Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-09-13

Office Of Csm. General Of Subsistence.

Office ef Gem. General Of Subsistence.
sExsg8a S. sss#4 WASHINGTON, July II, 1919.
SEPARATE PROPOSALS will be received at thi.
~ ONCE until the lst day OF October next, for the
delivery Of provisions in bulk, for the use of the
troops of the United States, upon inspection, as
follows:
At Fort Sas1ing, st Peters.
A 466 barrels of pork a
HE'D BIS barrels of fresh supcrine flour
l66 bushels Of new white field beans
0,e9S pounds OF good hard soap
~ pounds Of good hard tallow candles
- bushels of good clean dry fine salt
GO gallons of good cider vinegar
he whole to be delivered from the 18th May, 1850
- The 10th June, 1850.
~ Fort Gdincs, mouth Of Croc,ring rver, 100 miles
aborc Fort Smelling.
$50 barrels Of pork
as barrels Of fresh snpertne flour
9a l20 bushels Of new white field beans
l,s40 pounds of good hard soap
$50 pounds Of good hard tallow candles
IS bushels Of good clean dry fine salt
l65 gallons Of good cider vinegar
The whole to be delivered from the 10th May,
10e0, to the 18th June, 1850.
GH At Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.
$50 barrels Of pork
a,260 barrels Of fresh superfine flour
$50 bushels of new white field beans
0,7so pounds of good hard soap
$500 pounds of good hard sperm candles
ll0 bushels of good clean dry fine salt
5000 gallons Of good cider vinegar.
At Fort Ledren,corth, Missouri rirer.
$40 barrels of pork
626 barrels of fresh superfine -four
$50 bushels of new white field beans
9,665 pounds of good hard soap
o,S7S pounds of good hard tallow candles
so bushels of good clean dry fine salt
s25 gallons of good cider vinegar
The whole to be delivered by the lst June, 1850.
At Fort Scott, on the Narration riucr, Missoar-7o
miles land transportation from Independence on the
Missousi rirer.
$50 barrels Of pork
265 barrels OF fresh supcrfine -four
100 bushels Of new white field beans
l,040 pounds of good hard soap
so pounds Of good hard tallow candles
% bushels Of good clean dry fine salt
as gallons of good cider vinegar
The whole to be delivered by the lst June, 1880.
NoTE.--Al bidders are requested to extend the
amount Of their bids for each article and exhibit the
total amount of each bid.
The periods and quantities Of each delivery at
tAese posts where they not specified, will be,
oee-fourth LIST June; LIST September, 1st December
1850, and lst March, 1851.
Tho hogs Of which the pork is packed to be fat
tsned on corn, and each hog to weigh not less than
two hundred pounds, excluding the feet, legs, ears
and snout. Side pieces may be substituted for the
hams. The pork is to be first sailed with Turks
1sland salt and then carefully packed with the same
article, in pieces not exceeding eight pounds each.
When the packing has been completed, the con-
tractor must furnish to this office certificate from
the packer that the pork has been sailed and pack
ed. The pork is to be contained in seasoned heart
OF white oak barrels, full hooped the beans and salt
u barrels, and the soap and candles in strong box
60, OF convenient size for transportation.
Salt will only be receivedhy Measurement ofthir-
two quarts to the bushe. The candles to have cot
Ton wicks. The provisions for st Peters and Fort
Gaines must pass st LOUIS for their ultimate des-
tnation, in the first week in April, 1850. And the
stores for Fort Gaines must pass st Peters by the
lst June, 1850. failure in this particular will be
considered breach of contract, and the Depart
ment will be authorized to purchase to supply these
posts. The provisions will be inspected at the time
and place Of delivery, and all expenses to be paid
By contractors until they are deposited at such
st0re-houses as may be designated by the agents OF
the Department. The Commissary General reserves
the privilege OF increasing diminishing the guam
titles, or of dispensing with any or all articles re-
CURED at any post at any time before entering into
contract; and also Of increasing or reducing the
Quantities of each delivery one-thrd subsequent to
contract, on giving sixty days. previous notice.
Bidders, not heretofore Contractors, are required
20 accompany their proposals with evidence of their
ability, together with the names of their sureties,
whose must be certified by the district
attorney, or by some person we'll known to the Go
vsrnment; otherwise their proposals will not be
acted Oh.
Aduances cannot be made in any case, and eridencc
inspection and full delivery wH be required at this
Office before requisifon gH be made upon the TreGsu
~ for pdyment which will be effected in such pub
lie money as may be convenient TO the points of de-
livery, the places of purchase, the residence Of
the contractors, at the option of the Treasury De-
psrtment.
No drafts on this Office will be accepted or paid
under any circumstances.
Each proposal will be sealed in q separate envel-
ope, and marked eproposals for furnishing army
subsistence" GEO. GIBSON, C. G. S.
NOTE.-Edtors win not be paid for inserting in
their papers this advertisement, unless authorized
TO do 30 by the Commssary General of Subsistence.
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