, 1885-04-28
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PREPAYMENT OF THEINTERIOH7
u Office of Indian Affairs, Washington.
March 30, 1SS5.-Sealed proposals. in
dorsed Proposals for Beef bids feI
beef must be submitted in separate enyel-
opes,) Bacon, Flour, clothing or transpor-
tation, &c. las the case may BEL and di.
rected to the Commissioner of Indian aft.
airs, Nos. 65 dRd67 Wooster street Men
York, will be received until / p. NJ. of Tues
day, Nay 5, 1855, for furnishing for the
Indian service about / $50, 900 pounds Ba.
con, 40, 600, 600 pounds Beef on the hoof,
25O,0 0 pounds Beans, 81, pounds Ba
king powder, 1000. 600 pounds Corn.
$4,000 pounds Coffee, 5000, 900 pound,
Flour, $4,000 pounds Feed, 1851 DOC
pounds Hard Bread, 6S, 600 pounds HON.
my. $4,000 pounds Lard, LOGO barrels
mess pork, 1000 pounds Rice, 1900
pounds Tea. 800 pounds Tobacco, 100, OOC
pounds Salt, 10000 pounds Soap,
100000 pounds Sugar, and 800. 900 pounds
Wheat.
Also Blankets, Woolen and Cotton
Clouds, Consisting in part of Ticking,
10000 yards: Standard Calico, 1885, 600
yards, Drilling, 5000 yards; Duck, free
from all sizing, $4,000 yards; DENNIS,
900 yards; Bingham, 100000 yards;
Kentucky Jeans. 20.hOO yards; 'Cheviot,
$500 yards: Brown Shooting, $4,000
yards; Bleachcd Shooting, $4,000 yards;
Hickory Shifting, 10000 yards: Calico.
Shifting, 5000 yards; Winsey. 1.5OO
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 305 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.
hvered at San Francisco. HI fN
Also transportation for such of the ar
tIcles, goods and supplies hat may not be
contracted for, TO be delivered at the
Agencies
Bids must be made ont On GOVERN
MENT BLANKS. ~Answ
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,
transportation routes, and all other neces.
sary instructions will be furnished upon
application to the Indian Office at Wash
ington. orNos. 65 and 81 Wooster street,
Mac lorh; VIM. II. Lyon, No. 4s3
Broadway, New York the Commissaries
Of subsistence, u. S. A, at Cheyenne,
Chicago. L~eavenworih, Omaha. st. Louis.
st. Paul, and San Francisco; the Post
masters at SIOUX City, and Yankton; and
to the Postmasters at the following named
places in Kansas: Arkansas City, Burling-
ton, Caldwell, Dodge City. Eniroria. Eu-
reka, Great Bend, Howard. Hutchinson,
Larned. Mcpherson, Marion. Medicine
Lodge, Newton. Usage City. Sedan, Ster-
ling. Topeka, Wellington, Wichita, and
Winfield.
Bids will be opened at the hour and day
above stated, and bidders are invited 10
be present at the %onening,
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. r|
j. d. G. ATKINS. Commissioner