Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-04-20
MISCELLANEOUS.
Sealed Tenders
RAILROAD A TIES
MISCELLANEOUS.
WILL BE RECEIVED UNTIL
l& m. Nav Is. 1852.

l3 m. May Is, 1852.
EOR FURNISHING TWO Hun
Il bred and thirty two thousand 2S2,
000l Cross Ties along the line of the
Canadian Pacific Railway, between EN-
ory and Burrard Inlet. viz:
Twenty five thousand l25.000l 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 5000
thereof shall be delivered at Pitt River.
or between Pitt River and kanaka
Creek.
Other twenty-five thousand 25,0OOl
thereof at kanaka Greek, or between
Kanaka Creek and Stane River.
Other twenty-five thousand $4,000
thereof at Stane River. or between Stane
River and Hattie River.
Other forty thousand 40,000 thereof
at Hattie River, or between Hattie River
and Harrison River.
Other twenty-seven thousand q 600
thereof at Harrison River. or between
Harrison River and the lower end Of
Maria Slough.
Other twenty thousand 10000 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 Emory's
Bar.
Other ten thousand 10, 1000 thereof at
said Tunnel ''C,r or between said fun
mel &c" and Tunnel d. which latter
Tunnel is about IL miles below Emory's
Bar.
Other fifteen thousand $4,000 thereof
at Tunnel I'D" aforesaid, or between
said Tunnel "D' and Tunnel IF" on
said Railway.
Other twenty thousand 100000 there
Of at the said Tunnel "F," or between
said Tunnel F. and Emory's Bar, or
at Emory's Bar.
AL 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 a level with
the grade of the railway track: and the
said pile shall be SO 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 DO above the line of high water,
Il will DO necessary to deliver at least
fifteen thousand $4,000 acceptable ties
per month from date Of entering into
contract until completion of same.
Ties m1st 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 a uniform thickness of six
inches, tho hattened 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-
gineer of said Railway. or they will not
bs paid for.
Ten per cent. will be reserved upon
payment of accepted ties until compile
ton Of contract, and Ten thousand
Dollars $4,000 approved security re-
quirsd before signing contract. The Sc
curity or securities to be given must be
described in the tender. The lowest 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. 92'
A. ONDERDONK,
a6-td Contractor.