Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-05-06
MISCELLANEOUS.
Sealed Tenders
RAILROAD TIES

IL M. May Is. 1852.
EOR FURNISHING TWO HUN
4 dred and thirty two thousand 1884,
O0O] Cross Ties along the line of the
Canadian Pacific Railway, between EN-
DRY and Burrard Inlet. viz:
twenty-five thousand RS, OOO1 thereof
shall be delivered at Port Moody Sta
ton, or points on the line of said rail-
way between Port Moody and Fit River.
Other twenty-fiv thousand [25,OOOl
thereof shall be delivered at Pitt River,
or between Pitt River and Kanaka
Creek.
Other twenty-five thousand [25,OOOl
thereof at Kanaka Greek, or between
Kanaka Creek and Stane River.
Other twenty-five thousand l25yOO0]
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 (27 cool
thereof at Harrison River, or between
Harrison River aud the lower end of
Maria Slough.
Other twenty thousand re, OOQl 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 ia about 15 miles below Emory's
Bar.
Other ten thousand ll0, cool thereof at
said Tunnel &C." or between said Tun-
mol "C' and Tunnel 3D." which latter
Tunnel is about II miles below Emory's
Bar.
Other fifteen thousand (l5, 0OO] thereof
at Tunnel I'D" Aforesaid, or between
said Tunnel ID" and Tunnel "F'' ON
said Railway,
Other twenty thousand re, O0Ol there
of at the said Tunnel "F," or between
said Tunnel "F'' and Emory's Bar, or
at Emory's Bar.
All such Sleepers or Cross Ties shall
b delivered alongside tho Railway and
within fifty feet Of the center line of
the track, and shall be piled up 80 "a
not to interfere with the work Of CON-
struction-the bottom Of the pile shall
be as near az practicable on a level with
the grade of tho railway track; and the
said pile shall be 90 made as to permit
of ready inspection and counting, and
whenever suoh 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 tho line Of high water
It will be necessary to deliver ut least
fifteen thousand $4,000 acceptable ties
per month from date Of entering into
contract until completion Of Same.
Ties m1st be smoothly hewed ar
sawed, free from all aoOrebaOlks, and
chopped or sawed square at both ends,
eight feet long, Aattened on two oppo-
site sides to q uniform thickness Of six
inches, tho f1attsned 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 b Of sound timber, full
sixs, and acceptable by tho Chief En-
eineer 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 [$10,O00l approved security re-
quired before signing contract. The -
curity or securities TO be given must Be
described in tho tender. The lowest OF
any tender not necessarily accepted.
Tenders 70 be addressed to the under.
signed, Yale, B. c., and endorsed, ,"Ten-
ders for Ties on Contract No. 81"
A. ONDERDONK,
a6-d Contractor.