, 1888-05-01
PROPOSALS FOR INDIAN SUP
PLIES AND TRANSPORTATION.

IMPAIRMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Office
Uof Indian Affairs, WASHINGTON, April l6,
1888. Sealed proposals, Endorsed Pro
posals for Beet" (bids for Beef must be
submitted in separate envelopes), Bacon,
Flour, Clothing, or Transportation, &c,
(as the case may be), and directed to the
Commissioner Of Indian Affairs, Nos. 65
and 81 Wooster street, Nel0 York, will be
received until | p. Nj. OF Tuesday, May
-, 1883, for furnishing for the Indian
service about 900, 600 pounds Bacon, &c.
100000 pounds Beef on the hoOf, .25O,-
600 pounds Beans, 10000 pounds Baking
Powder, 100000 pounds Corn, 4S5. 900
pounds Coffee, 5000, 900 pounds Flour,
$4,000 pounds Feed, 1880 0 pounds
Hard Bread, 81, 900 pounds Hominy, 2n,-
0OO pounds Lard, $50 barrels mess pork,
il 900 pounds Oatmeal, 4SS, 600 pounds
Oats, 1924 e0 pounds Rice, 1000 pounds
Tea, 100000 pounds Salt, 2T3, 900 pounds
Soap. 100000 pounds Sugar, and 42, 900
pounds Wheat.
Also, Blankets, Wooden and Cotton
Goods, Consisting in part Of Ticking, 49,
900 yards; STANDARD Calico, 100, 600 Yards;
Drilling, II 900 yards; Duck, free from
all sizing, 5000 yards; Dcnims, 1900
yards; Bingham, $50, 900 yards; Ken
luIhl OjAliS, isbbO lhIuS, NutNlOl, l@,~
OOa yards; Brown Sheeting, $40, 600
yards; Bleached Sheeting, 1900 yards;
Hickory Shifting. 10000 yards; Calico
ShirtIng, 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, nc, and for about $50
Wagons required for the service, to he
delivered at Chicago, Kansas City and
Sioux Cfty. 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 hat may not
be contracted for to. be delivered at the
Agencies.
IDS MusT BE MADE u ON GOVERN
MENT BLANKS.
Schedules showing the kinds and guam
titles OF subsistence supplies required Tor
each Agency aud 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, tcrms of CON
tract and payment, transportation routes,
and all other necessary instructions will be
furnished upon application to the Indian
Office in Washington, or Nos. Is and e.
Wooster street, NeD York; James Lid
Perwood. No. S35 Broadway, New
York; the Commissaries of Subsistence,
u. $. 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.
mcnt 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 beipresent at the opening.
CERTIFIED CHECKS.
All bids must be accompanied by cert,
fed checks or drafts Upon some United
States Depository or the First National
Bank of Los Angeles, Cal, for at least
fire per cent of the amount Of the propo.
sal. j. D. G. ATKINS, Commissioner.