The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-08-22

SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE CONTRACT FOR FURNISH
ING ALL THE LUMBER NECESSARY FOR THE USE
OF THE CITY FOR ONE YEAR.
The lumber shall be partly Of yellow pine and
partly Of cypress. of the best quality, free from
sap, splits, bad knots and other defects calcu-
lated to impair its strength or durability. Ii shall
be of various sizes, varying from one 10 i've
inches in thickness, from twelve to eighteen
inches In width, and from twenty to thirty feet in
length, being mostly wanted for the construction
of street bridges repairs Of whsrves, stage psnks,
etc.
The said lumber shall be delivered on duly
authorized requsitions, approved as required by
existing city ordinances, in such quantities aud at
snnffveyor and street commssioero y pom .ne CITY
specified in said officers orders. under penalty
Of ten dollars for each neglect or noncompliance
and further penalty of having the lumber,
neglected to be furnished by the contractor, pur-
chased by the said officers at said contractors
expense, at whatever cost the said officers might
be able TO procure the same. The amount of the
fines and Of the lumber thus purchased by said
officers, to be deducted out of the settlements to
be made by the city 10 said contractor.
Security to an amount Of five Thousand dollars
shall be required TO guarantee the faithful per-
Torrance OF the contract.
Payments in cash on the delivery TO the city of
each and every ten thousand or more feet Of lum-
Der, and acceptance Of the same by the street
commissioner and the city surveyor respec lively
the city retaining in guarantee, until the per.
Torrance OF the whole contract, ten per cent. of
the amount Of each and every settlement to be
made to said contractor.
The contract shall be adjudicated for a term of
one year, to begin on the day Of the approval of
the adjudication by the Common Council.
1t is well understood, that in case Of failure by
the contractor to begin or finish the delivery of
said lumber, or any part thereof, within the Pc
RODS fixed, or in case the Common Council be
dissatisfied with the quality Of or the manner
in which the same is being delivered, the Common
Council shall have the right to annul the co.,
tract without putting the contractor in default
as required by article 1905 of the Civil Code, and
without applying to a court of justice to anuu the
same, and without indemnity; aud il Is also we'll
understood that in case the contractor shall, at
any time, abandon the furnishing and delivery
Of said lumber, or not furnish and complete
the same in conformity with his contract, the
said contractor shall forfeit all claims he may have
for any part of the deliveries made by him up to
shall be thereby discharged and released from any
and all liability therefor; and il is also yell under
stood, that in the contract be resold the CON
tractor 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 ori
gnally contracted to furnish and deliver the said
lumber, and the price at which 1t may be sdjadi
Gated at q resale or REHABILITATION.
Bids to be per thousand feet (board measure)
Of yellow pine lumber, furnished and delivered,
and per thousand feet (bosrd measure) cypress
lumber, furnished and delivered.
New Orleans, August IA, 1868.
(Sgned) L. SURGI.
City Surveyor.
Approved by the committee on streets and land
iDgs Of both boards Of the Common Council.
(Slgned) L. II. SHIELDS, I Ch.;
GERALD FARRELL, Chairmen'
PAS. LABARRE,
Deputy Controller.
Registered August Is. 1868.