Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-04-25
MISCELLANEOUS.
Sealed Tenders
RAILROAD TIES
WILL BE RECEIVED UNTIL
f2 m. Nav Is. 1852.

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EOR FURNISHING TWO HUN
L dred and thirty two thousand Tg3s22.
600 Cross Ties along the line of the
Canadian Pacific Railway. between En-
ory and Bnrrard Inlet. VIZ:
Twenty five thousand y5.G0l 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 Ls5.O0o]
thereof shall be delivered at Pitt River.
or between Pitt River and kanaka
Creek.
Other twenty-five thousand E25.o0ol
thereof at kanaka Creek. or between
kanaka Creek and Stane River.
Other twenty five thousand l25.el1l
thereof at Stans River. or between Ssane
River and Hattie River
Other forty thousand 10000 thereof
at Hattie River. or between Hattie River
and Harrison River.
Other tweuty-sever thousand - 900
thereof at Harrison River, or between
Harrison River and the lower end of
Maria Slough.
Other twenty thousand [ao,00ol 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 l. miles below Emory :
Bar.
Other ten thousand 10000 thereof at
said Iunue. &c" or between said fun
mel &c" and Tunnel D. which latter
Tunnel Is about ii miles below Emory
Bar.
Other fifteen thousand 1900 thereof
at Tunnel ID" aforesaid. or between
said Tunnel ID" and Tunnel ~ on
said Railway.
Other twenty thousand [n.0Ool there
of at the said Tunnel IF, or between
said Tunnel 20 and Emory's Bar, or
at Emory's Bar.
All such S!eepers 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 4 level with
the grade of the railway track: and the
said pile shall be SD made as to permit
of ready inspection and counting. and
whenever such piles shall be made rear
water lines, bodies of water or rivers,
the same shall be placed in such location
that the bottom: OF the pile shall III al
events be above the line of high water.
1t will be necessary to deliver at least
fifteen thousand l5,0G0l 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, hattened on two oppo-
site sides to a uniform thickness of six.
inches, the fl,ttened surface being not
less than six inches OH either side at the
small end. and when sawed they shall be
eight inches in width ard six inches III
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. viii be reserved upon
payment of accepted ties until compile
ton of contract, and Ten Thousand
Dollars $1,000 approved security re
quirsd 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. 81.
A. ONDERDONK.
a6-td Contractor.