St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-02
Proposals for Indian Supplies
and TRANSPORTATION.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
~ ONCE of Indian Affairs, Washington,
April 16, 1SS9...Sealed proposals. Endorsed
Proposals for Beef" (bids for beef must be
submitted i'll separate envelopes), Bacon,
Flour, Clothing or Transportation, etc las the
case may be), and directed to the Commits
sioner of Indian Affairs, Nos. 90 and 81
Wooster street, New York, will be received
until p. m, of Tuesday, May %, 1883, for
furnishing for the Indian service about 9OO,-
600 pounds Bacon. $4,000, 900 pounds Beef
on the hoof. 250, 900 pounds Beans, 10000
CORN c ass, oo5 poHnss Coffee 5000 sSH ooo
pounds Flour, $4,000 pounds Feed los. 900
pounds Hard Bread, g., 900 pounds Hominy,
10000 pounds Lard, $50 barrels mess pork.
1000 pounds Oatmeal. 4ss,o00 pounds
Oats, 122. 900 pounds Rice, 5000 pounds
Tea, 100000 pounds Salt, 273,0OO pounds
Soap, 100000 pounds Sugar, and ~, 600
pounds Wheat.
Also Blankets, Wooden and Cotton Goods,
consisting in part of Ticking 10, 900 yards |;
Standard Calico, 1OO,O yards; Drilling,
1000 yards; Duck, free from all sizing, 49,.
600 yards; DENNIS, 1900 yards; GiUgham,
100000 yards; Kentucky Jeans, 1900
yards; Cheviot, II, 900 yards; Brown Sheet.
ing, 240, 900 yards Bleached Sheetirg, o.
900 yards; Hickory Shifting, 10000 yards;
Calico Shifting, 5000 yards; Winsey, 5000
yards); Clothing, Groceries, Notions. Hard.
ware, Medical Supplies, School Books, etc,
and long list of miscellaneous articles, such
as Harness, Plows, Rakes, Forks, etc. and
for ABOUT $50 Wagons required for the serv.
ice, 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. de.
livered at San Francisco,
Also, transportation for such of the arti
Giles, goods and supplies that may not be
contracted for to be delivered at the
Agencies.
MUST BE MADE OUT ON GOVERNMENT
BLANKS.
d,,1a oh ba Ind o,l
ties of subsistence supplies required for each
agency and school, and the kinds and guam
titles in gross of all other goods and articles
together with blank proposals. conditions to
be observed by bidders, time and place of de.
livery, terms of contract and payment,
transportation routes, and all necessary in.
structions. will be furnished upon application
to the Indian Office in Washington, or Nos.
90 and 81 Wooster street. New York; James
Lidgerwood, No. S35 Broadway, New York;
the Commissaries of Subsistence, L. s. A., al
Cheyenne, Chicago, Leavenworth, Omaha, st
Louis, ST. Paul and San Francisco; the Post
masters at Sioux City and Yankton; and to Tho
Postmasters at the following named places in
Kansas Arkansas City. Burlington, Cald,
well, Dodge City, Emporia, Eureka, Greai
Bend, Howard, Hutchinson, Larned, McPher
son, Marion, Medicine Lodge, Newton, Osag(
City. Sedan, Sterling Topeka, Wellington,
Wichita and Winfield.
The right is reserved by the Government I'd
reject any and all bids, or any part or am
DIi' anu tuSSc pIOpOSdlS are Invited ufluel
proviso that appropriation shall be made fol
the supplies by congress.
Bids will be opened at the hour and daJ
above stated, and bidders are invited to bi
present at the opening.
CERTIFIED CHECKS.
All bids must be accompanied by certi
fled checks or drafts upon some United STATED
depository, or the First National Bank of Lot
Angeles, CAL, for at least per cent of thu
amount of the proposal.
J. d. c. ATKINS. Commissioner.
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