, 1888-05-15
PROPOSALS FOR INDIAN SUP
PLIES AND TRANSPORTATION.

0EPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Ofict
pof Indian Affairs, Washington, April l6
SSS.-Sealed proposals. Endorsed PRO.
posals for Beef" (bids for Beef mast b.
submitted in separate e~nvelopes), Bacon,
Flour, Clothing, or transportation. &c.
las the case may be), and directed to the
Commissioner Of Indian Affairs, Nos 65
and CT Wooster street, Nel0 York, will be
received until ] p. NJ. of Tuesday, Mag
%, 1888, for furnishing for the Indian
service about 900, 900 pounds Bacon, &C.,
000,0 pounds Beef on the hoof, $50,
900 pounds Beans, 10000 pounds Baking
Powder, 200, 900 pounds Corn, ass, DOC
pounds Coffee, 100000 pounds Flour,
$4,000 pounds Feed, 16S,00 0 pounds
Hard Bread, 81, 900 pounds Hominy, 20,-
900 pounds Lard, $50 barrels mess pork,
IL 900 pounds Oatmeal, ass, 900 pounds
Oats, 100, 0C0 pounds Rice, 5000 pounds
Tea, 300, 900 pounds Salt, 273, 900 pounds
Soap, $40, 600 pounds Sugar, and ~, 900
pounds Wheat.
Also, Blankets, Wooden and Cotton
Goods, Consisting in part OF Ticking, 49,
900 yards; Standard Calico, 100, 900 yards;
Drilling, 1000 yards; Duck, free from
all sizing, 5000 yards; Denims, II, 600
yards; Bingham, 100000 yards; Ken
lucky Jeans, 1900 yards; Cheviot, l2,-
900 yards; Brown Sheeting, $40, 600
yards; Bleached Sheeting, $4,000 yards;
Hickory Shirting, 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,
Rakes, 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 MAD OUT ON GOVERN
MENT BLANKS.
Schedules showing the kinds and guam
titles of subsistence supplies required fol
each Agency and School, and the kind.
and quantities in gross, of all other good.
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,
and all other necessary Instructions will be
furnished upon application to the Indian
Office in Washington, or Nos. 65 and 81
Wooster street, Meto 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, Mariont 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 be present at the opening.
CERTIFIED CHECKS.
Ali 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
tire per cent of the amount of the propo-
sal. J. ID. Q. ATKINS, Commissioner.