New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-10-07
No. l034-New Series.


SPECIFICATIONS for the Contract for Grading
and Smelling with Lake Shells Eighth Street,
from Magazine to Tehoupitoulas Street.
The roadway between the cutters shall be graded
IN accordance with the lines levels and euryings to
A trench in the center of the roadway, twenty feet
wide and six inches deep, shall be flled with clean
and sound bank lake shells, free from dirt or sand
said shells after the trench being filed, shall be
rolled and compressed with Goo. pound roller, as
often as necessary to make the whole solid and
The sides shall also be rolled, SO as to make the
WHOLE road, earth and shells, perfectly hard smooth
and even.
The whole work to be performed to the entire sat
lsfactlou OF the City surveyor and chaiImen of the
Committees on Streets and Landin gs, Jointly.
The contractor shall be bound 10 begin the worn
IN me ten days following the approval of the adiadi
cation by the Common Council and to complete the
came ninety days after, under penalty Of ten dollars
per day for each and every day thereafter the
The contractor shall be bound to keep in perfect
good order aud condition the said street, for and
during one year. after the completion OF the work,
and its acceptance by the Clty Surveyor and chair
and TO guarantee the faithful performance Of this
condition, the Treasurer will in guarantee ten
per cent. Of the contrae. price for year which
ten per cent shall then De paid TO the contractor
should the street be found in perfect good order and
eondon otherwise TO be forfeited for the use Of the
Payment in cash onths completion Of the work.
ana acceptance Of the same by the CITY Surveyor
and ehairmen Of the COMMITTEE on Stree and
Landings jointly
Good and solvent security, in the sum Of two thou.
faithful performance Of the contract.
failure by the contractor to begin or finish
the work, or any part thereof Of the same,
within the period fixed, or in case the Coun-
Gil be dissatisfied with the manner in which the
work is being executed, the Council shall nave the
right to annul the contract without putting the
tractor in default required by article 1905 Of the
Civil Code and without applying TO a court of jus.
tice 70 ann1l the same, ard without indemnity; and
II is also well understood that in the contractor
shall 81 any time abandon the work or not finish
complete the same in conform his contract the
said contractor shall forfeit all claims he may have
for any part of the work done by him the date Of
his abandonment. and that the city shall be thereby
discharged and released from any and all liability
therefor also we'll understood that in case the
contract be resod the contractor and his securities
shall be held and bound in sohdo to pay unto the
city all loss difference between the prices at which
The contractor originally contracted To perform the
work and the price at which il may be adiudicated
at resale or reRdj Indication.
Bids TO be per running foot for the whole work
complete.
New Orleans. September %, 1868
[Signedl j. A. DhEMEC0URT,
Acting Surveyor.
Approved BY the Committees On Streets and Land
ings of both Boards
tkignsdl T. H. SHIELDS
GERALD FARRELL,
Chalrmen.
j. o. LANDRY,
Controller.