New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-13

DRAINING COMMISSIONERS PROPOSALS
~ Sealed Proposals win be received The office Of Com
up stairs un FRIDAY he h das Il FeSrnsr yn $50 at
For cleaning and Tie existing Canal On the up
Per limit Of the cy # New Orleans from Claiborne street to
The Canal shall Ie When eonrlsted twenty Te feet wide at
i liz Ths ~ @ assP ssSw he
poyed in strengthening the present Levee and all roots stups
Canal commencing he upper line Of the city New
Orleans the intersection Claiborne street thence along
continuation OF said street to Cucu. street, along Cuclu
sad shall hy wide at top and thirty feet at
bottom, with depth ef fest The dirt shah Be used to
construct xe on the Lake side of the Canal and Of the
hight as that Of the Claiborne street Leyee free from all roots
st9nIss sto 10 ,o .o,g sn .tr.. +,
extending along the said street and IT'S continuation from The
line Of the Jefferson and Lake Pontehaan Railroad Henry
Tie said Canal twenty at TOP fifteen feet
a. & s Us ID ap fhs B. ssd ss s
Err Ssai aips sis street. extending from the
The oaasl to certain extent exists and proposals be
and bottom and hs feet deep beowhe
q evee on the lower Canal free from all
-iots. stnInps. etc.
ing aiong from The Jefferson and
Lake PonIcharran Railroad, 10 the Canal Henry Clay
sd Canal be tony ss. wide at thirty feet a bot
Lake side Of the Canal free from Ill stunps etc
In all of the above sses there shall be At least Ave feet left
sides and bottoms shall bc mootea of neatly cut md
dressed according be gwen, all
roots, ETC., shall be removed. zg #s@S
whule shall be executed under the supervision
Engineer of the Second Draining Section and to his entire
faction z5
The contractor shall himself begin the work In the ten
days following the approval of his contract by the Board of
Commissioners of tue Second Draining District
Ii is well understood hat in Of failure by the contractor
to begin finish the work part thereof within the period
fixed in the Board may not be satisfied with the
the right annu the contract without putting the contractor in
default reaaedby article 1905 of the Civil Code and without
applying to court Of justice ennu the and
deinniy and well understood that in the
tractor shall tina abandon the work. finish and
complete The in conformity with Ills contract, the
shall forfeit all claims he may have for any
part the work done him the date Of The abandonment
and that the Board shall be thereby discharged from and all
liability therefor and i is aso well understood that in The
be resod the contractor and his securities shall be
held and bonnd in sodo to unto the Board all loss and
difference between the price At which the contractor originally
contracted perform the work and The price at which may
resold s 5
Proposals 10 be addressed to j. U.LAYILLEBEUyRR Esq.,
President Separate bids will required for each section with
good and security the of thousand dollars
for the faithful performance Of the contract Payment be
cash The completion Of the work and its acceptance
by the Engineer Of the Board. - -
Bids be per running acre Of EOS feet for the whole work
WILL. \. FRERET, Engineer
;aj7 I'd Second Draining District,