The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-14
PROPOSALS FOX INDIAN SUPPLIES AND
TRANSPORTATION

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. Of
ofice of Indian fairs. Washington. April ;,
Iss2.-Sealed proposals. Endorsed Proposals
for beef. bids for beef must be submitted IN
separate envelopes. bacon, -four. clothing or
TRANSFORMATION, etc, taS the case NAV Del.
and directed 10 the Commissioner of Indian
York. will be received until p. M. Of Tuesday,
May ,. lssts, for furnishing for the Indian ser
vice about 10000 pounds Bacon, Sosl0a
pounds Beef on the boot, 2,naOh pounds net
Beef. $4,000 pounds Beans, 'UuOo pounds bak-
ing Powder 2,S1.u0 pounds Corn, 5i0.eu
pounds Coffee. 9.0nouoo pounds Flour. .e,so
pounds Feed, $500 pounds Hard Bread. ~
QUO pounds Honiny Sn0GO pounds Lard, 80 bar
rels Mess Pork. 1900 pounds 0at Meal. 90 90
pounds oats, l4o,u1 pounds rice. @2,too pounds
tea, lSh,Goo pounds coarse salt, lae0n pounds
fine salt. $4,000 pounds soap, 10Ul,to POUNDS
sugar and $4,000 pounds wheat.
Also. Blankets. Wooden and Cotton goods.
consisting in part of ticking. l3,on yards;
Standard Calico, oso5 yards; Drilling, 1900
yards: Duck. free from all sizing. $50 yards,
DeniIns, 1000 yards; bingham. .UnVo yarus;
Kentucky Jeans, $50 yards. Chevlot, Sa.uo
y ards: Brown Sheeting, 40,s0 yards; Bleached
Sheetng. 35,00 yards; Hickory Shirting m,0o
yards: Calico Shifting. QUO yards: Clothing,
Groceries, Notions, Hardware, Medical sup
plies, School Books. etc. and long list OF
miscellaneous articles, such as harness, piows,
Rakes, Forks. etc. and Tor about 54o Wagons
required for the service, 10 be delivered at CHI
cago. Kansas City and Sioux City. Also for
such wagons as may be required. adspted TO
the climate of the Pacific coast. with Cailior
mia 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 OUT on GOVERNMENT
BLANKS.
Schedules showing the kinds and quantities
of subsistence supplies required for each
Agency and School, and the kinds and Quanti-
ties ia gross. of all other goods and articles TO-
gether with blank proposals, conditions To be
observed by bidders. time and place OF deliv-
cry, term of contract and payment. transpor-
taiion routes and all other necessary lnstruc-
tions will be furnished upon application 70 the
Indian Office in Washington or Nos g. and 81
Wooster street. New York the Commissaries
of Subsistence. L. :. A. at Cheyenne, Chicago,
Leayenworth, Omaha, st. Louis, 81. Paul and
San Francisco: the POstmasters at Sioux City,
Ia: Yankton. 5. D.. Arkansas City, Caldwell,
Topeka and Wichita, Kan, and Tuscon, Ariz.
The right is reserved by the Government 10
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 Congress
Bids will 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.
sle6 b-lJ00 lot. I. J. MORGAN, Commissioner,