New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-05-26

SPECIFICATIONS for the contract for the con
stones and wooden cutters on Bienvlle street,
Doth Sides, from Dorgenois to Broad street.
WIDTH OF THE SIDEWALKS
The sidewalks shall be twenty five feet in width
cuRBsToNEs
Hewed and dressed curbstones shall line the side
walks, of North river blue stones other stones of
equally good quality, beye dressed on the top to an.
swer ths slopes Of the Sides from three six feet
and four inches thick. They shall be well set in
good joints and in Workmanlike manner, and shall
when desired for draining lots. They shall be duly
nterspersed in lengths Of three six feet through
which will be given BY the Oity surveyor and eacb
ourbstone shall have slope Of three inches for ev
ing houses; shall also be solidly fixed and backed in
the most approved manner to prevent crevice-wash
ligcnce in this respect, and curbstones less than
four inches thick or shorter than three feet and
having IN no case less than six inches below the up
per surface OF the adjoining gutter shall be admitted
WOODEN CUTTERS
The cutters shall be made of the best sawmill cy-
press, twelve inches wide by four inches thick in
length OF not less than twenty feet Except cases
where shorter lengths are necessary halyed or
scarted ten INCHES al the Jennings PINNED there at
OF not less than four feet long by two inches IN
diameter, and driven through suitable anger holes
the panks nearest the curbstoue sh all be leveed to
notehes of eight inches long by two inches deep cut
out at every eight feet thereof and in these cypress
which enters the ground, will be firmly driven down
inch cut spikes to each brace and over these there
W1 be verge or tscia of cypress sunk, ten inches
wide by two and half inches thick, well nailed to
the gutter planks aforesaid with sixneh cut spikes
The gutter bottoming will be of dry river sand for
inches thick and sodly bedded before the pins are
driven The top edge of the facing board 81 an pro.
jeet and half inch above the upper surface Il
slope Of one inch toward the eur5stone s i Wooden %
boxed gutter for draining lots shall be Guilt by the
contractor. They shall be four inches wide by eight
inches deep shall be made of and half-inoh cy
press panks with two by four inch cross pieces on
the top to keep the sides from being dispAcs and
said gutter shall run through the whole width Of the
| sidewalks
| Twelve feet in width next TO the houses and two
feet in width next TO the curbstones shall be brcked
and the remain ng eleven feet between SAID breked
! portions shall be hleu up, and smoothly graded to
correspond WITH grade Of said bricked portions The
| walk pavement shall be laid of lake bricks of the
best quality in herring bone, bed of lake sand
| or other sand Of equally good quality, or on gas
| tween the brick shall be well filed up with sharp
sand and coating Of y half an inch thick, spread
side OF the bricked portions there shall be row Of
e Ss1fn m and nd the Whole Of ne g ehng
| bricked. PTor to laying TIE bricks the earth or
| ground shall be cut up, broken, and well rammed,
and made level and graded oothy with decllvity
or slope toward tle outline of one half OF an uch per
foot The ground where too low shall be filed up by
until completely solid. There shall be bedding Of
| which shall be properly bedded therein in herring
bone regularly laid in close JOINTS without any rug
! straight edge otherwise II shall be rejected.
| GENERAL CLAUSES
All the material shah be OF the best quality and
snail be furnished by the contractor, as veil the
| labor.
work in the ten days following the approval Of the
adjudication by the Common Council and to com.
plete the same SIXTY days after, under penalty of
ten dollars day for each and every day thereafter
| the same is not completed.
guarantee the faithful performance OF the c0htrRct
Payments to be made on the completion Of the
| work ano acceptance Of the same by the City Sur
/ yeyor. said payments TO be made BY the property
holders on the certiheate OF the City Surveyor in
ter, and to be collected by the contractor and the
city shall not be held responsible liable for any Of
said bills should the not be paid and said
tractor shall be spbrogated to all the r4hts Of the
city T. sue and seize the property in case of nonpay
The contractor shall pay INTO the city treasury
prior to receiving his certificate the cost OF pubica.
ing well understood that said cont, actor snail nave
the right Of demanding OF said petitioners the REIN
It is well understood that in case OF failure by the
contractor 70 begin or finish the work or any part
Gil be dissatisfied with the manner in which The
work is being, executed the Council shah have the
tractor in default required by article 1905 Of the
civil code, and without applying to OF justice
also well understood that in case the contractor
shall at any time abandon the work OF
with his contract the said contractor shall forfeit ar
claims he may have for any part OF the work done b.
him up to the date OF the abandonment and the city
shall lie thereby discharged from any and all liability
therefor; and It is also well understood that in case
the contract be resod the contractor and his secur
ties shall be held and bound in sodo to pay unto the
CITY all loss difference between the Trica which
the contractor originally contracted to perform the
work and the price at which il may be adiudicated
| at q resale REHABILITATION.
| Bids to be per running foot of sidewalk complete
| including the turning Of the corners.
| New Orleans, May 49, ls6s
| (Signed) W. H. BELL,
| City Surveyor.
approved bg the Committees of Streets and Land
| ings
| (Sgnedl d. s. DEVICES,
Signed F, W. PERKINS,
Registered May %, 1863.
S. G. BROwRR,
| K naDv ~,