Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-03
PROPOSALS FOR ARMY TRANSpORTA.
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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF DAKOTA,
Ofice of Chief Quartcrmaster.
ST. PAUL, MINI, December3l, 1871.
SEALED PROPOSALS. in tr,iplicate, subject
this Office, until II O'Clock noon. on the I'd day
of February, 1850, at which time and place they
VII VII be "penea, in tn NJ M GTssenss s,o OF bidders sta RS 1 fSr
following described routes Ill the department. of
Dakota. during the year commencing April LIST,
1850. and ending March 81, 1881:
IN MINNESOTA AND from and to
stations in the state of Minnesota and territory
i Gf f Rak" of c sSS1sett to tor the hat e seryiae' contained
2.-WAGoN TRANSPORTATION ON ROUTE IN
MoNTANA"-from and to station in the Terrific
ry of Montana, in accordance with conditions
contained in form of contract for that service.
3.-ON MISSOURI AND YELLOWSTONE RIv-
ERs-(combined servicel between YanktOn, ID.
on the Missouri River, between said places, from
the Goth of March to the 10th of November, 1886,
and from iankton and Bismarck D. u, through
to Fort Keogh and Big Horn Depot. NJ. T., and
between Fort keogh and Big Horn Lcpot on the
Yellowstone River, from ana between April LIST,
and September 18th, 1856, subject to the condl.
lions contained in the form Of contract for that
service. Proposals for the river route will be
made for the combined service. and should spc-
city a rate + MILE, for each officer, enlisted
per 100 miles for military stores for the whole
route. No rates varying with the distance will
be entertained.
4.@FERRlAGE between Fort Abraham Lin
coin, d.. and Bismarck, D.T., and between said
Fort and Ferry landing opposi1e,thertto; subject
to the conditions contained i'll 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 five thousand dollars ~(s5oM)-except
for terriage Service-eXecuted strictly in accord
ance with the printed Instructions. and upon
the Blank fOrm-furnished under this advertise
m nrnna! gq1a grant nd, x that the PAR s1 making Mg;, the
sixty days from the date announced for opening
them. and that if said proposal is accepted and
u contract for the service bid for awarded there.
under. he will, within ten days after being mott
fled of the award, Crowded such notification be
made within the sixty days above mentioned)
sccept the same and furnish good good and suf-
thousand dollars G3O,GOO) for the faithful per-
+ ,rmancc of the contract. FOrthe felTiage ser.
vice,the bond accompanying the bid will be for
bidder Will be required to furnish bonds in the
sum of three thousand dollars (S3,GOOl for the
faithful performance OF the contract.
The government reserves the right to reject
any or all proposals.
In the case of rivert transportation, bidders
must submit a list Of boats giving name, ton
mage. age, &C., with which they expect to per-
form the service.
Blank forms Of proposal, bond and contracts f;
also a table of distances on the Missouri and
Yellowstone rivers, together with a sta tement
OF shipments made on said rivers and an cSti~
mate of the quantities transported on the wagon
route, during the season Of 1879, to be used rs !:
basis in determining tile lowest bid. may be had
on application to this office, or to the Office of
the QuartermaSter's department at Chicago Ill.
Neb;, Bismarck, D. T.. ,Yankton, ID. .,or Helena
NJ. L,
Envelopes containing proposals should be
in Minnesota and Dakota,'' Missouri and Vel
lowstone Rivers" sc, as the case may be and
and addressed to the undersigned.
CHAS. II. TOMPKINS, Deputy q. NJ. Gen.
L. 5. Army, Chief Qu;lrtermaSter