,