St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-26
Proposals for Indian Supplies and
TranspOrtation.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. Office Of
II Indian Affairs, Washington April 15, 1856
Sealed proposals, Endorsed Proposals for Beef
(bidS for Beef must be submitted in separate
envelopss,) 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 p. m. of Tuesday, May Is, 1885, for
furnishing for the Indian service about $50 900
pounds Bacon, IS, 900 900 pounds Beef on the hoof
100000 pounds Beans, $1,000 pounds Baking
Powder, 100000 pounds Corn, 495, 900 pounds Coffee
100000 pounds Flour, So, 600 pounds Feed, 1885,
900 pounds Hard Bread, SO 600 pounds Hominy
600 pounds Rice, $500 pounds Tea. 100000 pounds
Salt, 23s,000 pounds Soap, $4,000 pounds Sugar,
and liz, 00C pounds Wheat
Also, Blankets, Wooden and Cotton Goods ICON
ssting in part of Ticking 20, 600 yards; Standard
Calico 1000 yards Drilling, 1900 yards: Duck
free from all sizing, rs, 900 yards; DENNIS IL 600
yards; Bingham, 100000 yards; Kentucky Jeans,
$4,000 yards; Cheviot, $500 yards; Brown Sheeting
175,000 yards; Bleached Sheetiag, 40 900 yards;
Hickory Shifting 10000 yards Calico shifting,
5000 yards; Winsey, 1900 yards;) Clothing, Gro
ceries, Notions, Hardware, Medical Supplies,
School Books, ETC., and long list OF miscelane-
Gus articles, such Harness. Flows, 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 win 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. ). A, at Cheyenne,
Chicago, Leavenworth, Omaha, Saint Louis, Saint
Paul and San Francesca; 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-
leet 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 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
hve per cent of the amount of the proposal
ll2-lS2 j. ID. C. ATKINS, Commissioner.