Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-04-16
MISCELLANEOUS.
Sealed Tenders
RAILROAD TIES
Will BIZ RBCEIvED UNTIL
IL M. May Is, 1852.


IL m. May Is, 1852.
NOR FURNISHING TWO HUN
Il dred and thirty two thousand 1882.
co., Cross Ties along the line of the
Canadian Pacific Railway, between EN-
DRY and Burrard Inlet. viz:
Twenty five Thousand $1,000 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 $4,000
thereof shall be delivered at Pitt River,
or between Pitt River and Kanaka
Creek.
Other twenty thousand $4,000
thereof at Kanaka Creek, or between
Kanaka Greek and Stane River.
Other twenty-five thousand $1,000
thereof at Stane River, or between S:ane
River and Hattie River.
Other forty thousand 100000 thereof
at Hattie River, or between Hattie River
and Harrison River.
Other twenty-seven thousand % 900
thereof at Harrison River, or between
Harrison River and the lower end Of
Maria Slough.
Other twenty thousand 10000 there
Of at the lower end of Maria Slough, Oh
between said lower end of Maria Slough
and Tunnel ''C'' of said Railway. which
Tunnel is about Is miles below Emory
Bar.
Other ten Thousand O,OCOl thereof a,
said Tunnel &C." or between said run.
mel "C'' and Tunnel 3D." which latter
Tunnel is about IL miles below Emory's
Bar.
Other fifteen thousand (15, 0O0l thereof
at Tunnel 3D. aforesaid. or between
said Tunnel sd" and Tunnel IF" on
said Railway.
Other twenty thousand 100000 there.
of at the said Tunnel IF" or between
at Emory's Bar.
All such Sleepers or Cross Ties shall
be delivered alongside the Railway and
within fifty feet of the centor line Of
the track, and shall be piled up SO as
not to interfere with the work of con-
struction-the bottom of the pile shall
be as near as practicable on level with
the grade of the railway track; and the
said pile shall be 90 made as to permi;
of ready inspection and counting, and
Whenever such piles shall be made neal
water lines, bodies of water or rivers,
the same shall be placed in such location
that the bottom of the pile shall i'll all
events be above tho line of high water. =
:: 1t will be necessary to deliver at least
fifteen thousand 5,OOO] acceptable ties
per month from date Of entering into
contract until completion of same.
Ties mist be smoothly hewed OF
sawed, free FROM all scOrebacks, and
chopped or sawed square at both ends
eight feet long, flattened on two oppo.
site sides to uniform thickness of siz
inches, the fiattened surface being moi
less than six inches on either side at the
small end. and when sawed they shall be
eight inches in width and six inches il
depth.
All ties must be of sound timber, full
size, and acceptable by the Chief En-
Rineer Of said Railway. or they will moi
be paid for.
Ton per cent. will be reserved upon
payment of accepted ties until compile
ton Of contract, and Ten Thousand
Dollars SIC, OOOl approved security re-
Quirsd before signing contract. The So
curity or securities to be given must be
described in the tender. The lowest OF
any tender not necessarily accepted.
Tenders to be addressed to the under
signed, Yale, b. c., and endorsed, "Ten.
ders for Ties on Contract No. go
A. ONDERDONK,
a6-td Contractor.