New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-08-09

President Board Of Assistant Aldermen.
Signed j. 0. NIXON,
G pECIFIcATIoNs FOE THE coNsTRUc-

SpECIFICATIONS FOR THE CGNSTRUf-
. of brick enyert iii the Claiborne Canal.
i,gm Orleans 10 Espanaie street.
.s sewer Of cnyeft Is twenty tboasnnf dollars he
tract a be entered INTO los only such IN extent o. SAD sewer
ns a not exceed said appropriated sum o. twenty thousand
The aid sewer shall have the shape and dimensions
Office
brickwork shall two hicknssses q sonad M inches
well nailed together and projecting at Least inches on each
The briewola shall he made in the best wo kmane manner
with hard burnt lake bricks moulded 10 suit The q The
best mortar composed in the proportion Of and half bRr
I Of s , @ m n % ts e Gns ana half OF clean
The excavation on each 'e between The Gr9nnd nnd the
earth the itself shall with Of well
ramnetl dry earth Al least u inches thick
and every nteraectng street. arehed openings shall be left
tic side next Tie river and two feet wide in
The clear The other tie and shall have their bottoms covered
hcie. iuto the sidewalks The whole marked the
Ath points marked on the plans orat every ore hundred
and fifty feet Ct The whole length Of SAID sewer thsrg a be
rang well fastened TO lie walls Of the sewer and shall
he covered with wrought iron rallied traps well fastened 70 The
casing with bat and padoeks The whole as per driving to
he furnished by The City Surveyor
%sH K sd S gsas q
ZION three inch amele the rails he placed
ree inches apart and to be strongly fastened into the walls
The walls Of e sewer on the inside well those of the
openings the intersections of streets shall he well piasleed
with hydraulic cement MORTAR composed IN the proportion here
The lines levels and grades shall be given by the City Sur
and the whole work shall be executed in Tie best work
nGke and to The entire satisfaction OF said officer
otherwise il shall he rel ctGd
All lie materials shall the best quality and shall be
furnished by the Is well as the labor.
The shall be bound begin the work within
twenty day after the approval OF the adjudication by the Com
Council and complete the within six months after
dera penalty Of dollars per day for each and every day
thereafter the same isnot completed.
Security OF 5000 shall be required TO guarantee
the faithful performance of the contract.
Payments in cash the competition of each and every one
hundred Fifty running feet Of and acceptance OF the
City Surveyor the Treasurer retaining guarantee
certihcate until the
of Tie contract,
Its well understood that in of failure by the contractor
finish the thereof within the
rod fixed the Council be dissatisfied with the manner in
weh the work being executed The Council shall have the right
to apnul the without pnttng , contractor in default
Ing Justice annu the and without indem
also well understood that in case the contractor
Shall abandon the work. not finish and complete
the same conformity with his contract the said contractor
shall forfeit all claims lie may vestor part Of the work
done by him up the date Of the Abandonment aud that the
Cor AMI also we'll understood TINT in the contract be
reS0 the and his securities shall be held ana bound
IN sodo pay the city I'LL loss difference between The
which the originally contracted TO perform
the work and the price at which il may be adndeaed at re-
| sale readudica,on.
Bids he per running foot for the whole Work complete
| New Orleans, Aug 4, 1853. . - -. >, .z
Approved the Committees Streets and Landings OF both
! Boards of the Common Coinci -
| lsignedl REM, S. HARRISON, Chairmen.
| Registered August6 G, 1860. ~ ~
| auT l2t Clerk of Comptroller.