Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-10-24


blankets, to measure 81 by &C inches an,
weigh six pounds.
Class No. 2.--DRy GooD..
l,co5 yards scarlet strouds
500 DO blue strouds
1880 do fancy list cloth, blue
76o do fancy list cloth, scarlet
$50 do fancy list cloth, green
1000 do gray list CLOTH blue
1900 do saved hist cloth, blue
1900 do saved list cloth, scarlet
500 do saved list cloth, green
c25 pounds worsted yarn, fold
100 dozen cotton flag handkerchcfs
$50 do cotton Madras handkerchief
la do black silk handkerchief
80 do S-4 cotton shaws
50 do Cd cotton shawls
65 do "a cotton shauIs
40 DO S-4 woollen shawis
430 pounds linen thread
so do sewing silk
700 pieces ribbon, assorted
$50 gross worsted gathering
s4pieces silk handkerchief bark and tandanna
Class No. 3.-DoMEsrlc Goops.
IS, 600 yards domestic calico
10000 do Merrimac calico
$500 do blue drilling
5000 do Georgia stripes
1900 do blue denims
1000 do cottonaae
1890 do bed ticking
1000 do Kentucky jeans
500 do satinetts
1000 do plaid linsey
1000 do domestic shifting, bleached
10000 do domestic shifting, unbieached
10000 do domestic sheetiDg, unhleached
5000 do domestic checks, stripes, and plaids
400 dozen wooien socks
1000 yards fannels, assorted
$500 flannel shirts
700 calico shirts
$50 pounds cotton thread
400 dozen spool cotton
Class No. 4.--HARpwARE.
1850 pounds brass kettles
276 dozen butcher knives
rs 900 gun fintS
20 gross squaw avis
1000 fish hooks
IS dozen fish lines
$4,000 needles
100 doz combs, assorted
10 doz scissors, assorted
10 gross gun worms
900 Ia, a.ettlrs
- NESTS japannea kettles, 8 in nest
Class No. 5.-AGRIcuLruRAL IMrLE-
ME1Ts
900 drawing knives, - inches in length
TOO augurs, in equal proportions Of i-a, 1, 81,
and l-2 inch
$50 pairs names
750 pairs trace chains
500 wedding hoes
l75 hand saws
40 cross-cut saws, 7 feet in length =
40 cross-cut saws, feet in length
100 hand saw files
100 ctoss-cut saw files
20 log chains, to weigh 25 pounds each
800 Whittemore cards, No. 10.
900 quarters socket chisels
30 planes, fore and jack
Class No. 6.-AxEs.
7s dozen axes, to weigh from Ala to IA pounds.
50 do half axes, to weigh 3 i-2 pounds
Al do hatchets, to weigh l.: pounds
20 broad axes
Class No. 7.-NoRTHwEsr GUS.
$50 northwest guns two thirds ofwhich must meas
ure Sc inches in length of barrel, and one
third ~ inches In length of barrel, to be de-
livered in New YORK or Philadelphia. as may
be required.
Samples of all the above articles are deposited in
the oihce OF the Commissioner of Indian Affairs
and II may be proper to remark that those OF hard
ware, agricultural implements, and northwest guns
are entirely new, anu of better quality than the
tcles heretofore furnished under former contracts.
The proposals may be divided into seven parts,
viz:
Ist Blankets.
I'd. Dry goods.
Sd. Domestic goods.
4th. Hardware.
9Th. Agricultural Implements.
9th. Axes.
18th. Northwest guns.
The lowest competent responsible bidder will
receive the whole or any part of the contract &C.
cording to the above scale. the Department resery
ing to itself the right to determine he, her the bid
der is competent and responsible or not.
The whole amount in money to be applied to the
purchase of goods will be about 500, GOO, but the
Department reserves the right to increase or di-
mins the quantity Of any OF the articles named, or
substitute others in lieu thereof or to require, at
similar prices, such goods may be wanted for
presents OF other purposes, in the administration
of the affairs of the Department. Goods of Amer
lean manufacture, all other things being equal will
be preferred; but all the samples of blankets and
cloths OF foreign manufacture, it will be neces-
sary, when dome .tic article is bid for that sam
pie of it should accompany the bid, to enable the
Department to decide whether it is Of equal quail
ty with the samples to be exhibited.
The party proposing to supply the articles will
make an invoice of all the items embraced in the
above list, and afix the prices, in dollars and cents,
at which he or they will furnish them under each
class separately, deliverable in New York, (or if
The contractor prefers it, about one-haif of the
quantity may be delivered in st Louis, Missouri,
free of expense to the Government,) on or before
he 18th day of May next, assuming the quantity OF
Zach article specified in this advertisement, and
the cost, making an aggregate of the
whole invoice constituting the bid. The goods will
De inspected in New York {and in st Loais, if any
portion of them should be delivered there) by an
,sent of the United states, who will be appointed
" the Department for the purpose, and TO ascer-
ain the conformity Of the articles purchased with
he samples exhibited. when the contract shall be
u lue, anu win tue terms Ot tue contract itself, |
which shall contain clause that if the articles are
rot furnished within the time prescribed, or if |
hey are OF sufficient quality in the opinion of the
gent aforesaid and If within five days after notice
# such insutiiciency the party shall not furnish
,thers in lieu thereof Of the required quality, the
United States shall be authorized to purchase them
II Others and to charge any increase Of price they
nay be compelled to pay therefor 10 the coutrac- |
or, who shall pay the said difference to the Unit
ID States.
Bonds will be required in the amount Of tho bids,
nth two good sureties, the suflciency OF whom
o be certified ny United States Judge or District
for the faithful performance OF the con-
racts. Payment will be made after the contract
completed and the delivery Of the goods as afore-
aid to an agent Of the Department, upon dupli-
ate invoice certified by him.
Communications 70 be marked "Proposals for
indian goods.''
The bids will be submitted with the following
eading. and none will be received that are not
lade in the form and terms here prescribed:
uI Tor wei propose to furnish for the service of
,e Indian Department the following goods, at the
rices affixed to them respectively, viz:
Here insert the list Of goods.)
deliverable in the city Of New York for ST Louis.)