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Maps, plates, charts, etc., may be filmed at different reduction ratios. Those too large to be entirely included in one exposure are filmed beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to right and top to bottom, as many frames as required. The following diagrams illustrate the method: Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent 6tre filmte d des taux de reduction diff6rents. Lorsque le document est trop grand pcjr Atre reproduit en un seul clichii, 11 est fiimA d partir dp t angle sup6rieur gauche, de gauche d droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images ndcessaire. Les diagrammes suivants iiiustrent la mithode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY. TBNDJCRS FOR TIBS. The (tH.an7> Trunk Railway Company are prepared to receive Tenders trnm par+iey willing- to supply TIES, to be delivered as under, in the lollo'vini>- Tics shall bo doliverod on the promises of the Company iiiid he stacked carei'ully and in separate piles so as to admit oi' easy inspection and cullinj;. The Ties to bo subject to the culling of the Company's Ispector, but the Company shall not accept or be liable for the same, until approved of by their (!hief l']n<>ineer ; and the Contractor or his Agent shall attend when required to cull the said Ties, none of which will be received on Road crossings, or at points below the level of the Track Ton per cent, will be retained on all payments until the completion of the Contract, and shall be forfeited by the Contractor in case ol' failure. Four weekly estimates in favor of the Contractor will be "riven in after the !Hh day of January next, payable eiyht weeks from the date returned ; the (quantity in such estimates, until the season of cuUiny commences, to b*^ at the discretion of the Chief lilnginoer. All cull Ties must bo removed from the promises of the Company, and the said Company will not bo responsible for any loss or doliciency if lelt on their property. The Contractor shall, if required, provide a quantity not exceeding 5 per cent, of the total amount of Ties 1(! and 18 feet long, which will each be reckoned as two Ties. If at the expiration of the stipulated periods before mentioned, the Contrac- tor shall hav(> I'ailed to have deliv(>rod the quantities at tht- time or times specified to the entire satisfaction of the Company, or if at any time the Company's Chief I'higineor does not think the Contractor is making good progress, then the said Company shall, hy giving Contractor one we(>k's notice, have the power to undertake its completion, and to employ additional workmen and provide mater- ials, tools, and other necessary things, at the expense of the Contractor, and the said Contractor shall b(! liable for all damages and extra costs aiul oxpeiuliture which the Company may incur by reason of the said premises, and tlu^ Company shall have the power to apply for that purpose any balance in their hands that may be due to the said Contractor. And it is further well undiM-stond that if the Contractor pull down or dis- place any of the fences along the line, or make use of the road when the fence has been displaced, he must and shall bo accountable for all damages to the said Company })y reason of the I'encos being so displaced, for cattle straying on the Tiailway or any other damages that may occur, and also that the Contractor must repair the fences and make them good in all places whore he has had roads, before he receives a final settlement for his Ties, or pay the said Company such amount ns their Engineer will consider sufficient to<'.over the cost of repair- ing the fences. If any dispute should arise betwotMi the Company and the Contractor on any point connected with the Contractor incidental thereto, the Engineer of the Comyany then acting, shall decide the same, and his decision shall be iinal and conclusive and binding on the Company and Contractor. In all cases the Contractor must be pre]>ar(>d to offer security for the due comphMion of the Contract, and shall sign a Contract Deed embracing the terms of this Tender. Parties d(>sirous of tendering for a supply of Ties delivered at Portl.ind by water carriage, can deliver them on the wharves })elonging to this Com- pany — that may be pointed out by the Company's Chief Engineer, and at such time as may be arranged, and the Tender to be in Vnit* d States currency. FORM OF TENDER. ToJOSEril IIICKSON, Esq., General Mnnafjer. Sir, I hereby offer to supply the GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY COMrANY with * CEDAR TIES © cents per Tie t * Good sownd Ash @ " * TAMARAC @ * HEMLOCK @ Totiil from To be delivered aocordiii"- to. the foregoing conditions, embracing to Nnvie Residence llcif sliUo niinilu r ol 'J'ics, with price lor each kind of Timber