St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-23
Proposals for Indian Supplies and
TRANSFORMATION.

1EdnSPOEtdtAOHs
IMPAIRMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Office of
IL Indian Affairs, Washington, April Is, 1885,
Sealed proposals, Endorsed Proposals for Beef
(bids for Beef must be submitted in separate
envelopes) Bacon, Flour, Clothing, or Transpor-
tation etc. (as the case may be,) and directed to
the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Nos. 65 and
81 Wooster street, New York, will be received
until 1 p. IN. of Tuesday, May Is. 1856, for
furnishing for the Indian service about $50, 600
pounds Bacon IS, 900 900 pounds Beef on the hoof.
270,000S pounds Beans, 1900 pounds Baking
Powder, T60 600 pounds Corn 495, 900 pounds Coffee.
100000 pounds Flour, Sc, 000 pounds Feed, 1885,
600 pounds Hard Bread, $4,000 pounds HOminy,
1000 pounds Lard $50 barrels mess pork, 160,-
900 pounds Rice, $500 pounds Tea, 100000 pounds
Salt 23S, 900 pounds Soap, sac, 900 pounds Sugar,
and liz, OOO pounds Wheat
Also Blankets, Wooden and Cotton Goods, ICON
sisting in part of Ticking 10000 yards; Standard
Calico 100 900 yards; Drilling. IA 900 yards; Duck
free from all sizing $4,000 yards; Denims, Il 900
yards; Bingham, 240, 900 yards; Kentucky Jeans,
$4,000 yards; Cheviot $500 yards; Brown Sheeting.
$4,000 yards; Bleached Sheeting, $4,000 yards;
Hickory Shifting, 10000 yards; Calico Shirting
5000 yards; Winsey, 1900 yards;) Clothing, Gro
ceries Notions, Hardware, Medical Supplies,
School Books, ETC., and long list OF miscellane-
Gus articles, such Harness. Plows, Rakes,
Forks, etc, and for about 600 Wagons required
for the service, to be delivered 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, delivered at
San Francisco.
Also, Transportation of such of the articles,
goods and supplies that may not be contracted
for to be delivered at the Agencies.
BIDS MUST BE MADE OUT ON GOVERNMENT
BLANKS.
Schedules showing the kinds and quantities of
subsistence supplies required for each Agency and
School, and the kinds and quantities in gross of
all other goods and articles, together with blank
proposals. conditions to be observed by bidders.
time and place of delivery, terms of contract, and
payment, transportation routes, and all other
necessary instructions viii be furnished upon ap-
plication to the Indian Office in Washington, or
Nos. 65 and 81 Wooster street, New York; VIM.
II. Lyon No. 4s3 Broadway, New York; the Com
missaries of Subsistence. u. s. A, at Cheyenne
Chicago, Leavenworth, Omaha, Saint Louis, Saint
Paul and San Franciscoi the Postmasters at Sioux
City and Yankton; and to the Postmasters at the
following named places in Kansas: Arkansas city,
Burlington, Caldwell. Dodge City, Emporia,
Eureka. Great Bend, Howard, Hutchinson, Lar
ned, Mcpherson. Marion, Medicine Lodge, New
ton, Usage City, Sedan, Sterling, Topeka, yelling
ton, Wichita and Winfield
The right is reserved by the Government to re-
iect any and all bids and these proposals are in
vited under proviso that appropriation shall be
made for the supplies by Congress.
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 certified checks
upon some United states Depository or the First
National Bank of Los Angeles, Cal, for at least
Ave per cent. of the amount of the proposal
1l2-132 j. ID. Z. ATKINS commissioner.