New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-04-26
SPECIFICATIONS for the contract for
y paving with square blocks Camp from Canal Cal

SPECIFICATIONS for the contract for
paving with square blocks Camp street, from Canal to Cal
block e. good not
in quality the granite obtained from Boston They shall be
inches in width not than twenty
sy sn be p neGss IN
to make tight Joints, and the tops shall be dressed
tie gutter tom angle degrees
border Ing the the 'idewalks
The gutter shall be o, good hard from
twelve inches wide and mot es than nine inches thick They
20 as . make light joints tops perfectly
TS and d,es E If Nn, sa ssd srse
well ewsd and on the top the
inches WIDE and in no case less than four inches in
crossing shall be of North river blue of the
slones tie sdewss h Be Of North blue
saf s to smooth and having joints
No shall less than three feet square by two
The E,avsi the best London gravel not
The shall be clear, sharp sand, OF large grain,
MAssER N WHICH THE WORK Shall NJ ExEeuTEp The
do BY Surveyor Nad substitute in their stead curb
grades given by the surveyor in good joints md
workmsnke msnneT They a shall be duly iatsrspsrsed in
shall have slope Of hsss inches oE foot
sody f sssd and Sscked s
ss 5 hs s % @ the
T5e ss lid according ,he lines md
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ea and ss m s s s
The gutter shall join in their length the cnrh stones
@ s men, e. on '
he @n Ga
well @ e. % Be M ha IL an vide n 9
contractor shall take up the old paving and
the surface Of the street with the
as1 "ses
Surveyor shall place top soilng
i9pr inches Of Lnaon gravel and sharp san,
until hard feandston The soel
Fay sson
s
order ,hat e.eh block rest sod Foundation
close onts as joints @ inch
Tie fhs
ssn Il ,d snd The s p"yng be sd 1 role
into the joints hree inches
and sharp sand mixed shall placed upon the paving
re old 6ricking q ths sdesaks shall be taken
Nj. s az
is shall be laid e regular Ths tagging shall when
ss ss
tha1 Il inches vide BY inchs. hick win liz
for the water shall be laid and well bedded
the sidewalks already tagged and ma,
to snnd low by the Surveyor the contractor shall
sgg1g a. he. and relay the Cd a M
Surveyor in the best workanlike and in the
N .sa fnEni,h flags which may be
si qnigsd to replace 4, the old broken flags
sGs s # hs e Y who in S @
paving the old brckns the picked
nd nd removed and hauled by lin N'' s s'Nl
shall be Of the best quality and shabe furnished by the co
T. contractor shall be- bound to een the work in the thir
following the approval the adjudication by the Comm
penalty Of dollars day for each and thereaf
Good and securty to an amount of ten thou.ard
shall he required to guarantee the faithful performance
to be made on the completion Of the paving Of
be s be G
Of New Orleans IN cash and the 10 be paid by
r. e. IT,, =, ss r.
nal tractor who shall be subrogsted all The rights of the city
aqe n @ sh sty II s q sa nn tn 10 apY
responsible for of said bills should the be p
ast The contractor shall keep paving &C
order and condition for and during after its
contractor shall into the city Treasury prior
popTty andessesd said
% d said
Of nndsrsooa failure bv the coutrac
nise Hy ss hs
itch 10 e9a, Of nS,ee 10 ahnn me same and with
il also well That the
ase tractor shall at any time abandon the work finish
yell complete the same IN conformity with his contract the
contractor shh CIT HI CLAIMS ne may have for
the work done by him to the date of the abandonment
hall the city shall be thereby discharged from and all liza
y terttor and is also well understood that the
tract pc fesol the contractor and his securities shall
well held an bound IN sodo to unto the city all loss diff
ence between the price which the origins
contracted perform the work and
p of be adjudicated at a resale rehabilitation
hall Bids TO be per superficial yard of square block paving
the nsed and laid complete including the gutter
pelcl foot OF curb stone furnished and laid uperi
loot OF crossing stones furnished and
we'd, new tagging furnished and laid the whole width of
with sidewalks and running foot Of old tagging of the
en- walks taken up and relaid.
New Orleans, March II, 1859
the lSgnedl LOUIS Fl. PILE City Survsyo
y Approved by the Committees Streets and Landings Of
I'd If Boards of the Common Council
hall lSgnedl H. T. VENNARD, lchs;rms
and lSgned ROBERT HUYGHE, S"-
but Registered March 81. 1859.
light nj 2N HENRY DURE1.. for Comptrot
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