The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-08-18


SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE CONTRACT FOR FURNISH.
ING ALL THE LUMBER NECESSARY FOR THs USE
or THE CITY FOR ONE YEAR
The lumber shall be partly Of yellow pine and
partly Of cypress, of the best quality, free from
sap, spts, bad knots and other defects calcu.
lated to impair its strength or durability IL Shall
be of various sizes, varying from one 10 nVe
inches in thickness, from twelve TO eighteen
inches in width, and from twenty to thirty feet in
length, being mostly wanted for the constructor
of street bridges, repairs IT wharves, stage plsnks,
etc.
The said lumber shall be delivered on duly
authorized acquisitions, approved as required by
existing city ordinances, in such quantities aud At
such places g. may be required by both the city
surveyor and street commissioner, within the time
specied in said officers orders, under penalty
of ten dollars for each neglect or noncompliance
and q further penalty Of having the lumber,
neglected TO be furnished by the contractor, pur-
chased by the said officers at said contractors
expense, at whatever cost the said ofhcers might
be able TO procure the same. The amount OF the
fines and of the lumber thus purchased by said
officers, TO be deducted out of the settlements TO
be made by the city to said contractor.
Security to an amount Of five thousand dollars
shall be required TO guarantee the faithful per-
torrance of the contract.
Payments in cash on the delivery to the city OF
each and every ten thousand or more feet OF lum-
Der, and acceptance of the same by the street
commissioner and the city surveyor respectively,
the city retaining in guarantee. until the per-
Torrance Of the whole contract, ten per cent. OF
the amount of each and every settlement to be
made 10 said contractor.
The contract shall be adj ldic ated for a term Of
enc year. tn begin on the day of the approval OF
the adjudication by the Common Council.
1t is well understood, that in case OF failure oy
The contractor to begin or finish the delivery OF
said lumber, or any part thereof, within the Pc
RODS fixed, or in case the Common Council be
| dissatisfied with the quality OF or the manner
in which the same is being delivered, the Common
| Council shall have the right to annul the con-
tract without putting the contractor in default,
as required by article 1905 OF the Civil Code, and
without applying to court OF justice to anuul the
same, and without indemnity; and II Is also well
understood that in case the contractor shall, at
| any time, abandon the furnishing and delivery
| Of said lumber, or not furnish and complete
the same in conformity with his contract the
| said contractor shall forfeit all claims he may nave
for any part OF the deliveries made by him up TO
the date Of his abandonment, aud that the city
shall be thereby discharged aud released from any
and all liability therefor: and It Is also well under
stood that in the contract be rssold, the con
tractor and his securities shall be held and bound
in solido to pay unto the city all loss or difference
| between the price at which the contractor orr
ginaly contracted to furnish and deliver the said
lumber, and the price at which it may be asjadi
| Gated at . resale or Republication.
Bids TO be per thousand feet (bosrd measureI
of yellow pine lumber. furnished and delivered
and per Thousand feet (board measure) cypress:
| lumber. furnished and delivered.
New Orleans, August IA, lS6S.
(Signedl L. SURGI.
City Surveyor.
Approved by the committee on streets and land
ings Of both boards Of the Common Council.
(Siened) 7. II. SHIELDS, Ch.i,msr
GERALD FARRELL Onalrmsn'
Pas. LABARRE,
Deputy Controller.
Registered August Is. 1868.