Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-05-07
P%hNrrHNrrARY SUPPLIES.
Contracts Let BY the Commissioner At
their Meeting.
SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS AND PRICES.

The following are the successful bid
ders for the more important articles
needed at the penitentiary for the en-
suing ak months. The list Of articles
given does not include all that were con-
tracted for, only the larger items:
II. ID. Reinkeh, Watrous: 6S,625
pounds fresh beef, S66S per hundred.
Gross, Blackwell " Company, Las We.
gas: 5l,OOO pounds -four, 81 30 per hun
dred; 1000 pounds hOminy, 2 cents per
pound; o barrels OathaEes, 80 20 per
barrel; 10 barrels coarse salt, $3.50 per
barrel; 800 pounds smoking tobacco, 2S
cents per pound; 8 cases tomatoes, ~ 80
per case; 40 boxes soap, 1926 per box %
tons upland hay. $40 per ton; 30 gal-
Ions mOlasses 80 cents Der gallon.
A. Staab, Santa Ee: 10000 pounds
Mexican beans, ~ ~ per hundred; LOO
POUNDS rice. $5.9Ih per hundred; 200
pounds white corn meal, $l.2g per hum
dred; 100 pounds black pepper, liz
cents per pound; $500 pounds graduated
sugar, 81 90 per hundred; $40 pounds
chewing tobacco, $3.50 per hundred; 400
pounds eyapOrattd peaches, Ga cents per
POUND; 400 pounds eyapOTated apples,
luFn NthAt HNA HNhhhs ~ HNuhhH VI ANh
eurfsnts, So cents per pound; 3 dozen
brocms, 80 ~ per dozen; 400 cords wood,
$2.14 per cord; 1000 yards canton fan
me-, ga cents Der yard; $50 yards I'M
bieached muslin, 50 cents Der yard;
30 dozen mems half-hose, 80 cents per
dozen.
Rio Arriba Coal company, Monero:
400 tons screened lump coal, f3.05 per
ton.
Browne & M%anzanares company. Las
Vegas: 10000 pounds oats, $l.26 per
hundred; 100 dozen sp0ols cotton thread,
AZ cents per dozen.
Leo Hersch, Santa Re: 1900 pounds
bran. 30 cents per hundred; 5000 pounds
corn at sl.00 per hundred.
A. Seligman, Santa Fe: 1 doz n stable
brooms. 80; 100 feet q inch rubber hose,
wired, Is cents per loot; 8 dozen long
handled shOvels, ~ per dozen; 3 dozen
galvanized iron slop pals. f2i per dozen;
800 feet "a inch iron pipe, 5 cents per
foot; 800 feet l-inch iron pipe. . cents
per foot; 500 feet Ia inch iron pipe, 12
cents per foot; 6 rolls heavy oak tanned
sole leather, 391R cents per pound; 3
dozen sides kip leather, ia cents per
pound; | dozen sides zip leather, So cents
per pound; 1000 yards prison stripe, 9g
cents per yard; $40 yards cotton shirt
ing, 1874 eents per yard; 200 yards citi-
zens' cloth, 57h cents per yard; 8 pieces
black and brown Goa lining, IA cents
pr yard; 3 pieces red flannel, 80 cents
per yard; 25O yards toweling, III cents
per yard; 200 yards ticking, liz cents
yer yard; 4 dozen napkins, 81 90 per
dozen; 9 dozen blankets, S2.s7H per
pair.
Santa Fe Mercantile company: y
/, dozen pairs heavy rubber hip boots, a a
per pair; X dozen heavy rubber kne,
boots $3.50 per pair; $50 yards outing
flannel, 9 cents per yard; 3 pieces slew
lining, ~ cents per yard; 4 pieces ging
ham. so cents per yard; 9 pieces Bounce
duck, l3 cents per yard; 2 pieces 8 ounce
duck, "a cents per yard; l bolt tabl
cloth, Clio per yard; l piece Q 4 sheeting
II cents per yard; 50dozen ha dkerchiets
70 cents per dozen; II dozen counter
panes, 1925; 800 yards jeans, "a cent
per yard; $50 pounds green tea, IS cent
per pound.
, The coal contract wa awarded to IN
$ Monero Coal company, upon the say 80 o
. Superintendent Bergman who, at
previous letting OF bids informed th
board that II was superior TO Cerrillo
8 coal.
? The wood contract at $2.74 per cor
D was awarded TO A. Staab at a high figure
The New Mexican In informed that YER
good wood Is being furnished the govern
- ment Indian school at $2.22 per cord
n The StBab bid was not very explicit an
n the character OF wood to be- furnished d.
ponds upon the receiving officer g opinion
n Upon the whole the prices paid 70
n supplies at this bidding are quite reason
able, with the exception OF the Woo
which, 1t is said, can be purchased 4
open market at 81 90 per cord.