New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-08-14

MI IL v llufLtSsls Comptroller
SpECIFfcaTIoEs FOR THE coNsTRUc-
- ZION 81 briek sewer calvert the Claiborne Canal
tfUn OrifHn 10 Esplanadc
sad cniycrt twenty thousand d9ilurs and the
tTag a be entered mo ior only such an extent o said sewer
as hall not exceed said appropriated sum Of twenty thousand
The aid sewer shall have the shape form AID dimensions
marked on the plan and sections 10 be at the Surveyors
office.
necessary digging shall by the The
bckwork shall two ,heknesses sound by u inches
cypress yellow pine planks laid eughwise crosswise,
VII nailed togebe5 and protecting least Is inches each
The bckwork mall in the knanlke
with hard burnt lake bricks Guided e ait he IF the
ssst asr'. composed il he proportion o and ha Ra
harp sand, both ven mixed in Inc hes, manner
The excavation enc side between the ground and the
e &c hs II Y Win 1T ~s
rAnnled dry earth leAst II inches thick.
bot side. of said ard opposite the sutte Of
and evy nte eeting street. Hteh+d opening shall e ett
W. m IL III Hin sn HI s Mo- npd 66S ~lgs
T. inches iuo the sidewalks Tie whole marked the
le points marked NE plans every one hundred
an4 sy feet Fl he whole length q ssid sewer hsre a oe
iron castings well fastened the walls OF the and shall
casing with bntts and psock The whole as per drawing to
BE- salished by ne City Surveyor
si ea WEE af6a III sa e"g
hfee quarters Of nch diameter The rails 70 te placed
h sc nehe apart and 10 be strongly fastened into The walls
III s Of sewer on the inside as well those OF the
eSr AZ she intersections OF streets shall be well phtsered
5otnEs explained.
Tie ines levels and grades shall be given by The CITY Sur
and The whole work shall he executed in the best work
mri Ike and the entire satisfaction Of
0Yltt wise IL shall be rel cited.
All The materials shall be of the hest quality, shall be
furnished by the contractor, well rs the labor.
The shall be bound begin the work within
twenty days after the approval Of the adjudication by the Com
Council and complete tie within Six months after
tra penalty dollars per day for each every day
thereafter the sI5t completed.
security Of Sh shall he required 10 guarantee
The tHiththl performance Of the contract
Payments in cas the completion OF each and every
hundred and fifty running feel of and acceptance If the
neh It The amount of each certificate until the completion
OF the
we'll understood thai of failure by the
hen finish the work part thereof, within the
riud fixed thu Council be dissatisfied with the
which TIE work the Council shall
nG the without putting the contractor in default
aftJfe by article 1905 Of the Civil Code and Without apply
ing Of justice annul the and without ndel-
ny and il Is also well understood that the
shall any time abandon the work finish and complete
shall forfeit all claims he may have any part the work
by him up the date Of the abandonment and that the
city shall be thereby discharged all liability
for; and is also well understood that in the contract ne
rese the contractor and his securities shall be hell bound
in sodo unto the city all loss difference between the
which the originally perform
the work and the price which may be adjudicaed
sale or readjudcation.
Bids be per running foet for the whole work complete
New Orleans Aug 4, 1850.
IsgnedI LOUIS H, PILE CITY surveyor.
Approved hE the Committees Streets and Landings Of both
Boards of the Common Gelncit
Signed BENZ. s. HARRISON, chairman
EsiFnedi :, 4; kIHGSLANp, S''"'''n9"
ALFRED A. nUGRos,
AMI i2t Clerk III ttoniptrolIcr.