The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-12-14 00:00:00

TO BRICKLAYERS AND.IRONFOUNDERS

PERSONS willing to CONTRACT with the COM-
k • MISSIONERS for the better PAVING and SEW-

BRACE of the Town of Liverpool,to execute such BRICK-
WORK as may be required, by tilt said Commissioners, for
a period not less than Twelve Months, are requested to send
in Sealed Tenders containing the following Particulars : viz.,
the rate of Bricklayets' and Labourers' Wages per day; the
Price of Bricks per Thousand ; of Morter per Load and per
Hod; and of Cement per Barrel and per Pound.
And Persons willing to CONTRACT for the supply of
such CAST-IRON GRATINGS and FRAMES, POSTS,
and other CASTINGS, as may be required by the said Com-
missioners, during the same period, to be equal in quality to
Samples now lying in the Yard behind the Parish-offiCes, ate
requested to send in Sealed Tenders containing the Prices of
the following Articles: viz., for 22-inch Gratings weighing
6 Cwt.; of 18-inch Gratings weighing 41 Cwt.; and of Iron
Posts weighing 5 Cwt.
The Tenders to be sent in, achit:essed.t.o the Commissioners,
at their Office, No. 1, Parish-offices, Fenwick-street, Liver-
pool, on or before WEDNESDAY, the 19th day of December
instant.

By order of the Commissioners,
EDW. G. DEANE, Clerk,
Parish-offices, Liverpool, 11th December, 1838.

YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.
CONTRACT FOR WORKS.
rTIHE DIRECTORS of the 1 ORK and NORTH MID-
I LAND RAIL \VAY COMPANY will meet at their
Office, ST. LEONARD'S-PLACE, York, on THURSDAY,
the 20th December, at ELEVEN o'Clock, to receive Tenders
for the following Contracts.
FAIRBURN CONTRACT.—To make and maintain the Rail-
way, with all the Excavations, Ecnbauktnents, Tunnels,
Bridges. Culverts, Drains, Fences, and Gates complete;
also a Viaduct over the River Aire at Fairhurn, including
the Laying and Ballasting the Permanent Way, (but exclu-
sive of Stone Blocks, Wooden Sleepers, Rails, Chairs, and
Fastenings,) commencing at a point Sixteen Chains East
of the Road leading from Ferrybridge to Boroughbridge,
and terminating, at a point Seventy-Nine Chains West of the
Centre of the River Aire, being a distance of One Mile Fifty-
Two Chains, or thereabouts.
ALTOETS CONTRACT.—TO make and maintain the Rail-
way, with all its Works in like manner, commencing at a
point in the Township of Whitwood, and terminating at the
Junction with the North Midland Railway, in the Township
of Altofts, being a distance of about Two Miles.
Drafts of the Contract, with Plans and Specifications of
the Works, will be ready for Inspection at the Engineer's
Office, York, on and after the 28th November, when printed
Forms of Tender may be had, and no other will be attended
to.
The Tenders must be delivered at the RAILWAY OFFICE,
St. Leonard's-place, York, on the 20th December, at or be-
fore TEN o'clock in the Forenoon, under sealed cover, ad-
dressed to the Chairman, and endorsed Tender for Works;
and parties tendering, or parties duly authorised by them,
must be in attendance at the time of meeting. _ .

The Parties whose Tender is accepted, will he required to
enter into a Bond, with Two Sureties, for the due perform-
ance of the Contracts, in a Penalty of not less than Ten per
Cent. upon the gross sum contracted for, and the Names of
the proposed Sureties are to be specified in the Tender.
The Directors will not bind tilemselves to accept the
Lowest Tender.

GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman and Deputy
JAMES MEEK, Chairman.
By order,
GEORGE BAKER, Secretary.
Yolk and North Midland Railway Office.
Yon k, November 8, 1838.