Salt Lake Herald | 1899-05-20 | Page 2 | Must Not be Embalmed

MUST NOT BE EMBALMED Bids Received For Beef For Cuba and Porto Rico Chicago May Proposals for furnishing the war department with more than 5000000 pounds of beef for the troops in Cuba and Porto Rico d rIng r-ing the year beginning July 1 have been received by Colonel H G Sharpe in charge of the Chicago subsistance station The bids were tabulated and forwarded to Lieutenant Colonel E E Nye chief commissary in the department depart-ment of Porto Rico and Major A L Smith chief commissary department of Cuba Every precaution has been taken to furnish the men with the best meat obtainable The demand Is for 1020000 pounds for Porto Rico and 4020000 for Cuba The estimated cost of the supplies sup-plies is 500000 Five Chicago firms submitted bids but Colonel Sharp In accordance with department rules 3e dined to make public the names of the bidders or their prices The bids are divided into these classes Beef refrigerated cattle shipped to the West Indies from this country pn hoof and slaughtered there and cattle purchased in the island and slaughtered for use as desired g