New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-04-03

1851 at liz O'Clock NJ, will adjudicae at my Office
the Us bidder the above e"Frf ppbEss1 con,oer
CpECIF1cAFroNs FOR TkIE CONTRACT
y for the construction Of brcx by eaGh
northeast of St Bernard avenue and ST. John the Bap
WIprls OF THE spEwALKs-The sidewalks ST. BERNARD
twenty feet in Width ANA the 1ck,ng only will h.
already been laid by the round stone paving
The sidewalks S. John he Baptist street ten feet in
width the s;opc wooden CUTTERS and brckng wall
nave to be laid by the contractor.
sidewalks North blue other stones of equally
quality with them beysled dressed on the top to answer
wide less Than So inches thick They shall be
well set in good joints in w0rkmanlike shall
apertures nicely through the same where desired
for draining lots They shall b. ay nefpeFsea III lengths of
and levels which will be given by the Surveyor and
height line Of tho adjoining houses shall also
nf S egeY Es9 w anS a Saifa k e ]
trom n9gseGc in this respect AND no eGfSS2e les ,a
less than six inches below the upper surface Of the adjoining
Wo6nEN GUfTERsrhe cutters Shall be made of the best
saw Mil cypress twelve inches wide by -four inches thick in
iaS CT ~ a res a yS E'
the Jennings pinned there D %na at SyS S S %
inches diameter driven through suitable augor holes in the
aGG c e"1on Po Ge 5oSod 70 n H on 6 Other
outside edge it to have noeGS Of e inches oHF BY two
cypress braces than four feet long y eight inches
s ss sp vii be my Hf an Sa down and spiked viii said sn
pa With At Of vensh cu SPIKES 70 each brace an
inches wide by half inches thick we'll nailed the
plank aforesaid with si%nche cut spikes The gner
bOttog shall 10 dry river sand four inch thick and sol
idly hedded before the pins driven The top edge of the
facing beard shBl project and half inches above the
face Of the gutter plank and the latter shall he laid with
slope of inch cubstOnes. WCCt boxed gut
draining bnr by the rs
S be four inChes wide by eight nhs deep and shall he made
Of and hf inch cypress plk for tue SIDES and ho0m
with by inches pieces the top keep
SIDES being DISPLACED, and said gutter shall through
| the whole width of tins sidewalks.
BRICK fAyEMEET, The walk pavement shall be laid with
lake bricks of quality, in herring bone Of lake
ashes. generally called hue billy" Tbs onts between The
bricks shah be we'll fed with sharp sand nd
MALT inch thick send the Whole surface the
Prior laying the bricks the earth gouud uD
broken and well rAmned and made level and graded smoothly
with decivy slope towards the outline Of halt inch
The grnunu where lsw shall IN by
contractor at his and well rammcd until comp
sharp 'hue billy the bricks said bricks
shall be properly btdded therein in hgrir gbone regular
laid in close Joints. without ele places,
the will bear straight edge Otherwise shall be
I 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
an he materials shall be of the best quality and shall be fur
| nisled by the contractor, wellas ibe labor
The contractor shall be bound to begin the work In the ten
days following approval Of the adjudication by tic Common
GoHnci and complete the sixty days after under
penalty dollars day for each and every day thereafter
/ the same is not completed. :,
required TO guarantee the faithful performance Of the
/ tact. e
| Payments to bs made as follows towit;