Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-08
PROPOSALS FOR ARMY TRANspORTA.
TON,

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF DAKOTA,
Office Of Chief Q~uartermaster,
ST. PAUL. MINI, December 81, 1879.
SEALED PROPOSALS, in triplicate, subject
~ to the usual conditions, will be received al
tins Office, until y O'Clock noon. on the I'd day
OF February, 1850. at which time and place they
the transportation Of Military Stores, etc, Oh the
following described routes III the Department of
DAKOTA, during the year commencing April LIST,
1850. ana ending March 81, 1881.
1.-WAGON TRANSPORTATION. on "ROuTE
IN MlNNESoTA AND DAKOTA from and to
stations in the state Of Mime sofa and territory
Of Dakota, subject to the conditions contained
in form of contract for that service.
.9.-WAGoN TRANSPORTATION ON ROUTE IN
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 %servlce) between YanktOn, ID
on the Missouri River, between said places, from
the goth of March to the 10th of November, 1850,
and from Yankton and Bismarck. D. =: through
between Fort Keogll and Big Horn . cpou OH the
Yellowstone River, from ana between April lst,
anu September 18th, 1876, subject to the condi.
tons 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 PER MILE. for each officer. enlisted
man or emplo.e and animal land for 100 pounds
per 100 miles for military stores for the whole
route. No rates varying with the distance will
be entertained.
~4.-FERRIAGE between Fort Abraham Lin
coin, D.T. and Bismarck, DIT and between said
Fort and Ferrylanding opposite thereto subject
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 1--WE thousand dollars (s5OoO)-except
for ferriage service-eXecuted strictly in accord.
ance with the printed instructions, and upon
the blank form-furmi,hed under this ADVERTISE
1 propos sas sIiai' not withdraw !tni aHs tie H"s's same Mss'~ Wl,h hin
sixty days from the date announced for opening
them. and that If said proposal is accepted and
under. he will. within ten days after being noti-
fed of the award, Crowded such notification be
made within the sixty days above mentioned)
thousand dollars G3lOOW for the faithful per-
formance Of the contract. Forthe ferriage ser
oms thoas aSaa da aHiisG%P slGSo5 sn ade t S,a s W,it es iSI
bidder will be required to furnish bonds in the
sum Of three thousand dollars (s3,ooOl for the
faithful performance of the contract.
| The government reserves the right to reject
any or all proposals.
In the case of river transportation, bidders
must submit a list a,, Of boat, boats Ely, Ewing Z man name e. ton
Blank forms q proposal, bond and contracts
S Ysf2a a ,aSle Of r,y distances isssth Sa w fnH M n sta tem aad
of shipments made Oh said rivers and an esli-
mate Of the quantities transported on the wagon
route, during the season ea ,3,a o. 9dI 1879 to 70 De @ @sed "a as S,a =
on application to this Office, or to the Office of
the Q~uartermaster's Department at Chicago. ILL.,,
Neb., Bismarck, u. T .,Yankton, ID. Tor Helena.
NJ. L.
Envelopes containing proposals. should be
| marked :''PrOpOsals for Transportation on route
in Minnesota and Dakota.' 'Missouli and Vel.
lOwstOne kivers" SC, as the case may be and
and addressed to the undersigned.
CHAS II. TOMPkINS, Deputy Q. NJ. Gen.
u. s. Army, Chief Quartermaster