The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-10-11

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| f. GERALD FARRELL, Chairman
Registered Oct. s, 1868. a.
PAS. LABARRE, Deputy Controller.
MAYoRALrY OF NEW ORLEANS, !
| City Hall. Sept. 81, 1868. I
| mo. l03l-N.S.l
| Resolued, That the controller be. and he /,
hereby authorized to SELL after ten days notice n
the official journal, contract for the building OF
| foot bridge across the New Canal BASIN at the
foot OF Liberty street, according to plans and
specifications on file In the surveyors Office since
July 10, 1866. 11I -, - =
(Signedl ALFRED KEARNY,
President Board Assistant Aldermen.
(Slgneo) THOMAS MARKEY,
President Board of Aldermen.
Approved Sept. 81, 1868.
tsigned) JOHN R. CONWAY. Mayor.
JoHS W. OVERALL. Secretary. i5rr
SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE CONTRACT FOR THE CON.
sTRUCTIoN OF A FOOT BRIDGE ACROSS THE NEW
CANAL BASIN AT LIBERTY STREET.
The bridge, pier, bulkheads, abutments, etc.,
Shall be constructed in all points in accordance
with the plans, sections and profes hereto an.
nexed, and shall have the dimensions marked on
the same.
PIER.
The pier supporting the turning portion of the
bridge shall be built Of best hard burnt lake
bricks, laid in best hydraulic cement mortar.
resting on platform Of by IL inch cypress
planks projecting four feet outside of the masonry
sUPERsTRuCFURE. ...r
All the timbers and lumber shall be of Pearl
river red cypress of the best quality, well framed
and having the dimensions marked on the plsns
All the tmbers shall be planned, and shall receive
good tarring of half tar and half rosin or as
phaltum on the edges and wherever two or more
pieces shall be supersposed. The floor shall be
OF narrow cypress planks two inches thick.
IRON WORK AND CASTINGS.
The bed plates, rollers and machinery required
10 open and shut the turning portion Of the BRIDGE
as well as all windlasses, etc., shall be of the
bg6df 6aasaslRHs BE- abe AlRRA Xbs RSts sH Hs
iron, and shall be of the dimensions marked on
the plans. The hog chains to be one and half
inches in diameter.
ABUTMEyT PIERS, Ero.
The abutment piers shall be lined with Q row OF
l2xl2 inch piles. driven ten feet into the solid
piles to receive double sheathing of 3xl2 inches
cypress planks, strongly nailed with six inch
pressed spikes, and also l2xl2 inch CAPS. The
spaces between the banks Of the canal and the
be filled mp and graded as per plans, and the
filling shall be covered with o coat Of lake shells
at least six inches thick, and solidly rammed
Ratings similar to those Of the bridge shall sur.
round the pile Innings. T-
,, Fender piles to protect the bridge against in
be drlven and framed as marked on plans.
PAINTING.
The outside faces Of the beams and frames, the |
ratings and posts the hog chains, etc.. In fact all
wood and iron work usually painted shall receive |
z covering Of three good coats Of the best white
French zinc In linseed oil Of such coIors a. NAV
be selected by the city surveyor.
...I sa g.. GENERAL CLAUSES.
All the materials shall be of the best quality.
and shall be furnished by the contractor, as we'll
The bridge, when completed, shall be perfectly
well equilbriated, in order that 1t may be easily
opened and shut, and the work in ali It's details
shall be perfectly well executed to the entire sat
siactos OF the city surveyor, otherwise It shall be
The contractor shall guarantee the bridge to
stand for term of one year from its completion
and its acceptance by the city surveyor. and to
guarantee the faithful performance of this clause
he treasurer shall retain In guarantee ten per
;ent OF the contract price until the expiration of
'aid year, which ten per cent. shall then De paid
,nly If the bridge be then found In perfect condi.
ion by the city surveyor.
The contractor shall be bound to begin the work |
n the ten days following the approval of the ad-
olete the same three months after, under pen
llty OF ten dollars per day for each and every dsv
hereafter the same is not completed.
Security to an amount of one thousand dollars
n nal De required to guarantee the fsithfui per.
Payment in cash on the completion of the whole
YORK and acceptance Of the same by the city sur
'eyor; less ten per cent. to be retained In guar
ntee ~ the city treasurer.
1t Is well understood that In case of failure bv
he contractor to begin or finish the work, or any
art thereof, within the period fixed, or In case
be Common Council be dissatisfied with the man.
In fho L. kofv 81 49, a. |
non Council shall have the right TO annul the con-
ract without putting the contractor in default as
equred by article 1905 Of the Civil Code, and
Without applying to court of justice to annul the
that in case the contractor shall at
ny tine abandon the work or not finish and com
ete the same In conformity with his contract,
be ead contractor shall forfeit all claims he may
ave against am The city for any part Of the work
nd that the city shall be thereby discharged and
eeased from any and al liability therefor and
10 also well understood that in case the contract
Q reeold, the contractor and his securities shall
e held and bound In solido TO pay unto the city
u loss or difference between the price ct which
be contractor originally contracted to perform
be work and the price at which IL may be adjudi-
nted ct Q resale or rehabilitation.
Bids to be for the whole work complete.
(6igned) L. SURGr, City Surveyor.
Approved by the committee on streets and land
lge OF both boards.
lSigned) THos. II. SHIELDS, chairman,
GERALD FARRELL.
Registered, October 2, 1868. rA
"a. b - J. o. LAsDKY, Controller.
N CONTROLLERS OFFIcE. CrrY HAIL.
at4 New Orleans, Oct. 2. 1868.
Notice Il hereby given that the controller viii, at
d ONCE, on Tuesday. October IL, 1868, at noon,
]iudicate TO the lowest bidder or bidders the
bovs contract q per specifications.
oc2 lot J. o. Landry, Controller.
efi MAyoRALrY or NEW ORLEANS,
City Ball, September %, ls68. |