Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-05-11
MISCELLANEOUS.
Sealed Tenders
RAILROAD TIES
WILL BE RECEIVED UNTIL
lie M, Nav Is. 1882.

IL M. May Is, 1882.
ElOR FURNISHING TWO HUN
= dred and thirty two Thousand [2S2,
OOOl Cross Ties along the line of the
Canadian Pacific Railway, between EN-
DRY and Burrard Inlet, viz:
Twenty-Five thousand OO0l 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.OOOl
thereof shall be delivered at Pitt River,
or between Pitt River and kanaka
Creek.
Other twenty-fiv thousand rs, OOO]
thereof at Kanaka Creek, or between
Kanaka Creek and Stane River.
Other twenty-five thousand 5000
thereof at Stane River, or between Stane
River and Hattie River.
Other forty thousand 100000 thereof
at Hatzic River, or between Hattie River
and Harrison River.
Other twenty seven thousand q ,OOO]
thereof at Harrison River, or between
Harrison River and the lower end of
Maria Slough.
Other twenty thouaand re, OOO] 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's
Bar.
Other ten thousand liz, O0O] thereof at
said Tunnel &C." or between said Fun
mel ''C' and Tunnel 3D." which latter
Tunnel is about II miles below Emory's
Bar.
Other fifteen thousand Tl5. OOOl thereof
at Tunnel I'D" aforesaid, or between
said Tunnel I'D" and Tunnel "F" on
said Railway.
Other twenty thousand O,OOO] there
of at the said Tunnel IF" 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 tho 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 in all
events be above the line of high water
It will be necessary to deliver ut least
fifteen thousand $1,000 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, dattened on two oppO-
site sides to a uniform thickness of six
inches, tho flattened surface being not
less than six inches ON either side at the
small end. and when sawed they shall DO
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.
len per cent. will be reserved upon
payment of accepted ties until compile
ton of contract, and Ten Thousand
Dollars [$10OOO] approved security re-
quired before signing contract. Tho So
curity or securities to be given must be
described in tho tender. The lowest of
any tender not necessarily accepted.
Tenders to be addressed 10 The under
signed, Yale, B. c., and endorsed, ''Ten-
ders for Ties ON Contract No. 81"
A. ONDERDONK,
a6-td Contractor.