New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-08-20
INTERPRETATIONS FoR THE coNsTRUc.

SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE C 5S,ISss sc;
- 9n e brisk sewer Or cnlSeEt in the Claiborne Canal
The amount Appropriated by the city the construction of
act ba Be entered no for 9ny eh an Extent q ad
shall exceed said appropriated OF twenty thousand
TIe ad sewer shall have the shape form, and dimensions
marked e plan and sections 70 lie 1T the Surveyors
Tbe necessary digging be by the contractor The
btrkwor Shall lhckuesses Of BIZ Il inches
cypress Yellow pine pIanka laid engh@ise and croSswise
sfde Of lid brickworE
ne brkwor shan be made in The best kanke manner
said bricks he of the lest quality aud to he hid ID the
s Of ok rc ydraac srne1t to one aud Hail Of clean
slarpsaud both well MIXED il The best uianner
Tie excavation GAct side, beTeen the ronEd and the
walks q sgd sewer sna w hed ~ with vel iauaed dE
iTmmed iry earth 1T least Il inches tbiel
oh boh ls " said an4 Opposite Tie cutters o each
every Hteectirg arced openings shall he left
marked % tie plan lhe sad 9penngI FAa be ler ieet w!e
the o III the Other ds sha have teir bottom covered
With curDones wen d n cement mortar and sealed at est
four inches into the sidewalks. The whole marked on the
~ he points marked NJ plans 1t every one hundred
e openings hTee eet sgnate sad openings shait ee ea5t
be covered with wrought iron rallied raps well fastened o he
Be iallstied By ,hs city Surveyor
s sRss sf SRosS III gns # e a
TIN Il an neh p aanyte te ra5 s9 b. PLACED
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with cement MORTAR composed IN the proportion here
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The lines levels grades shall he given by the City Sur
yeyor the whole work shall be executed i'll the best work
nianke and the entire satisfaction OF said officer
otherwise it shall he rejected
All the materials shall Of the best quality and shall be
furnished by the contractor, we'll as the labor.
The shall be bound begin the work within
days after the approval Of the adjudication by the Com
Council and complete the within months after
penalty oil dollars day for each and day
thereafter the same isnot completed.
Security Of $500 shall be required guarantee
| the faithful performance Of the contract.
Payments n cash The completion of each and every one
fifty running feet of and of the
City the Treasurer retaining
oneh of the amount of each certificate until the completion
| Of the contract
hi well understood that failure by the contractor
begin finish the work any part thereof within the
Rod dissatisfied with the
which the Council shall have the right
to the without putting the contractor in default
required article 1905 Of the Civil Code and without apply
justice amu the and without indem
nifty well understood that in the contractor
shall time abandon the work not finish and complete
same conformity with his contract the said contractor
shall forfeit all claims he have for part Of the work
him the date of the abandonment and that the
for and we'll UNDERSTOOD thai in the contract be
resed the and his securities shall be held ana bound
sodo the city all loss difference between the
price which the contractor originally contracted to perform
the work and the price Which it MAY be adudicaed at re
| sale readiudiCRtion.
Bids running foot for the whole work complete,
| New Orleans, Aug T. 1850. =
Approved by Committees Streets aad Landings OF both
| Boards of the Common Council ,,-
s signed ga. N asIEAEsiDsos ehairmen
| Registered August 6, 1860.
/ HuT l2t Clerk of Comptroller.