, 1886-05-06
PROPOSALS FOR INDIAN SUP
PLIES AND TRANSPORTATION,
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS,

WASHINGTON, April 10, 1886.
Sealed proposals, indorsed proposals
Tor Beef (bids for beef must be submit
ted in separate e~nvelopesl, bacon, -four,
clothing or transportation, etc. las the
case may be), and directed to the commits
sioner of Indian affairs, Nos. IS and e.
Wooster street. Nco York, will be
received until p. m, Of Tuesday,
M0y Is, 1886. for furnishing for the In
dian service about $4,000 pounds bacon,
$4,000, 900 pounds beef ON the hopf. 27O,-
200 pounds beans, 1000 pounds baking
powder, TGO, 600 pounds corn, 495. 900
pounds coffee, 5000. 900 pounds flour,
$1,000 pounds feed, l35, 900 pounds hard
bread. $4,000 pounds hominy, 25,0OO
pounds lard. $50 barrels mess pork, 100. 900
pounds rice, 1900 pounds tea, 300, 600
salt. 23S, 900 pounds soap, 97O,0 600 pounds
sugar, and III, 900 pounds wheat.
Also blankets, wooden and cotton goods
consisting in part of ticking, 10000
yards: standard calico, 100000 yards;
drilling, 1900 yards: duck, free from all
sizing, 5000 yards; denims, II, 600 yards;
gingham, 24O,UOO yards; Kentucky jeans,
$4,000 yards; cheviot. $500 yards; brown
sheeting, 10000 yards; bleached sheeting,
$1,000 yards; hickory shirting, 10000
yards; calico shirting, 5000 yards; winsey,
200 YARDS. Clothing, groceries, notions,
hardware, medical supplies, school books.
etc. and a long list of miscellaneous arti-
cles, such as harness. plows, nkes forks,
etc. and for about GOO wagons required
70. 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 Fran
cisco.
Also transportation for such of the ar
t%icles. goods and supplies that may not be
contracted for to he delivered at the agen-
cies.
BIDS MUST BE MADE OUT ON GOVERN
MENT BLANKS.
Schedules showing the kinds and quar-
titles 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
aud place of delivery, terms of contract
and payment, transportation routes, and
all other necessary i%ninstruction will be fur
nishod upon application to the Indian of
fee in Washington. or Nos. 65 and 81
Wooster street. Neio York; VIM. IL.
Lyon, 4sS Broadway. New York; the
commissaries of subsistence, U. S. A.. at
Cheyenne, Chicago, Leavenworth, Omaha,
Saint Louis, Saint Paul, and San Fran
cisco; the postmasters at Sioux City, and
Yankton; and to the postmasters at the
following named places in Kansas Ar
kansas City, Burlington, Caldwell, Dodge
City, Emporia, Eureka, Great Bend,
Howard, Hutchinson, Larned, McPher-
son, Marion, Medicine Lodge, Newton,
Usage City, Sedan, Sterling, Topeka,
Wellington, Wichitl and Winfield.
The right is reserved by the govern
ment to reject any and all bids, and these
proposals arc invited under proviso that
appropriation shall be made for the sup
plies by congress.
Bids will be opened at the hour and day
above stated, and bidders are invited to be
present at the openings
CERTIFIED CHECKS.
All bids must be accompanied by certi-
fed checks upon some United States de-
rository or the First National bank of
Los Angeles, Cal, for at least fire per
cent Of the amount of the proposal.
j. d. G. ATKINS. Commissioner.