, 1885-04-10
Proposals for Indian supplies ANA


IMPAIRMENT OF THEINTERIOR
u Office Of Indian Affairs. Washington,
March 80. f1SS5.7Sealed proposals. IN
dorsed Proposals for Beef bids fer
beef must be submitted in separate cnrel
opes,) Bacon, Flour, clothing or Transport
tati0n. &c, las the ease may BEL and di-
rected to the Commissioner Of 1ndian aft
airs, Nos. 65 and67 Woostcr street Ner
York, will be received until l P. NJ. of Tues.
day, May :, 1885, for furnishing for the
Indian service about ] ,250, 900 pounds Ba-
con, 40, 600, 900 pounds Bcefon the hoof,
$50, 0oO pounds Beans, 81 900 pounds Ba-
king powder, 1000. 600 pounds Corn.
1901 600 pounds Coffee. 5000, 900 pounds
Flour. $4,000 pounds Feed, $4,000
pounds Hard Bread, 6S,OO0 pounds HON.
my. 5000 pounds Lard. 1000 barrels
mess pork, $4,000 pounds Rice. 800
pounds Tea, 500 pounds Tobacco. 100000
pounds Salt. l7j.0OO pounds Soap.
S50,000 pounds Sugar. and 320.00 pounds
Wheat.
Also Blankets, Wooden and Cotton
Goods. Consisting in part of Ticking.
10000 yards; Standard Calico, 1876. 0O0
yards, Drilling, 1000 yards; Duck. free
from all sizing. 10000 yards; Denims,
1000 yards; Bingham, 100000 yards
Kentucky Jeans, 20,OO0 yards. 'Cheviot.
1900 yards; Brown Sheeting, 1876 900
yards; Bleached Sheeting. 1000 yards;
Hickory Shifting. 1n.nO0 yards. Calico
Shifting, 5000 yards; Winsey, l,5uO
yards:) Clothing. Groceries, Notions,
Hardwares Medical Supplies School
Books. &ca and a long list &c misccllan-
cous articles, such as Harness Flows.
Rakes, Forks, &c. and for about sO5 Wa
CONS required for the service, TO be deliv
cred at Chicago. Kansas CITY. aud Sioux
City. Also for such Wagons as may be
required. adapted to the climate Of the
Pacific Coast. with California brakes, de
hvered at San Francisco.- tAtN Nv
Also transportation for such ofthe- ar
ticles, goods and supplies that may not be
contracted for. To be delivered at the
Agencies
Bids must be made out on GOVERN
MENT BLANKS. ME.
Schedules showing the kiuds and guam
titles of subsistence supplies required for
each Agency. and the kinds and quantities
in gross of all 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 VIII DC mrnisned upon
application to the Indian Office at Wash
ington, orNos. CO and e. Woosto. street,
Neo Yorh; VIM. II. Lyon, No. 1852
Broadway. New York the Commissaries
Of subsistence, L. S. A.. at Cheyenne,
Chicago, Leavenworth, Omaha, st. Louis,
st. Paul, and San Francisco; the Post.
masters at Souix City, and Yankton; and
to the 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 WILDE opened at the hour and day
above stated, and bidders arc invited to
be present at the opening I
rGrRTIFIED CHECKS. 1Ala
All bids must be accompanied by eerti-
fled checks upon some United States De
positoryo or the National Bank of Los An
geles, Cal for at least tre per cent ofthe
amount ofthe proposal. Et.NN.
j. DC. ATKINS, Commissioner.