, 1886-05-04
PROPOSALS FOR INDIAN sur
PLIES AND CHARACTERIZATION
ItT0fI NfNI OF TIE INTERIOR,
OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS,

WASHINGTON, April Is, 1886.
Sealed proposals, indorsed Proposals
Tor Beef (blds Tor beef must be submit
ted IN separate euyelopesl, bacon, flour,
clothing or transportation, etc. las the
case may be). and directed to the commits
sioner of Indian affairs, Nos. 65 and 81
Ho0sfa- STREET. Neir York. will be
received until j p. IN, of Tuesday,
NoH Us. lSS6, for furnishing for the In
dian service about $50. 900 pounds bacon,
3s,00u,u geo pounds beet ON the hoof. 2IO,-
QUO pounds beans, - 900 pounds baking
powder, 10000 pounds corn, 1875, 600
pounds c%uflee, S.OOO.OOO pounds flour.
40. 900 pounds feed, 1876. 900 pounds hard
bread; s5.Ull 4elgaass domlny, 10000
ftaa lard, $50 barrels mess pork, 100. 600
pounds rice, 1910 pounds tea, 300, 600
salt, ISL pounds soap, 100000 pounds
sugar, and ll2.OOO pounds wheat.
Aso lliukets, WOODEN and cotton goods
Consisting in part OF ticking, 20, 900
yards; standard calico, 100, 600 yards;
drilling, li.ODO yards: duck. free from all
sizing, 5000 yards; denims, II, 900 yards;
ringham, 2i0,0O0 yards; Kentucky jeans,
l5.OGO yards; cheviOt, s, 800 yards; brown
shoetluE, 10000 yards; bleached sheeting,
$4,000 yards; hickory shirting, 10, 900
yards; calico shirtiug. 5000 yards; wlnsey,
2,2ul ynrds). Clothing, groceries, notions,
hardware, medical supplies, school books,
etc aud a long list of miscellaneous arti-
crs, such AS harness, plows, nkes forks,
etc, aud for about 600 wagons required
10 The service, 10 be delivered at Chicago,
Kansas City aud Sioux City. Also for
such wagons rs 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%iclos, goods and supplies that may not be
contracted for 10 he delivered at the agen-
cies.
BIDS MUST BE MADE OFT on GOVERN
MINT BLANKS.
Schedules showing the kinds and guam
titles OF subsistence supplies required for
each agency aud school. aud 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 ininstruction will be fur
nlshod upon application to the Indian of.
fee in w a%shington, or Nos. 65 and 81
Uoosi0r street. Nep York; VIM. Ii.
Lyon, lS3 Broadway, New York; the
eomuissarios of subsistence, U. S. A.. at
Cheyenne. Chicago. Leavenworth, Omaha,
Saint LOUIS, Saint Paul, and San Fran
cisco; the postmasters at Sioux City. and
lnnlt0n; 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
meut 20 reject any and all bids, and these
proposals are 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 ae invited to be
present az the opening.
CERTIFIED CHECKS.
All bids must be accompanied BY cert
fed checks upon some United States de-
pository or the First National bank of
Los Angeles, Cal, for at least fire per
cent of the amount of the proposal.
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