New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-06-18

subject to the approval or rejection Of the Common Council
l. for paving with square blocks Bourbon street
contract or paving with blocks Toulouse street,
for paving with square blocks st. Peter street,
ts's'Sal President reside fia9as Bos1s Of Aldermen.
Pr President Board Of Assistant Aldermen.
1>pp''' lsigneHdl H if'0' GERARD sTIrH, Mayor
NS,ssis hereby given i've Tint FBIpAY DAY. sa % June
uSss-i iss il V. nurLEssIs, Comptroller.
cPEcIFICATIONs FOR THE CONTRACTS
nal to Esanade street, also Toulouse street from esee 10
Basin and also 81 street from the ter nation Of
Royal streets to siaras street.
CONTRACTS.
First Goutrac-The paving with square blocks Of Bourbon
second ConraotThe paving With blocks of Toulouse
Third contractTae having yith sanae blocks Of ST. Peter
fG% Ssfn nj { s'n = ne square BLOCK paving on sad
ousLIrY AND DIMENSIONS or THE MArER1AIs-The square
qnals to granite Obtained Boston they shall Be
inches width less than twelve Than twenty
shall BE we'll having parallel square sdes md ends
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over in eggh tveye inches wide and not less than seven
square sides and ends 50 to gh ons the iops
shall perfectly we'll hewed aud dressed otherwise they shah
TSs eurbstones shall North river stones perfectly
slope e sides three six fee. long from eighteen
thirty inches wide and in no case less than four inches
The Crossing stones shall North river blue stones of the
best quality perfectly we'll hewed and dressed
feet long wide than six inches thick with
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The y or III % sha ,ao Ss # a Neh I river blue
half dressed q smooth and hayns rubbed joints No
gravel shall be the best London gravel
9i %he sand ss sIsii E clear sharp san of large grain
shall R e Sse S s best east sast IRON similar mil
street varying in width The widths shall Be furnished BY
IRON oag essnrns SIX fse long By one inch theR
Of such widths and pattern shall be furnished BY the City
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9nnd goo 6y ,hs Gy and @ II not new earbs,ones
shall be set according lines and grades By
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throughout the work and each shall have slope Of
iss Sidewalk as and shah soy backed most
se Inn @ s 5S %nssr Ss n ss y
T6a CROSSING shall according to the es and
grades be given by The sayeEo5 il good Joints and the
Pest q a 1s M " nebe @ IL IN tSE nna suap p
raned md hardened with ,hs head q ne e5owDar
shall % Ss SItsa. Z s best sv
ns the c % Surveyor Tie plates 5ops
sss upon he lid sdfs m s IND s,s a s AZ a.
shall be laid with nci1aton slope towards the same Of
sharp sand mixed bottong strongly with
head Of the crowbar until solid The stones shall be well
they shall be rejected and to be hed up with fine gravel and
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the surface in accordance will grades
surveyor depth Sf inches below the superior
the Of the street the curve to be given by the Survey
tian four inches d gravel sharp
thoroughly roll the same with 69 pound roller until forms
then laid In laying the paving The shall The
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lay The blocks they sas and make soss Joints al
BY he snrseyer Whea blocks the joints
psng ss be rolled With @ pound roller
often may b and ~ Of three INCHES I
.hs shall he opened Ct -.
a s aboa s TO- ' sfSE liz @
Of The wings Of the bridges and shall be sunk
The Old brckng te sidewalks shall be and hauled
as @ d Ps hs ss Sf 4 Ga ss1 and 1 ssss
cement and close joined in the and shall be
regular The e aagEng shall al o when
capable of supporting straight edge otherwise it shall be
The old tagging of sidewalks shall be taken up by the
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b. given By the City Surveyor and the Tagging shall be
Ali new daes which may required replace old broken
ing fags shall be furnished by the contractors with
The draining the sidewalks shall be Of the
Sp t gas as %s 4 p @ @ Office and
o cy surveyor
the old round stone paving
sarssyo! hs brieEng q Le sidewalks and tbe sara
from % the a6s % BE the E s the
Al the materials shall be OF the best anay and shall be fur
the shan be bonnd begin the work i
the Common Council 10 eontnas without interruption
eempsEe t tor ,e e TIT With
months afs and the contractor Of 'he third contrae
y day and day thereafter the is com
J. Good and securities shall required The
guarantee the faithful of their
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Payments 10 Be made completion work
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3 o Surveyor e K
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Z a as ere I II e% G o s s all @
sble for as Of said Bills shonld paid III
to BE- paid By he city y IN II s h eal,
The completion Of the whole work included ia each col
Each Of the shall into the City Treasur
hs s e
a have ths righ, Of dsmapaing Of said
shall be bound keep the paving in
for and during year aferits completion.
well understood that OF failure by the cOnac
finish the work, thereof within Il
the Council be dissatisfied with Il
which the work being executed the Council sa
tractors default required by article i5 fhe Civil Cod
without applying court Of jsicr to annul the sam
indemnity and 1t is also well understood that
M the shall time abandon the work
s finish and complete the conformity with their
nas the contractors shall forfeit all claims they for
it'll ant and ba the civ hal he thereby discouraged from n
all liability therefor and It is also well understood Thai
fesod The and their secut
bound in solido the city all IL
W difference price which the contractors orig
o contracted perform the work and the price at which
y, may be adjndcated Mt a resale or readiudica m.
a per superficial yard of square block paving II
nished laid ee including the gncr stones;
fetal foot OF curbstones furnished and d running foot
cubstones taken and relad perpefhcial foot Of cros
ee furnished and ain running foot OF hnsgg Of
sidewalks Grn he'd and laid running tuot o Tagging
sidewalks md relaid; including In both cases
draining lots; and per casi iron bridge
sD m nv ans @ oyst thr antters A' sS'
M the New Orleans, May %, 1865 ~
The posrrffs Of The 9rnn,n1on Cnnncil
the lSignedl H. IR VENNARn, lrb;.
had RoBT. HUYGHE, en"if'He
ned, Ray,st.rad June 5esn
y a,ns X ie9 III HENRY DIREi. for Comptrole
gpb pss' SOUTHERN MANUFACTORY
and ~ OF
,ade HERRINGis PATENT CHI AMPION FIRE AND BJJRGI,
PROOF SAFES tat New York Prices).