New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-04-05

Notice hereby given that on TUESDAY, the 10th April
1861. ~ o'clock A. NJ. will adudcate my Office
93 ii V. DUPLEssIs, Comptroller.
SPECIFICATIoNs FOR THE CONTRACT
aud cutters in front of The property forming he
WoTns THE slDzwLTs.-The sidewalks on St. Bernard
he laid by The The curb and gutter stones having
The sidewalks John The Baptist
Width anu the bsone wooden cutters and brekng will
CTRnsToNEsHH and dressed cubstones shall line The
60 ID quality bevee dressed the top
the slope the sides from three to SIX feet Long from Is to "A
we'll set good joints and wokmnike manner shall
sn4 d ~ 6 1y ye S Be SS Ts5s q
from three SIX feet hrG"EnT the v work %ce9Ens to the
each shall have slope Of three inches for foot
% @ IeG aSd hs 9d Of 6 lie o @
prevent ceyce wash and sinking Of bricks usually Experienced
1$ inches shorter than three feet and having
E Sss " sb Ill be admiIs5 u the %o"rE S'
WoonEN GgrrEnsLhs cutters shn be made Of The best
Lengths Of not less than twenty feet except in eases where
ouings pinned there and every intermediate space OF
yS ee With oak T S mot bo n n %r iSS T o BY iTS
pak pierced sanng The eage of The a" menr
S @ aIs BE hSss Of a ms s 01 by So
inches dsD cut OF" oS s feet Feet S s. and n nS
wide md two inches thick pointed at the end which enters The
tx with at least three yenc spikes each Brace
there will be taCa of sunk of
and half inches thick well nailed the
gutter plank aforesaid with sx-nche cut spikes The gutter
bottom shall dry river sand four inch thick and
idly beddcd the pins driven The top edge Of the
facing Shn project and half inches above the
face gutter plank, and the latter shall be laid with
slope Of towards the cubstones. WoUclb gut
es draining lots shall be bull by the They
ourinche wide by eight inchss deep and shG be made
half inch cypress plank for the SIDES and bottom
four inches pieces The
sides being displaced, and said gutter shall through
the whole width of the sidewalks
BRICK PAvEMEST.The walk pavement shall he laid with
bricks of the best quality, herring bone, n
saud othsr sand Of equally good gnny with it.
ashes, generally called bue billy" The joints the
shall be well filled with sharp sand, and coating of
MALT inch thick s1ead the whole surface Of the brcng
and vel ranimed and graded smoothly,
with decivy slope towards the outline of one hHt inch
foot The where lew shall be filled by the
his and well rammed until complete
)y solid There shall be bedding onehaf Of inch of
sharp sand blue Billy under the bricks and said bricks
shall be properly bedded therein in herrtngbone regularly
laid in joints any rugged hollow places that
jected
GENERAL CLAusEs-The whole work shall be executed to
the entire satisfaction of the City Surveyor, who will be the
sole judge of the quality of the work.
All The materials shall be of the best quality and shall be tu
nishcd by the contractor, well us the labor. sg..
The shall be bound TO begin the work IN the ten
days following the approval Of the by the Common
Council complete the sixty days after under
penalty dollars day for each and every day thereafter
the same Is not completed. - a. .
Good and solvent security in the OF $500 shall be
required guarantee the faithful performance Of tho
Payments to be made follows, to.wtt;