New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-08-22
SPECIFICATIONS for the contract for paw
y ing with square blocks Caronde.et street, from Canal

SPECIFICATIONS, for the contract for paw;
- Ing With square blocks csrondee' street. from Canal
oeA,TY AND pisEssross OF THE MA7ERrAIs-The square
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iuee long, and not less than inches thickness They
so t. make joint shall s dressed
Be @ S an ss % dss4es the
sides to be laid dagonay from the curbstones bordering
The gutter shall be good hard granite from
Gsy S BE- g sn ay inches fR
s s s dn hsy an par s Re s sna
shall be q North bIa stones perfectly
op Of the sides from hrea feet long from eighteen
thirty inches WIDE and in no case less than four inches in
shall be Of North 5iy blue Of the
four two feet wide and not less than six inches thick
ss "" he sas s1 T'sh the
The ass,onss whsa may be required for the sidewalks shall
fooled on the M face or halt dressed to snoo srace and
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The which may be required for the sidewalks shall be
The gravel shall best gravel over one
The sand ssull be clenr. sha sand, of large grain
The H the 1P TT the Bridges S The 10
AND % be Width, to Be q s ehf y he
MAssEs IN WHICH THE WORK SHALL BE ExEourEp-The
old shalt taken by The whenever
Ordered do by the City surveyor and read it found
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shall be substituted in their stead The asd old
Surveyor good joints and in wrkm Mike They
shall duly nerspersed in lengths of from three six feet
throughout the work. and each curbone shall slope of
three inches for every foot Of it, hight towards the adjoining
sidewalk and shall also soidy fixed backed in
approved manner pertures for draining lots shall be nicely
through the by the contractor whenever required by
the Surveyor.
crossing shall according the lines and
to be given by the Surveyor in good ots and in the
sand mixed of least six inches thickness said bed be
well rnmmed and hardened with the head of the crowbar
TIE sides. bottom ard wings the ridges shall be of curb
stones and shall be laid in good oat and in the best
like accordance the directions be by
the City Surveyor The cast iron plates for the tops OF the
bridges shall the sides and shall be well Joined
The tesones shall join in their length the curhstones
shall be laid with INCLINATION slope towards the same
nch bo omnT of four inches Of Isndon gravel ant
with the head of the crowba until solid The stones shall b.
we'll onted the joints TO be half An inch wde othe
e shall be rejected and to be filled up With hne grave
and sharp sand =,
The shall take mp the old round stone PAWN
and, after the shall be iued away by him, shai
grade the surface of the street IN
by the Surveyor to deph OF
the superior face of the square BLOCK when M
contractor shall the road bed OF the street the curry
and shall place on the top oil tn
soig than four inches OF London gravel an
sharp sand mixed, and shall tho oughy roll the same wih
roller even and hara 10 nndaton
TIA sunnre block paving shall then he lad. In laying tn
paving he hall thy the blocks agopay, or az a
anEs gtyuvs degrees with tue line bEeaeirg JOINT
with tier carefully bedding the blocks and hardening tn
materials unae the same in order that esah block may rest