The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-15
The HERALD BLOCK.
Proposals for Indian Supplies
and Transportation.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERT-
~ Or, Office of Indian Affairs, Wash
ington, April %, 1884.-Sealed proc
posals, indorsed " Proposals for Beef,''
(bids for Beef mast be submitted in sep
arste envelopes,) Bacon, Flour, Cloth
ing, or Transportation, &C., (ss the case
msy be,) and directed TO the Commits
sioner Of Indian Affairs. Nos Is and 81
Wooster Street, NeaO York, will be re-
ceived until l p. m. Of Tuesday, MAJ
u, 1884, for furnishing for the Indian
service about $40, 600 pounds Bacon, So,
600, 600 pounds Beef on the hoof, 200. 600
pounds Beans, $4,000 pounds Baking
Powde-, 10000 pounds Corn, $50, 900
Coffee, $500, 900 pounds Flou-, 10000
pounds Feed, 1875 900 pounds Hard
Bread, 45, 600 pounds Hominy, Is, coo
pounds Lard, 700 barrels Mess Pork.
$50, 600 pounds Rice, 800 pounds Tea j..
500 pounds Tobacco, 100000 pounds
Salt, 150,0f0 pounds Soap, 5000 pounds
Soda, $4,000 pounds Sugar, and 40, QUO
pounds Wheat.
Also Blankets, Wooden and Cotton
Goods, consisting in part CT Ticking,
20, 900 yards; Standard Calico, 1876, 600
yards; Drilling, 5000 yards; Duck, free
from all sizing. $4,000 yards; Denims,
II, 600 yards; Ginghsm, 40, 600 yards;
Kentucky Jeans, Is, 600 yards; C6eviot,
$500 yards; Brown sheeting, It's, COO
yards; Bleached SheetiDg, Is, 600 yards;
Hickory Shifting, 10000 yards; Calico
Shifting, 5000 yards; Winsey, 1900
yards;) Clothing, Groceries, Notions,
Hardware, Medical Supplies, School
Books, etc., and long list of miscel-
lsneous articles, such as Harness, Flows.
Rskes, Forks, &C., and for about as
Wagons required fer the service, to be
delivered at Chicago, Kansas CITY,
and Sioux City. Also for such Wagons
as may be required, adapted to the cli-
mate of the Pacific Coast. with Cslifor.
mis- brakes, delivered at San Francisco.
Also, transportation for such Of the
articles, goods and supplies that may not
be contracted for to be delivered at the
Agencies.
BIDS MUST BE MADE OUT ON GOVERN.
MEHT BLANKS.
Schedules showing the kinda and qusn+
titles Of subsistence supplies required for
each sgency, and the kinds and qusnti-
ties in gross, of all other goods and ar
ticles, together with blank proposals,
conditions TO be observed By bidders.
time and pace of delivery, terms Of
contract and payment, transportation
routes, and all other necessary instrue-
tions Will be furnished upon application
10 the Indian dice in Washingtoe, or
Mes. IS aud 81 Wooster street. New
York; VIM. 81. Lyon. No. 4S3 Broad
way, New York; the Commissaries Of
q. s. A., st Cheyenne,
Chicago, Lesvenworth, Omaha, Saint
Louis, Saint Paul, San Francisco, and
Yaat ton; the Postmaster at Sioux City,
and to the Pestmasters at the following
named places in KsnEss: Arkansas City,
Burlington, Caldwell, Dodge City, En-
poris, Eureka, Great Bend, Howard.
Hutchinson, Larned, MCPHERSON, Ma
RON, Medicine Lodge, Newton, Osage
City, Sedan, Sterling, Topeka, Wei
lington, Wichits, and Winfield.
Bids will BE- opened at the hour snd
1ay above stated, and bidders are invited
70 be present at the opening.
CERTIFIED CHECKS.
All bids must be accompanied By
certified checks upon some United
states Depository or the First National
Bank of Los Angeles, Cal, for at least
i've per cent. Of the amount of The pro-
,osal.
81, PRICE, Comm ;ssinsers