New Orleans daily crescent., 1861-01-31

SPECIFICATIONs FOR THE CuNTRA ACT
~ - for te eonsructioR Of ballast road Magnolia street,
Dches two and half feet wide the top eighteen inches
vide at The bottom and eighteen inches deep shall be dug by
Ths roadway between the bitches shall be twenty feet III
shall be graded in sceodauee with the lines and grades
too low and picking and hauling the dirt
covered with coating of large ballast stones eight
Gne e. @ ths f Of the said coating another coating s
said lust costing b four nchss IN thickness: the
roller when ,hs first olnf shall have been completed
contractor shall the whole of the roadway viii coating
inches in thickness roadway shall again be rolled with
gs i M or so a"s ne
paeI o3dyand the road shall then be opened tor travel
nisRsd R" BY the eontFas5ot TT @ yell as the labor
days oowH m sns o n6 m S G the work 3 ten
mon Council and complete The months er under
penalty Of ten dollars day fer every day
after the same is not completed
The contractor shall bind himself keep the road
repair for and during after ITS completion accept
a.cs by hs stlse Comnissoner and to guarantee the aia
tenth Of the amount OF the whole work which ten shall be
pad to TIE contractor A the expiration of said year should
it stal! be forfeited for The use Of The city
CURED guarantee the faithful performance of The Contract
the City Surveyor who viii be the sole Judge The quality Of
Payments to be made the completion of the incuded
N each contract and acceptance Of the by City
Surveyor AS follows towt the proportion TO be paid by
WY ctsi' sIt inc proportion to pc pald the
the ropertyloders in bills agtst said
made y The CITY Surveyor in conformity with section Of the
new Gy Charter said bills to be collected by the contractors
VINO shall be subrogated to all the rights of the city and
seIe @ the property case nonpayment of l of said
D ana the city OF New Orleans be held liable respon
sblo for MY Of said bills should the be pad
it weii understood that in Of failure by
% sen or hnish the work, any part thereof within pc
od xed or in case the Council be dissatisfied with the
IA "hcn is being executed the Council shall have the right
TO Hnnu the contract without putting the contractor default
as required BY aree 1893 ofho Civil Code and without apply
ing 10 court OF Justice annu the same without ineT
my and is also well understood that contractor
sa ~ any time abandon the work. finish and complete
he Sane N conformity with his contract the said contractor
snail forfeit Ill claims he may have any part work
dohe oy MN up to the date of the abandonment that the
ey snail be thereby discharged from and all liability there
tor and it Is also well understood that the contract be
Tesoid the contractor and his securities shall held and
pound IN sodo to pay into the city all loss difference
ue pGe At winch the contractor originally contracted
form the work and the price which may be gdiulcasd
at u resale or rtaljuiication.
1he ~e to be executed In accordance with the
grades IN be given by the City Surveyor under the sup
tenfence of the Street Commissions
ds to be ner running foot for whole work complete
New Orleans, Jun. %, 1861
lSignedl LOUIS FL PILE, City Surveyor.
approved by the Committees Landings both
Boards of the Common Council ~
[Sipned BEhJ 8 HARRISON
lSgnedl s. A kTNGSIAND Chairmen.
Registered Jan, 90 1861.
,oo ,o ALFRED A. DUCROS,
For ptpol1nr