The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-12
IS GROCERY DAY.
Board of Control Having Busy
Time Now.
Will Let All Big Contracts for
Supplies.
LAST FOR SIX MONTHS
Part Of the Awards Are Made
This Morning.
AS Usual They Are Pretty Well
Divided.
Asst FOR SIX MONTHS

Today is grocery day for the state
board of control. The board rooms at
the state house are filled with grocery
statesmen, canned goods, crackers,
cheese, sacks of -four. and nearly
everything else needed to stock a good
sized grocery, as well as a large dele
CATION of superintendent from all OF
the Charitable institutions and hos
pitfalls of the state.
Contracts are being let today for
supplying the state institutions with
all the groceries they will need for the
next six months.
Proceeding in alphabetical order
down the long list of groceries. the
board reached "Gelatine' before it
stopped for dinner today. The follow
ing are the principal contracts so Tar
as the letting has proceeded:
H. D. Lee, Salina,-Allspice, eyap-
grated apples, cloves. baking powder,
at boys industrial school, currants
vanilla and lemon extracts, ginger
Dolan Atchison=Canned apples,
Lima beans, canned blackberries,
bonami. brooms, canned cherries, corn
] starch, canned corn
Let's, Spencer Gro. Co, St Joseph
Canned apricOts, evaporated apricots,
chocolate, canned grapes, cheese, at
| Topeka hospital
Theodore Poehler, Lawrence-Bath
brick, baking powder, at all institute
lions except boys industrial school;
navy beans. canned string beans, cod
fish grits. canned gooseberries.
Syrnns, Atchison-Shoe backing,
backing brushes. cocoanut, cream
Eagle Lye works. milwaukee,
| Caustic soda.
Van Leuwen Cheese Co, Ottawe---
| Cream cheese. except Topeka. hospital.
Otto Kuehne, TOpeka-Chow-ch chow
| Jet & Wood, Wichita-Soda crack
The big contracts for sugar. coffee
and flour have not yet been let Ihey
will probably be reached late this
afternoon or this evening.
All of the bids have now been open
ed and tabulated. The dry goods,
boots and shoes contracts will be let
! Wednesday, and the hardware. queens
ware, stationery and meats viii be let
on Thursday.
The following is a complete list of
bidders on all the different supplies:
GroceriesHH. d. Lee Mercantile
/ company, Salina Let's, Spencer Gro
1 Gerry company St Joseph; The9oore
/ Poehler Mercantile company, Law
renee Dolan Mercantile company,
! Atchison, Synnhs Grocer . company,
/ AtchisOn; Weber & Co. Topeka; Leh-
mann, Higginson Grocery company,
/ wichita: J. J. Pearson, Parsons, Kan. =;
/ Peet Bros. Kansas City; Otto kuehne
/ Preserving company. Topeka; Armour
! Packing company, Kansas City; Eagle
! I.ye works, Milwaukee; E. M Sheldon,
/ Ottawa, Kan: the Van Leeuwen Cheese
/ company. Ottawa; A J. Little, oak
land; Capital Broom works, Topeka;
Jet & Wood, Wichita: National Soap
/ company, Leavenworth; National Ami
/ line & Chemical company, Kansas City,
/ No; Reed Murdoch & CO., Chicago,
Illinois.
Flour-F. L. Williamson & Co, Clay
! Center; Hogan Milling company. juno
/ ton City; the Long-Barner Milling
company, Manhattan; Alexander Mil
/ ling company. Winfield; Kelly Bros,
/ Edgerton; Arkansas City Milling COM
/ pany: F. Tanquary & Sons.~ Beloit;
/ Winfield Roller Mills & Elevator een1-
pany: Forrest Park Milling company,
Meats Charles Wolff Packing com
spany Topeka; Swift & Co. Kansas
| City, Kan; Hammond Packing COM
/ pany st. Joseph; Schwartzchild &
/ Sulzeberger Kansas City. Kan: Ar
Kan; Cudahy Packing company, Kan
| saS City, Kan; Fowler Packing COM
pany Kansas City, Mo-; John H.
/ Nichol. Winfield.
Dry Goods-Crosby Bros. Topeka
Mills Dry Goods Co, Topeka: Warren
NJ Crosby. Topeka: Topeka Cash Dry
! Goods Co: A, D. Weaver, Lawrence;
W. J. Calhoun. Fort Scott; NJ B. Cohn,
ottawa. H. d. Lee Mer. Co, Saiina
Johnson & Larimer. wichita; Palace
Clothing Co. Topeka; salina Mer. Co.
Salina: Meinecke & Co. New York
city; Chas R Silkman. New York city
Queensware - Topeka Cash Dry
1 Goods Co.
Hardware-T Lee Hardware Co.
Salina: w A. L. Thompson Hardware
Co. Topeka; Topeka Cash Dry Goods
Co. Topeka.
Stationery-H Stationery Co. To
peka: NJ L. Zercher. Topeka: Crane &
Co. Topeka: A. D. Weaver. Lawrence;
Topeka Cash Dry Goods Co.; NJ. B.
Coin. Ottawa.