Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-04-04

Santa Fe, y. NJ. March %. 1889.


portati0n.
Department OF the Interior. Office Of
Indian Affairs, Washington, March %
1889. Sealed proposals, indorsed PRO
posals for Beef bids for Beef must hc
submitted in separate envelopes, Bacon,
Flour, Clothing, or Transportation DC. !"
as the case may be-. and directed to the
Commissioner Of lntiian Affairs, Nos. to
and ~ Wooster street, New York, viii be
received until ] p. III. Of Tuesday, April
%, 1899, for furnishing for the Indian
service about $4,000 pounds Haron,
900 900 pounds net Beef, ~ 900 pounds
Beans, II 900 pounds Baking Powder,
50O,oUO pounds Corn, 477,"bO pounds
Coffee, 5000 pounds Flour, 14,0O
pounds Feed, 100 900 pounds Hard Bread,
is 900 pounds Ilominy, 23,n0J pounds
Lard, 81 barrels Mess Pork, 10
pounds Oatmeal. So, 900 pounds Oats,
lO2O 900 pounds Rice, $500 pounds Tea,
$40 90 pounds salt, 30 900 pounds Soap,
$4,000 pounds Sugar, and 5000 pounds
Wheat.
Also, Blankets, Wooden and Cotton
Goods Consisting i'll part OF Ticking,
$1,000 Yards; Standard Calico, 10000
Yards; Drilling, II 900 yards; Duck, free
from MI sizing, $1,000 yards; DENNIS,
1900 yards; Bingham, 2S0,000 yards;
Kentucky Jeans, 1900 yards; Cheviot,
10000 Yards; Brown Sheeting, -3j,OoO
yards; Beached Sheeting, 10000 yards;
Hickory Shifting, $1,000 yards; Calico
Surfing. $500 yards; Winsey, $500
yards; Clothing, Groceries, Notions,
Hardware, Medical Supplies, School
Books, &c, and long list Of misre!a-
neous articles, such As Harness, Flows,
Rakes, Forks, &c, and for about go
Wagons required for the service, to he de-
lvered 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-
lvered 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.
BIDS MUST BE MADE OUT ON GOVERNMENT
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 propo
sails, conditions to be observed by bid
ders, time and place of delivery, terms Of
contract and payment, transportation
routes, and all other necessary instruc-
tons will be furnished upon application
to the Indian Office in Washington, or
Nos. IS and 67 Wooster street, New York !;
the Commissaries Of Subsistence, T.. S. A.,
at Cheyenne, Chicago, Leavenworth,
Omaha, Saint Louis, Saint Paul, and San
Francisco the Postmasters at Sioux City,
and Yankton; and to the Postmasters ut
the following named places in Kansas
Arkansas City, CaldW ell, Topeka, and
Wichita.
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 appropriation
shall be made for the supplies by con
gress.
Bids will he 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 bv 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.
JoHN H. ORERLY, Commissioner.