New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-05-02

SPECIFICATIONS FOR T'E41 CONTRACT
Broad i'd street to The Bayou St. john
The @ the h w Is 9crsne es' II E9
HES levels and roundngs be given BY the City Sur
hauling the Dirt where too high and also removing
all s5amps F9oS etc. 10 DEPTH q twelve inches below the
bitches woand ahf fee. width at the eighteen inches
each side OF The roadway; he sides and bot
toms of said bitches sail be cut in straight lines and well
Twenty width in the center of the roadway shall be
she in ihe following ma1ner To- wit aysr Of hsis sT
nnnd o rs es and second ayer Of seiia Xxx cSe
In thickness shall then be PLACED On he Top Of he s layer
may be and IN SGe manner a. me Wnpg IN rs
fully six inches, otherwise it shall be rejected.
All the materials shall be OF the best quality and shall be fur
The contractor shall bind himself to begin the work in ten
n counci and e 10 he same fes nader
penalty of ten dollars day for each and every day there
The contractor shall bind himself keep in perfect good
9g nd to- a & fbti Of t eo1i
ton the Treasurer shall retain cent. of the
be sid BY the cy until the end Of snd year which ten Per
p9ect good order and condition. otherwise it shall be forfeited
Good and solvent ecnry 5000 shall required
10 guarantee the faithful performance of the contract
and seeptance Of the same by The y Surveyor as oews
t9 g US P be 9y ae m M civ 3 T
in conformity with section ll9 of the city charter, said
of all OF said halls and the city oil New
Orleans be held liable responsible Tor OF said
bills shod the no be paid and the proportion to be paid
by the city in cash.
The shall pay into the City Treasury prior to
cevin their certificates the of publication of the petitions
Of the hodes being well understood that said
tractor shall have the right of demanding of said petitioners
the reimburscm mt of SAID cost of publication
The whole work shall be executed to the entire satisfaction Of
the City Surveyor who shall be the sole judge OF the quality of
| he same.
well that in of failure by the contractors
oben finish the work part thereof within the period
fixed the Council be dissatisfied with the in
which the work being exeGued the Council shall have TIE
fault required by article 1905 of the Civil Code md without
applying of justice to annul the and without
deity and also well understood that case the contract
shall any time abandon the work. not finish Gd complete
the same in conformity with their contracts the said
shall forfeit all claims they may have for of the work
done them the Of the Abandonment and that the city
shall be thereby discharged from and all liability therefor
and is also well understood that the contract be res
the contractors and their securities shall be held and bound in
soldo pay the city all loss difference between the
prices at which the contractors originally contracted to perform
the work. and the prices at which it DO adudcateda at
| sale or readjudication.
Bids be per running foot for tho whole work complete.
New Orleans, Anil Is, 1851
| lSignedj LOUIS H. PILE, City Surveyor.
Approved by the Committees Streets and Landns6o both
| Boards of the Common ConnCi
| [signedi S. A. KINGsLAND, oha'Fnen.
az I2t ALFRED A. DUGROs, for Comptroller.