New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-12-21

President Board of Aldermen.
app SigneIi GERARD sTITH Mayor.
Notice hereby giyen that ERIpAT the I'D inst will
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SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE CONTRACTS
for paving with New Eye re street ,t from
Race street, and third both sides of Espanade from
QUARRY AID DlNEssIoss OF THE MArERrstsThe square
m @ 10 b ss sf mot sy s
bSn ii shape not NE Les than twelve nor Than sn
inches long md not less than inches ssnss They
s a Ss w abt and m op a be
fiat and free Of Jumps The square blocks adjoining The gutter
des 50 a as to Be- laid dagona from bordering
The rutterstones shall either be of good hard granite in
inferior in quality to that s Ggans at from B1sG or
long twelve inches wide and less then eight inches
s h deas s o Be rs sG and @ Be
perfectly well hewed and dressed otherwise they shall be
eurhSones shall be Of North river blue perfectly
slope the sides from three six feet long from eighteen
thirty inches wide, and in case less than four inches in
The crossing shall he of North Blue the
foaF VIZ and six inches .bc, Win " sas
cut at an angle Of foryye degrees with The side that the
ms Which rsgjrsl or he sidewalk, shall
eosd N on lie s s S' to and
having rubbed joints Hagstone shall measure less than
Ths Ral be lie best London gravel and
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yai: Tie sidSs snsli iRisIsd y If e,s
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| MANNER N WHICH THE Work SHALL ne ESEcrrEp.-Tle
Old earbsiones shall be taken up BY the wherever
s 4ss in s s id ' s Ssw s ay e s the q d
Sc according The lines and grades 10 be given is
daiy Lengths fre,hTec to sS ,ho"s
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re. . Ss ssqps 81 g nv and
best workanlke bed Of London gravel and sharp
ed w Hi &c
be
shall rest upon and sha we'll onte
shall laid with slope
inch boong Of four inches Of London gravel and sharp
s onsd
be rejected and to be filled with fine gravel and sharp sand
road and after the Shall Be hauled HIM slaipsk
grades and to be given BY the adeph Of
sd f he a sa s flee Of BE g. tie ] @
as 9s p9 s r1 tsSF Pss ' S
s sst' p %si s sn Ss a ad s Hs
the shall lay the blocks dagona
ss G with
ss nnao @e ms order s care each s s oc on
they touch and make close joints NIL joints half inch
" sl s "s s BE Ss sy s @
Essf sasP dS '"a Bfa
lied the E, gravel completely into the Joints s9ycns four
as ls
The old 6Fiekng Of the sidewalks on New esee and Front
ssi . : @ ~ $lsa y sS;S
LAID and Ts ssdds ,is f and close i tie
any rugged places capable supporting straight
s'Sh lie tsss,sd9 New
The Shall aS S up the sne hi up ne
* and Fe s old "sh e WITH the new
%aniks manner and in the same way SSaea for the
ion ags Which be rejected replace The broken
The brisking and tagging of the sidewalks Epanaie
st &C. 81 shall Be taken up by n M @
and the brlckng and tagging shall b read in lie work
and ND %a be
nshed by the contractor without ss Extra competo
contracThc paving Of New Levee
Second conact-rhe paving of Front from can,
Third contraetThe paving of Esplanadc from Toyee
GKsraA cLAusEsThe whole work shall be executed 10 the
entire satisfaction of the City Surveyor who will lie the sole
judge of the quality Of the same.
The old cniones The old gntter Stones the old round
paving and the earth picked from the shall be the
e. ETH t the contractors and sh" be removed and hauled ava"
shall the quality, shall
nished by the contractors, well as the labor.
Each Of the contractors shall he bound begin the work in
the four months after the of the adjudication by the
Common Council and TO continue the without interruption
and complete the same.
The contractor for the paving New eyec within G
teen months after
The for the paving Front within
months after ~
penalty of dollars per day each every
day thereafter the same is not completed
Good and solvent securities amount of Slt shall be
required each of the contractors guarantee the faithful
performance of their contracts.
Payments be made the completion of the work each
and aud OF the by the City
as follows tow: the proportion 10 be paid by the
by Surveyor conformity with Sections ITO
City Charter said bills to be collected by the contractor
who shall be sbrogated to all the rights OF the city
seize the property in of of all OF said
bills and the city Of New Orleans not to be held liable
proportion paid by city cash
ing in guarantee ten cent OF each settlement until the
pletion of the whole work included in each contract
Each of the shall into the City Treasury prior
receiving his certificates the of publication pc
titions Of the holders Icing well understood that
shall the right demanding said pc
titioners the reimbursement of said publication
1t well understood that in of failure By the contractor
to begin or finish the work or any part thereof within the
in which the work is being executed The Council shall have
the right annu the contract without putting the contractor in
default required by article 1905 of the civil Code and with
out applying con of justice 10 annu the and with
indemnify and ii is also we'll understood that in the
shall any time abandon the work finish
complete the in conformity with his contract, said
tractor shall forfeit all claims he have for Of The
work done by him up to the date Of the abandonment and the
therefor and it Is also well understood that in the
bc sold the contractor and his security shall be held