New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-05-15
SPECIFICATIONS for the contract fo,. no,,

SPECIFICATIONS for the contract for pav-
Common street ''~ V'u'"' W
REsEADIsG OF Tbs SIDEWALKS The sidewalks on both
which be found of grade by the City Surveyor shall
1s assn up ind regarded By the in the following
shall take up the cubs,ones and be,n of
the sidewalks and relay the according
grades to be by the City Surveyor The curbsoues shall
shall slope three inches for every foot Of their
towards the lines o. the adjoining houses shall sody
liked and backed in the most
vice wash and sinking of bricks usually experienced neg
The gutter shall be taken up and by the con-
acc riding 70 the directions be given by the Surveyor
mixed Of four inches thickness shall rmy ramed
gutter shall wei oia,ed shall touch in ther length
the curbstones and shall be laid with slope of
shall be well hlled up with sharp sand.
by the City Surveyor and relay whatever od
bricks which may be found good by the City Surveyor
On bed Of lake sand or other sand Of equally qualify with
the bricks shall be well 6d M will barn sand anu
coating It, bali inch thick spread surface
shall be cut up broken and well ammed level and
o S xxx Tn a eey slope towards the outline Of
be filled up by the contractor and well rammed until
o. sharp SAID under the bricks which properly bedded
therein in herring bone regularly laid in close joints without
straight edge otherwise will be rejected The usual brick
without extra compensation wherever desired for draining
RoysD STONE pAySeThe round shall be shore
or bank stones OF the best quality less than inches long
They shall be laid bed of liver sand inches
and make and broken joints Prior to laying the round
paving the roadway shall be picked and graded by the
cont actor in accordance with the grades and
given by the City and shall receive coating Of liver
then be laid the jouts shall filled up with dry river sand
and after the rain has settled the down the paving
shells or London gravel and shp sand mixed and the paving
with coating OF inches OF lake shells Or London
and sharp sand Mixed and the street shall then be opened
GENERAL CIAUsEshc earth picked out of the street shall
be The property Of the contractor and shall be removed
hauled away by him.
All the materials shall be of quality shall be fur
The contractor shall bind himself keep the paving per-
The contractor shall be bound begin the work in the
days following the approval OF the adjudication by the Common
pn Of ten dollars per day for each and day thereafter
Good and solvent security amount of 5000 shall be
required to guarantee the faithful performance Of the
the ~ City Surveyor Said payments to Be
ma e by the property holders on the eeraeaes Of the City
and TO be collected by the contractor aud the city be held
be paid and the suhrogaed all the rights
the city 70 and seize the property in Of
fhe shall pay city treasury prior to recev-
prop ny holders being well understood that said contractor
shall have the right Of demanding Of said petitioners the
Z is well understood that in of failure by the contractor
liked or case the Council be dased with The manner in
which the work being executed the Council shall have the
required article Bs c Code sn
demniy and also contractor
shall at time abandon the work not finish and complete
shall forfeit all claims be have for q the work
shall Be thereby discharged from any and ali abi therefor
and il also well understood that in the be esOd
sodo the city all lose difference between the
price AZ which me sonscSs Srgna eonseted to perform
sale or REHABILITATION.
Bids to be per superficial foot of curb and
nished and laid running foot of curb and gutter
TAKEN Up and Tesd per running foot o. hs eTeSing Of side
eesy new bricks and per superficial yard Of round stone