St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-01
Proposals for Indian Supplies
AMI TRANSPORTATION.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
~ Office of Indian Affairs, Washington.
April 16, 18S9.-Sealed proposals. Endorsed
Proposals for Beef" (bids for beef must be
submitted in separate enyelopes), Bacon,
Flour, Clothing or Transportation, etc. (as the
case may be-, and directed to the Commits
sioner of Indian Affairs, Nos. 60 and 81
Wooster street. New York, will be received
until l p. IN, of Tuesday, May %, 1888, for
furnishing for the Indian service about 900,-
900 pounds Bacon. Sc, 600, 900 pounds Beef
on the hoof. $50, 900 pounds Beans, $4,000
pounds Baking Powder, 100000 pounds
Corn, 4s5,0O0 pounds Coffee, 9,0OO.OOO
pounds Flour, $4,000 pounds Feed, los, 900
pounds Hard Bread 81 900 pounds Hominy,
1000 pounds Oatmeal, 4Ss,OOO pounds
Oats, 122, 900 pounds Rice. 1000 pounds
Tea, 300, 600 pounds Salt, 273,000 pounds
Soap, 100000 pounds Sugar, and ~, 900
pounds Wheat.
Also, Blankets, Wooden and Cotton Goods,
consisting in part of Ticking, IS, 900 yards;
Standard Calico, 1000 yards; Drilling
1000 yards; Duck, free from all sizing, AS,
600 yards: Denims, II 900 yards; Giugham
$50, 1000 yards; Kentucky Jeans. 1900
yards; Cheviot, II, 900 yards Brown Sheet
ing, 240, 900 yards; Bleached Sheetirg, 22,-
600 yards; Hickory Shirting, 10000 yards
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
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-
cles goods, and supplies that may not be
contracted for to be delivered at the
Agencies.
MUST BE MADE OUT ON GOVERNMENT
BLANKS.
Schedules showing the kinds and quanti-
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 observedby 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
% and 81 Wooster street, New York; James
LidgerWood, No. S35 Broadway, New York
the CommiSsaries of Subsistence, U. S. A, at
Cheyenne, Chicago, LeavenWorth, Omaha st.
Louis st. Paul and San Francisco; the Post
masters atSiouX City and Yankton; and to the
Postmasters at the following named places in
Kansas: Arkansas City. Burlington, Cald-
well, Dodge City, Emporia, Eureka, Great
Bend, Howard, Hutchinson, Larned, McPher-
son, Marion, Medicine Lodge, Newton, Usage
City. Sedan, Sterling, Topeka, Wellington,
Wichita and Winfield.
The right is reserved by the Government to
reject any and all bids, or any part OF any
bid and these proposals are invited 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 are invited to be
present at the opening.
. CERTIFIED CHECKS.
All bids must be accompanied by certi-
depository or the First National Bank of Los
Angeles, Cal, for at least 5 per cent of the
amount of the proposal.
j; D; c. ATKINS, Commissioner.