New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-06-07
SPECIFICATIONS the coutrac

SPECIFICATIpNs for the contracts for pa
aronne streets rayie street. from New Leves 10 St.
FIRsT OosrRAcrThe paving of Julia street from New Lee
sEcosp oeSrRAerThe paving of Graver from New
QuALIry Asp DtnEssross OF THE MArEn14s-The square
quality aned Tsesy &c a.
long II shape not less than twelve nor than sixteen inches
long than inches fhet 9 I They
to make igl joints tops shah dressed square
laid dasonay from he DSrdsrns
Tpsy ss s e. Of hard osns
shall be well aaa5ed having parallel sides ard
heSed and dressed; Otherwise they shall rejected
well hswed blessed On tie top to answer hs
G T e sd from sn three TO six long from ghen
The tossing shall of North river blue stones of the
Hd s
rh s hs Sn b s Sa he Na v
less thar four feet long two feet wide less
The gravel shall be the best London gravel not
The sand shall be clear sharp sand Of large grain.
The plates for the top se bridges at the intersections Of the
sngh and thickness to those St Charles Camp
% ri Gy width The widths h" be
, MISSES %aiga w9gK Shall De EXECUTED The
do PK the srvsyol and
grades given by Surveyor in good joints and
81 They ss 5 % 5
S Srb b haze 0Pe hs inches foot IF
fixed and backed in the most Aperes
ss ss " through the same by the
The crossing stones shall be laid according the lines and
II i i sharp
s ana s @ s bsa e H. d bed be
the sides bottoms and wings Of the bridges shall be of curb
10 with deeons be Tsn
Sy s City Sngyey 5 The Pes for top 9f the
W. gp,te, Their Length The sarb stones
Of one inch bo'omin Of four inches London gravel ard
sharp sand ID mixed said t. be irong hardened with
9nted the joints 10 be half inch wide, otherwise
they shall be rejected and to be filed with fine and
shall take mp the old round stone paving and
grade the surface Of with The grades
the superior face Of the blocks ld The eonac
tors s dress the Of The to be given
O not less 5 than han" four ehss Of London and sharp s9na
until forms aud hard The square
paving Sha then be lai1 In laying the paving the eonrae
degrees with The street line breaking joint. with every tier
der he same in that each bo ay s On so Fun
dation They shall use all lay The blocks they
wd,h shall positively 6e rejected BY ne surveyor Wien
S rsd VIII S PFPs he saEs
fge gravel sharp sand mixed shall be placed upon The
The cid bicking sidewalks shall be taken up md
hauled away BY the the sidewalks shall be filed by
asSigs shall then Ind T1e DIGS shall be laid and well
Decided II mont and close jotned n the and
peed present surface free of all rugged hollow
places ana capabe OF supporting Straight edge; otherwise
less than IL inches wide by inches thick with the usual tool
dressed channel fur the water Shall he laid and well bedded
hydraulic cement mortar, wherever required for draining lots
Wherever the sidewalks already tagged and may bo
ennd TOO low by the the contractor shall nke the
Tagging dil mp the sdewaks and relay The old tagging 10
correspond with the grades e be established by the City
Surveyor in the best workmanlike manner and in the
WAY as explained fer q new tlaygps
qnred 10 replace The Old broken flags
GENERAL CLAUSES whole work shah b. executed to
the old The old gutter stones and The old round
street shall be the Of the contractors aud shall be
moved ana hauled away BY them
All the materials shall be of the best quality and shall be
furnished by the contractors well the labor.
The contractors shall be bound begin work in the
mon Council and to complete the eighteen after
Snaer pena'y Of twenty dollars day for each every
Good and solvent security Ten thousand dol
shn be fe9ned TIC anee the faithful Performance of
Payments 10 be made completion of the paving of each
veyor fellows o.w the proportion 10 be Ssd nv be
perry holders in BILL against said property holders made
City Charter; said bills he collected who
shall be ubrogted all the rights The city and seize
the property IN case Of nonpRymeut of all of
and the city Of New Orleans be hel liable responsible
portion be paid by the city cash the retaining IN
ten per cent OF each settlement until the completion
The shall pay City Treasury prior to re-
eslsnE thsir ,ss cost Of 81 The petitions
reio shall Tie right Of demsadus Of said petpae The
REIN huIsenent Of said costs Of publication,
to begin has the work. any thereof within The