Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-05-09
MISCELLANEOUS,
Sealed Tenders
RAILROAD TIES
WILL m RECEIVED UNTIL
lie M, May Is, 1852,


lie M, May Is, 1852.
EOR FURNISHING TWO HUN
L dred and thirty two thousand [ooS2,
0O0] Cross Ties along the line of the
Canadian Pacific Railway. between EN-
DRY and BurTard Inlet, viz:
twenty-five thousand RS, O0O] 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 [2SO00l
thereof shall be delivered at Pitt River,
or between Pitt River and Kanaka
Creek,
Other twenty-five thousand f25,OOO]
thereof at Kanaka Creek, or between
Kanaka Creek and Stane River.
Other twenty-five thousand $4,000
thereof at Stano River, or between Stane
River and Hattie River.
Other forty thousand 100000 thereof
at Hattie River, or between Hatzic River
and Harrison River.
Other twenty -seven thousand [27 ,0OO]
thereof at Harrison River, or between
Harrison River and the lower end of
Maria Slough.
Other twenty thousand re, cool there
of at the lower end of Maria Slough. or
between said lower end of Maria Slough
and Tunnel sc" of said Railway, which
Tunnel ia about Is miles below EmOry's
Bar.
Other ten thousand 10000 thereof at
said Tunnel &C." or between said Tun-
mol "C'' and Tunnel 3D." which latter
Tunnel is about IL miles below EmOry's
Bar.
Other fifteen thousand lis, OOOl thereof
at Tunnel I'D" aforesaid, or between
said Tunnel ID" and Tunnel "F" on
Other twenty thousand [2o,ooo] there
of at the said Tunnel "F," 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 DO piled up 50 as
not to interfere with tho work of oon-
struotion-the bottom Of the pile shall
be ~ near a. practicable on level with
the grade of tho railway track; and the
said pile shall be 80 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 in all
events be above tho line of high water.
It will be necessary to deliver at least
fifteen thousand $4,000 acceptable ties
per month from date Of entering into
contract until completion of Same.
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 q uniform thickness of six
inches, tho fiattsned surface being not
less than six inches ON either aide at the
small end. and whom 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 $4,000 approved security re-
quirsd before signing contract. The g.
cusity or securities to be given must be
described in the tender. The lowest OF
any tender not necessarily accepted.
Tenders to b. addressed to the under
signed, Yale, b. O., and endorsed, "Ten-
dors for Ties ON Contract No. 81"
A. ONDERDONK,
a6-td Contractor.