Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-03-30
Proposals for Indian Supplies and Trans.
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Department Of the Interior. Office Of
Indian Affairs, Washington, Murrh %.
1855 Sealed proposals., iuIorsed pro.
posals for R"ef bids fnr Reef must 10
submitted in separate envelopes, bacon,
Flour, Clothing, or TRANSFORMATION &c. Z"
Gas the case may be- ahd directed to the
| Commissioner Of lnGiau Affairs. Nos. 60
and ~ Wooster street, New York, v i'll be
received until p. N. Of Tuesday, April
-, 1889, tor furnishing ior the Indian
service about 100000 pounds Bacon,
34,0JU,0 900 pounds Beef on the hoof,
| l,UO0,OOO pounds net Beef, 20 900 pounds
Beans, II, 900 pounds Baking Powder,
5O0ou pounds Corn, 477,OOO pounds
Coffee, S,6oJ,O00 pounds Flour, 1880
pounds Feed, 1900 pounds Hard Bread,
$1,000 pounds iIomlny, 5000 pounds
Lard, ST. barrels Mess Pork. 1000
pounds Oatmeal, 10000 pounds Oats,
100000 pounds Rice, $500 pounds Tea,
340, 900 pounds salt IS 1000 pounds Soap,
10000 pounds Sugar, and 1908 pounds
Wheat.
Also, Blankets, Wooden and Cotton
Goods consisting in part Of Ticking,
-, 900 wards; Standard Calico, lUD.OW
Yards Drilling, l,W0 yards; Duck, free
from all sizing, $500 yards; DENNIS,
l7,UOD yards; bingham, $50, 800 yards;
Kentucky Jeans. l7,UuU wards Chevi0t,
l2,OUD Yards Brown Sheeting, 81, 900
YARDS Bleached Sheetipg, 10000 wards;
Hickory ShirtIng, 1900 Yards; Calico
Shifting, 5000 Yards; Winsey. 1900
yards; Clothing, Groceries, Notions,
Hardware, Medical Supplies, School
Books, &C., and Il long list of miscella.
neous articles, such as Harness, Flows,
Rakes, Forks, &c, and for about $50
Wagons required for the service, to be de-
livered 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-
livered 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 OFT 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 prop0.
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. G5 and 81 Wooster street, New York
the Commissaries of Subsistence, U. 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 at
the following named places in Kansas
Arkansas City, Caldwell, Topeka, and
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 be opened ut the hour and day
above stated, and bidders are invited to
he 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 ii. OBERLY, Commissioner.
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