Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-04-12
MISCELLANEOUS.
Sealed Tenders
RAILROAD TIES
WILL BE RECEIVED UNTIL
IL M. NAV Is. 1882.

IL M. May Is, 1882.
NOR FURNISHING TWO HUN
L bred and thirty two thousand 2So.
OO0l Cross lies along the line of the
Canadian Pacific Railway. between En-
ory and Burrard Inlet. VIZ:
Twenty five thousand l25,0C01 thereof
shall be delivered at Por. Moody Sta
ton, or points on the line of said rail-
way between Port Moody and Pitt River
Other twenty-five thousand [25.000l
thereof shall be delivered at Pitt River.
or between Pitt River and kanaka
Creek.
Other twenty-five thousand [25.0Ool
thereof at kanaka Creek or between
kanaka Creek and Stane River.
Other twenty-five Thousand [25.O0Ol
thereof at Stane River, or between Stane
River and Hattie River.
Other forty thousand 10000 thereof
at Hattie River, or between Hattie River
and Harrison River.
Other twenty-seven thousand ~, COO
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. or
between said lower end OF Maria Slough
and Tunnel &C" of said Railway. which
Tunnel is about Is 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 Us, CO0] thereof
at Tunnel I'D" aforesaid, or between
said Tunnel ID" and Tunnel r. on
said Railway.
Other twenty thousand 100000 there
of at the said Tunnel ~" or between
said Tunnel ''F'' and Emory's Bar, or
at Emory'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 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 SO 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 placed in such location
that the bottom of the pile shall i'll all
events be above the line of high WATER
=. =. 1t will be necessary to deliver at least
fifteen thousand 15,OOO] acceptable ties
per month from date of entering into
contract until completion of same.
Ties mist be smoothly hewed or
sawed, free from all scorebacks, and
chopped or sawed square at both ends
eight feet long, fattened on two oppo-
site sides to uniform thickness of six
inches, the flattened surface being not
less than six inches ON either side at the
small end. and when sawed they shall be
eight inches in width and six inches in
depth.
All ties must be of sound timber, full
size, and acceptable by the Chief En-
gineer of said Railway. or they will not
be paid for.
Ten per cent. will be reserved upon
payment of accepted ties until compile
ton of contract, and Ten Thousand
Dollars $lO,O0Ol approved security re-
quirsd before signing contract. The Sc
curity or securities to be given mus: be
described in the tender. The lowest Of
any tender not necessarily accepted.
Tenders to DO addressed to the under
signed, Yale, b. c., and endorsed, "Ten-
ders for Ties on Contract No. 49,"
A. ONDERDONK,
a6-td Contractor.