Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-04-15
MISCELLANEOUS.
Sealed Tenders
RAILROAD TIES
WILL BE RECEIVED UNTIL
- m, NAV Is. 1852,


lie M, May Is, 1882.
L>OR FURNISHING TWO HUN
Il dred and thirty two thousand 2s2
0O0l Cross Ties along the line of the
Canadian Pacific Railway, between EN-
DRY and Burrard Inlet. viz:
twenty-five thousand 5000 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 l25,0O0l
thereof shall be delivered at Pitt River,
or between Pitt River and kanaka
Creek.
Other twenty five thousand l25,00Ol
thereof at Kanaka Greek, or between
Kanaka Greek and Stane River.
Other twenty-five thousand $4,000
thereof at Stane River, or between Stane
River and Hattie River.
Other forty thousand ,O0Ol thereof
at Hattie River, or between Hattie River
and Harrison River.
Other tweuty-seveu thousand l27 ,0O0l
thereof at Harrison River, or between
Harrison River and the lower end of
Maria Slough.
Other twenty thousand TO- 00l there
of at the lower end of Maria Slough, or
be1Heen said lower end Of Maria Slough
al Tunnel ''C'' of said Railway, which
Tunnel is about Is miles below Emory 3
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 IL, 0O0] thereof
at Tunnel I'D" aforesaid. or between
said Tunnel ID" and Tunnel "F" on
said Railway.
Other twenty thousand O,oOol there
Of at the said Tunnel IF" or between
said Tunnel "F'' and Emorys Bar, or
at EmOry's Bar.
All such Sleepers or Cross Ties shall
be delivered alongside the Railway and
within fifty feet Of the confer line OF
tho 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 90 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 in all
events be above the line of high water.
lit will be necessary to deliver at least
fifteen thousand 5000 acceptable ties
per month from date Of entering into
contract until completion of same.
Ties must DO 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 q uniform thickness of six
inches, the fattened 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 tho Chief En-
Rineer Of said Railway. or they will not
be paid for.
Ton per cent. will be reserved upon
payment Of accepted ties until compile
ton of contract, and Ten Thousand
Dollars 100000 approved security re-
quired before signing contract. The Sc
curity or securities to be given must be
described in tho tender. The lowest Of
any tender not necessarily accepted.
Tenders to be addressed to the under.
signed, Yale, Il. c., and endorsed, "Ten-
ders for Ties on Contract No. 92."
A. ONDEKDONK,
a6-td Contractor.