St. Paul daily globe., 1886-05-05

IMPAIRMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Office Of
~ Indian Affairs, Washington, April Is, 1856
Sealed proposals, Endorsed Proposals for Beef.'
(bids for Beef must be submitted in separate
envelopes,) Bacon, Flour, Clothing, or Transpor-
tatlon. 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. m. OF Tuesday, May Is, 1886, for
furnishing for the Indian service about SS9. 600
pounds Bacon, SS.OOO.0OO pounds Beef on the hoof.
100000 pounds Beans, 1900 pounds Baking
Powder, 760 600 pounds Corn, 900 pounds Coffee,
100000 pounds Flour, 81, 600 pounds Feed, 1885,
600 pounds Hard Bread, So, 900 pounds Hominy,
$4,000 pounds Lard, $50 barrels mess pork, 160,-
coo pounds Rice $500 pounds Tea, 100000 pounds
Salt, 25s,000 pounds Soap, $4,000 pounds Sugar:
and liz, ,0CG pounds Wheat.
Also, Blankets, Woolen and Cotton Goods, (con-
ssting in part of Ticking, 0,OOO yards; Standard
Calico, 100000 yards; Drilling, 1900 YARDS Duck,
free from all sizing, $4,000 yards; Denims, II 600
yards; Gingham, 240,000 yards; Kentucky Jeans,
5000 yards Cheviot, $500 yards; Brown Sheetng,
$4,000 yards; Bleached Sheeting, $4,000 yards;
Hickory Shirtng, 10000 yards; Calico Shirting,
5000 yards; Winsey, 1900 yards;) Clothing Gro
ceries, Notions, Hardware, Medical Supplies,
School Books, etc., and long list OF mscellane-
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
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. 4SS Broadway, New York; the Com
missaries of Subsistence, U. S. A, at Cheyenne,
Chicago, Leavenworth, Omaha, Saint Louis, Saint
Paul and San Francisco. 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. Lara
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-
ject any and all bids, and these proposals 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 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
five per cent of the amount of the proposal.
112-1S2 j. ID. c. ATKINS, Commissioned