The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-11-11

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tops, making anew the sides and bottoms when
decsyed. placing and fastening in , workmanhke
manner al cast iron bridge tops which may from
any cause whatever be displsced, and furnishing
and placing al new cast ron plates, wherever me
ones now in existence may be worn out or broken
Whenever II shal be necessary to alter the posi-
ton, of bridge or to widen the same the neces-
ssry trench and work shall be done by the con.
tractors, and the additional width shall be paid
for by the city at the same rates new bridges.
and the contractors shall Gil up ct the sides so IS
to restore the grade Of the street. and shall als)
repair the paving Of the street whenever the same
shall have been disturbed BY them.
The contractors shall also keep In repair all the
wooden crossings across the streets and the plank
crossings over the cutters now existing. or which
may hereafter b. constructed at the intersections
Of the streets.
At the expiration Of their contracts the con.
tractors shall be bound to return to the city all
the bridges. crossings and crossing steps In per.
feet good order and condition, otherwise the street
commissioner shalliretain the last certificate and
the reserved per centage hereinafter provided
for, until the same be placed by the contr actors
in the good order and condition required by these
specifications, and il not placed In good order and
condition within thirty days thereafter the last
certificate and the said reserved percentage shall
be forfeited for the use Of the city.
NEW BRIDGES.
All bridges shall be constructed in accordance
with the directions of the street commissioner, ac
levels
to be given by the city surveyor, and in the fol-
| lowing manner, to wit:
All the lumber for the sides. wings, bottom and
croespieces to support the sides and bottoms shall
be Of either cypress or yellow pine OF me pest
defects calculated to impair its strength and do.
rability and the lumber for the tops shall be OF
yellow pine Of the best guilty free from rom s s:P
shall be Of the best wrought iron four inches wide
by one inch thick. The lumber for the sides shall
be five inches thick, and of suitable lengths and
depths to suit the width of the streets and the
| depths of the cutters. The bottom planks shall
| be one half inch thick, and of suitable lengths
| and widths TO suit the length and width OF the
bridges. The top planks shall be four inches thick
and not less than Twelve inches wide. The wings
shall be five inches thick, twenty-five feet long,
eight inches wide at one end and twentyfour
| inches wide at the other end. All the sides as
well as the top planks shall be OF the lengths OF
| the bridges, except in cases where the bridges
shall be more than thirty feet long; 10 such cases
| they shall be in two lengths. The cross pieces
shall be three inches thick by twelve inches wide;
shall be laid fat upon the solid ground, shall ex-
tend at least foot on the outside of the sides,
and shall be placed at distances OF five feet from
centres, and closer If required. The sides shall
| rest on the cross pieces, and shall be strongly
pinned, at distances Of five feet, with oak pins OF
two inches in diameter, driven through suitable
augur holes in the sides and entering at least three
feet into the ground. The wings shall be pinned
in the same manner, and shall be well framed with
the sides In the usual way. and In the best work
maniike manner. The iron bars shall rest on the
| Sides at distances of five feet from centers, and
| shall be sunk of their whole thickness into the
sides. The top papks shall rest on the iron bars.
| and shall be fastened to the sides with a inch
| pressed spikes, and to the iron bars with iron
per. The two middle top planks shall be left
| loose in order to allow the trunk OF the
| bridges TO be cleaned, but said planks shall be
fastened at the ends with the two side planks BY
Il l-Is- s~kA AHA b and
one inch iron bolts passing through said eye bolts;
| the said bolts to be fastened to one Of the side
| planks with piece Of chain of suitable length.
| The whole as per plan Of the city surveyor. The
| bottom planks shall be well nailed to the cross
| pieces with fournch cut nails. All trenches re-
aured in the construction of said bridges shall be
| dug by the contractors without extra compensa-
ton, and all filing required between and on the
side of the bridges, including the whole extent OF
the wings, to elevate the streets to the height OF
the bridges and wings, shall be done by the con-
tractors without extra compensation. - :,
By new bridges" 1t must be understood all
existence, all bridges now existing areincluded
in the section relative torepairs and are to be paid
by the year.
The crossings and crossing steps shall be of yell
. low pine of the best quality, and shall measure
thickness and shall be of sufficient lengths to suit
The widths of the streets between the curbstones.
| They shall be firmly bedded and shall be well Sc
cured with oak pins Of two inches In diameter
| driven at least two feet into the ground, and shall
be laid according to the directions and level to be
given by the city surveyor, and at such places a.
the street commissioner may require.
GENERAL CLAUSES.
All the material shall be of the best quality, and
shall be furnished by the contractors, as well a.
the labor. = t1.-.
The contractors shall be bound to immedatel,
| -s.l Ill tsol nd fbQ
: | from the street commissioner or his deputies, Of
| from the chairmen of the committees on street,
and landings, relative to the work 70 be done By
I them, under a penalty of ten dollars for esct
so neglected by them done at their own expense
, which work 80 neglected the street commissions
will be bound in all cases, to do or cause to b'
. done at whatever cost he may be able to obtsir
4 | the necessary materials and labor. The amour
! Of the fines, the wages of the workmen and thu
cost of the materials shall be deducted out Of AM
: Of the monthly payments to be made to said con
+ tractors.
street commissioners Office, once on each an'
every day at IL O'Clock NJ. to receive orders rela
tive to the work to be done by them, and al
orders written in the order book 10 said ofic
shall be considered equivalent TO written order
served upon the contractors in person at tn
The contractors shall be responsible for al
damages that may be obtained against the city b.
| parties VINO snail nave sustdlueu any iObs tuIOuB
the neglect of the contractors.
All old lumber taken off the bridges where new
lumber has been substituted by the contractors
I shall belong to and be removed and hauled ava
J, by them.
}. Each of the contractors shall furnish good an
solvent security, satisfactory to the Commo
Council, in the sum of ten thousand dollars. Il
guarantee the faithful performance Of their cor
tracts.
The contracts shall be adjudicated for term Q
three years. to begin on the LIST of July, 1866, an
4 to expire on the 30th of June, 1869.
. The whole shall be performed to the entire sa
. isfaction of the street commissioner and OF tn
cbairmen of the committees on streets and land
ings.
Payments shall be made monthly, on the eel
y tiHcates of the street commissioner, and sal
street commissioner, In obedience TO city ord
nance No. $685. to issue certificates to the cor
tractors until the same be submitted for tn
"a approval of the committees on streets and land
ines and the city treasurer to retain, in guarar
tee until the expiration Of the contracts, ten pc
II cent. Of the amount of each and every MONTH
l. | certificate.
tits well understood that In case of failure by an
It of the contractors to begin or finish the work,