Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-04-11
MISCELLANEOUS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Sealed Tenders
RAILROAD TIES
WILL RE RECEIVED UNTIL
l2 m. Nav Is. 1852.

TX M. May 10. 1889.
FOR FURNISHING TWO Hun
Il dred and thirty two thousand f23 49,
0O0] Cross Ties along tbs line of the
Canadian Pacific Railway, between EN-
DRY and Bnrrard Inlet. viz:
Twenty five Thousand l25.0cOl 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.Nol
thereof shall be delivered at Pitt River,
or between Pitt River and kanaka
Greek.
Other twenty-five thousand T25.OOO1
thereof at kanaka Creek. or between
kanaka Creek and Stane River.
Other twenty-five thousand TBS. 00Ol
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 tweEty-seven thousand l21 ,00Ol
thereof at Harrison River, or between
Harrison River and tho lower end of
Maria Slough.
Other twenty thousand [2O,0oOl there
of at the lower end of Maria Slough. or
between said lowerend of Maria Slough
and Tunnel &C. of said Railway, which
Tunnel is about Is miles below Emory 5
Bar.
Other ten thousand 10000 thereof at
said Tunnel &C." or between said fun
mel "C'' and Tunnel 3D. which latte.
Tunnel Is about IL miles below Emory
Bar.
Other fifteen thousand [l5 cool thereof
at Tunnel ID" aforesaid, or between
said Tunnel I'D" and Tunnel ''F'' on
said Railway.
Other twenty thousand (2O00o1 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-tho 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 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.
s.It will be necessary to deliver at least
fifteen thousand [15,OO0l acceptable ties
per month from date of entering into
contract until completion of same.
Ties mnst be 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 uniform thickness Of six
inches, the fiattened surface being not
less than six inches on either side at the
small end. and when sawed thoy shall be
eight inches in width and six inches in
depth.
All tea must be of sound timber, full
size, and acceptable by tho Chief En-
gineer 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 100000 approved security re-
quired before signing contract. The Sc
curity or securities to be given must be
described in the tender. The loves: 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. ?2''
A. ONDERDONK,
a6-td Contractor.