New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-04-09

Al as my ONCE al ~ ociGcs Nj The above contracts
SPECIFICATIONS for the contract for
paving with square blocks Camp street. from Canal Gal
ouA1IrY DIMENSIONS OF THE MArEerALs-Ths square
qualify from Boos Thsy sha Se
G nsSss sps mot NE LES sn twelve
Sv n sh he oSg and not ess than nine inches in
joints the tops s sbas
y, fiat . and frse # Jumps The aonns
with the sides be laid dagonay from Tie curb
The gutter stones shall be hard granite
Boston, They shall he from sixteen thirty inches long
n On a%ss dish and They
nnd ass shan Perfectly
The curb shall North river ne stones perfect,
slope Of sides six feet long from eighteen 70
wide and in less than in
crossing stones shall be of North river blue stones of the
four %n sng two wide and nS, @
half dressed to smooth SUFFICE having rubbed joints
and half inches thick. ''''' '''' 'e'"'e " Two
The gravel sab the best London gravel not over one and
Tbs sand shall be eenr, sharp sand, of large grain
t old curb stones weevsr oreres
50 to do y the And in their
AND gnass e be gysn by The good
lengths Of from hree e' e shf be S int Mo
each curb stone shall have slope of every foot
solidy fSed and bcked in approved manner Ape
r for draining lots shall be NICELY through the by
The crossing stones shall be laid according the lines and
grades be given by the Surveyor good Joints and in the
best manner bed OF London and sharp
be well rammed and hardened with the of the bnr
The gutter stones shall join in their length the curb stones
and shall be laid with inclination slope the same
OF one inch on bottomeg of four inches of London gravel
and sharp sand mixed id botomDg strongly hardened
with the head Of the bar until solid The stones shall be
well ioined the JOINS be an inch vide Other
wise they shall be rejected and to be flied up with fine gravel
The contractor sh, take the old paving and
grade the surface of the in with the grades 10
be given by the Surveyor depth fourteen inches below
the superior face Of blocks when laid
shall dress the road bed of the given Inv
the Surveyor aud shall place top of the same sonp Of
not than four inches of don gravel and sharp sand
mixed and shall thoroughly roll the with lb roller
shall lay the blocks dagonay angle Of de-
grees WITT the street line breaking. Joints every tier care
fully bedding the blocks and the materials under the
same in order that each block Foundation
shall use all care oay the blocks they and make
close JOINTS as al Joints over half inch width shall most
laid the Joints shall be accurately filled with fine gravel and
sharp sand mixed and the paving conveniently rolled
Win o 10 roer AFTER the rain has settled the gravel
completely into the oots covering three inches Of fine
gravel and sharp sand mixed shall placed upou be pav
and the same shall be opened for travel. p"'-e
The old brckng of the sidewalks he nm md
hauled away by the contractor the sidewalks shall be filed nv
the contractor the said filling shall well ramned and b
Tagging shall then be laid The Gags shall be laid and we'll
shall be laid in regular The tagging shall when
peted present m surface free Of rugged or hollow
and capable Of supporting straight edge
shall be rejected The customary dressed cutters not
less than II inches wide thick with ts nsnaI no
dressed channel for the water shall and we'll hedded in
cement MORTAR wherever required for draining lots
Wherever the sidewalks are already tagged and NAV b
found TOO low BY The Surveyor the contractor shall up the