New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-03-05
OFFICIAL NOTICES,
PROPOsALs FOR TRANsPORTA-
TION.
OFFICE CHIEF QUARrERArAsrER

OFFICE CHIEF QUARTERMAsTER,
SEALED PROPOSALS ARE Invited; AND
WI be Esseivsd At the Once Of Captain ".
fe1ss Until TEsB2Y the s s. a DAY SS Cf TSf0S
1865, at II O'Clock NJ, for the TRANSPORTATION al
within the sub-district 81 the Rio Grande fdr the
year ending July l, 1863.
to transport troops and army supplies from and to
the following named points:
,,l Route No From BT@zos Santiago to Browns
Route No From Brownsville to Ripggold Bar.
Route No. 3-Ringgold Barracks to Laredo.
Proposals will distinctly specify at what rates the
oiaoeTs VIII contract to transport troops and sup
Officers aud enlisted men, cabin or deck passeu.
gers, EACH and the following class Of freight viz
head; iron machinery, lead, zinc, tin copper nails.
Ilvets' oolts, pallts' shot stoves wire heavy hard
o Snd stores etc. per one hundred pounds,
Coal. per ton; hay, per bale; lumber, pine, per
Oakpm, lumber toak), per 1000 feet; oats and corn
Measurement goods, clothing, equipage, crates.
crockery' furniture, doors. blinds, sashes wagon
books, stationery, ETC., per cubic foot.
Dry goods, flour meal bread, rice, crackers dried
apples, onions potatoes turnips white sugar, etc,
per Darrell wet goods, pork beef liquids lard lime
cement, plaster, tea, rosin, mOAsses, brown sugar
Vinegar and pickles in Kegs per key; ambuIanoes
and spring wagons, each; army wagons (ooIn pete)
each; traits Jams, jellies window glass, pickles.
extracts etc. per box; candles crackers hard bread
farina, spices, condensed milk can meats soap etc
per box; hams, per cask; hsms per tierce; ice per
hogshead; lard per tierce; lard, per keg: rice per
tiercei pals per dozen sugar, per hogshead; sugar
(Havana) per box tea per chest; salt per sack and
barrel shoyels and spades, per dozen barrows,
eaeh laths per 1000; shingles, per 1000 tobacco per
box; rope, per COLL orooms, per dozen.
All freightS to be delivered at such landings ware
houses or otner places of unloading, at each of the
aboye-named points, as may be designated by the
Depot Qurtermaster at Brownsville, other author
ICED ohoers or agents OF the HartermRsters Depart
ment.
Contractors must be prepared to transport the
troops and public freight any of the above named
points when required, and must take such troops
and supplies to the full capacity of the vessel or
other means OF transportation provided il required
by the quartermaster's department, and the pro-
posas must state the character and class of vessels
proposed 20 be furnished Cor water transportation
and the kind OF teams, whether OK or mule teams
for land transportation. All proposals must be in
trlplicate, with copy of this advertisement at
tached to each, and must be accom- panied by the
names of at least two sufficient sureties Rho will
signty by Endorsement thereon their willingness to
become responsible for the performance OF the CON
tract.
Proposals viii be Endorsed Proposals for Trans.
portaton, and will be addressed to 1.-THE Supervis-
ing Quarterm sster Sub District of the Rio Grande
brownsville, Texas All proposals received will be
forwarded 70 the chief quartermaster Of the district
The government reserves the right to reject any
or all bids or any part OF q bid,
CHAS. H. TOMPKINS.
Brevet Brig. Gen and Chief QuartermasteT,
fe& ct Fifth Military District.