, 1888-04-25
PROPOSAL FOR INDIAN SUP
p PLIES AND TRANSPORTATION.

DEPARTMENT OF II INTERIOR, Othce
Dof Indian Affairs, Washington, April 10,
1888. Sealed proposals, Endorsed Pro
posals for Beef" (bids for Beef must be
submitted in separate e~nvelopes), Bacon,
Flour, Clothing, or Transportation, &c,
(as the case may be), and directed to the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Nos. 65
and CT Wooster street, Met0 York, will be
received until l p. NJ. OF Tuesday, May
%, 1888, for furnishing for the Indian
service about SOC, 900 pounds Bacon, &c.
600, 900 pounds Beef on the hoof, 250,-
900 pounds Beans, 10000 pounds Baking
Powder, 1000 600 pounds Corn, 4S5, 900
pounds Coffee, 10000 600 pounds Flour,
Hard Bread, $1,000 pounds Hominy, 90
600 pounds Lard, $50 barrels mess pork,
IL 900 pounds Oatmeal, 4S8, 900 pounds
Oats, l22, OcO pounds Rice, 5000 pounds
Tea, 300, 600 pounds Salt, 273, 900 pounds
Soap, $40, 600 pounds Sugar, and AZ, 900
pounds Wheat.
Also, Blankets, Wooden and Cotton
Goods, Consisting in part of Ticking, 49,
600 yards; Standard Calico, 1901 600 Yards;
Drilling, II, 900 yards; Duck, free from
all sizing, $4,000 yards; Denims, II, 900
yards; Bingham, $50, 900 yards; Ken
lucky Jeans, 1900 yards; Cheviot, l2,-
600 yards; Brown Sheeting, $40, 900
yards; Bleached Sheeting, $4,000 yards;
Hickory Shifting, 10000 yards; Calico
Shifting, 5000 yards; Winsey, 5000
YARDS; Clothing, Groceries, Notions,
Hardware, Medical Supplies, School
Books, &C., and a long list of miscellane-
Gus articles, such as Harness, Flows,
Rakcs, Forks, &C., and for about $50
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 for such of the
articles, goods, and supplies that may not
be contracted for to be delivered at the
Agencies.
BIDS MUST BE MADE ut ON GOVERN
MENT BLANKS.
Schedules showing the kinds and guam
titles 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 propos-
ais conditions to be observed by bidders,
time and place of delivery, terms of con
tract and payment, transportation routes,
anu LII OtleI nCCCSSdly luSlI uCIlOuS Will Dc
furnished upon application to the Indian
Office in Washington, or Nos. IS and CT
Wooster street, NeD York; James Lid
gerwood, No. S35 Broadway, New
York; the Commissaries of Subsistence,
u. s. A., at Cheyenne, Chicago, Leaven-
worth, Omaha, Saint Louis, Saint Paul
and San Francisco; the Postmasters at
Sioux City and Yankton; and to the Post
masters at the following named places in
Kansas: Arkansas City, Burlington, Cald-
well, Dodge City, Emporia, Eureka,
Great Bend, Howard, Hutchinson,
Larned, MCPHERSON, Marion, Medicine
Lodge, Newton, Usage City, Sedan, Ster-
ling, Topeka, Wellington, Wichita and
Winfield.
The right is reserved by the Govern
ment to reject any and all bids, or any
part of any bid, and these proposals are
invited under proviso that appropriations
shall be made Tor the supplies by Con-
gress.
Bids will be opened at the hour and
day above stated, and bidders are invited
to belpresent at the opening.l
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
fine ner cent of the amount Of the nrnpo-