The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-06-07
SpECTFCATTONS


1. Whenever the word engineer" is
used, it shall be held to mean the city
engineer for the time being of the City
| of Shreveport.
DEFINITION OF CONTRACTOR.
2. Whenever the word contractor is
used, it shall be held to mean either any
| contractor or firm of contractors, or
any member Of the firm contracting for
any of the work, or any corporation I'M
| dertaking the contract.
WORK TO BE STAKED OUT BY
ENGINEER.
| 3. The work to be done under this
| agreement will be staked out by the
engineer or his assistant, and the con-
tractor will be required to carefully
preserve all stakes.
DEFAULTING CONTRACTOR
LIABLE.
| 4. Whenever the contractor fails to
complete the work as herein specified
within the time named, he shall be Ii
| able for the wages of the inspectors ap-
| pointed upon the work from such time
| as specified for the completion until the
| final acceptance of the work, and the
amount of such wages shall be deducted
| from any moneys which may be due
| him from the city He shall also be IL
| able to a penalty of $25 per day for
each and every day that the work is
not completed as aforesaid unless the
| City Council shall, by resolution, grant
an extension of time for completion Of
| said work.
INSPECTORS
5. The city engineer and improvement
| committee shall appoint such number
| of inspectors as they may deem best
| who shall be on the work at all times
and report to the engineer; but such in
| spectors shall have no power to ap-
prove material or work, or to order ad-
dit:onal work
WORK PROSECUTED AT CERTAIN
POINTS.
6. The work shall be done at such
points as the improvement committee
and city engineer may designate, and
not more than two adjoining squares
in length shall be torn up at one time;
nor shall any square be blocked, ex
cept where the contractor is actually
| working; and each square, so soon as
the pavement is laid shall be thrown
open to public use; but such opening
and using of the street shall not be
deemed or held to be an acceptance o
any part of the work.
SUSPENSION.
Should the improvement committee
and engineer see fit, in view of contin
| uing traffic on the street upon which
the work is being prosecuted they
may require the contractor to finish one
side of the street at time. The said
Improvement committee and city en-
gineer, from time to time, may suspend
the work at certain places, or alto
gether, if, in their opinion, public needs
require it; but said improvement COM
mttee and city engineer shall not have
the right to stop the work altogether
for more than one week at any one
time, except that, whenever, in the
opinion of the said committee and city
engineer, the weather is not suitable for
doing the work, it may cause the work
to be suspended. In case of any sus
pension, caused by order of said en-
gineer or said committee, the time
within which the contractor is required
to complete the work shall be extended
by as many days as the same was thus
suspended.
MATERIAL PILED sNUGLY UPON
SUSPENSION OF WORK.
7. Upon any stoppage of the work all
material is to be piled up snugly, so as
not to impede the travel on the side
walk or carriage way, or use of fire
plugs. and all rubbish or surplus ma
terial to be removed Immediately there
after from the street or avenue by the
contractor. *E-s
CITY MAY CONSTRUCT OR ALLOW
TO BE CONSTRUCTED, ETC.
8. The right to construct any sewer
or sewers, lay or relay street railway
tracks, or electrical conduits, or to lay
any water or gas mains, or receiving
basins and culverts, or build up or ad-
just any manhole, or to reset or renew
any frames and heads for sewer man
holds, or for supply water or gas stop
cocks, in any street, and to grant per-
mits for house connections with sewers,
or with water or gas pipes, at any time
prior to the completion of the road COW
ering, over the line of the same, Is ex
pressly reserved by the said improve
ment committee and city engineer, and
the said improvement committee an
city engineer reserves the right OF
suspending the work on any part of
said line of street at any time during
the construction of same. for the pur
poses above stated; and said contractor
shall not interfere with, or place any
impeachment in the way of, any person
or persons who may be engaged in the
construction of such sewer or sewers,
laying or relaying street railway tracks
or electrical conduits, or in laying OF
such water or gas mains, or in making
connections Herewith, or doing other
work above specified, or in the con-
struction of any receiving basins and
cuIverts, or in setting or resetting any
curbs on the line of the street. In any
such case the contractor shall not be
entitled to any damages, either for the
digging up of the street or for the de-
lay: but he shall be allowed, and be
paid for any work or material made
necessary on his part, such reasonable
sum (not to exceed contract rates) az
may be agreed upon between him and