The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-12-25 00:00:00

Contracto.

CONTRACT FOR FIRE ENGINES, &c.
BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL.
►EIHE WATCH COMMITTEE HEREBY GIVE
NOTICE, that they are ready to receive TENDERS
for supplying•, by CONTRACT, the following Articles for
the use of the FIRE POLICE ESTABLISHMENT, namely,
Two FIRE-ENGINES, of 9-inch Cylinders each, with

Hosereel attached.
One WATER-CART, capable of holding about Seven

Tuns.
Parties tendering are requested to state the time and price
at which they will undettake to deliver at.the Fire Police
Station, Temple-court, to be paid for upon approval, in cash
at the expiration of one month from the delivery thereof.
Information as to Construction, &c., may be obtained on
application to the Head Constable, at his Office, No. 1,
Fenwick-street.
Sealed 'fenders, addressed to the Chairmen of the Watch
Committee, and marked "Tender," to be left with the Secre-
tary, on or before FRIDAY, the 11th of January next.
By order, CAPES ASHLIN, Secretary.
Watch-jice, 24th Dec. 1838.

LIVERPOOL BOROUGH PRISON.
XTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that such Persons as
1J may be willing to CONTRACT for supplying and deli
vering the following ARTICLES into the BOROUGH
PRISON, so far as the same may he required, for the Year
commencing Ist January, 1339, must send in their Tenders
under cover, to the Clerk of the Peace, on gr before the 31s1

ARTICLES.
BREAD, BUTCHERS' MEAT, MEAL.
Information as to probable consumption, and as to other
matters, may be hail at the Office of the Clerk of the Peace.
The Articles must be delivered from time to time, in such
quantities and manner as the Keeper of the Prison may di-
rect, and ate to be subject to his approval of the quality, &c.
Every Tender must be accompanied by a letter addressed
to the Clerk of the Peace, which must give the names of two
responsible persons, who will engage to become bound with
the person tendering in the sum of LlOO for the due perform-
ance of the Contract.
RD. RADCLIFFE, Clerk of the Peace.
Town-hall, 11th December, 1838.

MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.
CONTRAC7' FOR WORKS.
I~7OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Directors of
the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company,
will MEET at their Offices, No. '2.3, Bond-street Manchester,
on Wednesday the 16th January, 18.39, at Tkielve o'clock at
noon, to RECEIVE TENDERS for COtract No. 6, or
Congleton Viaduct Contract. •
To make and maintain the Bridge or Viaduct over the river
• Dane, the northerly end of which is to be situate in a field,
marked on the parliamentary plan as No. Si, in the township
of 11 ulme Wallfield, in the county of Chester; and the
southerly end of which is to be situate about two chains
distant from the south side of the toad leading from Congle-
ton to Westfields, being in the field, marked on the said plan
No. 53, in the township of Congleton, in the said county.
The length of the viaduct will he about 3,078 feet, and its
greatest height about OS feet 6 inches from the river to the '
rails.
Drafts of the contract, with plans and specifications, will
be ready for inspection on and atter the 28th instant, at the
offices of the engineers in chief, Store-street, Manchester.
Printed forms of tender may be had at the engineers'
offiee; and all tenuers must be lodged previously to the hour
of meeting, at the company's office, in Bond-street, Man-
chester, endorsed " Tender for Works;" and no tender, ex-
cept the printed form furnished by the company, will be
attended to.
The party whose tender is accepted will be required to
enter into a bond, with two sureties, for the due performance
of the contract, to the extent of 10 pet cent. on the gross
amount of such contract; and the names and descriptions of
the proposed sureties must be set forth in the tender.
The Directors will not consider themselves bound to accept
the lowest tender ; and they expect the several parties ten-
dering, or persons duly authorised by them, to be in attend-
ance at the offices, in Bond-street, Manchester, at the time
of meeting.
(Signed) THOMAS ASHTON, Chairman.
Manchester and Birmingham Railway Office,
23, Bond-street, Manchester.