The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-08-21

New Orleans, August 10, 1868. !
Notice is hereby given thatthe controller will, at
bis office, on Saturday, August ~ 1865, at noon al
Indicate TO the lowest bidder or bidders, the con-
tract as per specifications. -.r
SPECIFICATIONS coNcERsIHG THE REPAIRS AND AID
DITIoNs TO BE MADE TO THE COURT HOUSE, TO
FIT 1T UP FOR THE USE OF THE SEVENTH Dis
TRICT COURT, AND ALSO FOR THE WANTS OF THE
THIRD AND FOURTH DISTRICT COURTS.
SEVENTH DISTRICT COURT.
The existing partition in the center shall be re-
moved.
The center opening shall be filed with a tran.
som light, and the remainder with brick wall oil
same thickness as the old one.
The party wall dividing the present rooms from
cbimneys right and left, and shall be rebuilt solid
and flush with the two side walls.
A girder, as shown on the plan and section. shall
be placed across the space left, to support the
joists of the upper hoor. ,
Two new partitions shall be put up to divide the
present room from the clerks Office of the Third
and Fourth District Courts, the studding being OF
5-5 yellow pine, placed one foot apart. .f..
Two new doors, with transom lights, on the hall,
in place Of those existing.
The openings on Chartres street shall be over
hauled and thoroughly repaired. the walls aud
ceilings shall be plastered three coats and hard
finished.
In each of the clerks offices for the Third,
Fourth and Seventh District Courts, shall be q
fight of winding stairs similar in construction to
those slready existing in the Supreme and rhtn
District Courts. Around the walls there shall be
four-feethigh wsinsooting, made OF narrow inch
yellow pine flooring, with moulding on top. The
skirtine shall be sixteen inches high, one and q
half inch thick, and three inches mouldings.
The Judges and clerks stands, the lawyers
table, the platform for the jury seats, the deputy
sheriff's stand the witness benches and railing,
shall be similar TO those now used in the Third
District Court, and placed in conformity with
Third lROr1y-The floor shall be leveled the
old tie beams shall be completed, leveled,
strengthened crsmped and bolted throughout.
The ioists for the new floor shall be OF the best
| yellow pine by 8, supported by trimmers by 4,
| well nailed to the old tmbers and placed 10
inches from centers.
The upper joists for ceiling shall be of similar
| size.
The studding forming wall all round the man
sard roof and for the partitions shall be Of by 4,
I placed foot from center and resting on plates
| 3 by above and below.
| The door posts shall be by 4. The chimney
| aues now existing shall be pulled down wherever
found in bad condition, and rebuilt from the level
of the old floor to the top, above the roof.
The flooring shall be Of narrow, yellow pine, 1t,
toDgued and grooved, OF good quality and Tree oil
The partition doors, with transom lights, shall
butt hinges. and good American rim LOCK. I'M" h
The transom lights in the partitions shall be OF
the same dimensions as those above the doors.
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! used in the new room.
The skirtings all round the rooms and passage
shall be Of Il cypress, IL inches high, with j.
inch moulding.
The walls, ceilings, partitions, throughout the
third story, shall be lathed and plastered three
| coats, hard finished.
Four new dormants similar to those already
existing, shall be placed as marked on the plan.
The main stairs, leading from the second story
to the third, shall be made as per plan, with l I
inch risers. II inch treads, with mouldings and
return nosing walnut railing, with turned ballus-
tiers, doyetailed in the treads, and fancy turned
newell, also of black walnut.
| Two water closets, as per plan, with porcelain
basins, and lead pipes, two inches in diameter,
descending into the yards gutter. The flooring
shall be raised above the flooring OF the passage.
and shall be covered with zinc, mo. l3 having o
fall sufficient to carry off the water into the pipes
| leading to the yard.
The walls shall be wainscoted, four feet high on
| each side one partition six feet high to divide
the two closets, and one lattice door to each
closet.
The stairs leading to the cupols shall be re.
| paired.
The cupola and the outside of the dormant win.
dows shall receive three coats Of the best white
lead and shall be sanded. The wood work, usually
painted and the iron shall receive three coats Of
paint Of the color designated.
| The roof stating shall be overhauled and III NJ
ouehly repaired, and the ridges and chimneys
pointed ali round with good mortar of lime and
| white sharp sand.
The valleys hanging cutters and leaders shall
be thoroughly repaired all round the main build
ing, and those missing or decsyed shall be re
| placed.
The gas pipes now existing shall be repaired,
| and new ones placed wherever designated on the
plans, with ordinary fixtures and burners.
The fixtures of the Seventh District Court shall
| be similar TO those of the Third.
The new glazing shall be Of the best quality of
American glass, and the broken panes of glass
shall 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
complete the work above described, the con.
tractor 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
work ten days after the approval of the adju-
dication by the Common Council, and to com.
pete the same on the 18th of October next, uu'
| der penalty OF twenty-five dollars per day for
each and every day the same is not completed.
| Payment in cash on the completion of the
work, and acceptance Of the same by the city
surveyor and committee Of streets and landings
security Of one thousand dollars shall be
| required from the contractor TO guarantee the
faithful performance Of the contract.
Ii is well understood that in case OF failure by
the contractor to begin or finish the work, or
any part thereof, within the period fixed or in
case the council be dissatisfied with the man
ner in which the work is being executed. the
council shall have the right to annul the con.
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
| annul the same, and without idemnity; and il is
also well understood that in case the contractor
shall at any time abandon the work, or not
finish or 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 of the abandon
ment, and that the city shall be thereby dis
charged from any and all liability therefor; and
| II 10 also well understood that in case the con-
tract be resold, the contractor and his secur
ties shall be held and bound in solido to pay
unto the city all loss or difference between the
| price at which the contractor originally con-
tracted to perform the work and the price at
which il may be sjudicated at resale or read
! Indication.
Bids to be for the whole work complete.
New Orleans, August IL, 1868.
(Signed) L. SURGI, City Surveyor.
Approved by the committees on streets and
landings of both boards OF the Common Council.
4 (SiQned) 7. II. SHIELDS