Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-04-13
MISCELLANEOUS.
Sealed Tenders
RAILROAD TIES
WILL BE RECEIVED UNTIL
lx M. Nav Is. 1852.

IL M. May Is, 1852.
EOR FURNISHING TWO HUN
L dred and thirty two thousand 1872
0OOl Cross Ties along the line Of th'
Canadian Pacific Railway. between EN-
ory and Burrard Inlet. viz:
Twenty five thousand !25.0Ol 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 25.00O,
thereof shall be delivered at Pitt River
or between Pitt River and kanaka
Creek.
Other twenty-five thousand 25.MO]
thereof at Kanaka Greek. or between
kanaka Creek and Stane River.
Other twenty thousand l25.0O0l
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 y 600
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 0,0oOl thereof at
said Tunnel &c" or between said Tun-
mel ''C'' and Tunnel d. which latter
Tunnel is about IL miles below Emory
Bar.
Other fifteen thousand ,0O0l thereof
at Tunnel I'D" aforesaid, or between
said Tunnel 3D. and Tunnel IF" on
said Railway.
Other twenty thousand 100000 there
of at the said Tunnel If" or between
said Tunnel "F'' and Emory's Bar, or
at EmOry's Bar.
ALI 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 a level with
the grade Of tho railway track; and the
said pile shall be SO made rs 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 $4,000 acceptable ties
per month from date of entering into
contract until completion Of same.
Ties must be smoothly hewed or
sawed, free from all scorebacks, and
chopped or sawed square at both ends,
eight feet long, fattcned on two oppo-
site sides to uniform thickness of six
inches, the flattened surface bsing not
loss than six inches Oh either side at the
small end. and when sawed they shall be
eight inches in width and six inches in
depth.
All tea must be of sound timber, full
size, aud acceptable by the Chief En-
Rineer 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-
Quired before signing contract. The Sc
curity or securities to be given must he
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. 92.'
A. ONDERDONK,
a6-td Contractor.