, 1885-04-07
Proposals for Indian Supplies aud
DEPARTMENT OFTHEINTERI0R
III Office Of indian Affairs. Washington

DEPARTMENT OFrHEINTERIOR
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- and d.
rected to the Commissioner Of Indian aft
airs, Nos. 65 dad67 Wooster street Ne1c
York, will be received until ! p. NJ. of Tues
day, May 5, 1885, for furnishing for the
Indian service about 1,250, 900 pounds Ba
con, 40, 900, 600 pounds Beef on the hoof,
$50, 900 pounds Beans, 1900 pounds Ba-
king powder, 1000, 900 pounds Corn.
450, 900 pounds Coffee, 5000, 900 pounds
Flour, $4,000 pounds Feed, $4,000
pounds Hard Bread, 6s, 1000 pounds Hon
my. 25,OOO pounds Lard, LOCO barrels
mess pork, $4,000 pounds Rice, 1900
pounds Tea, 500 pounds Tobacco, 100, 600
pounds Salt, $4,000 pounds Soap,
$4,000 pounds Sugar, and 800. 0O0 pounds
Wheat.
Also Blankets, Wooden and Cotton
Goods, Consisting in part of Ticking,
1000 yards; Standard Calico, $4,000
yards, Drilling, 5000 yards; Duck, free
from all sizing, $4,000 yards; DENNIS,
1000 yards; Bingham, 100000 yards:
Kentucky Jeans, %, 1000 yards; 'Cheviot,
$500 yards; Brown Sheeting, 1876, 900
yards; Bleached Sheeting, $1,000 yards;
Hickory Shifting. 10000 yards: Calico
Shifting, G,000 yards; Winsey. 1900
Hardware, Medical Supplies, School
Books, &c, and a long list of miscellan-
eous articles, such as Harness Flows.
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CONS required for the service, to be deliv-
cred at Chicago, Kansas City. and Sioux
City. Also for such Wagons az 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
t%icles, 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 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. Go and O. Wooster street.
Ne,o Yorh; VIM. II. Lyon, No. 4S3
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 Souix City, and Yankton; and
to the Postmasters at the following named
places in Kansas Arkansas City, Burling
ton, Caldwell, Dodge City. Emporia. Flu
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 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 IRE per cent ofthe
amount ofthe proposal.
J. d, G. ATKINS, Commissioner.