, 1885-04-08
Proposals for Indian supplies and
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DEPARTMENT OFiTHEINTERIOR
III Office of Indian Affairs, Washington.

nEPAhIDlENI OfiIHElN1EhlOk
u Office of Indian Affairs, Washington,
March 30, lSs5.-Sealed proposals, in
dorsed Proposals for Beef bids fer
beef must be submitted in separate envel-
opes,) Bacon, Flour, clothing or Transport
tation. &c, las the case may be,D and di-
rected to the Commissioner of Indian aft
airs, Nos. 65 dnd67 Hooster street Nec
York, will be received until ! P. NJ. of Tues
day, May 3, 1885, for furnishing for the
Indian service about $50, 900 pounds Ba-
con, 40, 000,00 pounds Beef on the hoof,
$50, 900 pounds Beans, 1000 pounds Ba-
king powder, 1000, 600 pounds Corn,
450, 600 pounds Coffee, S,000,O0O pounds
Flour, $4,000 pounds Feed, 1861
pounds Hard Bread, s 5000 pounds HON
my, . 5000 pounds Lard, LOO barrels
mess pork, $4,000 pounds Rice, 1900
pounds Tea, 500 pounds Tobacco, 1870, 600
pounds Salt, 10000 pounds Soap,
$4,000 pounds Sugar, and $4,000 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; DENNIS,
1900 yards; Bingham, 2l0,0O0 yards!
Kentucky Jeans, 10000 yards; 'Cheviot,
1900 yards; Brown Sheeting, $4,000
yards; Bleached Sheeting, $4,000 yards;
Hickory Shifting, 10000 yards; Calico
Shifting, 5000 yards; Winsey, 1900
yarJs:) Clothing, Groceries, Notions,
Hardware, Medical Supplies, School
Books, &c, and a long list of miseellan-
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 San Francisco.
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
MENT BLANKS.
Schedules showing the kiuds and guam
titles of subsistence supplies required fol
| each Agency, and the kinds and quantities
in gross of all other goods and articles, to.
gether with blank proposals, conditions tC
be observed by bidders, time and place O
delivery, terms of contract, and payment.
transportation routes, and all other neces
sary instructions will be furnished upor
application to the Indian Office at Wash
ington, orNos. 65 and 81 Wooster street,
Ne1o Yorh; VIM. II. Lyon, No. 4S;
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 SIOUX City, and Yankton; and
to the Postmasters at the following nance
places in Kansas: Arkansas City, Burling
ton. Caldwell, Dodge City, Emporia. Flu
reka, Great Bend, Howard, Hutchinson
Larned, Mcpherson, Marion, Medicin,
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 Il
be present at the opening.
CERTIFIED CHECKS.
All bids must be accompanied by cert
fed checks upon some United States De
p~ository or the National Bank of Los An
geles, Cal for at least fire per cent ofth'
mount fthe proposal.
j. u. c. ATKINS, Commissioner.