Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-04-12
PROPOSALS FOR INDIAN SUPPLIES
AND TRANSPORTATION.

| DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
- Office of Indian Affairs, Washington,
April 2, l892.-Sealed proposals, indorsed
Proposals for Beef, (bids for Beef must
be submitted in separate enveopes),
Bacon, Flour, Clothing, or Transportation
ETC., as the case may be-, and directed to
the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Nos.
% and 81 Wooster street, New York, will
be received until p. m. OF Tuesday, May
3, 1892, for furnishing for the Indian
service about 100000 pounds Bacon,
| $4,000 900 pounds of Beef on the hoof
200 GOO pounds net Beef, $50 900 pounds
Beams, 10000 pounds Baking Powder,
1900, 900 pounds Corn, $4,000, pounds
! COllee, 5000 0G0 pounds Flour, 10000
pounds Feed, 05 600 pounds Hard Bread,
10000 pounds lIominy, 10000 pounds
| Lard. $50 barrels Mess PORK, 1900
pounds Oatmeal, G7000O pounds Oats,
100000 pounds Rice, $4,000 pounds Tea,
10000 pounds Coarse Salt, 10000
pounds Fine Salt, 100000 pounds Soap,
100000 Sugar, and 10000 pounds
Wheat.
Also, Blankets, Wooden and Cotton
Goods, Consisting in part of Ticking,
1900 yards; Standard Calico, G6, 900
yards; Drilling, $4,000 yards; Duck, free
from all sizing, 5000 yards; Denims,
10000 yards; Gingham, 800, 900 yards
Kentucky Jeans, $500 yards; Cheviot,
25,OOO yards; Brown Sheeting, 24O, 900
yards; Bleached Sheeting, 50 1000 yards |
Hickory Shirting, 10000 yards; Calico !
Nhlrting, 5000 yards); Clothing, Grocer
les, Notions, Hardware, Medical Supplies,
School Books, etc, and long list Of
miscellaneous articles, such as Harness,
Plows, Rakes, Forks, etc, and for abont |
$40 Wagons required for the service, to
be delivered at Chicago, Kansas City, and
Sioux City. Also for such Wagons as .
may he 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 OUT ON GOVERNMENT
BLANKS.
Schedules showing the kinds and quan-
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 proposals,
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 In.
dian Office in Washington, or Nos. 65 and
81 Wooster street, New York; the Com
miasaries of Subsistence, U. S. A., at
Cheyenne, Chicago, Leavenworth, Omaha,
Saint Louis, Saint Paul, and San Fran
cisco; the Postmasters at Sioux City,
Iowa; Yankton, S. Dakota; Arkansas
City, Caldwell, Topeka, and Wichita,
Kansas, and Tucson, Arizona.
The right is reserved by the Govern.
nent 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-
yress.
Bids will be opened at the hour and
lay above stated, and bidders are invited
% be present at the opening.
CERTIFIED CHECKs,
All bids must be accompanied by certi-
led checks or drafts upon some United
States Depository or the First National
Bank OF San Francisco, Cal, for at least
i've per cent. OF the amount of the propo-
val.