Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-30
OMAHA SAYING U. S. MONEY
Economy Of Thousands Gained in In
dian Supply Contracts.
SPENDING ONE MILLION HERR
Department BuyinE Everything, from
Mustard PIasters 20 Furniture
for Comfort Of Redskins-
Successful Firms.


Many thousands Of dollars have been
saved by the government by conducting the
Indian supply bidding in Omaha The
work OF sitting out the successful bidders
on the hundreds Of articles making up the
long list Of supplies needed has not been
completed, and until the task In finished
the exact saving will not be known How
ever, the saving represents such a sum
that Omaha is assured a permanent bidding
place in the future. The contracts now be-
ing awarded will represent 100000 worth
Of goods ranging from mustard pIasters
to high heel shoes and scrubbing brushes.
, f. H. Abbott, assistant commissioner OF
Indian affairs, who is conducting the
work with a large force OF clerks. expects
TO finish here soon.
In the furniture class all the awards have
been made and II is shown that Omaha
jobbers came in for their full share. The
more important awards IN the furniture
class were announced Saturday by Mr.
Abbott as follows:
Greger p. Gregerson. 1905 willow clothes
baskets, "a 7-12 cents, delivered at Omaha.
Louis s. Gimble. ninety-two half bushel
measures. .235 cents, delivered at New York
Harry b. Lyford, 30 one bushel meas
ures. 81 cents. delivery at Chicago
Alfred ]. Beaton. 1862 iron bedsteads. s45,
delivery at Omaha.
Joseph n Snellenburg, 1856 bedsteads,
AlS. delivery at Kenosha, Wis.
Joseph NJ snellenburg. $50 bedsteads,
AIS. delivered at Kenosha, Wis
Harry B. Lyford, forty-two fourteen-inch
wooden chopping bowls, II cents, delivery
ct Chicago.
Lee Glass ANDERSON Hardware com
pany, seventy-four seventeen inch choppInR
bowls. 81 cents. delivery at Omaha.
Omaha Broom factory, 1.Ws s-2 dozen
household brooms. s2so delivered at
Omaha.
Oscar Allen, 30 dozen whisk broOms, %
cents. delivery at Omaha.
Charles H. Pickens. 3oe 6-12 dozen scrub
brushes 85 cents, delivery at Omaha.
Joseph c. Reed, 1870 dozen shoe dauberz
20 cents. delivery at st. Louis
Charles H. Pickens, $50 dozen shoe polish
ing brushes, tl.S5. delivery at Omaha.
Joseph c. Reed. 81 dozen stove brushes.
70 cents; 500 6-l2 dozen floor brushes, IS
cents, delivery at st. Louis.
Besbs q Runyan Furniture company, III
bureaus, H.S6, delivery at Omaha.
A. Flanagan, 81 typewriter chairs, S2eO.
delivery at Chicago.
c, NJ. Wilhelm, Sc 6-12 dozen dining room
chairs, $1212, delivery at Omaha.
c. M. Wilhelm, 1e5 S-12 dozen same, S.oS,
same.
Leroy Fogle. 81 office chairs. ss.a, deliv-
cry at Chicago.
Beebe Runyan Furniture company, A7
ehiffoniers, ts.7b. delivery at Omaha
observation-disclosures Hardware company,
% five-gallon revolving churns, SIPS. de-
livery at Omaha.
Arthur F. Smith. 1856 eight-day clocks,
ts44 delivery at Omaha.
II. B. Lyford. $500 feet of galvanized
clothesline, "a cents. delivery at Chicago
Kenneth Barnhart company, "a office
desks, slo.7b, delivery at Chicago.
Oscar Allen. 6Ss gross olothespins, $50, de-
livery at Omaha
: George w. Lancaster. 8 tailors' sewing
machines, $3.50, delivery at Omaha
Midland Glass and Paint company, S5s
mirrors in plain oak frames, 50 cents, de-
livery at Omaha.
Cold Blast Feather company, 1,ss2 pill
lows, 70 cents, delivery at Omaha
Contract ia Enormous.
Commissioner Guild OF the Commercial
. club spent most OF Saturday at the Indian
warehouse with f. n. Abbott, assistant
commissioner OF Indian affairs, and Super
intendent Richard c. Jordan OF the ware
house, and was amazed at the magnitude
OF the contract letting for supplies.
The Commercial club IL naturally inter-
ested In the letting of awards for Indian
r supplies" said Mr.. Guild. 'In fact this
busy organization is very largely respon-
sible for there being an Indian warehouse
here and for Omaha being one OF the two
points at which awards are being made
this year
mo one in Omaha appreciates what is
going on in the modest looking warehouse, -
he continued as he contemplated the thou
sands OF samples &c everything from SOLE
leather harness and bed springs 10 thread,
lead pencils and shoe brushes. AS be-
/, tween Chicago and Omaha, the two points
designated by the department for lettinEs,
Omaha has thrty-two more bidders to it's
} credit than the bigger city. the exact fig
urs being %4 at Omaha and S29 NJ Chi
oago"
While at the warehouse Mr. Guild saw
awards made on groceries and was natur-
ally gratifed TO see the contract for 15O
tons of laundry soap fall 10 an Omaha
concern but the Omaha boosting chord IN
the commissioner was struck by the
coincidence that of all the bidders on GIN
ger the president OF the knights of Ak-sar-
Ben had the best brand and won the award
!, on SEQ pounds OF f. Mr.. Pickens was also
the winner of the mustard and innumer-
able other grocery commodities