Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-06
FOR ARMY TRANsPORrA.
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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF DAKOTA
ONCE Of Chief Q~uartermaster.
ST. PAUL, MINI, December 81, 1879.
SEALED PROPOSALS, in 'triplicate, subject,
to the usual conditions, will be received at
TINS Office, until II O'Clock noon. OH the I'd day
OF February, 1850, at which time and place they
the transportation Of Military Stores ECO. etc, on the
following described routes In the Department OF
Dakota. during the year commencing April list,
1.-WAGON TRANSPORTATION, ON "RoUTE
IN MINNEsoTA AND DAKOTA from and to
stations in the state Of Minnesota and territory
in form Of contract for that service.
2.-WAGoN TRANSPORTATION ON ROUTE IN
MONTANA"-from and to station in the Terrific
contained in form Of contract for that service.
3.-ON MISSOURI AND YELLOWSTONE RIv-
;E~Rs-(combined ~service) between ,Yankton, ID
on the Missouri River, between said places, from
tile 10th of March to the 10th Of November, 1880,
and from Yankton and Bismarck, D: I. through,
between Fort k-ogh and Big Horn liepot ON tht
Yellowstone River, from ana between April LIST.
ana September 18th, 1870, subject to the condi
lions contained H. the form Of contract for tia,
service. Proposals for the river route will b,
made fol- the combined service, and should spe-
city a rate Z MILE. for each officer. enlisted
per 100 miles for military stores for the whole
route. No rates varying with the distance will
be entertained.
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coin, D.T. and Bismarck, DIT and between said
Fort and Ferry landing opposite thereto subjec,
to the conditions contained in the form OF con-
tract for that service.
Each proposal must be in triplicate, separate
for each route, and accompanied BY a bond in
the sum of i've thousand dollars (s50O0eexcept
for ferriage service-executed strictly in accord
ance with the printed Instructions. and up0l,
the blank fOrm-furnished under this ADVERTISE
ment, guaranteeing that the party making the
sixty days from the date announced for opening
them. and that if said proposal is accepted and
a contract for the service bid for awarded there.
under. he will, within ten days after being mott
fed Of the award, Crowded such notification be
made within the sixty days above mentioned,
sccept the same and furnish good good and sui.
thousand dollars G3h,0OG for the faithful per
formance OF the contract. Forthe ferriage ser
vice-the bond accompanying the bid will be TO
bidder will be required TO furnish bonds in tn
sum of three thousand dollars ($3,OOOl for til,
faithful performance Of the contract.
IN the case OF river transportation, bidder
must submit a list Of boats. giving name, ton
mage. age, Sc, with which they expect to per
form the service.
Blank forms Of proposal, bond and contracts
also q table of distances on the Missouri ant
Yellowstone rivers, together with . statemen
of shipments made on said rivers; and an esti
mate Of the quantities transported on the waXOl
Eroute, during the season of 1879, to be used as
on application to this Office, or to the Office 9
the Qualtermaster's Department at ChicagO.l III
q: Louis, Mo-, Fort LeAvenw worth Kan. HMahs
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Envelopes containing proposals should b
m =, M Z Mrso nnS Psi TOT nt arnsnsP9 9is.:aai,i on rS Val
lOwstOne rivers" &C., rs the case may be an
and addressed to the undersigned.
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u. :. Army, Chief Quartermastel