Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-08-26

Gus elS GOO1 clean une cait
go gallons good cider vinegar
At Fort Gibson, Arkansas.
600 barrels pork
$50 barrels fresh superfue -four
95 bushels new white field beans
$500 pounds good hard soap
1000 pounds good hard sperm candles
." 90 bushels good clean dry fine salt
1000 gallons good cider vinegar
- The whole to be delivered In all May, 1855.
At Fort Learen,ocrth, Missouri rirer.
10 barrels pork -
800 barrels frs sh supeifne fur
90 bushels new white field beans
400 pounds good hard soap
40 pounds good hard tsllow candles
&c bu.hel. good 6ne dry salt
$50 gallons good cider vinegar
The whole to tie delivered by the Let June, 1855.
Al Fort Ripley mouth of Cro,o-,cins rru,r, $50 miles
from Fort Smelling.
60 barrels PORK
l25 barrels fresh supsrfre -four
10 bushels of new white field beans
l400 pounds good hard sosp
72O pound good hard tsllow caodles
40 bush Is new white field beans
90 gallons good cider vinegar
The whole to be delivered from LIST June to 18th
August, 1855.
At Fort Riley, at junction Of Republican and Smoky
Hill forks Of Kansas rirer, 1S7 miles from Kansas
Landing, and obou, leO from Fbrt sLeorenporth,
Missouri, land transportation.
2a0 barrels pork
G25 barrels fresh superfne four
100 bushels new white field beans -
5000 pounds good hard soap
800 pounds good bard sperm candles
90 bushels good can dry hne salt
1000 gallons good cider vinegar
The Whole to be delivered by the LIST juno, 800.
At Fort Moaty.ri., Charleston, South Gro'inc.
So barrels pork
2uO barre's fresh superfne -four
60 bushels new white field beans
1903 pounds good herd soap
4s0 pounds good hard sperm candles
81 bushels good clean dry fine salt
$40 gallons good cider vinegar
1t Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort, Eryinia.
200 barrels pork
$50 barrels fresh supesfne four
$50 bushels new white field beans
5000 pounds good hard sosp
], 200 pounds good hard taliow candles
co bushels good clean dry fine salt
$50 gallons good cider vinegar
At Fort AcHenry, near Baltimore, Nd.
ITO barrels cork
$50 barrels tre,h superfine flour
- 10 bushels new uhite field beans
$500 pounds good hard soap
1900 pounds good hard taliow candles
60 bushels good clean dry fine salt
900 gallons gooi cider vinegar
At Fort Ram lion, Marcus, Ne,O Fork Harbor.
IS barre pork
$40 barrels fresh superfne -four
Sd bushels new white field beans
1850 pounds good hard sap
kSi0 pounds good hard talow candles
SO bushels good clean dry fine salt
4S0 gallons good cider vinegar
At Fort Mack1nac, Michigan.
so barrels pork
, ITO barrels FRESH euperfne -four
As bushels new white field beans
l 40 pounds good hard siap
COO pounus good hard tallow candles
25 bushels good clean fine dry salt
I0a gallons .ood cider vinegar
One halt on LIST June, 1856; remainder by the 18th
September, 1855.
At Fort Brady, Saul. Ste. Marie, Michigan.
90 b.rres pork
l20 barrels fresh superfne -four
40 bushels new white field be1ns
$50 pounds good hard soap .
e0J pounds good hard t.llav capdles
25 bushels good clean dry fine salt
240 gallons good cider vinegar
One half on LIST June, 1885; remainder by the 18th
september, 1855.
NoTE.-A1 bidders are requested TO extend the
amount of their bids for each article aud exhibit the
total amount of each bid and no lid will be acted
on unless it embraces all articles required at post
The periods and quantities ofeach delivery those
po is where they not specified will be- onefourth
lat june LIST September, 1st December 1855, and Isl
March, 1886. The hogs of which the pork is packed
to be fattened on corn, and each hog to weigh moi
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 salted with Turks island
SALT and then carefully packed with the same article
IL 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 80 salted anC
packed. The pork is to be contained in seasoned
heart of white oak barrels, fully hoped; the beans
and salt in barrels and the soap and candles in strong
boxes of convenient size for transportation
salt will only be received by measurement o
thirty two quarts to the bushe The candles to hav.
ftnv xr,.t 80 e.
Fort Ripley must pass st. Louis for their ulti
mate destination ia the first week of April, 1855
aud they must also pass St. Peters by LIST June
1855.
4 failure in these particulars will be considered 8
breach of CONTRACT anj the department will be au
thOrized to purchase to supply these posts
The provisions will be inspected at the time anG
place OF delivery, and all expenses be paid by con
tractors until they deposited at such storehousee
IS may be designated by the agents of the depart
ment $500
The Commissary General reserves the privilege O
Increasing or diminishing the quantities. or dispens
Ing With any or all articles required at any post
any time before entering into contract and also O
in reasing reducing the quantities of each deire
ry one-third subsequent to contract giving sixty
days previous notice.
Bidders not heretofore contractors are required t.
accompany their proposals with evidence Of thei,
ability, together with the names of their securities
whose responsibility must be certified by the distrc
attorney, or by some person well known to the gov
ernment; otherwise their proposals will not be actet
on. +
adronces cannot be made in any case, and eridenc
Of inspection and full deirery pViN be required at Mi
office before reqast,on tciU be made upon the treasr,
for payment which will be effected in such publ,
money as may be convenient to the points of deliy
cry, the places of purchase the residence of tn,
contractors at the option of the Treasury Depart
ment.
No drafts on this Office will be accepted or paid I'M
der any circumstances.
Each proposal will be sealed in a separate envel
ope, and marked proposals for furnishing Army
Subsistence" GEO. GIBSON, C. G. S.
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