New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-10-08
No. IO34-New Series.


SPECIFICATIONS for the Contract for Grading
and Sheilng with Lake Shells Eighth street
from Magazine to TGhouptouas Street.
The roadway between the cutters shan be graded
IN accordance with the lines, levels and curvings
trench in the ceuter of the roadway, twenty feet
VIDE and six inches deep shall be filled with clean
and sound bank lake Shells Tree from DIRT sand
said shells after the trench being filed shall be
rolled and compressed with 600Opound roller, as
often as necessary 10 make the whole solid and
The sides shall also be rolled. so as to make the
whole road earth and shells, perfectly hard, smooth
Tne, whole work to be performed to the entire sat
isfaction Of the UitR Surveyor and eharmen of the
Committees on Streets and Landings. Jointly.
The contracto or shall be bound to begin the worn
cation by the Common Council, and to complete the
same ninety days after under penalty of ten dollars
per day for each and every day thereafter the
The contractor hail be bound to keep in perfect
good order and condition the said street, for and
during one year, after the completion OF the work
and its acceptance by the Clty Surveyor and chair
man of the Committees on Streets and Landings
and 70 guarantee the faithful performance of this
condition. the Treasurer will retain in guarantee ten
per cent; OF me c9ntEaet price for one year which
ten per cent snail then ne paid TO the contractor
should he street be found in perfect good order and
condition. otherwise to be forfeited for the of the
Payment in cash on the completion of the work,
and acceptance Of the same by the City Surveyor
and ehairmen of the Committee on Stree and
Landings. jointly
sand dollars, shall be, required to guarantee the
faithful performance Of the contract.
1t IS well understood that in of
failure by the contractor to begin or finish
the work, or any part thereof of the same,
within the period fixed, in case the Ooun.
Gil be dissatisfied with the manner in which the
work is being executed, the Council shalt nave the
right 20 sunu the contract without putting the con
tractor in default, required by article 1905 of the
Owl Code, and without applying to court of jus;
tce to annnl the same, and without indemnity; and
it is also well understood that in the contractor
shall at any time abandon the work, not finish or
complete the same in conformitywth his contract
said contractor shall forfeit ali claims he may have
for any part OF the work done BY him to the date
his abandonment, and that the city shall be thereby
discharged and released from any and all liability
therefor snd also well understood that the
contract be resod the contractor and his securities
shall be held and bound in soldo to pay unto the
city all loss difference between the prices at which
the contractor originally contracted 10 perform the
work and the price at which it may be adjudicated
at a resale or readJ Indication.
Bids to be per running foot for the whole work
complete
New Orleans, September 2s 1853
[Sgnedl j. A. D'hEMECOURT
Acting Surveyor.
Approved by the Committees on Streets and Land
ings of both Boards.
lhignedl i. n. SHIELDS,
GERALD FARRELL,
Chairmen.
j. o. LANDRY,