New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1905-02-11
ton of the Board of Trustees and City


Engineer.
The price bid shall include all necessary
excavation or filing and all work in con.
nection thereto to complete work.
). All material, tools and labor neces.
sary to fully complete the work shall be
furnished by the contractor
The Mayor, City Engineer, or the dnly
appointed Inspector reserves the right to
inspect materials to be used on the work
at any time they may see fit ~;
4. The contractor mast furnish and
pay any laborers that the Engineer may
deem necessary to aid the Inspector IN
examination and eplling of material.
All rejected material must he promptly
removed from the streets.
/ D. The contractor shall remove all I'M
used material or debris from the streets
as the work progresses. so that the public
may have the use of the streets as soon as
possible. On his falling TO do so, it shall
! be competent for the Mayor at the recon-
mendation OF the City Engineer. to have
same removed at the contractors OK |
pense.
All improvements disturbed by the con |
tractor shall be replaced in as good condi |
lion as same were when first disturbed
g. The contractor shall erect and main
tain sufficient barricades. fences or rail
ings around any excavations necessary
for said work and at such other places az
the Engineer may direct, and shall put in
proper places at twilight on each day
suitable coiored lights and keep them
burning during the night; end shall in
demnify aud save harmless tho City from
all losses and damage by reason Of failure
to do so; or from any neglect or careless
nest in tina performance of said work
{, The City of New Iberia shall in no
way be held responsible for payment for
any portion of the work or in any way
held liable or responsible for payment un
til the work has been accepted by the City
Engineer and Board OF Trustees.
8. The contractor shall give the City !
Engineer forty eight hours written notice ,
before any material therefor is brought on !
The grounds.
Q. The work shall be CONNIE need at
such point and prosecuted ia such direc-
ion as the City Engineer shall direct
10. No more than five hundred feet Of
rsnch shall be left open at one time, I'M
ess by direction of the City Engineer. :
II. All stakes or marks set by the City
engineer shall not be disturbed until so
idvised by him.
IL. Should the contractor fail to prose n
ute the work with the yigor necessary for o
is completion within the specified time, O
lpon the recommendation of the City En- h
,ineer, it shall be competent for the II
layor to employ sueh additional force as Il
e may deem necessary, at the expense of IL
he contractor, so as to complete the @,
york in the time specified.
l3. If no additional force has been W
mployed as referred above, and the con- G,
ractor has not completed the work in the lii
ime specified, he shall be liable to pay a,
lent Of five dollars per day for each day co
he work is left incompleted, and all extra
engineering and inspecting expenses. il
IA. The contractor shall be held re- r,
ponsible for the faithful execution of the
ontract, and in the Interpretation and
of questions which may -
rise concerning the meaning and intent
the plans and specifications, the decis-
IN of the Engineer shall be final n,
Is. The Board of Trustees shall con- p,
der the acceptance Of the work upon he
ritten certificate of the City Engineer, ~
lat same has been completed and that
he contractor has complied with all re. -
lirements of the contract aud specifca-
ons.
l6. Any materials useful to the work
at The City may have for sale shall be alb
lrchased by the contractor at the same in
ice like material can be purchased by tol
m elsewhere. mr.
H. The contractor shall furnish a bond Or
thirty per cent. Of contract price in IA wi
II of the City and secured in some re-
onsible surety company or otherwise if
ceptable TO the City.
Is. Payment for this work shall be -
AIDE by certificate issued by the City of
Nv Iberia, La, payable one and two
ars after date. and bearing six per cent.
terest per annum from date
REQUIREMENTS OF MATERIAL.
l. All material must be free OF any de-
cts and must in all manner be of best
atty, in conformity with specifications.
2. Pipes 10 be of cast iron free of
,cks or defects; the six inch pipe to be
less than 7.l6 inch thick and the four.
,h pipe no less than "a inch thick.
B Weights to be for four inch pipes no
IS than Is pounds per foot and elk inch
less than 80 pounds per foot.
1. All joints to be bell joints
!. Tees to conform with pipes.
J. Valves OF type mentioned.
I. Hydrants to have gate valve and of
ne design as now used in the City Of