New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-03-20

cPECIFICATIoNs. FOR THE CONTRACT
paying with blocks Natche1 street. from Tchoup
QUALITY asn DisEssoss OF THE M.rERrAs-The square
G0s quality the granite from they shall Be-
ohoa shape less that ton nor more than inches
long than nine inches in thickness They shall be
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from Jumps The blocks adjoining the gutter stones
be laid agonally from the enrbsones bordering the
The shall be Of good hard granite obtained from
Ih @ ss e sR aEy ss hs a
a Be well s hssas d Parallel s :. s s1i na
cnbstones shall be Of North blue perfectly
slope q tic sdss sS fest long eighteen
thirty inches wide and in no case less than four inches in thick
shall sf Serh river blue Ct the
feet long two feet wide and not less than six inches thick with
that The joints viii be on diagonal with the street.
The asstones for the sidewalks shall be Of North river blue
half dressed TO smooth surface and having rubbed joints No
shall less than three feet square by two and
The gravel shall the London gravel and
The shall be clear, sharp sand of large grain
old curbstones shall be taken up by the ad if
geod BY a e m n9 cd
shall the lines and grades be given by the
shall Be duly nespersed lengths Of from three s fee.
throughout the work and each eurbstone shall have slope of
sidewalk and shall also be sold fixed and backed in the most
through the by the contractor whenever required by
The crossing stones shall be laid according lines
grades to be given by the Surveyor in good joints and the
s s % ess HI inches SSne aid bed to y
well ramed and hardened with the head Sf the erswbar
shall Be laid Win Re Of one n ssS s ar on
sa boong to be strongly srdened with the head Of
the crowbar until solid The stones shall be well ontsd The
and to be filled up with fine gravel and sharp sand
shall take up the old round paving and
after the same shall be haued away BY him shall pick and
the Surveyor depth Of fourteen inches below the npsrio.
III to =
and shall place the top of the same song Of not Les;
hooashs roll VIII soS pound roller until i form
n paving
blocks dagonaly angle Of foyfve degrees with tn.
blocks and hsadsnas hs materials under
a 1 hs they and make close JOINTS
joints half inch in width shall positively be rejected
accurately asd with gravel sharp sand mixed and y,
a f has ssed M ane into e
covering Of hree inches IF line and sharp sand mas
shall be placed the paving and the same snail be opened
away by the contractor the sidewalks shall be hed BY III
contractor the said filling shall be well ammed and the
cement and close onted in the and shall
1T % rs pg sh n o Hhsp
capable Of supporting straight edge otherwise it shall be re
The Tagging the sidewalks shall be taken up by the
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TO- be given by The City Surveyor and the tagging shall be
Hi new ags which may be required replace old broke
and missing flags shall be furnished BY the contractor withou
The cutters draining the sidewalks shall be of h
similar the pattern in the Surveyors Office an
shall through the whole Width Of the sde eTT
the of the City Surveyor who in conormt
with the petition will be the sole judge OF the quality OF I'll
The old curbones old gntter stones and the old
thA
street. shall be The property q The contractor and shall be
All The materials required for the performance of the
shall be Of the best quality and shall be furnished by the
Tie contractor shall Be bound bega the work in the w
mon Council and to eonpete the same months after
penalty Of dollars day for each and every day therea
Good and solvent sseasy amount Of saoeo shall be
Payments 10 be made on the completion of the work and
cepance Of the by The City sarysyer follows to:wi
a 5 Is e he oy ~ ay
be collected BY The contractor who shah be srosated to
payment d any Or ali Of said b and The city New orea
not 70 Be held liable Or rssponsbe fer any Of SAID bills shou
fhe copracofs shall pay be city Treasury prior to
Of he holders i being wen understood that said 60
1t Is we'll understood that in failure the
On IN e s@ s e $Sfs cd
Iaen me w1k - 9s,s a nn tie Contractor
. default as required by article of the Civil Code, and wit
out applying justice Rnnu The and @iht
indemnity and is ao well understood that IN case the C
shall time abandon the work not finish
S pee The conformity with his the said
tractor shall forfeit all claims he have for part Of
e him up the date Of the abandonment and 7
the city shall be thereby discharged from any and All al
therefor and ii is also well understood that in the c9n
e be esoi his securities shall he held
y bound solido pay the city all loss difference
. the price at which the originally contracted
perform the work and the prceat which it be ajadiea
a resale readjudeation.
Bids be per superficial yard Of block paving
e nsed and laid complete including the gnter stones
furnished and laid running foot
up and relad superficial foot of cross
,e furnished and laid running foot Of Tagging OF
1e sidewalks up and relad, including the mater
which may necessary and the iron CUTTERS for draining c
ID per running of Rggng of the sidewalks furnished
laid complete including the iron cutters for draining lots
es Isigned1 LOUIS H PILE, City Surveyor
Approved by Committees Streets and Landings Of
OF Boards Of the Common Council,
Signrd1 ri. n EENNARD. 81 Ir,ot.,,a,
Of tSignedi ROBERT HUYGHE. 5 onsstA'e'
n Registered, March 2, 1860.
in m3 In HENRY DuREI,. for Comprolle
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