, 1885-04-09

transportation
DEPARTMENT OE,THEINTERIOR
" Office Of Indian Affairs. Washington.
March 20; 1ss5.-Sealed proposals. in
dorsed Proposals for Beef, (bids fer
beef must be submitted in separate envel-
opes,) Bacon, Flour. clothing or Transport
tation, &c., las the case may be- and d.
rected to the Commissioner Of Indian afr
airs, Nos. IS dnd67- Woosfer street Ne4r
1OrA, will be received until l P. NJ. of Tues
ddg, Nay 8, 1856, for furnishing for the
Indian service about J 10000 pounds Ba-
con, 40, 600, 900 pounds Beef on the hoof.
10000 pounds Beans, $1,000 pounds Ba-
king powder. LOCO, 900 pounds Corn.
800 pounds Coffee, s.O0o.OOO pounds
Flour, 5000 pounds Feed. los, 900
pounds Hard Bread, 6S, 1000 pounds HON.
my. 25,000 pounds Lard, 600 barrels
mess pork, las, 900 pounds Rice, 1900.
pounds Tea, 500 pounds Tobacco, 100, 900
pounds Salt, 10000 pounds Soap,
100000 pounds Sugar. and 300, 900 pounds
Wheat.
Also Blankets, Wooden and Cotton
Goods Consisting in part of Ticking,
10000 yards; Standard Calico, 1885, 600
yards, Drilling, 1900 yards; Duck, free
from all sizing, 10000 yards; Denims,
1900 yards; Bingham. 100000 yards.
Kentucky Jeans, 10000 yards; 'Cheviot.
4 800 yards; Brown Sheeting, 1876 200
yards; Bleached Sheeting. $1,000 yards;
Hickory Shifting, 10000 yards; Calico
Shifting, 5000 yards; Winsey, 1900
Yards:] Clothing, Groceries, Notions.
Hardware, Medical Supplies, School
Books, &c, and a long list of miscellan-
eous articles. such as Harness Flows.
Rakes, Forks, &c, and for about 3O5 Wa
gons required for the service, to be deliy-
cred 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. de
liyered at San Francisco.
Also transportation for such of the ar
ticles, goods and supplies that may not be
contracted for. 10 be delivered at the
Agencies.
Bids must be made ont on GOVERN
MENT BLANKS.
Schedules showing the kiuds and guam
titles of subsistence supplies required for
each Agency, and the kinds and quantities
in gross of oil other goods and articles, to-
gether with blank proposals, conditions to
be observed by bidders, time and place of
delivery, terms of contract, and payment,
transportation routes, and all other neces-
sary instructions will he furnished upon
application to the Indian Office at Wash
ington, orNos, G5 and "a Wooster street.
Neo Iorh; VIM. II. Lyon, No. 1873
Broadway. New York; the Commissaries
of subsistence, U. s. A., at Cheyenne,
Chicago, Leavenworth, Omaha. ST. Louis.
st. Paul and San Francisco; the Post
masters at Souix City, and Yankton; and
to tile Postmasters at the following named
places in Kansas: Arkansas City, Burling
ton, Caldwell, Dodge City, Emporia. Eu-
reka, Great Bend, Howard. Hutchinson,
Larned, Mcpherson, Marion, Medicine
Lodge, Newton. Usage City, Sedan, Ster-
ling, Topeka, Wellington, Wichita. and
Winfield.
Bids will be opened at the hour and day
above stated, and bidders are invited TO
be present at the opening.
CERTIFIED CHECKS.
All bids must be accompanied by ccrti-
fed checks upon some United States De
pository or the National Bank of Los An
geles, Cal, for at least fire per cent ofthe
amount ofthe proposal.
j. ID. c. ATKINS. Commissioner.