Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-04-14
MISCELLANEOUS.
Sealed Tenders
RAILROAD 4 TIES
WILL RR RHCnvEp UNTIL
TO- w. az 1000


l& M. May rs, 1852.
EOR FURNISHING TWO HUN
L dred and thirty two thousand 2s2
0O] Gross Ties along the line of the
Canadian Pacific Railway. between EN-
ory and Burrard Inlet, viz:
Twenty five thousand [25,0O1 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.O0Ol
thereof shall be delivered at Pitt River.
or between Pitt River and Kanaka
Creek.
Other twenty-five thousand T25,OOOl
thereof at KAnaka Creek. or between
Kanaka Greek and Stane River.
Other twenty-five thousand 5000
River and Hattie River.
Other forty thousand 40. 900 thereof
at Hatzic River, or between Hattie River
and Harrison River.
Other twenty seven thousand l27, Coo
thereof at Harrison River, or between
Harrison River and the lower end OF
Maria Slough.
Other twenty thousand re, OO0l 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 EmOrys
Bar.
Other ten thousand ilO, O0Ol thereof at
said Tunnel &C." or between said run-
mel &c" and Tunnel 3D." which latter
Tunnel is about II miles below EmOry's
Bar.
Other fifteen thousand IL, 0OOl thereof
at Tunnel ID" aforesaid, or between
said Tunnel ID" and Tunnel IF" on
said Railway.
Other twenty thousand [O, 1000 there
of at the said Tunnel "F," or between
said Tunnel ''F"' and Emory's Bar, or
at EmOry's Bar.
ALI such Sleepers or Cross Tie. shall
be delivered alongside the hallway 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 the 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,
cit will be necessary to deliver at least
fifteen thousand 15,O00l 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, flattened on two oppo-
site sides to q 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 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
30 paid for.
Ton per cent. will be reserved upon
payment Of accepted ties until compile
ton of contract, and Ten Thousand
Dollars [$1O,O00l approved security re-
quirsd before signing contract. The Sc
curity or securities to he given must be
described in the tender. The lowest of
any tender not necessarily accepted.
Tenders to be addressed to tho under
signed, Yale, b. c., and endorsed, "Ten-
ders for Ties on Contract No. 81"
A. ONDERDONK,
AG-td Contractor.