, 1885-04-25


DEPARTMENT 0FTHEINTkRIOH
IL Office of Indian Affairs. Washington,
March 80. lsS5.-Sealed proposals. in
dorsed Proposals for Beef, lbids fol
beef must be submitted in Separate envel.
opes,) Bacon, Flour, clothing or transpor-
tation. nc. Gas the case may be- and di.
rected to the Commissioner of Indian aft
airs. Nos. IS d5d67 Woosfer street Neit
York, viii be received until ] p. NJ. of 7iex
day, Nay 3, 1888, for furnishing for the
Indian service about l,25O, 600 pounds Ba
cou, 40. 600. 900 pounds Beef ON the hoof,
$50, 0O0 pounds Beans, 1000 pounds Ba
king powder. 1000, 900 pounds Corn.
$50, 600 pounds Coffee, S.O00,O 600 pound.
Flour, $4,000 pounds Feed. ig5, DOC
pounds Hard Bread, 6s, 900 pounds HON
my. $4,000 pounds Lard 900 barrels
mess pork, 5000 pounds Rice. 1900
pounds Tea 500 pounds Tobacco. 100, DOC
pounds Salt. 10000 pounds Soap,
S50,0OO pounds Sugar, and $50, 900 pounds
Wheat.
Also Blankets, Wooden and Gotten
Goods, Consisting in part of Ticking,
10000 yards; Standard Calico. 1885, 600
yards. Drilling, 5000 yards; Duck, free
from all sizing. 10000 yards; DENNIS,
I7,0O0 yards; Bingham, 100000 yards;
Kentucky Jeans, 2O.OO0 yards: 'Cheviot.
1900 yards; Brown Shooting, 1851 900
yards; Bleachcd Shooting. $4,000 yards;
Hickory Shifting, 10000 Yards; Calico
Shifting, 5000 yards; Wiusey, $500
yards:) Clothing. Groceries. Notions,
Hardware. Medical Supplies, School
Books, &c. and a long list of miscellan-
eous articles, such NJ Harness Flows.
Rakes, Forks, &c and for about 305 Wa
gons required for the service, to be deliv-
cred at Chicago, Kansas City, and Sioux
City. Also for such Wagons rs may be
required, adapted 10 the climate OF the
Pacific Coast, with California brakes, de
lIyered at San Francisco. 0 ANl
Also transportation for such Of the ar
tlcles, goods and supplies that may not be
contracted for, TO be delivered at the
Agencies.
Bids must be made out on GOVERN
MENT BLANKS.
Schedules showing the kinds 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,
TRANSFORMATION routes, and all other neces
sary Instructions will be furnished upon
application to the Indian Office at Wash
ington, orNos. G5 and e. Wooster street.
Neo Iorh; VIM. II. Lyon. No. 4ss
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 Sonix 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 Ar
Bids wiIlbc opened at the honr 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, Gal, for at least fire per cent ofthe
amount ofthe proposal III MIL
j. D. c. ATKINS. Commissioner.