Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-14
ARMY Transportation.
Letting Contracts For the Upper Missouri
and Throughout the Department

Letting Contracts For the Upper Nilsson
and Throughout the Department
of Dakota.
St. Paul Globe, Feb. II.
The bids for government military trans
rortation and ~freightage were opened In th
Office of the chief Q~uartermas:er of the de-
partment of Dakota yesterday. Col. Temp.
kins acted IS chief high priest on the occa
sion. He had a large and interested audi
ence which assembled early and stayed th
proceedings out. Though the colonel
elOcution and remarks became monotOnous
after reading the tenth or fifteenth bid
everybody had out their notebooks ant
took down his words, until the job va,
finished by reading out the twenty sixth
bid.
The bids were for transportation of mill
tary officers, enlisted men, horses and cattle
and supplies for the army in the department
of Dakota. Separate bids were put in TO
the upper Missouri and Yellowstone rivers
and land transportation, etc.
Prominent treighters were present from
all this western section of the country. The
Steamboat interests of the Missouri rive,
was largely represented. Over fifty congre
gated in the email Office, fifty as vigorous,
robust, hardy and wide-awake men % can
be found 10 q years journey. They had
about them the genial freshness and 9vigor
of the west; men evidently who would un.
dertake any job, be 1t hazardous or other
wise, and accomplish it. Among those
present we're:
Col. ]. g. Baker, Fort Benton, Baker line.
Com. Coulson, Yankton, Conlson line.
Com. Kountz, Allegheny City, Pa, Kountz
line.
Capt. D. M. Marrata, Coulson line.
Capt. j. c. McVay, Coulson line.
Col. C. K. Peck, Peck line.
Capt. H. G. Akin, Peck line.
Col. I. G. Powers, Benton line.
Capt. J. C. Barr, Benton line.
Capt. Jas. McGarry, Benton line.
Com. JAS. Leighton, Yellowstone line.
Capt. Grant Marsh, Yellowstone line.
Com. p. U. johnson, steamer P. II. Kelly. f
Capt. J.. I. Murphy, Montsna.
DR.. w. A. Burleigh, Yankton.
Col. J.. w. Mclean; Bismarck, Silver Lead
Overland company. "a. sci
w. B. Bell, Bismarck. ara
Edw. Comings, Sioux City.
Capt. John II. Charles, Sioux City.
g. G. Wicker, president Dakota Southern
railroad.
G; =. Merchant, general nan.sse 2 kot.
CapteR. Blakslsy,PrsidsekNd6fthwNter
Stage and TfansPortatioa Company.
Capt. Nick Beusen, sCouison line.
Capt Mart Coulson, O6n1son line.
Pat Smith, Bismarck -
Sam Goedon,. sWildefsline.
L. IL, Haxfsld, and msnyaoathers.
Promptly At IL o'clock Col. Tompkins
opened the first bid, that of Mr.. james
Leighton. The colonel found some fault
with its regularity, but passedsit over 70 his
clerk to have It scored up. No. 2 was from
Leighton also. The reading was con-
'inued thus for an hour or more. Then the
announcement vas made ~that 70 soon a the
/. figuring" wa done, the result would be
declared. At 8 o'clock they had not been
inisned. Col. Tomrkins expicS to arrive
1t q result to-day, and it will be duly an
nounced in to-morrow's Globe. Il
FHRRIAaE. 4
The calculations, ETC., on1helhidstso for er-
across the Missouri river at Fl. Linz
.oln were finished and are q follows:
sETwEEH LINCOLN AND POINT PLEAsANr.|
By Mr.. George A. Acken-Six-mule val
ION, el.41 :fndf-Auls wages, ei.20; two-1
mule wagon, 96c; wagon without team. CSC Il
ambulance without team, 26c; Animsls.