New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-08-09
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
CosPTROiGER,s OyFICR,t
City 0f New Orleans August !, 1919
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R-.ted That lh CONTRACT Of Puilip whitman with the city
for aG ggpns IL ,9a he SsP 81 SG ad yg
effect by the Common Council Of the Chg Of New
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anozed 10 saeaie p ne lowest Gagss a s gys
ing brSa Canal caIendee q Mnsis 3,T9et ne work
adnd cation to be ptec to the approval or rejection Of
The Common Council ,,.,.,.,yp-.
,s,, President bPa q & Si H:iii;""s Aldermen,
i''S"'"1 Ptesident Board Of Aldarnuen.
"Fp'0'f Tgis spS a. ' John =, MONROE, Mayor.
Notice hereby given lila. on TUESDAY the 1i instant
will adudieac office at Il oe,qe 81 M ae9ge eoaisae
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SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE CONTRACT tII54
. the construction Of turning bridge across Canal CaoD
deet at Marais street. wv. .,.,,.aaou..-.
cd in ali points similar 10 the bridge across arondeie
claiborne and also in accordance VIE the pans sections
and proea hereto annexed, and shall have tile dimensions
PER-Tle pier supporting the bridge shall be built of best
hard burnt lake bricks laid in hydraulic cement mortal and
resting platform Of tw9 tlcEeses q y " inches ~
Pnns laid close and crossing each oef IN lie best
d piafoy sa resi- on wooden grating of by IL inches
cypress piles driven at Leaf the solid ground
famsd, botsd ana finished y marked on he psas Ia. :,
Pearl river cypress Of ,he bs quality yell framed and hayng
planned and shall receive good tang q oqe,half tar aud
half ro ahanm on lie eges snd wherever two q
be constructed each side Of the bridge married. he
he The floor shall be Of AnS three inches
iRos WORK AND CAsrises-Tre bed plates rollers and
chnery 10 open and The bridge shall be the best
iron properly in aud fastened in worknanlke manner,
the whole according to said pislis -, -
bolts T. q hSgeham sc eEa al he
e o and l s f the deesioD on he plans The
hogchains to Ge ~ inches in diameter
the best hard burnt lake bricks laid
The whole az marked On the pan aha sn a og ed g " p
driven the solid ground and shall be strongly
The space between existing on both sdes the
n np a a aeco to plans and The ng shall be
with Of lake smells least one foot thick and sody
kang similar those q the bridge yin ] b hi
be ballt all along said ratings The whole as shown on the
FEspERs-Fender piles to protect the bridge from beng
re vessels shall be driven and framed marked the
outside faces Of beams and frames the raings
and posts The hogcha ec in fact all woGd and iron work
GEsERaL bridge when completed shall per
And The work in Al its details shall be perfectly well executed
All the materials shs be of the best qnay and shall be fur
widlss ropes chains etc required to open and shut
bridge hail e furnished y h. eoafracies, 49, -.
Of two years from the completion Of the same and al repairs
traeto at his expense and to guarantee the faithful
emance of Ibis clause the Treasurer shall retain one mn, Of
which fh shall be paid only the bridge be then found in per-
The contractor shall be bound 10 gin the work in the thirty
Cornell complete the same four months after
penalty of dollars day for each and every day thereafter
/ the same is not completed.
of 5000 shall be required guarantee
1 the faithful performance Of the contract.
the completion Of the work. accept
Of The same by the City Surveyor.
well that failure
a or ss hs st VIII T e s
which the work Is being executed the Council shall have the
right the without putting the
lault required by article 1888 Of the Civil Code and without
applying con Of justice annu the and without in
deunty; and it is also well understood that in he
tractor shall At any time abandon the work not finish
complete the conformity with his the
shall forfeit all claims he have for of the wori
done by hin tlo OF abandonment,
the shall be thereby isoargeG from and all liability
thara.D understood that the contrac
s securities shall held
pay the city all loss difference
-te which tho originally contracted
form the work. and the price which may be adiudieaed
| aresa1e rehabilitation.
| Bids to be for the whole work complete.
(s;nedj LOUIS H. PILE city Surveyor.
Approved by the Committees Streets and Landings both
| Boards nf the Common Council,
| (signedl BENZ. s. HARRISON, cn,
l siguedl s. A. hlNGSLAND, 'ti"'i''eA'
Registered hugu G. 1860.
ALFRED A. DUCROS.
| 1t Clerk Of Comm roller.