, 1885-04-15
Proposals for Indian supplies nnd
transportation.


transportation.
DEPARTMENT. OF FHEINTERIOh
u Office Of Indian Affairs, Washington.
March 30. 1885 -Sealed proposals, in
dorsed Proposals for Beef tbids fer
beef must be submitted in separate envel.
opes,) Bacon, Flour, clothing or transpor-
tation. &c las the case may be- and di-
rected to the COMMISSIONS of Indian aft
airs Nos. 65 andG7 Wooster street Nor
York, will be received until l p. NJ. of Tues
day, Nay 3, 1885, for furnishing for the
Indian service about | $50, 600 pounds Ba.
con, 40, 0O0,0 00 pounds Beef on the hoof,
$50, 900 pounds Beans, 81. 200 pounds Ba.
king powder. LOCO. 600 pounds Corn
$50, 900 pounds Coffee, S.000,000 pounds
Flour. s. 5000 pounds Feed. l95, 0OC
pounds Hard Bread, 6S, 600 pounds HON
my. o, 1000 pounds Lard 1000 barrels
mess pork, 1850 pounds Rice, 1900
pounds Tea. 500 pounds Tobacco, 1870, DOC
pounds Salt. $4,000 pounds Soap,
S50,000 pounds Sugar. and 500. 600 pounds
Wheat. -a .a ra
Also Blankets, Wooleu and Cotton
Goods. Consisting in part of Ticking.
5000 yards: Standard Calico. $4,000
yards, Drilling, 1000 yards; Duck, free
from all sizing. 10000 yards: DENNIS.
1000 yards; Giugham, 2l0,000 yards.
Kentucky Jeans. 20, 900 yards; 'Cheviot.
$500 yards; Brown Shooting, $4,000
yards; Bleached Sheeting, Loco yards;
Hickory Shirting. 10000 yards; Calico
Shifting. 5000 yards; Winsey. l.5O0
yards:) Clothing, Groceries, Notions,
Hardware, Medical Supplies, School
Books, &c, and a long list of miscellan-
eous articles, such Ms 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
hvered at San Francisco. I'LL
Also transportation for such of the ar
%ticles, goods and supplies that may not be
contracted for, to he delivered at the
Agencies.
Bids must be made out on GOVERN
MENT BLANKS.
Schedules showing the kiuds 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 viii be furnished upon
application to the Indian Office at Wash
ington, orNos. G5 ami 81 Wooster street.
Neio Yorh; VIM. II. Lyon, No. 4S3
Broadway. New York; the Commissaries
of subsistence, u. S. A, at Cheyenne,
Chicago, L~eavenworth, 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.
Bids will be opened atthe hour and day
above stated, and bidders are invited to
be present at.the opening.
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.
j. ID. G. ATKINS. Comm Ssion0..