Item 1 Furnish approximately five thousand (5,000) tons of Lime for delivery, F.O.B., Carrollton Water Plant, Eagle Street Switch, New Orleans, Louisiana, in hopper bottom steel rail cars (suitable for unloading from the bottom by screw conveyor). It is essential that the rail cars be thoroughly cleaned before loading. Any rail car that arrives with excess Lime spilled on the top of the car will not be accepted by the Board until properly cleaned. Cleaning expenses as well as excess demurrage fees will be the responsibility of the Contractor. Any Contractor that repeatedly ships rail cars with excess Lime spilled on top will be placed in default of the Contract. 9. Approximately six hundred (600) tons of Lime can be stored by the Carrollton Water Plant under present conditions. The quantity of Lime used will be fairly constant from day to day but will vary with the seasons of the year and with the character of the water of the Mississippi River. 10. The unloading equipment at the Carrollton Water Plant can economically handle a maximum of three hundred (300) tons per week. If more than this quantity is delivered in any one week, the Contractor shall be required to furnish satisfactory evidence that they have not released more than three hundred (300) tons for shipment to the Carrollton Water Plant. If the Contractor fails to furnish satisfactory evidence, any or all demurrage charges resulting from over shipment shall be charged to the Contractor, and the amount of this demurrage shall be retained by the Board from any money due or to become due the Contractor. 11. It is absolutely essential that the quantity of Lime requested be supplied at a fairly uniform rate each week so as to maintain a reasonable quantity of inventory. If for any reason the Contractor should fail to deliver as required, the operation of the Carrollton Water Plant and the quality of the potable water produced would be seriously affected. In case of failure on the part of the Contractor to make deliveries as called for above, and if such failure to deliver on the part of the Contractor shall result in the endangering of the proper operation of the Carrollton Water Plant (such conditions being deemed to exist when the quantity of Lime in inventory at the Chemical Building becomes less than three hundred (300) tons, the Board may exercise its option as specified in Paragraph 6 of Specifications.
