The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-07
Proposals for Indian Supplies
and Transportation.

DEPARTMENT OF THE NTERI-
~ OR, Office of Indisn Affairs, Wash
ington, April %, 1S84.-Sesled pro,
poss's, Endorsed Proposals for Beef"
bids for Beef mast be submitted in sep
arate envelopes Bacon, Flour. Cloth
ling, or Transportation, &c, Gas the case
may be,) and directed 10 thu Com mis-
siQner of Indian AFFAIR.". Nos. 65 and 67
Wooster Street, NeD York, will be re-
ceived until l p. n. Of Tuesday. May
II, 1884, for furnishing for the Indian
service about $40 COO pounds Bacon, 49,
OO0,O pounds Beef on the hoof. 200, 900
pounds Beans, $4,000 pounds Baking
Powde'. $780, eco pounds Corn, 100000
Coffee, $500, geo pounds Flour, 10000
pounds Feed. 195 900 pounds Hard
Bread. $4,000 pounds HorGiny, IS, 600
pounds Lard, 700 barrels Mess Pork,
$50, 900 pounds Rice. 1890 pounds Tes,
500 pounds Tobacco, 100000. pounds
Salt, 1000 0 pounds Soap, 6.0Ge pounds
Sods, $50 600 pounds Sugar, and 40,0u0
pounds Whes..
Also Blankets, Wooden and Cotton
Goods, Consisting in part Of Ticking,
20, 600 yards; Standard Calico, 1875, coo
yards; Drilling, 1900 ysrds; Duck, free
from all sizing. $4,000 yards; Denims,
II coo yards; Bingham, 14O,O yards;
Kentucky Jeans, % 600 yards; Cheviot,
4. 500 yards; Brown SheetiDg, us, coo
yards; Blesched Sheeting, Is, coo yards;
Hickory Shifting, 10000 yards; Calico
Shifting, 5000 ysrds; Winsey, 1900
tyards;) Clothing, Groceries, Notions,
Hardware, Medical Supplies. School
Books, etc., and a long list Of n1iscel-
lsneous articles, such IS Harness, Flows.
Rakes, FoFka, &C., aid for abou. 475
Wagons required for the service, to bs
delivered st Chicago, Kansas City,
and Sioux City. Aiao for such Wagons
as may be required, edspted to the cli-
mate of the Pacific Cost, with Califor,
nis brakes, delivered at San francisco.
Also. transportation .or such of the
articles, goods and supplies thst may not
be contracted for to b. delivered at the
Agencies.
MEST BLANKS.
Schedules showing the kinds and dnen~
titles of subsistence supplies required for
each sgency, and the kinds and quanti-
ties in gross, Of al other goods and ar
ticles, together with blank proposals,
&C nditions to be observed by bidders.
time and p ace of delivery, terms Of
contract and payment, transportation
routes, and all other necessary instruc
tons will be furnished upon application
to the Indian Ofce in Washington. or
Nos. 65 and 81 Wooster street. New
York; VIM. 81. Lyon No 4S3 Broad
way, New York; the Commissaries of
Subsistence, U. s. A., at Cheyenne,
Chicago. Leavenworth. omaha, Saint
Louis, Saint Paul, San Francisco, and
Yant ton; the Postmaster at Sioux City,
and to the Pestmssters st the following
named places in Kansas: arkansas City,
Burlington, Caldwell, Dodge City, EN-.
poris, Eureka, Crest Bend, Howard,
Hutch nson, Lsrned, Mcpherson, Ma
rion, Medicine Lodge, Newton, Usage
City, Sedan. Sterling, Topeka, Wei
lington, Wichits, and Winfield.
Bids will b opened at the hour and
day above stated, and bidders are invited
to be present st 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 lesst
FIVE per cent. of the amount of The pro-
posal.
II. PRICE, Commissioner.