Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-05-07
MISCELLANEOUS.
Sealed Tenders
RAILROAD A TIES
WILL BIZ RECEIVED UNTIL
12 M, May 10, 1882.

AS ksAss MOy xOs 1857
ENOR FURNISHING TWO HUN
Il bred and thirty two thousand [232,
OOOI Cross Tics along the line of tho
Canadian Pacific Railway, between EN-
DRY and Burrard Inlet, viz:
Twenty-Five thousand rs, O0Ol thereof
shall be delivered at Port Moody Sta
ton, or points on the line of said rail-
way between Port Moody and Pitt River.
Other twenty-five thousand [25,OOl
or between Pitt River and Kanaka
Creek.
Other twenty five thousand [25,OOOl
thereof at kanaka Greek, or between
Kanaka Greek and Stane River.
Other twenty-five thousand l25.00Ol
thereof at Stane River, or between Stane
River and Hattie River.
Other forty thousand O.O0O] thereof
at Hattie River, or between Hattie River
and Harrison River.
Other twenty-seven thousand [27 ,OOO]
thereof at Harrison River, or between
Harrison River and the lower end of
Maria Slough.
Other twenty thousand [3O, OOO] there
of at tho lower end of Maria Slough, or
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and Tunnel &C" of said Railway, which
Tunnel is about Ii miles below Emory's
Bar.
Other ten thousand 10000 thereof at
said Tunnel &C." or between said Tun-
mel ''C'' and Tunnel 3D." which latter
Tunnel Is about IL miles below EmOry's
Bar.
Other fifteen thousand Il, OOO] thereof
at Tunnel ''D' aforesaid, or between
said Tunnel I'D" and Tunnel IF" on
said Railway.
Other tweItty thousand 10000 there
Of at the said Tunnel "F," or between
said Tunnel 'F'' and Emory's Bar, or
at Em0ry's Bar.
All such Sleepers or Cross Ties shall
be delivered alongside the Railway and
within fifty feet Of the center line of
the track, and shall be piled mp 30 AZ
not to interfere with the work Of CON-
structi0n-the bottom Of the pile shall
be as near az practicable on a level with
the grade of tho. railway track; and the
said pile shall be 90 made as to permit
of ready inspection and. counting, and
whenever such piles shall be made near
water lines, bodies of water or rivers,
the same shall be..plxced in such location
that the bottom OF the pile shall in all
events be above the line Of high water.s
II will be necessary to deliver at least
fifteen thousand $4,000 acceptable ties
per month from date OF entering into
contract until completion Of eamo.
Ties must b smoothly hewed or
sawed, free from all scorebacks, and
chopped or sawed square at both ends,
eight feet long, aattened on two oppo-
site sides to uniform thickness Of six
inches, tho fiaStened surface being not
less than six inches ON either aide at the
small end, and when sawed they shall BE-
eight inches in width and ak inches in
depth.
All ties must be Of sound timber, full
size, and acceptable BY the Chief En-
gineer Of aid Railway. or they will not
b paid for.
Ton per cent. viii b reserved upon
payment Of accepted ties until compile
ton of contract, and Ten thousand
Dollars 100000 approved security re-
quired before signing contract. Tho 80
curity or securities to be given must be
described In the tender. The loves Of
any tender not necessarily accepted.
Tenders 10 b addressed to the npdDH-
signed, Yale, b. c., and endoeaed, "Teu-
ders fol- Ties ON Contract No. 92.n
A. ONDERDONK,
a6-td Contractor.