New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-10-03
OFFICIAL NOTICES--ClTY.
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SPECIFICATIONS for the contract for the con.
s,ruction Of IL OF Bridge across the New Canal
Basin at Liberty street.
The bridge pier, bu kheads. Abutments. etc.. snail
be constructed 81 Iints in accordance with the
plans; sections and profes hereto annexed and
snail have the dimensions marked on the same.
PIER.
The pier supporting the turning portion of the
ptage shall be Quilt of best hard burnt lake bricks
~ one BET hydraul cement mortar resting on
projecting four feet outside Of the mason y.
suFER STRUCTURE.
Az tne timbers and lumber shall be of Pearl river
feI cypress OF thf b4sS ity, well framed and
timbers shall be paned md snail receive good tar
edpss and si bsa nan rosu or asphatum on the
perposed The floor hall be OF narrow eypress blanks
two inches thick. -
IRON WORK AND CASTINGS,
The bed-plates rollers and rnaebinerv reo,,;rod %
open and shut the farming portion OF the bridge as
well as all windlasses, etc. snail be of the best cast
IRON, properly SCI 10 and fastened whole Accord
ing 10 the plans The bolts suspension rods stIans
hos en- h n M etc aHd all the required iessqings
the dimensions mar ed on the plans The hog.
chains to be one aud half-incues in diameter.
ABUTMENT PIERS, ETC.
The abutment piers shall be lined with a row of
l2K42 inch piles driven ten feet the solid
ground at distances OF 1--WE feet from centres Said
cypress parks strongly nailed with six inch pressed
spikes and also l2xl2 incn caps The spaces b.
abutments into the canal shall be filed up and
graded as per plans, and the filing shall be covered
and SOLELY rammed Ratings similar to those OF
the bridge shall surround the pile Innings.
FEEDERs.
Fender piles 70 protect the bridge against Injuries
from vessels navg4t ng in said canal, SHAH be driven
and framed as marked on plans.
PAINTING.
The out de faces Of the beams and frames, the
ratings and posts the hog chains, etc in fact all
wood and iron ORR usually painted shA,l receive a
covering Of three GOOD coats Of the best White
selected By the City Surveyor.
GENERAL CLAUSES.
All the materials shall be of the best quality and
shali be furnished by the contractor, as well the
This bridge, when completed, shall bs perfectly
%e n5 nt n order mat II may be easily
be perfectly well executed to the ent satisfaction
Of the CITY Surveyor otherwise it shall be rejected
stand for term of year from its completion and
t ee ts 6y the CITY ana to
Urea shall retain in guarantee ten per cent of
nne contra price unill the exp ration OF said year
hrdge be then found in perfect condition by the
The contractor shall be bound to begin the work
~ the ten days following the approval Of the adju.
the same three months AT err, under penalty Of ten
dollars per day for each and every day thereafter
Security to an am ount of one thousand dollars
shal De required to guarantee the faithful perform
ance OF the contract.
Payment in cash on the comp leton of the VIII ole
work and acceptance of the same by the CITY Sur.
yeyor less ten per cent to be retained in guarantee
| by the City Treasurer.
1T well undersro God that in case of failure by the
contractor to begin or finish the work. any part
thereof, within the period fixed, or in case the
Common Council be dissatisfied with the manner
in which the same is being executed, the Common
Council shall have the right to annul the contract
without putting the contractor in default, as re-
quired by article 1905 of the Civil Code, and with
out applying to court of jus tice to annu the same
| and without indemnity; and it is also well under
stood that in case The contractor shall any time,
abandon the work, not finish aud complete the
same in conformity with his contract. the said con-
| tractor shall forfeit all claims ne may have
| against the city for any part of the worE
| done BY him up to the date of his Aban-
| Comment, and that the city shalt be thereby
discharged and released from any and all liability
therefor and is also well understood that in case
the contract be resod the contractor and his securi
ties shall be held and bound, in sodo, pay unto
which the contractor originally contracted TO per-
form the work. and the price at which 1t may be ad
| iudcated at a resale or readjudIcation.
BIDS to be for the whole W rk complete.
New Orleans, September %. 1868,
[Signed. l.. SURGL,
City Surveyor.
| Approved by the Committees of Streets and Land.
ings of both Boards.
[Signeo 4 h. SHIELDS, 1r--,---
| GERALD FARRELL, Onsrmen'
| Registered, october 2, 1865.
| j. q. LANDRY, Controller.
| CONTROLLERS OFFICE, CITY HALL !
| New Orleans, ctober 2, 1865. !