, 1885-04-30

Proposals for Indian supplIes ana
TranspoTtntion.
IMPAIRMENT OF THEINTERIOR
III Office Of Indian Affairs. Washington.
March 30, lSS5.-Sealed proposals.. in
dorscd Proposals for Becf,r (bids fer
beef must be submitted in separate envel.
opes,) Bacon, Flour. clothing or transpor-
tation, &c las the case may be- and d.
rected TO the Commissioner of Indian aft.
airs. Nos. 81 aRd67 Wooster street Neic
York, will be received until / p. NJ. of Tues
day, May 5, 1888, for furnishing for the
Indian service about l,2j0, 900 pounds Bas
con, 40, GOO. 600 pounds Beef on the hoof
$50. 600 pounds Beans, 81, goo pounds Ba-
king powder, LOCO. 600 pounds Corn.
45O, 600 pounds Coffee, S,00O,0O0 pound 5
Flour, $1,000 pounds Feed. $4,000
pounds Hard Bread, 5000 pounds HON
my. %, 600 pounds Lard, 1000 barrels
mess pork, AS, 600 pounds Rice, 1900
pounds Tea, 500 pounds Tobacco, 100, DOC
pounds Salt, 10000 pounds Soap,
S50,O00 pounds Sugar, and 800. 900 pounds
Wheat. sa4fai flq a.a -r.f5a
Also Blankets, Woolen and Cotton
Goods, Consisting In part of Ticking,
10000 yards: Standard Calico, l35, 900
yards, Drilling, 1000 yards; Duck, free
from all sizing, $4,000 yards; Denims,
II $50 yards; Ginghanl. 100000 yards
Kentucky Jeans, 20,eu0 yards; 'Cheviot.
4, 500 yards; Brown Sheeting, l95, 600
yards; Bleached Shoeting. l5,000 yards;
Hickory Shirting. 10000 yards. Calico
Shifting, 5000 yards; Winsey. 1900
yards9 Clothing, Groceries, Notions,
Hardware. Medical Supplies, School
Books, &c, and Il long list Of miscellan-
cous articles. such as Harness Flows
Rakes, Forks, &c and for about 305 Wa
gous 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 Califorpis brakes, de
livered al San Francisco. -I
Also transportation for such of the ar
ticles, goods and supplies that maj not be
contracted for. 10 be delivered ut the
Agencies
Bids must be made out on GovERN
MENT BLANKS. aF0HHtN
Schedules showing The kinds and guam
titles OF subsistence supplies required for
each Agency. and the kinds and quantities
in gross of al other goods and articles, to-
gether with blank proposals, conditions TO
be observed by bidders, time aud place Of
delivery. terms Of contract, aud payment,
transportation routes, aud all other neces-
sary instructions will be furnished upon
application to the Indian Office at Wash
ington, orNos G5 and 81 Wooster street.
Nelc lorh; VIM. II. Lyon. No. 4S3
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
10 the Postmastcrs ut the following named
places in Kansas: Arkansas City, Burling-
ton. Caldwell. Dodge City. Empoiia. En-
reka. Great Bend. Howard. Hutchinson.
I.arned. Mcpherson. Marion. Medicine
Lodge, Newton. Usage City. Sedan. Ster-
ling, Topeka. Wellington, Wichita, and
Winfield. oI r|rrrrrnn All
Bids Willie opened at the hour and day
above stated, and bidders are invited to
be present at the onening
CERTIFIED CHECKS.
All bids must be accompanied by ccrti-
fed checks upon some United States De-
p~ository or the National Bank of Los An
geles, Cal, for ut least ire per cent of the
amount ofthe proposal. va
j. ID. G. ATKINS, Commissioner.