St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-18
PROPOSALS.
Proposals for Indian Supplies
and TRANSFORMATION.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
- Office of Indian Affairs, Washington,
April 10, 1SSS.-Sealed proposals. Endorsed
Proposals for Beef bids for beef must be
submitted in separate envelopes), Bacon,
Flour, Clothing or Transportation, etc (as the
case may be-, and directed to the Commits
sloner of Indian Affairs, Nos. 60 and 67
Wooster street. New York, will be received
until P. m, of Tuesday, May %, 1888, for
furnishing for the Indian service about 900
900 pounds Bacon. SO, 900 600 pounds Beef
ON the hoof. 100000 pounds Beans, 10000
pounds Baking Powder, 1,O00O0o pounds
Corn. 4S5,000 pounds Coffee, 5000. 600
pounds Flour, $4,000 pounds Feed. 16S. OOU
pounds Hard Bread 81, 900 pounds Hominy,
20000 pounds Lard, $50 barrels mess pork.
1l,0Go pounds Oatmeal, 4SS, 600 pounds
Oats, ID 900 pounds Rice 5000 pounds
Tea 100000 pounds Salt. 273,oOO pounds
Soap 100000 pounds Sugar, and ~ 600
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, IL, 900 yards; Giugham
100000 yards; Kentucky Jeans, 1900
yards: Cheyiot II, 200 yards; Brown Sheet,
ing $40, 900 yards; Bleached Sheetirg o.
600 yards; Hickory Shifting, 10000 yards;
Calico Shifting, 5000 yards; Winsey, 5000
YARDS Clothing, Groceries, Notions Hard
ware, Medical Supplies, School Books, etc,
and a long list of miscellaneous articles. such
as Harness, Flows, Rakes Forks, etc. and
for ABOUT 900 Wagons required for the serve
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-
hyered 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 ouanti-
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 Once in Washington, or Nos
TO and 81 Wooster street. New York; James
Lidgerwood, No. $50 Broadway, New York;
the CommissarieS of Subsistence, L. s. A. at
Cheyenne, Chicago, Leayenworth, Omaha, st.
Louis, st. Paul and san Francisco; the Post,
masters at Sioux 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 am
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-
fed checks or drafts upon some United States
depository. or the First National Bank of Los
Angeles, Cal, for at least per cent of the
amount of the proposal.
j. ID. c. ATKINS, Commissioner.
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