The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-08-18
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SPECIFICATIONS ooScKRSrSG THE REPAIRS AND AID
DI1IoNs TO MADE TO THE COUNT HOUSE, TO
FIT 1T UP FOR THE USE OF THE SEVENTH DIS
TR CT COURT AND ALSO FOR THE WANTS OF tbs
THIRD AND FOURTH DISTRICT COURTS.
SEVENTH DISTRICT COURT.
The existing partition IN the censer snsu DC re-
The center opening shall be filed with tran.
som light, and the remainder with brick wan Oh
same thickness as the old one.
The party wall dividing the present rooms from
the gallery shall be demolished, including the Two
chinneys right and Left and shall be rebuilt SOLID
and flush with the two side walls N
girder as shown on the plan and section shsll
be placed across the space left, to support tns
| josis of the upper hoOr.
Two new partitions shall be putup to divide the
present room from the clerks Office of the third
and Fourth District Courts, the studding being OF
SIS yellow pine, placed one foot apart.
Two new doors with trensom lights, on the hall,
| in place Of those existing.
| hauled and thoroughly repaired, the walls ADD
ceilings shall be plssIered three coats and hard
finished.
In each of the clerks Offices for the Third,
/ Fourth and Seventh District Courts. shall be
| fight of winding stairs similar In construction TO
| those slresdy existing in the Supreme and FHtn
| District Courts. Around the walls there shall be
| a four high wsinsooting made OF narrow inch
| yellow pine flooring, with moulding on top. rhe
skiriine shall be sixteen inches high, one and
| half inch thick and three inches mouldings.
| The Judges and clerks stands, the lawyers |
table the platform for the jury seats, the deputy
sheri1's stand. the witness benches and railing;
shall be similar to those now used 10 tne miro
District Court, and placed in conformity with /
plans.
old tie beams shall be completed leveied' |
strengthened cramped and boted throughout
The ioists for the new floor shall be of the best
yellow pine by 8, supported by trimmers by 4, |
well nailed to the old timbers and placed 10
The upper joists for ceiling shall be Of similar
The studding forming wall all round the man.
card roof and for the partitions shall be OF oy =,
placed foot from center and resting on plates
| by above and below.
The door posts shall be by 4. The chimney
hues now existing shall be pulled down wherever
| found in bad condition, and rebuilt from the level
| of the old floor TO the top, above the roof.
The flooring shall be Of narrow, yellow pine, Il.
tongued and grooved, of good quality and free oil
bad defects. -
The partition doors, with transom lights, shall
be double PANEL II thick, hanged with +inch
butt hinges. and good American rim lock.
The transom lights 10 the partitions shall De OF
| the same dimensions as those above the doors.
The present door of the law library snail De
| used 10 the new room.
; The skriings all round the rooms and passage
shall be Of Il cypress, IL inches hgh' WIN d D.
: The walls. ceilings, partitions, throughout'the
/ third story shall be lathed and plastered three
4 coats, hard finished. =
Four new dormants similar to those already
existing shall be placed as marked on the plan
The main stairs leading from the second story
to the third, shall be made as per plan; WIN
inch risers. IL inch treads, with mouIdings and
return nosing walnut railing. with turned oallus,
ters dove.tsied in the treads, and fancy turned
newell, also of black walnut. .
D. Two water closets as per plan, with porcelain
70 basins, and lead pipes. two inches in diameter,
1t descending into the yards gutter. me nooring
sr shall be raised above the flooring OF the passage
r. and shall be covered with zinc. (No. IL having
ii fall sufficient to carry of the water into the pipes
| leading TO the yard. -,
The walls shall be wainscoted four feet high on
each side one partition six feet high to divide
the two closets, and one lattice door to each
closet.
The stairs leading to the cupos shall be re
paired.
dows shall receive three coats of the best white
lead and shall be sanded. The wood work. usually
painted and the iron. shall receive three coats oil
I | paint of the color designated.
in | The roof stating shall be overhaued and thor
at ouehly repaired. and the ridges and chimneys
re- pointed ali round with good mortar Of lime anC
/ white sharp sand
The valleys hanging cutters and leaders shall
be thoroughly repaired al round the main build
III. ing, and those missing or decayed shall be re
Sc placed.
| and new ones placed wherever designated on tn
NJ plans, with ordinary fixtures and burners.
,m The fixtures of the Seventh District Court sha
y, be similar to those of the Third.
AL The new glazing shall be Of the best quality o
We American glass and the broken psnes of glas
en- On shall be replaced wherever required.
~ | GENERAL CLAUSES.
on The whole work shall be executed in conformii
s' with the plans and specifications, and under tn
supervision Of the city surveyor.
ally In case of omission of anything necessary
by complete the work above described, the con
at tractor shall bind himself to have 1t done at nl
NY own expense, upon the requisiuon oil the Gil
me | surveyor. -,
ce. | tan davs after the aDDrOVal of the a1IC
'er, dication by the Common Council, and TO Goa
ur- plete the same on the 18th OF October next, u
RS der q penalty of twenty-five dollars per day Il
ght each and every day the same is not completed.
the Payment in cash on the completion OF u
aid work, and acceptance of the same by the Gil
10 surveyor and committee Of streets and landing
A security of one thousand dollars shall
lars | REQUIRED from the contractor to guarantee u
per- faithful performance Of the contract.
Ii Ia well understood that In case OF failure
OF the contractor to begin or finish the work,
UNI any part thereof, within the period fixed, or
-eet case the council be dissatisfied with the ma
ely, ner in which the work is being executed. q
per. council shall have the right to annul the co
OF tract without putting the contractor In defau
be as required by article 1905 Of the Civil Cod
and without applying to court OF justice
A OF annul the same, and without idemnity; and II
OF also well understood that in case the contract
shall at any time abandon the work, or y
oy finish or complete the same In conformity WI
OF his contract, the contractor shall forfeit
Pc claims be may have for any part Of the N wo
De done by him up to the date of the abandC
liner ment and that The CITY shsll be thereby
mon charged from any and all labii ty therefor; q
con- II IL also we'll nnderstood that in case the CT
,ult, tract he resold the contractor and his secu
and ties shall be held and bound in solldo to p
the unto the city all loss difference between
well | nrice At which The contractor originally c,
|, at | tr,cted 10 perform the work and the price
very which it may be ajudicated at resale or rel
'i. u Indication.
the Bids TO be for the whole work complete.
ave New Orleans, August IL, 1868.
y 70 (Signed) l.. SURGI, City Surveyor
city Approved by the committees on streets
any landings of both boards Of the Common Council
con- fSioneT Crp.InFARRE1I Chairmen
and, RsSistered An0nst rs. 1854