, 1885-04-29
Proposals for d supplies ana
Trnnenortation.

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transportation.
PREPAYMENT OF THEINTERIOR
ii Office Of Indian Ahairs. Washington,
March 80, lSS5.-Sealed proposals, in
dorsed Proposals for Beef" tbids fsI
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 aft
airs, Nos. So and67 Hoosfer street Men
York, will be received until l P. NJ. of Tues
day, May 3, 1855, for furnishing for the
Indian service about $50, 900 pounds Ba.
con, 40, 600, 900 pounds Beef on the hoof
$50, 600 pounds Beans, $1,000 pounds Ba-,
king powder. l,OO0.0O0 pounds Corn.
450, 600 pounds Coffee, 5000, 900 pounds
Flour, $1,000 pounds Feed. $4,000
pounds Hard Bread, 6S, 600 pounds HON
my. $1,000 pounds Lard, 1000 barrels
mess pork, l45,0OO pounds Rice, 1900
pounds Tea, 500 pounds Tobacco, 1907 0C
pounds Salt, l75.O0O pounds Soap,
$4,000 pounds Sugar, and 800. 900 pounds
Wheat.
Also Blankets, Wooden and Cotton
Goods, Consisting in part of Ticking,
10000 yards; Standard Calico, $4,000
yards, Drilling, 5000 yards; Duck, free
from all sizing, $4,000 yards; Denims,
1900 yards; Bingham, 10000 yards;
Kentucky Jeans. 10000 yards; 'Cheyiot,
1900 yards; Brown Sheeting, 1876, 600
yards; Bleached Sheciing, 1000 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 niisccllan-
eous articles, such as Harness Flows.
Rakes, Forks, &c, and for about 305 Wa
CONS required for the service, to be deliv.
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-
livered at SAP Francisco. AAsL
Also transportation for such of the ar
%ticles, goods and supplies that may not be
contracted for, to be delivered at the
Agencies
Bids must be made out.on GoVERN-
MINT BLANKS. rHnfHH aN
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 will be furnished upon
application to the Indian Office at Wash
ineton, orNos, 65 and ca Wooster street,
Ntao lorh; VIM. II. Lyon, No. 4s3
Broadway, New York the Commissaries
OF subsistence, u. 5. A, at Cheyenne,
Chicago, Lcavenworth, 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, EmpoIia. Eu-
reka, Great Bend. Howard, Hutchinson,
lArned, Mcpherson, Marion, Medicine
Lodge, Newton. Usage City, Sedan, Ster-
ling, Topeka, Wellington, Wichita, and
Winfield. F
Bids will be opened atthe hour and day
above stated, and bidders are invited to
be present at the opening,
CERTIFIED CHECKS.
All bids must be accompanied by certi-
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. atl
J. ID. G. ATKINS, Commissioner.