Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-04-05
PROPOSALS FOR INDIAN SUPPLIES
AND TRANSPORTATION.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIO
H. Office of Indian AHaira WashiDptO


~ Office Of Indian Affairs, Washington
April 2, 1892 2-Sealed proposals, indorseC
Proposals for Beef, bids for Beef mus
be submitted in separate enveopes)
Bacon, Flour, Clothing, or Transportation
etc., (as the case may bel, and directed tC
the Commissioner OF Indian Affairs, Nos
65 and 81 Wooster street. New York, will
be received until p. m. of Tuesday, May
8, 1892, for furnishing for the Indian
service about 100000 pounds Bacon,
100000 pounds of Beef on the hoof,
zoo, 900 pounds net Beef, $50 600 pounds
Beans, 10000 pounds Baking Powder,
2,300, 900 pounds Corn, 100000, pounds
Coffee, 100000 pounds Flour, 10000
pounds Feed, 900 pounds Hard Bread,
10000 pounds Hominy, 10000 pounds
Lard. $50 barrels Mess Pork, $1,000
pounds Oatmeal, $4,000 pounds Oats,
l40, 900 pounds Rice, 22,000 pounds Tea,
10000 pounds Coarse Salt, 10000
pounds Fine Salt, 100000 pounds Soap,
100000 Sugar, and 100000 pounds
Wheat.
Also, Blankets, Wooleu ana Cotton
l3,000 yards; Standard Calico, 66,G5J
yards; Drilling, 10000 yards; Duck, free
from all sizing, $1,000 yards; Denims,
10000 yards; Gingham, 100000 yards
Kentucky Jeans, $500 yards; Cheviot,
IS, 900 yards; Brown Shee,ing, 240, 900
yards; Bleached Sheeling, 1000 yards
Hickory Shifting, 10000 yards; Calico
Shirting, 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 about
$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 10 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 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
missaries OF Subsistence, U. S. A., at
Cheyenne, Chicago, Leavenworth, Omaha,
Saint Louis, Saint Paul, and San Fran
cisco; the Postmssters at Sioux City,
Iowa; Ysnkton, S. Dakota; Arkansas
City, Caldwell, Topeka, and Wichita,
Kansas, and Tucson, Arizona.
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 by certi-
fed checks or drafts upon some United
States Depository or the First National
Bank of San Francisco, CAL, for at least
five per cent. of the amount of the propO-
sal.
T. J. MORGAN, Commissioner.