The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-03-29
CONCERNING CONTRACTS.
The Successful Bidders for River
and Land Transportation Of
Military Stores, etc,
The Benton Line gets the River Work and
Fred T. Evans the Land Transportation
in Montana.

On the 10Th the DldS fOr river anG land
transportation of military stores. etc. were
opened at department headquarters at Fort
Smelling, near st. Paul. Nearly all the
Montana bidders were in attendance or were
represented.
The contracts in which Montana is inter-
ested are as follows: a. Wagon transpor-
tation In this Territory over which 1852, 982
lbs. of stores were transported in the year
1881. The greater portion of this work was
contracted at 81. 48 a hundred pounds a hun
dred miles. a. Water transportation on
the Missouri river between Yankton and Bis
marck. 49, Water transportation between
Bismarck and Benton. % Water trans
pOrtation on the Yellowstone and Missouri
combined between Glendive and Benton.
The first of these, the overland transport
tation in Montana was secured by Fred T.
Evans, of Sioux City, who for years has con-
trolled the transportation contracts to the
Black Hills and in that country. Mr.. Evans
operations have hitherto been confined to
Dakota and he rather stole a march on the
Montana men. His bid was a surprise party
all around.
The several steamboat men made an effort
to pool their issues on the river business, di-
viding the work up among them at a high
rate, but for some reason the plan failed to
work, and there was considerable cutting Of
rates when the combination failed.
The following is a resume of the bids
offered
LAND TRANSPORTATION IN
j. W. Power, Benton-$2.0 90 per 100 lbs.
per 100 miles for April; May, June, July,
August and September, 81. 95; Oct. So %;
Nov, So 30; December, January and Feb
ruary, $500; March, $2.5 so.
Fred T. Evans, Sioux City-$1. so per 100
lbs. per 100 mile for April; May, June, July,
August, September, October, and November,
$172; December, $3.50; January, 81. 81; Feb
ruary 81. rs; March $l.OO
w. G. Conrad, Benton-$1.75 per 100 lbs,
per 100 miles for April and May; So. 90, for
June, July, August and September; Oct,
49, %; Nov, SO so; Dec, $2.75; JAN, So 90;
Feb, So. rs; March, $500.
&. A. Broadwater, Helena-$1.6O per 100
lbs. per 100 miles for April; May, 81 70; June,
July, August, Sept, Oct, So 90; Nov, Dec,
JAN, Feb, and March, So. 80.
MISSOURI RIVER YANKToN AMI
BISMARCK.
w. ID. Spiking- stores, 40 cents per 100
lbs. per 100 miles; animals, 6 cents per mile
each; men, 4 cents per mile each; officers, 10
cents per mile each.
Charles Wright-stores, 25 cents pei. 100
lbs. per 100 miles; animals, 5 cents a mile
each; men, 5 cents a mile each; officers. 10
cents.
John Il. Charles stores, 20 cents; ami
mails, 5 cents; men, 4 cents; officers. 10 cents.
H.. Q. Akin-stores, so cents; animals, 4
cents; men, A cents; officers, 5 cents.
s. B. Coulson-stores, 40 cents; animals, 3
cents; men, 3 cents; officers 3 cents.
W BISMARCK N BENTON.
t. G. Bower-stores, Is 7 cents; animals,
3 cents; men 81 cents; officers, 4 cents.
d. 9. Akin-stores, 90 cents; animals, 4
cents; men, 4 cents; officers, 5 cents.
5. b. Coulson-stores, from April to July
l, 10 cents and from July l to Oct. %, 80
cents; animals, 8 cents; men, 2 cents; officers
3 cents.
YELLOWSTONE y MISSOURI RIVERS.
T.C. PoWer-stores, 40 cents; animals, 5
cents; men, 4 cents; officers, 5 cents. To
cover all points on the Missouri or none.
II. G. Akin-stores, so cents; animals, 4
cents; men, 4 cents; officers, 5 cents.
B.. B.. Coulson-stores, so cents to June
10Th and 100 cents to Oct. 25fh; animals, a
cents; men, 3 cents; officers, 4 cents.
In each case the stores are per 100 lbs. per
100 miles and the animals, men and officers
per mile.
The contract for the overland transporta-
ton IN Montana was awarded tc Fred G.
Evans at the rate above indicated.
The contract for the river routes between
YanktOn and Bismarck and Bismarck and
Benton was secured by the Benton ssP''
Line, ia the names of John FL. Charles and
I. q. Power. The rate is less than last q q.
son which was uniformly 25 cents a hundred
miles.
The combination route on the Yellowstone
and Missouri, from Glendive to Benton,
was declared eff as being unnec.
essarY and expensive, which, doubtless, il
not ct all to the liking of the ambitious citi.
zens Of Glendive.