The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-14
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THsH0IsA RIsHIsA And GERaAkIsx- CORPORA
TON INSTRUMENTATION aBE sPEB0HEs-TaE
oHARrx2 THROWN ovBKBoAKo.
The Board met Ut o'clock yesterday asteruoNu-th6
President In the chair after the TRANSACTION Of some
business Of unim porant the Board went into
Conttee Of tie Whole For ths Cobsideratoa Of the
Jcrity and minority eeorts corporation advertising
IN ths daily papers. and the rposation printing.
discussion arose to which Of the two report:
eaouid be dsp ssed Of hrs'ths advertising printing
Ceunciuan Ola, or oes'sn cd that the two could MOI
CONS up tosstner, End ~asoecesary therefore TO
em separate The report on svertsipg had ia st been
read and be considIsd 1t therefore drst 10 order 1t
finally cecded 'ha, the ort on advertising
have pitfertnc over the O her
minority reports. ftrr setting forth their for
doing 90 the msjerity presented the foa1wng resolu
Resolved That the various beads of departments be-
and they hereby, auhor Oh an directed respective
~, TO advertise 10 the fo ~ipg n.ned nosspaoers-
(Aornino) EsJrc.s Nn,ionni Dssnoerdt Ntp Yorker
Democrat ana Truth 7sr At euco Prc-s as are In con.
as X, NM me ssrer s p menss sso and
Resolved, That The Comptroller be- and ho Is hereby
directed To monthly N lis winch shall be render
Cd separately for advertising rhe proceedings Of the
Boards OF tie Common Couoci the public Of ord
nsnoes ana meetipx- ri comusees and all other ooa
Councfi In the aforesaid -Iere together with the De
Maitland that each nd bill therefor shall be duly
eerued o. toe re peive clerks OF the Boards Of alder
s 3 no .o a1,H .aEALY, Special
GaA nHl Shis MON. ' 1aSorsis;ps on
The minority COMM leo s.ormmo 1de III It tue Comp
oiier be directed Advertising proposals for the
Corporation Ia M and pneciac bids as to
Toe amount required by Journal bidding per liue,
per circulation OF one 10 copies aud that eaoh
and every paper RI pr" ong 81 I'll accompany each pro
position with afnsv, stating the amount Of iiy
circulation to city uhcrbr only exclusive OF sun
edtions). sna he til AMOUNT required to psr all
necessary labor AMI believe that fair
and equiab decision b. arrived ut by adopting the
d. tails herein expr ssed, tho wants OF the commu
nifty setisted,m su1 Ia. Arosision' Of the amended
The ccnn zee then Offered til. folio wing resoIu TONS
Resolved 1ha the C. mptroler he, and he is hereby,
horized and dec I'll to ,trtse for proposals for ad
yertspg for the Department, thu Common Council and
Abe official reports Of e proceedings Of the for
the torn of one year; and, also,
Resolved That tho folio s,ng rules shall be Observed
Bidders TO offer he line, tor cab time published.
possible their cay lstiou in the ,ty Of New York
70 city subscribers oily, exclusive of tho Sunday and
.. The award to be mado TO the newspapers Offering
to perform the work The lowest per thou.
sand papers SO circulated IN The city.
a. The Comptroller report tho bid and his award TO
the Common Council for conf ,mat.oa
BENZ + PINCRNEY,
= wM 81 yERMILYE
Minority of Special cou,mte on Printing &c.
Councilman I1scKNEY ,aij that .ual rate In the
GERALD ten cents line Ia The Sun 81 for twenty
two Lnes per moath. nd In most 81 the city papers
which have thiug liz fair circulation, the rates
were from Ave to eight line. NoG he continued
Bhoul, the majority report be adopted would dnd
that 10 year the Of advertising paper only
would be S7,737 2" aud II he bills settled monthly
she amount per month would b. s64, ~ The Herald
Of April is has az7 res and allow ng their report TO
have been adopted, the Cumptr 'ler could not
formy with the provisions Of the charter OF 1868 pay
the bl and the heat deparncu pcrmi tied to
uxpend auy sum exceedicg the amount Of $3.50. The
Erprcss OF yesterGa1 having ths smallest number Of
prcsented to ard has 2lb lines III der CORPORATION
Adverhs ng g"oo deal OF the Corporation Advertising
such ~ the widening Of streets is paid from the
melts on the streets sd-ned al ling Eve ceots
paid to them, for that have for car the sum Of
1884, tn and third times much Ia paid to
them for the ssme thing tho minority committee
wrote to the different papc To know their terms,
received only two an Sers-one from tue Tribune and
the other from the Times ere Mr. Pinckney read both
letters Toat from the Tribune state that the crcula
ton OF that paper % 900 per day and that ther
charge for Corporation adse sog would be 600 per
year. Now, said Mr. F.. 1t OF 10 denied tina the
1s5ncs culation exceeds that of every other paper
nscaed in Zoe report except the Herald.
councilman CLANCY. YES, -scept the Saa too
M fisokArr-lhe Sen not meti,ned The prorrietors
OF The Dday 1ne addressed another stating circu
son to DO over 2s 600 they offered TO pub sh tho ad
Sertisng at Slu col mn, d l. did OK iced three
Columns, they aocid publish It for S. 900 year The
Erircss of reptemeer H. had two columns and half
nDcer advertisements and it Is about six inches logger
thsn the Tunes, so that suppose the Same amount
would oecupy three columns Of the Times, and this
would in the ear TO 80 s9e Now il We ALTO
rate for any OF the pa OF cents line we
have for ID Of $685. and there is NJ paper
in this city that Will advertise for like that rate;
ono even thu exceeds the amount which the
department il permitted by the charter expend In
Two psPe,s then the cost would be equivalent to tho
price paid for advertising in six hcpe therefore
that the minority vi be substituted for the majority
report
courciIms HopGK1Ssoy said the gentleman mr..
Pncknes) had jus, stated thlogs til At he had Dot made
known 10 the committee, that he had not tended
its meetings regularly. Why he would ask, did the
Legislature OF the State la ordering tho Corpora
lion aivertisiDg TO be published il it was not
for tho purpose Of letting the people know what
ask Why the had voted ia sAyor Of the chatter
Of 5S and stil exhibited such penny nnest9 or
what was it to publish in paper tina. nobody
reads excepting those contra who enabled
70 make their contracts without any knowing about
1heus he continued there defects that char
Use in only one paper am Genersl jackson man in
that respect and am wiling to for having il pub
Lshed d ali the soers in spite OF the charter and will
lake the responsibility.
Councilman PIScSsEY-I not in favor of publishing
Ain e,sy paper who eve. head 2, the Truth Teller
A MEaamR-Everybody reads the Naaoral Democrat.
xIsughter)
Co1ncSman PNcxsrY-Hov Is tn. National Demorot
EuPpcrtecf have been informed BY strong democrats
shat II Il supported by private subscription Are these
Ftsndard pepersr The gentleman says he made propo
20 me to pay SO much per thousand copies. | never
heard Of any such proposition I found that my
rie~s and those OF the other members never could
places; we are not 70 be judgss-tho people are tho
aGoge aud we must according TO their diroc ions.
Ssnss o. is4s rs 70 advertise in Of least
IN moro. Now, the New York Sun is the poor mans
paper
Councilman HopoKIssoS-The poor man don't take
contracts.
Councilman PscxNv-I wsut the community to read
The psper-not the rich alone, but tho poor man Why
do Ne wish 70 advertise In such paper as the Siads
Zfan We are American people hero. (Cries Of ques-
sion)
The PRzsSpEu-Iti is moved that when the commit
3oe rise recommend the substitution Of the minority
der the majority report,
Counciinsn OASCr-The only way we car do 10 TO ad-
yuse In that paper which has tho largest circulation.
Eow the NEW York HKRAID-esen II II costs twenty ave
Ind 7ribssme charge the give it to them Don't
give 1t 10 the wide Asoss the Piodyne or tho Poly
lye IN Boston. The genAasman says tho 1ruihtelter
has only one thousand circulation Why cir II is as old
u veand in New York and vicinity The reason he did
Dot wsnt them TO get the advertising, Is because they
don't "know nothing" Q1aughter) If tho Irish and
Germans want the advertising printed In their Ian
guagc thsy have right to have Il done claim 10 be