The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-22
PROPOSALS fOR INDIAN SUPPLIES AND
TRANSPORTATION

IOEPoARFTIMIENT OF THE INTERIOR, OF
! lS92.-Sealed proposals, Endorsed Proposals
| for beef (bids for beef must be submitted in
| separate envelopes', bacon, flour. clothing or
transportation, etc., las the case may be-,
and directed to the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, Nos. IS and 81 Wooster street. New
York. will be received until p. m of Tuesday,
May 2, 1892, for furnishing for the Indian ser
| vice about 10000 pounds Bacon, 32,000.0O
! pounds Beef on the hoOf, 100000 pounds net
Beet, SD,UIO pounds Beans, 1900 pounds Bak-
| ing Powder, 2,3o0,u0 pounds Corn. $4,000
! pounds Coffee, 100000 pounds Flour, 1860
| pounds Feed. $500 pounds Hard Bread. ~
! 600 pounds Hominy 5000 pounds Lard $50 bar
rels Mess Pork 1900 pounds Dat Meal. go 600
! pounds oats, 10000 pounds rice. 1900 pounds
tea. lSU,u0 pounds coarse salt, l2l.tn0 pounds
fine salt, 260o0 pounds soap, 10000 pounds
sugar and 10000 pounds wheat,
Also, Blankets, Wooden and Cotton goods.
consisting In part of ticking. 1900 yards:
Standard Calico 5000 yards; Drilling, 1900
yards: Duck, free from all sizing. s. 900 yards,
DENNIS. lO.0C0 yards; Bingham, 10000 yards;
kentucky Jeans. $500 yards: Cheviot, 5000
ards; Brown Sheeting, 10000 yards; Bleached
Sheeting, IS, 600 yards: Hickory Shifting 100
yards; Calico Shifting, 600 yards; Clothing,
Groceries, Notions, Hardware, Medical Sup
plies, School Books, etc. and a 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 Chi
cago, Kansas City and Sioux City. Also for
such wagons as may be required, adapted 10
mia 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 OFT ON GOVERNMENT
BLANKS.
Schedules showing tue kinds and quantities
OF subsistence supplies required for each
Agency and School, and the kinds and quanti-
ties in gross, of all other goods and articles, to-
gether with blank proposals, conditions to be
observed by bidders, time and place of deliy-
cry, term o. contract and payment, transpor-
tation routes. and all other necessary instruc-
tons will be fdrbi-h upon application 10 the
Indian Office in Washington or Nos. 81 and o.
Wooster street, New York the COmmissaries
of Subsistence, l. :. \ e. al Cheyenne. Chicago,
Leavenworth, Omaha, Il Louis, 1t. Paul and
San Francisco: the PU-tlIasters AT Sioux City
Ia; Yankton, S. D., Arkansas City, Caldwell,
Topeka and Wichita, Kan, and Tuscon. Ariz.
The right is reserved by the Govern Inent to
reject any and all bids. or an! part OF any bid.
and these proposals are invited under proy.so
that appropriation shall Ue made for the
supplies by Congress.
Bids viii be 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 certified
checks or drafts upon some United states De-
pository or the First National bank OF San
Francisco. Cal, for at least 5per cent of the
amount of the proposal.
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