New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-05-03

| s. pECiFiCAFiONSf for the contract for paw
~ ing with square blocks the roadways of street from
t. osbone streets and for widening the
W1DTHs Of 4aE AND Rs 70
ways each side Of said Canal shall forty feet IN
The sidewalks the buildings on each side shall be
The sidewalks at the intersections of the ground shs
ground shall be four feet in width. ''7 '1' Aeuf u
IL ans 10 he ate Obtained Fan MOI Rd IN any Or
inches width and less than twelve more than
isats He a
stones shall be ent At an angle Of degrees the
h to be laid das9na from the 'HF0s0ne' bordering
The shall be of good granite oared from
Tsy inches %s and not less than inches thick
ss lass :Ga ~
Ss ss Nor s S b n
e well @ ed and md @ ,hs res the
thirty inches wide, and in less than inches in
The crossing shall be North river blue stones OF the
best quality perfectly well ewed and dressed not less than
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ans g s s,ts
No Gegstone shall less than feet s. two
The gravel shall be the best London gravel over one and
The sand shall be clear sharp sand, of large grain
m a he @ % e. We bridges a. the intersections OF
tern length aud thickness those IN sid Canal Street
but varying in width the widths to be BY The City
MAsSEn IN WHICH THE WORK SHALL BE ExzcurHD-rhe
+ dGpR gGod by The City stones
n according the lines and grades 10 ryp hs me-
Surveyor in good joints and in rkmaake menner Tey
throughout the work and each cubsone shall ave slspe
ing sidewalk and shall also be soldy Se ana Backed n the
most approved manner Aperures for draining shall be
CURED BY the Surveyor '''''A-''' whenever re-
TIE crossing shall be laid according to the lines and
hints
best bed Of gravel and shern
veil sh9i hs saa sa be
Ths aa boo m and wings .9 the bridges @ curb
anke in the directions to be given
nns s s Ge 1Ges " the
and Shall Be a wh an G m h 6 the
Of one inch on botiomng of four inches Of London gravel
with sed T ihs' s5ses ha shs Sd
e rejected be ei up S WITH dns sase
s s y stone Ry and
wSs apSid H Ths eo
gssn the ss and shall place Top a
mixed shall ,horonsSg roll pdss the sa gl s viii fn
6oob roller until forms hard toundaon The
1Sa sona 81 Il 4e a Rayn
bedding the blocks sn 1afsS as}ng nfS tie T d
erss nnder The same in order that each block NAV rest on
S sa ov ef s Bif an i oe s.
n width snail most positively be rejected
with gravel sharp sand mixed and The navs Il al b
conveniently rolled with 5000 h. roller Aer The rain has
settled the gravel completely the Joints cnvrn ran
inches of fine gravel shail n
the paving aud the shall opene for travel p'
he block paving existing street shall be
taken and read the manner AS EXPLAINED fr na
paving - p''' ' az"
The old hricking of the sidewalks shall be taken IN and
contractor; the said filling shall he well rsrnd ~
tagging sha then be laid, The Hugs shall be laid AID well
shall be laid in regular The ,g NJ shall yba com
leted surface free of All rnpped or hnv
PLACES and capable Of supporting straight edge; other
shall be The customary dressed Stone CUTTERS not lass
than Il inches wide by iuc"es thick
dressed channel for water shall he hid and vel in
hydraulic mortar wherever reouired for droi, az
and houses - 4 'oi u'a''''s iotS
Wherever the sidewalks already tagged and NAV he
found 100 ow by the Surveyor the shall take IN the
oni with the grades is v Inc Civ
surveyor in the best worlnanlke manner and in the same
way as explained for new Tagging
qlirea to replace the old broken Gags ~ '' VI ~
GENERAL 'LAusrst'he whole work shall be exee,.el to
the entire satisfaction of the iy Surveyor who viii he Ma
sole judge of the quality of the work. ~ ~ " ~
~ old curb sog s. Ihe o gutter stones and the round
street shall be the properly the CONTRACTOR And bai re-
mrved and hauled away by him. " ~
All The materials shall be Of TIL besi quality and shall be
The contractor shall e 10 So IN III. work in fine laa
mon rs following the approval The adjudication by The com.
Canal street comprised between Tchaupilouas and ampwt
streets within eighteen after aud Of .t n tsan
Rampant and Claiborne streets within two md baf ves,s
after nn@G penalty of twenty o dollars per day for each
Good and solvent cury sum o. s25 V shall he ra
ag p.yed safG a ss mt t9 "a R 4. sf
ard square acceptance Of the .an SI he y s"r
yeyor ol9ws wit the proportion to Is paid by the pro-
t mowers IN NILS aganss sad property holders he mate
nsw XIX Iharer; said bills s collected the r.