Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-12-25
BALTIMORE DAILY COMMERCIA~MONDAY DECEMBER s5 1865
TO CONTRACTORS,
" QUARTERASTER

~ QUARTERASTER.
FORT LEAyENwoRTH, KANSAS,
December 49, 1865. !
PROPOSALS FOR ARMY TRANSPORTATION
until Y O'Clock on the $lst day of January 1866, for
the Transportation of Military Supplies during the
year 1866, on the following routes:
ROUTE No. From Forts LeavenwOrth Laramie
and Riley, and other depots that may be established
during the above year on the west bank of the Mis-
souri, river north of Fort Leavenworth and south OF
latitude IL degrees north to any posts or stations
that are may be established in the Territories Of
Nebraska Dacotah, Idaho and Utah, south of lati-
tude Al degrees north and east of longitude ia de-
grees west and in the Territory Of Colorado north OF
40 degrees north Bidders to state the rate per 100
pounds per 100 miles at which they will transport
sad stores in each Of the months from April to Sep
tember, inclusive, of the year 1866
RourE No. 2.-From Forts Leavenworth and Riley,
IN the State of Kansas, and the town of Kansas in
the State of Missouri to any posts or stations that
are or may be established in the State of Kansas or
IN the Territory of Colorado south of latitude forty
degrees north, drawing supplies from Fort Lsavcn-
WORTH and to Fort Union, N NJ. or other depot that
may be designated in that Territory to Fort Garland
and to any other point or points the route. Bid
der to state the rate per 100 pounds per 100 miles at
which they will transport said stores in each of the
year 1866.
ROUTE No. 3.-From Fort Union or such other de-
pot may be established in the Territory of New
Mexico, to any posts or stations that or may be
established in that Territory, and to such posts or
stations as may be designated in the Territory of
Arizona and State of Texas, west of longitude l05
degrees west Bidders to state the rate per 100 pounds
per 100 miles at which they will transport said stores
in each of the months from June to November in
elusive of the year 1866.
The weight TO be transported each year will not
exceed l0GOOOOO pounds on Route No. |, 150M,000
pounds on Route No. 2 and 100000 on Route No g.
No additional percentage will be paid for the trans
portation Of bacon lard bread pine umher, shingles
or any other stores.
Bidders should give their names in full as well as
their places of residence, and each proposal should
be accompanied by a bond in the sum Of ten thous-
and dollars, signed by two responsible per-
inf oIyar "A cd
for the route mentioned in the proposal TO the par
ties proposing. the contract will be accepted and
entered into. and good and sufficient security fur
nshed by said parties, in accordance with the terms
of this advertisements
The amount of bonds required from the contractors
will be rs follows
On Route No. 009
" 2ylGV0
Satisfactory evidence Of the loyalty and solvency
of each bidder and person offered as security will be
required.
Proposals Cor Army Transportation on Route No.
l. q or 3, as the case may be, and none VIII be
entertained unless they fully comply with all the
quirements of this advertisement.
Parties to whom awards are made must be prepared
to execute contracts at once and to give the required
bonds for the faithful performance OF the same.
Contracts will be made subject to the approval of
the Quartermaster Generals but the right IS reserved
to reject any or all bids that may be offered.
Contractors must be in readiness for service by the
LIST day of APRIL, 1866 and they will be required to
have place OF business or agency at or IN the Wei
depots that may be established, at which they may
be communicated with promptly and readily.
By order of the Quartermaster General,
"A. POTTER,
de23-tJa3l Colonel and Chief Quartermaster.
UBSlSTENCE OFFICE UNITED
- STATES ARMY,
No. SOUTH GAY STREET J
SEALED PR6PosAiS in duplicate, viii iI be- re-
ceived until II NJ, Thursday Dec g. 1865, at the
office OF Lieut. r. p Lindsey l93d n. Y. Vols and A.
C. S. Cumberland Nd. for furnishing and delivering
free of COST to the Camps, Barracks. Hospitals and
officers in ar3pnd 9nd IN the vicinity of Cumberland
months commencing January l. 1866 such less time
as the Comnissary General ofSubsisence may direct
The Beef to be Of a good and marketable quality in
equal proportion of fore and hind-quarter meat
neckS, shanks and kidney tsllow to be excluded
The necks Of the cattle slaughtered under this
agreement shall be cut off at the fourth vortebra
joint and the breast trimmed down. The shanls of
fore quarters shall be cut off from three to four in
ches above the knee Joint, and Of hind quarters from
six to eight inches above the ganbre or hook joint
All questions respecting quality and condition viii
be settled by the officer of the Subsistence Depart
ment ordering the meat II the meat be not satSfac-
tory in quality and condition. in this officers udg-
mcnt, purchases in open market vii! be made at the
expense of the contractor.
Blank forms of proposals can be obtained on ap-
pcation at this office, either in person or by mail
The, certificate attached to the proposals must be
signed by two responsible parties.
The responsibility of the guarantOrs must be shown
by the official certificate of the Clerk of the nearest
District Court, or of the United States District At
torney.
Each party offering proposal must accompany it
by affidavit that he is not interested directly or
indirectly in any bid offered except that to which he
has subscribed his name.
Bidders must be present to respond to their bids
and be prepared to give bonds for the fulilment of
their contracts, their proposals will not be con-
sidered.
If the bid is in the name of firm, the names of all
the members and their pOsoffice address must ap-
pear, or it will rot be considered
Each person every member of a firm offering a
proposal must accompany it by an oath of allegiance
to the United States Government, if he has not al
ready filed one in this Office.
Payments to be made in such funds as may be on
hand; if none on hand. to be made as soon as re-
ceived.
Proposals must be endorsed distinctly Proposals
for Fresh Beef" and addressed Lieut.. R. p Lini5-
who the right to reject any all bids to
the interest of the United States.
All proposals not complying strictly with the above
specifications will positively be rejected by Lieut..
Lindsey.
THOMAS WILSON,
de22-t26 Brev. Brig. Gen. and C. S. U. S. AZ