, 1885-04-18
Proposals for Indian suppnes ana

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Transportation
DEPARTMENT OF IHEINTERIOE
u Office Of Indian Affairs, Washington
March 30, fS85.3Sealed proposals. IN
dorsed Proposals for Beef bids feI
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. 65 dnd67 Wooster street Netr
York, will be received until I p. ~ of Iues
day. Nay 3, 1855, for furnishing for the
Indian service about ,2J0, 900 pounds Ba-
con, 40, 600, 900 pounds Beefo on the hoof,
$780, 600 pounds Beans, 81 900 pounds Ba-
king powder. 1000. 600 pounds Corn,
450, 900 pounds Coffee, 5000, 600 pounds
Flour, $4,000 pounds Feed. l95,0Ol
pounds Hard Bread, 6s,000 pounds HON
my. 25 5000 pounds Lard, 1000 barrels
mess pork, i45, 600 pounds Rice, 1900
pounds Tea, 800 pounds Tobacco, 100, DOC
pounds Salt, 10000 pounds Soap,
$4,000 pounds Sugar, and 500, 900 pounds
Wheat. I-aaIl. fAH
Also Blankets, Wooden and Cotton
Goods, Consisting in part Of Ticking,
5000 yards; Standard Calico. 1876, coo
yards, Drilling, 5000 yards; Duck, free
from all sizing, $4,000 yards; Denims,
II. 900 yards; bingham. 2l0.0OO yards.
Kentucky Jeans. 10000 yards; 'Cheviot.
$500 yards; Brown Shceting, $4,000
yards; Bleached Shooting, l5,e00 yards;
Hickory Shifting, 10000 yards; Calico
Shifting, 5000 yards; Winsey. 1880
yards;) Clothing, Groceries. Notions,
Hardware, Medical Supplies, School
Books, &c, and a long list of miscellan-
eous articles, such as Harness Plows.
Rakes, Forks, &c. and for about 3n5 Wa
gons 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 San Francisco,
Also transportation for such Of the ar
t%icles, goods and supplies that may not be
contracted for. to be delivered at the
Agencies r|
Bids must be made otu on COVERS
MENT BLANKs.
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,
idhobotditbn iOuNtos III VII Ntl4tt HCStn-
sary instructions will be furnished upon
application to the Indiap Office at Wash
ington, orNos. Go and e. Wooster street,
Nf1o Yorh; VIM. II. Lyon. No. 4SS
Broadway, New York; the Commissaries
of subsistence, u. s. A., at Cheyenne.
Chicago, Leayenworth, Omaha, st. Louis.
St Paul, and San Francisco. the Post
masters at Souix City, aud Yankton; and
to the Postmasters at the following named
places in Kansas: Arkansas City, Burling-
tou, 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. I.fGI fltnn
Bids will be opened 1.-THE 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 fie per cent ofthe
amount ofthe proposal.
J. d. G. ATKINS. Commissioner.