The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-03
Proposals fof Indian Supplies
and transportation.

iDEPARTMENT OF THE INTERI-
u OR, Office of Indian Affairs, Wash
ington, April %, 1884.-SesIed pro,
pcsals, indorsed Proposals for Beef,''
(bids for Beef must be submitted in sep
arste envelopes,) Bacon, Flour, Cloth
ing, or Transportation, &c, (as the case
may be.) and directed TO the Comnis-
sioner of Indian Affairs. Nos. 65 and 81
Wooster Street, Ne,0 York, will be re-
ceived until p. m. of Tuesday, May
q. 1884, for furnishing for the Indian
service shout $40 COO pounds Bacon, SO, ,
000, coo pounds Beef on the hoof, 200, 600
pounds Beans, $4,000 pounds Baking
Powde-. 100000 pounds Corn, 100000
Coffee, $500, 600 pounds Flour, 20, 600
pounds Feed, 1875 600 pounds Hard
Bread, $4,000 pounds Honniny, Is, 600
pounds Lard, 700 bsrrels Mees Pork,
100, 900 pounds Rice, 1900 pounds Iea,
500 pounds Tobacco, 100000 pounds
Salt, 1900 pounds Sosp, 6.CO0 pounds
soda, $50 GOO pounds Sugar, and 40, 0U0
pounds Whest.
Also Blankets, Wooden and Cotton
Goods, Consisting in part Of Ticking,
10000 yards; Standard Calico, 1876, coo
yards; Drilling, 5000 yards; Duck, free
from all sizing. $4,000 yards; Denims,
II coo yards; Ginghsm, 140, 200 yards;
Kentucky Jeans, % 600 yards; Cheviot,
4. 500 yards; Brown Sheeting, IT'S, GOO
yards; Blesched Sheetiug, 10, 900 yards;
Hickory Shifting, 10000 yards; Cslico
Shifting, 5000 yards; Winsey. 1900
ysrds) Clothing, Groceries, Notions,
Hardware, Medical Supp les, School
Books. ETC., and long list Of miscel-
lsneous articles, such as Harness, Plews.
Rakes, Forks, ETC., and for about AS
Wagons required fer the service, TO be
delivered at Chicago, Kansas City,
ano Sioux City. Aleo for such Wagons
ss may be required, sdapted to the cli-
mate of The Pacific Coast. with Califor'
ME brakes, delivered at San Francisco.
Also, transportation for such of the
articles, goods and supplies that may not
be contracted for to b. delivered st the
Agencies.
BIDS MUsT BE MADE OUT ON GOVERN
MEET BLANKS.
Schedules showing the kinds and guam
titles Of subsistence supplies required for
each agency, and the kinds and qasnti-
ties in gross, of all other goods and ar
ticles, together with blank proposals,
COnOIblUhs W 10 OOsCIf NY OlO0CEEs
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 Office in Washington. or
Nos, IS and 81 Wooster street. New
York; VIM. Il. Lyon, No. 4S3 Broad |
way, New York; the Commissaries of |
U. s. A., at Cheyenne,
Chicago, Lesvenworth, Omaha, saint |
Louis, Saint Paul, San Francisco, and
7 ston; the Postmaster at Sioux City, |
and to the Postmasters at the following |
named places in Kansas: Arkansas City,
Burlington, Caldwell, Dodge City, EN- |
poris, Eureka, Crest Bend, Howard,
Hutch nson, LarDed, Mcpherson, Ma
RON, Medicine Lodge, Newton, Usage |
City, Sedan. Sterling, Topeka, Wei
lington, Wichita, and Winfield.
Bids will b. opened at the hour and |
day above stated, and bidders are invited
10 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-
posaI,
Il. PRICE, Commissioner.