The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-10-04
p.eces snau be supersposed. The floor shall be
Oh nsfoW cypress planks two inches thick.

pieces shall be supersposed. The door shall DO
VI nstEow cypress planks two inches thick.
IRON WORK AND CASTINGS. ITEf.t
The bed plates, rollers and machinery rsou;red
70 open and shut the turning portion of die bridge.
q wen = al windlasses, etc., shall be of he
pest cast ron properly set in and fastened. the
pension rods sstsps sos The So
required fastenings shall be Of the best Tennessee
iron, and shall be of the dimsnsions marked on
the plans. The hog chains to be one and a half
inches In diameter.
u -. ABUTMENT PIERS, ETC.
The abutment piers shall be lined With row oe
lzxI2 inch piles driven ten feet into the solid
ground, ct distances of five feet from centers 6ad
pies 70 receive double sheathing of 3xl2 inches
cypress pianks, strongly nailed with six inch
spaces between the banks of the canal aud the
proJecuon OF said abutments into the canal shall
De hlled up and graded as per plans, and the
n sss sHa II. pe S covered with coat Of lake shells
Ratings similar TO those of the bridge shall snr
round the pile Innings. -. -
TENDERS.
Fender piles to protect the bridge against in
jures from vessels navigating In said canal, shall
De driven and framed as marked on plans.
-ea. asH ~. PAINTING.
The outside faces of the beams and frames thu
ratings and posts, the hog chains. etc.. in fact ali
wood and iron work usually painted shall receive
q covering of three good coats Of the best white
French zinc in lnseed oil of such coiors as may
be selected by the city surveyor.
GENERAL CLAUSES.
All the materials shall be of the best quality,
and shall be furnished by the contractor, as well
as the labor. % -t
The bridge, when completed. shall b. perfectly
well equilibriated In order that 1t may be easily
opened and shut, and the work in all Its details
shall be perfectly well executed to the entire sat-
sfacton Of the city surveyor otherwise 1t shall be
rejected. nt !
The contractor shall guarantee the bridge to
stand Tor term OF one year from its completion
and its acceptance by the city surveyor, and to
guarantee the faithful performance of this clause
the treasurer shall retain in guarantee ten per
cent Of the contract price until the expiration Of
said year, which ten per cent. shall then be paid
only If the bridge be then found in perfect condi-
ton by the city surveyor.
The contractor shall be bound to begin the work
in the ten days following the approvsi Of the ad-
Indication by the Common Council, and to COM
plete the same three months alter, uhder pen
atty of ten dollars per day for each ANA every day
thereafter the same is not completed.
Security to an amount of one thouscnd dollars
shall be required to guarantee the faithful per-
Payment In cash on the completion cf the whole
work and acceptance Of the same by the city sur
veyor less ten per cent. to be retained in guar
antee by the city treasurer.
1t 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 Common Council be dissatisfied with the man.
ner 10 which the same is being executed, the Com
mon Council shall have the right to anhul the con-
tract without putting the contractor IN default as
required by article 1905 of the Civil Code, and
without applying to court of justice TO annul the
same and without indemnity and 1t Is also well
understood that in case the contractor shall at
any time abandon the work or not finibh and com
plete the same in conformity with his contract,
the said contractor shall forfeit all csms he may
have against the city for any part Of the work
done by him up to the date OF his abandonment;
released from any and all liability therefor and
~ s also we'll understood that in case che contract
be resold, the contractor and his securities shall
be held and bound in solido to pay unto the city
all loss or difference between the price at which
the contractor originally contracted to perform
the work and the price at which it may be adjldi-
Gated at q resale or REHABILITATION.
Bids to be for the whole work complete.
New Orleans. Sept. 2s, 1865.
(Signed) L. SURGr, City Surveyor.
Approved by the committee on streets and land.
ings of both boards.
lSigned) THos. II. SHrELD9, chairman,
GERALD FARRELL.
Registered. October 2. 1865.
a . j. o. LANDRY, Controller.
CoNrRoLLER's OFFICE. CRY HAIL.
New Orleans, 0ct.,2. 1865.
Notice ishereby given that the controller WILL at
bis office, on Tuesday, October Is, 1858, at noon,
adjudicate to the lowest bidder or bidders, the
above contract as per specifications.
oc2 lot J. o. LANDRY, Controller.
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