The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-02-16 00:00:00

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MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY.
TO IRON-MASTERS.—CONTRACT FOR RAILS
AND CHAIRS.
ripHE Directors will receive Tenders forWROUGHT-IRON
RAILS, to be delivered in equal Monthly quantities, be-
tween the Ist May, 1838, and the Ist February, 1839 whole
not to exceed 3,500 tons; also, for the CAST-IRO CHAIRS
or PEDESTALS, required for that quantity Rails, to be
delivered at the saute periods. .
Plans may he inspected, and specifica i s had, on applica-
tion at the (Alice of C. VIGNoLus, Es 4, Trafalgar-square,
London; to Mr. Wooonouss, Engine r, Loughborough; or
at the Company's office, High-street, Leicester, where Tenders
must be delivered, postage free, on or before Wednesday, the
7th day of March next. By order,
. J. F. BELL, Secretary.
Leicester, 3rd February, 1838.

BIRMINGHAM AND DERBY JUNCTION RAILWAY.
CONTRACTS FOR WORKS.
HE DIRECTORS of the BIRMINGHAM and DERBY
J JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY will meet at the
Company's Office, in Waterloo-street, Birmingham, on Wed-
nesday, the 7th day of March next, at twelve o'clock at noon,
for the purpose of receiving sealed Tenders for the under-
mentioned ContractS :
TAME and TRENT CONTRACT ,To make the Rail-
way, with all the Excavations, Embankments, Fences, Bridges,
Culverts, and other works, includingthe supplying all necessary
Materials, except the Rails, Chairs, Blocks, Sleepers, Spikes
and Keys, commencing on the south side of the river Tame, in
the parish of Croxall, in the county of Stafford, and terminating
near Barton -Mill, in the parish of Tatenhill, in the said
county, being a distance of one mile and three quarters, and
to maintain the same for one year after the completion of
the whole.
BARTON CONTRACT.—To make and maintain the Rail-
way iu like manner, commencing at the termination of the
Tame and Trent Contract, and terminating at the crossing of
the Turnpike-road from Burton to Derby, in' the parish of
Burton-upon-Trent, in the county of Stafford, being a distance
of about four miles and tbree-quarters.
Drawings and Specifications of the Works, with Drafts of
the Contracts, will he ready for inspection at the Company's
Office, at Birmingham, on and after Thursday, the Ist day of
February next.
Printed Forms of Tender may he obtained at the Company's
Office, no others will be attended to; and parties tendering
must attend in person, or by some one duly authorised on their
behalf, at the time of meeting.
The Directors will not bind themselves to accept the lowest
Tender.
The parties whose tenders are accepted will be required to
enter into bonds, with two sureties, for the due performance
of their Contracts, in a penalty not less than ten per cent. on
the gross sum contracted for, and the names of the proposed
sureties are to be specified in the tenders.
The Contractors, if they require it, will be furnished with
counterpat is of their contracts at their own expense.
By order,

. _
'THOMAS KELL, Secretary.
Waterloo-street, Birmingham, Jan.lo, 1838.

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FREEHOLD LAND ON SALE.
TO he SOLD, by PRIVATE TREATY, a Plot of LAND,
Freehold of Inheritance, situated near the bottom of
Gibraltar-row, Rath-street, and close to the' Prince's Dock, and
well calculated for a Warehouse, having a:frontage of 42 feet,
or thereabouts, to the Front. For further particulars apply to
Mr. KAYE, Chapel-street.

10 be DISPOSED 01'. :in old established Wholesalel' WINE and SPIRIT BUSINESS, of long standing, the
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present proprietor retiring therefrom. Those w o wish to go into
the Trade, will find this an opportunity tha Woo: oe, ors, time
connexion being very extensive through the d 'erent manufactur-
ino districts, a, well as at Liverpool, where!! business has been
carried on for 18 years, and in one of the best situations in the
town. All letters (post-paid) to he addressed to X Y. Z., care
of R. W. PuEsTos, Wine and Spirit Broker, India-buildings,
Liverpool.