, 1886-05-08
PROPOSALS. FOR INDIAN sur,
PLIES AND TRANSPORTATION,
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS,
WAsnINaroN. Anril b. lsSl

WASHINGTON, April Is, 1886.
Sealed proposals, indorsed Proposals
Tor Beef" (bids for beef must be submit
ted in separate envelopes), bacon. -four,
clothing or transportation, etc. las the
case may beg, and directed to the commits
sioner of Indian affairs, Nos. 65 and e.
Wooster street, Na0 Iork, will be
received until p. m, of Tuesday,
May Is, 1856, for furnishing for the In
dian service about $50, 900 pounds bacon,
5000, 900 pounds beef on the boot, 270,-
600 pounds beans, Il 1000 pounds baking
powder, go, 0OO pounds corn, 495. 900
pounds coffee, S.OOO.O00 pounds flour,
$4,000 pounds feed, 135. 600 pounds hard
bread, $1,000 pounds hominy, %, 600
pounds lard, $50 barrels mess pork, 100. 900
pounds rice, 1900 pounds tea, 300, 900
salt. 23S, 600 pounds soap, go, 600 pounds
sugar, and ll2,00O pounds wheat.
Also blankets, wooden and cotton goods
Consisting in part of ticking, 20,U00
yards; standard calico, 100000 yards;
drilling, 1900 yards: duck, free from all
sizing, 5000 yards; denims, II, 900 yards;
bingham, 240,0 900 yards; Kentucky jeans,
$4,000 yards; cheviot, $500 yards; brown
sheeting, $4,000 yards; bleached shceting,
10000 yards; hickory shifting, 10000
yards; calico shifting. 6,00O yards; winsey,
1900 YARDS. Clothing, groceries, notions,
hardware, medical supplies. school books.
etc, and a long list of miscellaneous art-
cles, such as harness, plows, rukes forks,
etc. and for about GOO wagons required
TO. the service, to be delivered at Chicago,
Kansas City and Sioux City. Also for
such wagon 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 be delivered at the agen-
cies.
BIDS MUST BE MADE U ON GOVERN
MENT BLANKS.
Schedules showing the kinds and guam
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
and place of delivery, terms of contract
and payment, transportation routes, and
all other necessary n%instruotion will be fur
nishod upon application to the Indian of
fee in Washington. or Nos. 65 and 81
Wooster street, Neo York; VIM. II.
Lyon, 4s3 Broadway, New York; the
commissarics of subsistence, u. S. A.. at
Cheyenne, Chicago, Lcavenworth, 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, McPhcr-
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 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 are invited to be
present at the opening,