The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-05-18
PROPOSALS FOR INDIAN SUP
PLIES AND TRANSFORM.
TION.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTR-
II rior, Office of Indian Affairs, April
Is, 1s82.-Sealed proposals. Endorsed
"Proposals for Beef" (bids for beef must
be submitted in separate envelopes) b.
con, Flour, Clothing or Transportation,
etc., las the case may be) and directed to
the Com missioner of Indian Affairs, Nos.
IS and 81 Wooster Street, Nea0 York,
will be received until l pm, OF Tuesday,
May %, 1882, for furnishing for the In
dian service about $1,000 pounds Bacon,
&C, 600, 600 pounds Beef on the hoof, 1885,
900 pounds Beans, 10000 pounds Baking
Powder, 2, O00, goo pounds Corn, 750, 1000
pounds Coffee, 100000 pounds Flour,
2I2,OOO pounds Feed, S00,OC pounds
Hard Bread, 70 600 pounds Hominy,
1000 pounds Lard, 1850 barrels Mess
Pork, 2S3, 600 pounds Rice. 1920
pounds Tea, $4,000 pounds Tobacco,
2OO, 600 pounds Salt, 100000 pounds
Soap, 5000 pounds Soda, 1,25O,O0O
pounds Sugar, and $4,000 pounds
Wheat.
Also Blankets, Woelen and Cotton
Goods consisting in part Of Ticking,
$4,000 yards; Standard Calico, 100000
yards; Drilling, 10000 yards; Duck,
free from all sizing, 10000 ysrds;
Denims, $4,000 yards; Bingham, 80, 600
yards: Kentucky Jeans, %, 600 yards;
Cheviot, $500 yards; Brown Sheeting,
200, 900 yards; Blesched Sheeting, 10000
yards; Hickory Shifting, 10000 yards;
Calico; Shifting, 5000 yards; Winsey,
5000 ysrds;) Clothing, Groceries, No
tons, Hardware, Medical Supplies, and
q long list of miscellaneous articles, such
as Harness, Plows, Rakes, Forks, &C.,
and for about AIS Wagons required for
the service in Arizona, Colorado, DakAto,
Idaho, Indian Territory, Minnesota.
Montana, Nebraska, Nevada and Wis
consin, to be delivered at Chicago, Kansas
City and Sioux City. Also for such
Wagons as may be required, adapted to
the climate OF the Pacific Coast. with
California brakes, delivered at San Fran
cisco.
Also transportation for sach of the ar
ticles, goods, and supplies that may not be
contracted for to be delivered at the
Agencies.
BIDS MUST BE MADE OUT ON Gov
ERNMENT BLANKS.
Schedules showing the kinds and guam
titles of subsistence supplies required for
each Agency, and the kinds and quanti-
ties in gross, of all other goods and arti
cles, together with blank proposals and
forms for contract and bond, conditions
to be observed by bidders, time and place
of delivery, terms Of contract and pay
ment, transportation routes, and all
other necessary instructions will be furn-
ished upon application to the Indian
Office in Washington, or Nos. 65 and 81
Wooster street, NetO York; VIM. 81.
Lyon, No. 483 Broadway, New York;
the Commisssries of Subsistence, q. S.
A, at Cheyenne, Chicago, Leavenworth,
Omaha, Saint Louis, Saint Paul, San
Francisco, and Yankton; the Postmaster
at Sioux City, and to the Postmasters at
the following named places in Kansas:
Arkansas City, Burlington, Caldwell,
Dodge City, Emporis, Eureka, Great
Bend, Howard, Hutchison, Lsrned, Nc
Pherson, Marion, Medicine Lodge,
Newton, Usage City, Sedan, Sterling,
Topeka, Wellington, Wichita, and Win
field.
Bids will be opened at the hour AID
day above stated, and bidders are invited
to be present at the opening.
CERTIFIED CHECKS.
All bids must be accompanied by
certified checks upon some United