, 1886-04-28
PROPOSALS FOR INDIAN sUI'
PLIES AND TRANSPORTATION,
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS,

A'hiNhlONf ADIu 10, lOOu.
Sealed proposals, Endorsed Proposals
Tor Beef (bids for beef must be submit
ted in separate %envelopesl, bacon, -four,
clothing or transportation, etc. las the
case may be-. and directed to the ommls-
sioner OF Indian affairs, Nos. 65 and 81
Wooster street, Nao loyk, will be
received until p. m, Of Tuesday,
May is, 1856, for furnishing for the In
dian service about SS9.OOO pounds bacon,
$4,000, OUO pounds beef on the hoof, 27O,-
700 pounds beans, 1900 pounds baking
powder, 100, 900 pounds corn, 495. 900
pounds c%oilee, S.OO0.O00 pounds -four,
$4,000 pounds feed, 1856, 900 pounds hard
bread, $4,000 pounds bominy, %, 600
pounds lard, $50 barrels mess pork, 100, 900
pounds rice, 1910 pounds tea, 800, 900
salt, 23s, OOO pounds soap, 100000 pounds
sugar, and ll2,0O0 pounds wheat.
Also blankets, wooden and cotton goods
Consisting in part of ticking, 10000
yards; standard calico, 100, 900 yards;
drilling. 1000 yards: duck, free from all
sizing, 5000 yards; denims, II, 900 yards;
bingham, 100000 yards; Kentucky jeans,
1876 yards; cheviot, $500 yards; brown
shecting, 10000 yards; bleached sheeting,
1900 yards, hickory shirting, 10000
yards; calico shlrtlng, 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
10. the service, to be delivered at Chicago,
Kansas City and Sioux City. Also for
such wagons Us may be required, adapted
to the climate of the Pacific Coast. with
California brakes, delivered ut San Fran
cisco.
Also transportation for such of the ar
contracted for to be delivered at the agen-
cies.
BIDS MUST BE MADE OUT ON GOVERN
MENT BLANKS.
Schedules showing the kinds and guam
titles Of subsistence supplies required fol
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 lninstruction will be fur
nishcd upon application to the Indian of
flee in Washington, or Nos. 65 and e.
Woostcr street, Nao York; VIM. ii.
Lyon, 1873 Broadway, New York; the
commissaries 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, 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 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.
CERTIFIED CHECKS.
All bids must be accompanied by certi'
fed checks upon some United States de-
p%ository or the First National bank Of
Los Angeles, Cal, for at least fire per
cent of the amount of the proposal.
J. d. c. ATKINS. Commissioner.