Richard Henry Pratt requests to purchase 11,000 feet of yellow pine flooring and 4,300 feet of hemlock joints amounting to $442 to repair and replace flooring in the school building and the boys' quarters. Pratt adds that student apprentices will be able to do the work.
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Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that his previous authority for purchasing lumber and other materials is nearly exhausted and he will need an additional authority soon.
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to add an addition to the teacher's mess hall. Pratt details the work to be done and notes that most of the work can be done in house.
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to build a new blacksmith and wagon shop at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt submits specifications, estimate of supplies and labor, and blueprints.
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the Carlisle Indian School needs to make a change in their drainage. Pratt proposes to dig a cess pool and purchase terra cotta pipe.
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase supplies and materials as well as to pay for labor in the construction of an addition to the industrial shops at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt also encloses blueprints showing his plans for the addition.
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the construction of the Carpenter, Shoe, and Tin Shops are underway and requests authority to purchase material for the addition of more Industrial Shops.
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay students for various tasks as well as purchasing supplies.
Richard Henry Pratt provides his recommendations for expanding the school building at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt provides blueprints along with the specifications for the expansion.
Alfred John Standing forwards contracts for building materials for enlarging a school building at the Carlisle Indian School.
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase supplies to expand the chicken house at the Carlisle Indian School farms as well as paying for various laborers.
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he is forwarding contracts for building materials in 1900.
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay for repairs as well as student labor on the school farm. Pratt notes that the farm is three miles away from the school and serves as an outing experience for the students.
Richard Henry Pratt notes that he only received one bid to supply bricks due to an excess of orders that will delay construction. Pratt notes that he has since negotiated a lower price with a company in Mount Holly Springs, Pennsylvania that will deliver bricks promptly at a lower price. As a result, he requests authority to purchase the bricks…
Richard Henry Pratt requests a favorable reply to his request to purchase bricks to improve the heating plant.
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to sell the boilers that are being replaced with the new steam plant.
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase electric lamps, turpentine, putty, floor oil, labor of a painter, and material and labor for general repairs in July 1900.
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase smoke connections for boilers which were omitted from the boiler contract as well as a steam drum.
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase supplies including gravel to continue the work of improving the roads and walks of the Carlisle Indian School as well as the pay of a mason and plasterer.
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase various supplies and materials connected to the new heating plant including iron pipes and fittings.
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase wood covering for steam pipes to connect new buildings and to make repairs as well as asbestos or magnesia covering for a steam drum and an exposed surface of steam pipes.
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase two pieces of timber for a flagpole at the Carlisle Indian School.
Richard Henry Pratt requests an additional $200 for material and labor used for general repairs at the Carlisle Indian School.
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase various electric lights for recently constructed buildings as well as asbestos cement for pipes and incidental repairs to buildings.
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a list of materials from the annual estimate for 1902 which he believes should be purchased through the Carlisle Indian School.