New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-05-04
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FOR THE CONTRACT

SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE CONTRACT
Claiborne street, from the New Canal to the upper limit Of the
The whole the roadway which IS thirty feet in width shall
be graded according The lines heights and levels to be given
1S p "" s
T ns Five s sf ma
s laid lopgumay direction of the length OF the road
one I'M neS w ds %
s than e ce an s shall SHALL be
which, il all shall res, on the cross panks and inter
9s be he IN se i've By inches d no case
five feet from cenIres and that the section
shall rounding of three inches in the centre The
aud lse @ S S4 T Ss Saca s
@ sd w n oG HPs pp @ % 5s
spiked the ends of the planks being first squared The top
sap al defects calculated impair their strength
shall be twelve inches vide BY three inches thick
bought up close we'll ote and spiked win two seven inches
PSs s and the shall we'll
dc b T a me ssr and shall To
1 by the sS 5 TH s the be Ssa the work in
dys fooWng the approval Of the ssao1 by tie
Common Council and complete The same within o"r months
day thereafter the sGme is NOT Completed;
feet s sp sH
and the a a s r Gsn Of Of h hs
be paid BY the city Until 'he end Of s" year S which
be then found perfect good order and condition otherwise it
shall Ds fofeieatQr the Of the city =, shall, :,
Qired the faithful performance OF the contract
Payment to be made the completion of the work and ac-
ceptnce the the City Surveyor follows, to wit
the proportion b paid by the property holders in bills against
fomity with section 40 of the Cy Charter said bills to
be collected contractor who shall be sbogaed to m the
rights the city and seize the property in OF nom
payment any all of said bills the city of New Orleans
held anle responsible for OF said bills! should
the same not be paid.
The contractor shall pay into the City Treasury prior
receiving his certificates the cost Of publication of the petit
the property holders being we'll understood thar said
shall have the right of demanding OF ssd petition
The reimbursement Of said cost Of publication
City Surveyor shall be the sole judge OF the qualify of
the same.
Ill well understood that of failure by the contractors
to begin finish the work part thereof within the pc
in which the being executed the Council shall have the
right 10 annul without putting the contractors IN
default required by article 1906 OF the Civil Code and with
applying court of justice 8Dnu the aud without
indemnity; aud il is also well understood that in case the con
shall time abandon he work not finish and
complete the in conformity their contracts the sid
contractors forfeit all claims they have for
done by them the da,e OF the abandonment and
shall be thereby discharged from and all liza
biy therefore, and is also we'll understood that in case the
held and bound in sOido to unto the city NIL loss or de
enCe between the price which the contractors originally
perform the work and the price which may be ad
| Indicated at a resale readjudcation.
Bids to be per running foot for The whole work complete
| New Orleans, April II, 1851 -.
lSigncdI LOUIS H. PILE, City Surveyor.
Approved by the Committees Streets and Landings of bott
| Boards of the Common Council
signed 5isnsd $ s a. Kf Il S chaiFnen'
ALFRED a. DUCRos,
| AL 12t For Comptroller,