The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-10-08


JOHN NV ". OVERALL, Secretary. ocs St
MAYoRALrY OF NEW ORLEANS,
City Hall. Sept. Il, 1868. !
mo. l03l-N.S.1
Resolced, That the controller be. and he is
hereby authorized to sell, after ten days notice in
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.
(Signed) ALFRED KEARNY,
President Board Assistant Aldermen.
President Board of Aldermen.
approved Sept. q, 1865: 1858, c.. v..
JOHN W. OVERALL. Secretary.
SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE CONTRACT FOR THE CON-
sTRUcTIoN OF A FOOT BRIDGE ACROSS THE NEW
CANAL BASIN AT LIBERTY STREET.
The bridge, pier, bulkheads, sbutments, etc..
shall be constructed in all points in accordance
nexed, and shall have the dimensions marked on
the same.
The pier supporting the turning portion OF the
bridge shall be built Of best hard burnt lake
resting on platform Of 4by IL inch cypress
planks projecting four feet outside of the masonry
sUPERsTRucruRE.
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 plans.
All the timbers shall be plsned, and shall receive
good tarring Of half tar and half rosn or as
phaltum on the edges and wherever two or more
pieces shall be supersposed. The floor shall be
OF narrow cypress plsnks two inches thick.
IRON WORK AND CASTINGS.
The bed plates, rollers and machinery required
to open and shut the turning portion of the BRIDGE
as well as all wlndlasses, etc., shall be of the
best cast iron, properly set in and fastened, the
whole according to the plans. The bolts, sus.
pension rods, straps. hog chains. etc. and all the
required fastenings shall be of the best Tennessee
iron, and shall be of the dimensions marked on
the plans. The hog chains to be one and half
inches In diameter.
ABuTMENT PIERS, ETC.
The abutment piers shall be lined with row OF
l2xl2 inch piles, driven ten feet into the solid
ground, ct distances of five feet from centers Said
piles TO receive double sheathing Of 3xl2 inches
cypress planks, strongly nailed with six inch
pressed spikes, and also 12xl2 inch caps. The
spaces between the banks of the canal and the
projection of said abutments into the canal shall
be- be filled up and graded as per plans, and the
at least six inches thick. and solidly rammed.
Ratings similar to those of the bridge shall sur
round the pile Innings.
TENDERS.
feneer pies 70 protect the bridge against In
ures from vessels navigating In said canal, shall
DC orisen ana framed as marked on plans.
PAINTING.
The outside faces of the beams and frames, the
ratings and posta the hoe chans' etc in fact ali
wood and iron work usually painted sbaII receive
Q covering Of three good coats of the beat Whit
French zinc in lnseed oil of such coors AZ NAV
be selected by the city surveyor.
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GENERAL CLAUSES.
All the materials shall be of the best quality,
and shall be furnished by the contractor, as well
as the labor.
The bridge, when completed, shall be perfectly
well equilibriated. in order that it may be easily
opened and shut, and the work In all Its details
shall be perfectly well executed to the entire sat
sfaction of the city surveyor otherwise it shall be
rejected.
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