Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-02-06
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Sealed Proposals will be received at the Once of
he Chief Quartermaster, Military Division of the
DAY OF February, 1868, for the transportation of
S1vernment Troops and Supplies from the follow
Gated, during the time from March %, 1863 to DC
toher 70 1888, inclusive, viz:
From ST.: Louis to Fort Buford Camp Cooke and
From Wyandotte to Fort Buford, Camp Cooke
= From Fort Leayenworth to Fert Buford, Camp
Cooke and Fort Benton.
vd IRON Ra Omsha to Fort Baford, Camp Cooke and
From Sioux City to Fort Buford, Camp Cooke
From Fort Randall to Fort Buford, Camp Cooke
From Fort suily to For. Buford, Camp Cooke
From Fort Rice to F.rt BufOrd, Camp Cooke
y From Fort Stevenson to Fort Bu'ord, Camp
From Fort .Buford to Camp Cooke and Fort
from Camp Cooke to Fort Benton.
during the season most favorable f:t navigation OF
der: viii state however the rate tsepsrsteIy for
each month from March 20 to October 10, inclusive,
paiaJ which they will perform the serVics from M
each OF the starting points to the several points of
LIST. The rate at which they will transport each
SinceF ana soldier cabin passage to be provided
Cooling their Iations, which will be supplied by
I'd Tie rate per 100 pounds at which they will
Sd. The rate each at which they will transport
aS sr1"sghs for feeding animals to be supplied By
control boats Boats Vi" % be Sho
always give the Government sht the preference
the exclusion of Government freight.
SS sn to the w be to
all ttores received by the contractor for transpOr
sion must be delivered at their destination within
In case the contracting party fails to carry
freight as required, the Government reserves the
Of the contractor; and nothing herein csntsined
shall be SO construed az to Mt the Government
oue,nr 20 Per pu1e supplies on any boat be-
The Goyernmsnt reserves Il % right to reject any
Bidder, are Informed that no boat loaded with
Cove stores will be allowed to 60 above
feet Of water and that boats will not be required
TO GO to Fort BnfOrd, D. T., or points above. with
B iSs; should give ths. names in full well
$1,000, signed by two more responsible persons
guaranteeing that in case the contract i. awarded
10 The pers' proposing, the contract will be ac-
c.pted and entered into, and good and sufficient
N ~ ssd in
ne CONTRACTOR will be required to give bonds in
The party to whom the award is made must be
prepared to execute the pntract at once. and 10
give the bond for the faithful performance
Copy Of blank form Of contract to be entered
picaion to this Once At the Sc Of the 3h is
Qusrtermasfer, Department. Of the Missouri, Fort
LeayeBworth, Kansas, and of Chief Quartermas-
ter. DepaItm the Platte, Omaha, Nebraska
Proposals should be endorsed, Proposals for
Army Transportation by the Missouri River, ~ and
addressed to the undersigned.
BY order of the ouaTteim1stey General, U. s. A.
asst. Qaartermaster General. U. 8. A..
chief Qusrtermaster Military Division
iaIs-2stB of the Missouri.
IT S. ENGINEER'S OFFICE,
~ BgRLdseIoN, VT January %, 1853.
Sealed bpI ,bIoISG BREAKWATER:
signed until the tn of February, 1859 at 10 clock
a. m, Tor the following timber. viz
1900 linear Cor cubicl feet of Hemlock Timber.
inches square, in sticks not less than 80 feet In
% 0O linear Tor cubic) feet of White Pine Timber
2inches square, In sticks less than 10 feet In
length.
$500 feet, b. m, of 3inch Hemlock Plank.
HG00 ieet, b. m, OF 3-inch White Pine Plank
SOD Treensils, telm or oak,) feet long and
:. Pine Spruce, or Ash Timber may be delivered in
lieu Of ell part Of the nrst item of this bill The
whole must be delivered at Burlington, Vermont,
before the lst Of July 1852 and at least third as
soon as navigation opens on Lake Champlain 1t
must be Of the best quality perfectly straight Of
other viii be received. The prices named must
all expense of delivery and pre- pairing for in
sp ction, &c, at such points as may be required.
The proposals to be made In duplicate, guaranteed
and In accordance with the prescribed forms,
which may be obtained upon application at this
The undersigned reserves the RICH. to reject snv
or all bids, il not deemed satisfactory
Captain of Engineers, Bvt 1t. Col, b. s.A.