New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-06-21
SPEcIECATlosNss for thee the contract for paw

is2o III TTHEARD Comptroller
SPECIFICATIONS for the contract for paw
Ing With square blocks oalliops street, from Tehoup
Quarry AND plsEss1oss OF THE MATERIMs-The square
in quality 70 the granite Obtained from Boston They shall be
In na s' sa .n sy than
nc s They
a.
sides as to be laid das0nas from the carbsOnes bordering
The to s G good afd
wide and than eight inches thick They shall be we'll
close joints and the tops be perfectly we'll hewed and
dressed, otherwise they I, shall be rejected s
s s
thirty inches wide and less than four nchss
thiskness ..,,. .,,, :, :, S,.,, ..,,
preey we'll hswed and s"t less than
With he an wis
that the joints VIII be On diagonal with the street.
inch ' ''N's SAW over OA' anu
ssiasss s1ss.ien, Of
the shall ss hs 1s cast 0p similar in pat
sidR b.
MANNER N wnSs TIE Wonk SHALL BE EzzcurED-rhe
old NJ al he Ees up by the
grades given 'ss
duly nerspsrsed ID Lengths three six feet
hsisss saje sRS
and shall also be soy and backed in the most
through the the contractor required BY
The crossing according to the lines and
grades be given BY the Surveyor good joints and the
mixed Of at least six inches in said bad
well rammed and hardened with The head o. the crowbar
stones shall be laid in good Joints best work
manke daLce with the directions given
by the City Surveyor The caston plates for tops
join their length nth he enrSsones
and shall NIB be laid with III s an in Ha slope
sharp sand mixed said bctoming strongly hardened
well jeined the joints not to be half inch wide
ws they shall Be rejected and to be filed up with tine
The . .na L. take the old round paving
Be given y the depth fourteen
ef,ss street; hs
soiing less than four London gravel and
sharp sand mixed and shall thoroughly roll the with
squa block paving Shall then be laid laying the ing
carefully bedding Blocks and Hardening tie T ma
s on as
they @ s sS H. a inch
When the blocks laid joints shall accurately filed
s f ha has
be placed d u ren5
the paving aud the street shall be opened for
ordered by Surveyor the sdswaR sa sp
filed and the bsckpg and tagging relad correspond with
the grades the wokmanks manner md to the
satisfaction of the City Surveyor The contractor shall
furnish all new flags and bricks which may required 10 re-
place the old broken flags and bricks.
GENERAL CAusEsThe whole work shall be executed to
the entire satisfaction of the City Surveyor who will be lie
sole Judge of the quality of the work. - ~ ~ - 'H'
The old curbones the old gutter sonss old round stone
paving and the earth picked from shall be the nro
81 the contractor and shall be and hauled aw
By him.
All the materials shall be best quality and shall he
furnished by the cont actor, well as the labor. ~
contractor shall be bound to begin the r In
months following approval of the Naturalization hv b %
mon Council and 70 pete the eighteen months after
under penalty OF ten dollars for ay
Good solvent security IN the sim IF gin non sbo1 h -
quired to guarantee the faithful performance the contract
Payments be made the completion the paving Of each
veyor follows proportion 10 be ps by liz pro