New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-07-17
INTERPRETATIONS EoR THE coNrnAc1

- for the construction Of brick Sidewalks bordore by
street, from caope 10 ETato street.
Hewed dressed cubstones shah line tho
good quality with Them beveed dressed on the Top 10 answer
teen 10 thirty inches wide and 81 inches tck
They y well set in good loats and in wofknanke man
where f desired i for ord dnas g They Sian nei s ss
Ing 10 The directions and which shall he given IL tic saF
vcyor each crbsone shall have slope Of three inches
Shall be sody fixed and backed N the @ppoyed
peeaead from respect aud no eSbsiones less
Than s inches Or shorter tim three FEET sd hsyins h 70
ing gutter shall be admitted in the work
MS2Pa Edss ss ~ hf
q moi less than twenty feet except in eases where shorter
ng pnacd there and every Intermediate space Of I'VE Feet
with oak pins not less than four feet long BY two inches in a
pierced santne The edge Of the pks nearest The enboncs
otches eight long by inches deep cut ont al
eight feet thereof and IL these cypress braces Of less
thick pointed the end which the ground will be FIRMLY
three Of i've incl spikes each Brace ind these there
will be verge or faca Of cypress sunk OF ten inches wide by
afossgid Win inch spiEss rhe Fuss boeiagp s"
he pins Tie 81 hs sSe oS e ppo
ss t one apa hs iaees abqye ,s saace Of ,h gutter a
enrbstones Wooden boxed cutters for draining lots shall be
inches aa and 81 n s q e one e sna e0 M Ss 81
plank fer the sides and boto with by ior
and said gutter shall run through the whole width Of The side
BRICK PAvEmEsT-Tweye feet IN width next TO The houses
and two feet N wiath next g the esenes shall be biced
shall be filled and smoothly graded correspond til
be laid With lake bricks Of lie best qualify ID herring Done
bed OF lake sand other sand Of equally good quality
}oiaf. between brs shai filled ai hip sand
sTe sa u go@ . s Gss % %I ba
bcse1 Pior laying the bricks earh ground siail Ts
iaooy VIZ deeiyts or sops towards tie outline & one
half an Inch per foot The ground where low shall cd
sd 5saa y asdfa d ~
bricks shall be- properly bedded therein herring bone resa
aFy hid neose joints without any rugged Or hollow places
GEsHRtL CLAUSES whole work shall be executed 10 tile
entire saacliqn Of the City Surveyor who win be the sole
fa FR ~ s e.P . veg as o. labor
mon Council and 10 complete the same sixty days after
Esfeai'sr " esPsed - 49, % 80 -,
from The contractor TO guarantee the faithful performance o
Payments 10 be made as follows owit the proportion 10 be
pS b @ S 9Th and s pPpoS to II Rnd b the
s ~ chatter sid b Be collected ~ lie contraetoI
sfc ia I I f Ss q @ It e nny d
spogsiblo for Of said bills should the paid
i hs n; shs pag INTO ihs Gy prior
ton Of the being well understood that said
ers the reimbursement Of said cost Of publication.
iii we'll understood that in failure contractor
begin finish the work. part within the
od fixed IN the Council be- dissatisfied with manner
In which II Is being executed the Council shall have the right
to snn the contract without putting the contractor default
ing court Of Justice anDnl the same without inier
nifty and it also well understood contractor
shall at time abandon the work. finish complete
the IN conformity with his contract the said
shall forfeit all claims he may have for any part Of the
done BY him up to the date Of the aandonment and that the
city shall be thereby discharged from any all liability
for and 1t Il also well understood that In contract
resod the aud his securities shall and
bound in sodo the city all loss difference
the price which the originally per-
form the work and the price which it adudic.ted
at resale or rehabilitation.
Bids TO be running foot Of sidewalk complete
ing the turning Of the
New Orleans, June o. 1850.
lsignedl LOUIS II. PILE,
City Surveyor
Approved by the Committees Streets and Landings OF both
Boards of the Common Council.
tsigned BENZ. 8. HARRISON, 1r,;
. fSgned s. A. KfSGSEAND, S"""'fiaeu'
Registered July L. 1860.
ALFRED A. DUCRoS,
jylS III Clerk Of Comptroller