New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-09-12

| SPECIFICATIONS concerning the Repairs and Ad-
ditons to be made to the Courthouse, TO fit it Up
for the use of the Seventh District Court and
also for the wants of the Third and Fourth D.s.
trict Courts.
SEVENTH DISTRICT COURT.
The existing partition in the center shall be re.
The center opening shall be filed with transom
light, and the remainder with brick wall Of same
The party, wall dividing the present rooms from
the gallery shall he demolished, including the two
chmneys right and left, and shall be rebuilt solid
| and flush with the two side walls
girder, as shown on the plan and section, snail
be placed across the space left to support the oss
Two new partitions shall be put VI I, d; ie ,Ae
\ present room from the Clerks ofics { til 4.rd
snd Fourth District Courts, the studding t. ug Of
/ by yellow pine, placed one foot apart
Two new doors, with tIansom lights, OF tn hall,
i in place OF hose existing
hauled and thoroughly repaired the walls and cell.
ings shall be plastered three coats and hard nshed
In each of the clerks Offices for the Third Fourth
and Seventh District Courts, shall be light Of
winding stairs similar in construction to those al.
i Courts. Around the walls there shall be foureet
l high wainscotng, made OF narrow inch yellow NJ ne
be sixteen inches high. one and half inch thick
| and three inches holdings
/ The judges and clerks stands, the lawyers table
the platform for the Jury seats, the deputy sherifs
stand, the witness benches and railing shall be SINH,
and placed in conformity with plans.
Third stoIy-The loor shall be leyeed; the old tie
| cramped and bolted throughout N1'-'0'
The joists for the new floor shall be of the best
nailed to the old timbsrs and placed id inches from
| centers.
The upper joists for ceiling shall be of similar
4 size
The stpdding forming wall all round the mAnsard
roof and for tine partitions shall be OF by placed
| foot from centre and resting plates b. 4
| above and below
| now existing shall be pulled down wherever found
in bad condition, rebuilt from the level Of the
/ old floor TO the top above the roof
The flooring shall be of narrow yellow pine ! a,
tongued and grooyed. of good qnaty and free Of bad
defects.
| The partition DOORS with transom lights shah be
double panel, IA thick, hanged, with 4-incn butt
The transom lights in the partitions shall be Of
| the dimensions as those above the doors.
| The present door OF the law library snail be used
The skirtings all round the rocms and psssag
shall be of IL cypress Il inches high, with 3inti
| molding
This walls, ceilings par tions throughout the
coats, hard finished.
Four new dormants, similar to those already ez.
| listing, shall be placed as marked on the plan
The main stairs, leading from the second story 10
| the third, shall be made as per plan, with lneh
nosing walnut railing with turned ballusters dove.
tailed in the treads, and fancy turned newell,
Two water closets, as per plan, with porcelain
| basins, and lead pipes two inches in diameter, de
scending into the yards gutter The flooring snall
be raised above the flooring of the passage aud sha
be covered with inc No 10, having fall sutheep,
yard.
| Inc walls shall be wAinscoted four feet nigh on
each side; partition six feet high 10 divide the
two c'osets and one lattice door to each closet.
The stairs leading to the cupola shall be repaired
| The cupola and the outside OF the dormant win
dows shall receive three coats o. the best white e sd
| and shal be sanded. The wood work. usually paint
ed and the ron shall receive three coats Of paint O
| the color designated.
The roof stating shall be overhaule1 snt
thoroughly repaired, and the ridges and chimney
pointed an round with good mortar OF lime arC
The valleys, hanging cutters and leaders shall b,
tnoTopghy repaired an round the main building
and those missing or decayed shall be replaced
Inc gas pipes How existing shall be repaired, anI
new ones placed wherever designated on tine plans
with ordin airy fixtures and burners
The fixtures of the Seventh District Court shall
| be similar TO those of the Third.
| Inc new glazing snail be of the best quality o.
American glass, and the broken panes OF gas snRl
| be replaced wherever required.
GENERAL CLAUSES.
The whole work shall be executed in conformity
| with the plans and specifications, and under the
! supervision Of the City Surveyor.
In case OF omission Of anything necessary TO com
pete the WORK ABOVE described, the contractor shall
| bind himself TO have it done at his own expense
| upon the reQuisition Of the City Surveyor.
The contractor shall be bound to begin the wors
| the Common Council, and to complete me same on
the 70 h OF October next under penalty Of twenty
i've dollars per DAY Tor each and every day the same
Payment in cash on the completion of the work
and acceptance CT the same by the City Surveyor
| and Committee Of Streets and Landings
A security of one thousand dollars snail be re
CURED from the contractor to guarantee the faithful
performance of the contract.
II Is wei UNDERSTOOD tnat IN case OF tsl-Te By the
contractor TO begin finish the work, or any part
thereof within the period fixed or in case the UOuu
| Gil be dissatisfied with the manner in which the
work is being eIecuted, the Council shall have the
right 10 Gnnul the contract without puttng the
tractor in default required by article 1905 Of the
Civil Code, aud without applying to court Of JUS
tice to annul the same, and without indemnity; and
it is also well understood that in the contractor
shall at any time abandon the work, or not finish OF
complete the same in conformity with his contract,
the contractor shall forfeit all claims he may have
for any part OF the work done by him up to the date
his abandonment, and that the city SHAH be thereby
| discharged and released from any and all habh !
therefor ana is also well understood that the
contract be resod the contractor and his securities
| shall be held and bound in sodo to pay unto the
city all loss or difference between the price at which
the contractor originally contracted 10 perform the
work and the price at which it may be adjudicated
| at resale or read Indication
| Bids TO be for the whole work complete.
| New Orleans, August II, 1858
| (SignedD L. SURGI,
City Surveyor
| Approved by the Committee on Streets ana Land
| ings of both Boards of the Common Council
| (SignedD II. Ii. SHIELDS,
| GERALD FARRELL,
| ChEirInen.
| PAS. LABARRE,
/ sell st Deputy Controller.