The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-10-13

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bricks. laid in best hydraulic cement mortar,
resting on a platform of by IL inch cypress
panks projecting four feet outside Of the masonry
supERsTRucTuRE.
| All the timbers and lumber snail Do o. rosr,
river red cypress of the best quality, well framed
and having the dimensions marked on the plans.
All the tmbers shall be plsned, and shall receive
a good tarriug Of half tar aud half rosin or IS
| ppieces shaIl be supersposed. The floor shall be
| Of marrow cypress plsnSs two inches MICK
Iron WORK AND cAsTIN0s. rlT.
The bed plates, rollers and machinery required
to open and shut the turning portion Oh the prdge
AZ well as eli windlssses, etc., shall be OF the
best cast iron, properly set 10 and fastened. the
whole according TO the plans. Lae ooits, s ~.
pension rods, straps hog chains: ETC., ana al tne
required fastenings shall De OF tne oess Lennesso
iron and shall be Of the dimenssone marked On
| the plans. The hog chains to be ono ana nan
inches in diameter. -
~ aa13sl3 AsurnESr PIERS, Erc. I'D Ell
The sbutment piers shall be lined with . row o.!
| l2xl2 inch piles, driven ten feet into the sold
ground at distances o. I'VE rec, rom ;.Sss
v Uyessed spikes, and also i2xI2 inch caps. The
npo;ection Of said sbutmeuts into the canal shall
be filed up and graded - per plans, ana tne e
filing shall be covered with ceat Of lake snel,a
at least six inches thick. ard soiidiy rammeo'
| Raipes similar to those Of the bridge shall sur
Il
-, ~, sl,f.- FsSDERs. fs-fasss.aad 10
Fender piles to protect the bridge against n
| iures from vessels navigating N SAID canei, snsi
| be driven and framed a. marked on ptsns ~
-.l .-,it --ra4r ~ PAISTINa. IL dry Dses5iI
The outside faces of the beams and frames, th'
ratings and posts the hog chains etc. IN TACT q
| wood and iron work usuaAy painted shall receiv
| a covering Of three good coats OF the best WIN
| French zinc in hnseed oil OF such coiors - ma
be selected by the city surveyor. 1900
p GENERAL CLAUSES.
4 All the materials shall be Of The best quarry
, ana shall be furnished BY the eeAtrscsor' - vel
|. The bridge. when completed, shall be perfect!
!. well eouilibriated, In order haS may - -.
4 | opened and shut, and the work 10 Al ~ oess
shall be perfectly well executed 70 .ne sssLe
4 isfacton Of the city surveyor, otherwise shAn
's FSs cootrsctor shall guarantee the bridge
!. .tsnS for term of one year from ~ complstio
!, snd iss acceptance by fha city surveyor, and
a crsrsrtee the faithful performance Of the ciAsi
\. the trsssureY hall retain n guarsntee ten y
= cant Of the contract price until the exprafion
= sa;d vear which ten per cent. Rhan then be pe
oplv Il dc bridge b then found IN psFieos cene
ID l ton BY the city surveyor' "a -,
H. The contractor shall be bound TO begin ne wo'
n n ths ten DAYS following the approval OF the
M | iudicstion by he Common Council. and 70 %.
nj rlste The aame three months after, under ~
e altv Of ten dollars per day for each ana eSefy
a | thereafter the same ID noe compeeeos
sy Recurity 70 IN amount OF one thoussno aoiIs
he shaH be required 70 guarantee the tAsniua y
We ! Torrance Of the contract.