, 1885-04-19
Proposals for lndian supplies and
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IMPAIRMENT OFTHEINTERIOIF
III Office of Indian Affairs, Washington
March 80, 1885. Sealed proposals, III
dorsed Proposals for Beef, bid fbi
beef must be submitted in separate envel-
iopes,) Bacon, Flour clothing or Transport
tation, &c. las the case may beD and di-
rected to the COMMISSIONS of Indian aft
airs, Nos. 65 and67 Wooster street Neir
York, will be received until | p. NJ. of Ties
day, Hdy 8. 1885, for furnishing for the
Indian service about i, 250.0 900 pounds Ba-
con, 40, 10000 pounds Becfon the hoof,
$50. 900 pounds Beans, $1,000 pounds Ba-
king powder, ,000.0 00 pounds Corn.
$50, 900 pounds Coffee, 100000 pounds
Flour, sc, pounds Feed, $4,000
pounds Hard Bread, 6S, 900 pounds HON
my. $1,000 pounds Lard, 1000 barrels
mess pork, AS, 900 pounds Rice, 1900
pounds Tea, 800 pounds Tobacco, 100, DOC
pounds Salt. $4,000 pounds Soap,
$4,000 pounds Sugar, aud 800. 900 pounds
Also Blankets, Woolen 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; Denims,
II, 900 yards; Bingham. 10000 yards;
Kentucky Jeans, 10000 yards; Cheviot.
4 800 yards; Brown Sheeting, 1885, 600
yards; Bleached Sheeting. ls.oOO yards;
Hickory Shifting. 10000 yards. Calico
Shifting, 5000 yards; Winsey, l,5OO
yards Clothing, Groceries, Notions,
Hardware, Medical Supplies. School
Books, &c, and long list of miscellan
eous articles, such as Harness Flows,
Kakes, 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
livered at San Francisco aLLA
Also transportation for such of the ar
t%icles, goods and supplies hat may not be
contracted for. to be delivered At the
Agencies. .
Bids must be made ioar on ,iovERN-
MENT BLANKS. a4 AaluNNl "
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. G5 and e. Woosfag street.
Neio Forh; VIM. II. Lyon. No. 1873
Broadway, New York the Commissaries
Of subsistence, U. s. A.. at Cheyenne,
Chicago. ~Lcavenworth, Omaha, st. Louis,
st. Paul, and San Francisco; the Post
masters at Souix 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. 9HTTMrWnH
Bids will be opened at the hour and day
above stated, and bidders are invited to
be present at the opening. EsT
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.
]. ID. G. ATKINS. COMMISSIONS